“Writers as different as Martin Amis and Chicago’s Scott Turow have spoken to me of the tidal pull of Dickens on their imaginations; so, more recently, have Elizabeth Gilbert and Donna Tartt, whose current best-sellers (‘The Signature of All Things’ and ‘The Goldfinch,’ respectively) display their Dickensian affinities like badges of honor.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Dramatic Underinsuring Of Art Collection Leads British City To Suggest Selling It Off
The city of Bradford “had been insuring its 4,000 item collection for £20m but a new valuation found that 195 pieces alone were worth more than £30m.” And the city’s in debt – so should it sell some art?
If The Bradford Council Sells Some Art, It Will Lose David Hockney
“Hockney has said he is on the verge of ‘giving up’ on his birthplace over the sale, which would include some of his own paintings.”
Cate Blanchett Never Really Wanted To Be An Actor
“But I kept doing it, trying not to do it, and then doing it. There’s such a blessed unrest that you feel all the time, but maybe that’s what keeps you going.”
How Will – Or Can – We Preserve The History Of Video Games?
“We should preserve the apparatus of a game, but it’s impossible to save the culture of a game, which is really the most important part.”
Lighting Up The Mysterious Process Of Writing (And Reading)
The Dutch novelist Arnon Grunberg is writing a novella “while a battery of sensors and cameras track his brain waves, heart rate, galvanic skin response … and facial expressions.” Fifty readers will also get hooked up to sensors when the book comes out – and then let the data crunching begin.
Walt Disney Had Some (Possibly Surprising) Opinions On Women Working In Animation
The currently hot “Frozen” is the first feature film from Disney Animation with a woman director, but perhaps not because of Walt (in 1941): “The girl artists have the right to expect the same chances for advancement as men, and I honestly believe they may eventually contribute something to this business that men never would or could.”
In France, It’s Science Versus Old-School Conservationists
The Musée Unterlinden decided to restore its greatest treasure: Matthias Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece. Then the cultural brawl began.
How Do You Get Toddlers Into Orchestral Music? Use A Penguin, Of Course
“We have to be a bit careful of the way music and story go together. … It can ignite immediate joy or sadness or fear in young children.”
It’s Nearly 2014, And Ballet Still Has A Big Issue With Black Dancers
“The problem in modern ballet is the problem of the color line. Scan the rosters of the nation’s top companies and African American dancers are rare, while African American ballerinas are nearly nonexistent.”