More than 60 organisations, including some of the UK’s highest-funded companies and prominent performing arts conservatoires, have promised to take positive action towards equality. The Keychange project is the brainchild of charitable funding body the PRS Foundation. It was launched in 2018, when 180 music festivals committed to programming gender-balanced line-ups by 2022. – The Stage
Author: Douglas McLennan
Pilgrimage: Is It Better To See Tintoretto In A Museum Or In The Original Setting?
Phil Kennicott: “Yes, go see Tintoretto in Venice, but never slight the power of a museum to present art with a clarity and care one rarely finds in the ordinary world in which that art was made.” – Washington Post
Ha: New York Bookstore Owner Makes Case That His Stores Ought To Get Tax Breaks Amazon Was Going To Get
His argument for assistance is simple: The stores generate $650,000 in annual tax revenue for the city and state, and his 75 staffers (on a payroll of $1.7 million in 2018) spend “virtually all” their income in the city. In addition to its status as a small-but-mighty economic engine, he adds, “Book Culture contributes simply by being what we are, storefront businesses active in a community.”
Sales Of Print Books In UK Tumble In 2018; Sales Of Audio Books Surge 43 Percent
The UK publishing industry was hit by a surprise fall of £168m (5.4%) in sales of physical books last year, ending a period of growth stretching back to at least 2014. – The Guardian
American Library Association Cancels Inventor Of The Dewey Decimal System
American librarians have voted to remove the name of Melvil Dewey, widely seen as the father of modern librarianship, from one of their top awards, citing his history of antisemitism, racism and sexual harassment. – The Guardian
A Creepy Way Of Thinking About Art: Investing In It
Both of these reservoirs of dark matter—trophy works destined for museum accession or philanthropic donation and unsold inventory—serve to keep prices afloat and maintain artificial scarcity for the thinly traded population of works that do come to market each season. – Artsy
Does Truth Equal Beauty? (It’s A Problematic Idea)
The problem is that it’s difficult to defend the notion that the truth is recognisable by its beauty and simplicity, and it’s an idea that has contributed to getting fundamental physics into its current mess. – Aeon
Fake Science Journals Are A Blight On Research
“At the most benign level of the junk industry are papers, published in journals with no effective screening process, that are obvious nonsense—about Martians being supermanagers on Mars, chocolate being a “superfood,” or even just the sentence “get me off your fucking mailing list” repeated 863 times. But beyond these papers, in journals with varying standards and reputations, are far more dangerous, flawed studies, including misleading reports about safe drinking water, fake “proof” that humans aren’t responsible for climate change, or bogus research that vaccines cause autism.” – The Walrus
Juilliard Dean Ara Guzelimian To Step Down
Guzelimian has been dean and provost for 13 years and is known as the “musical gravitas” at the school. – Musical America
London Specialist Dance Injury Clinic Abruptly Closes
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital clinic had provided free specialist healthcare to more than 1300 dancers since 2012… RNOH’s plan to transfer care to other sports and exercise medicine centres sounded good in theory, “but we specifically chose them when we set up the clinic because of their expertise in orthopaedics”. – Arts Professional