Japanese (along with many lesser-known languages) doesn’t distinguish between blue and green. Koreans divide what anglophones see as green into two different colors; Russians do the same with blue. These differences do affect the ways in which we perceive color, studies indicate – although the effect isn’t equal across people or even across parts of the brain.
Author: Matthew Westphal
Getting The Art Establishment To Take Glass Seriously As A Medium
“In a medium known for work many regard as lightweight and decorative” – think of all the respect Dale Chihuly gets in high art circles – “[Josiah] McElheny’s creations strive to convey sophisticated, often dark ideas.”
Advocates Win An Extra $4M For New York State Arts Funding
“In February, a coalition of New York City arts institutions rallied in Albany for more state funds for the arts. [The New York State Council on the Arts’] budget was maintained at $31.6 million for FY 2013, but the coalition stressed the point that in 1985, its budget was $4 million more than that. These arts advocates got their $4 million back, sort of.”
Haiti’s Ayikodans Finally Emerges From Earthquake’s Ruins
Following the massive 2010 temblor, choreographer Jeanguy Saintus and his dance company were in crisis: their studio was destroyed, their own lives were chaotic, and their paying students had mostly fled the country. “But 2 years later, Ayikodans [is] … performing to rapt audiences in Miami and earning the kind of rave reviews and cultural attention and support Saintus strived so long for.”
Metropolitan Opera Turns Big Deficit Into Bigger Surplus
“The Met, the largest U.S. opera presenter, spent $321 million during 2010-2011, up 8 percent. It had a $41 million surplus, reversing a $25 million deficit the prior season, as contributions and revenue surged, according to the [company’s most recent available tax] return.”
US Sues For Return Of T. Rex Skeleton To Mongolia
“The fossil of a dinosaur that roamed the earth 70 million years ago should be turned over to the United States by an auction house so that it can be returned to its home in Mongolia, a lawsuit brought by the U.S. government demanded Monday.”
Djuna Barnes, Grandmama Of Stunt Journalism
In the 1910s and ’20, the Brooklyn-born writer wrote dozens of colorful stories about colorful characters, very much including herself. (She also drew her own illustrations.) A century before Christopher Hitchens had himself waterboarded, Barnes had herself force-fed by tube so as to be able to describe what British suffragettes were being subjected to in prison.
The Choreography That Made Copyright History
Pop quiz: What was the very first recorded dance work to receive a US copyright?
The Rise Of The Male Ballet Superstar
An episode of the newly-revived South Bank Show looks at the way Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov – followed, in the next generation, by the likes of Carlos Acosta (now a genuine sex symbol in England) – completely transformed the role of male artists in classical ballet.
Carlos Acosta, From Ballet Royalty To Movie Star?
The Royal Ballet heartthrob is making his feature film debut in the British-made romantic drama The Day of the Flowers, in which he plays the tour guide who leads a pair of Scottish sisters around Cuba and cleans up after their misadventures.