“That’s what most people believe about their email, for instance — sure, the email provider could read it, but probably nobody is going to bother. We assume that we will hide in the crowd, protected by its very size.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Now, The World Will See More Dan Flavin Sculptures
“The artist left behind more than 1,000 unrealised sculptures when he died in 1996. If produced, these could be worth tens (if not hundreds) of millions of dollars. ”
African Americans Give U.S. Entertainment Options A Failing Grade
“What I heard fell into two distinct categories. First, there’s not much to do, and the little there is to do is of low quality and/or unsafe. The second category of complaint boiled down to: Entertainment in my neighborhood is geared toward white people, and I feel out of place.”
Tsiskaridze Says He’s Being ‘Hounded Out’ Of The Bolshoi
“Nikolai Tsiskaridze, who has been told he must leave at the end of the month, had been at odds with Bolshoi director Anatoly Iksanov even before the January 17 attack that stunned Russians with its brutality and left Sergei Filin with severe burns to his face and eyes.”
The Thoreauvian Mind Trip of Ellen Altfest, Painter
“The cold became so extreme — dropping into single digits — that she bought a used, professional-grade snowsuit on eBay; it made her look like an extra from ‘The Eiger Sanction,’ but it kept her from becoming so cold that she could no longer paint.”
Is Alec Baldwin Truly Finished With Broadway?
“‘No more,’ Baldwin told Zap2it. ‘Broadway has changed. It is not what I remember. It was a very, very, very exhausting experience.'”
Painting Desperate Tales Of Struggle And Survival – On Clothing
“Wearers include doctors, health policy types and regular folks. Their jackets tell the stories not just of their work life, but of their personal experiences with health care.”
Publishers Tell Of Fights (Not Collusion) With Apple Over E-Book Pricing
“Ms. Reidy, displaying occasional flashes of impatience and sarcasm during several hours of testimony, repeatedly deflected the government’s suggestion that the most-favored-nation clause imposed the agency model on other retailers.”
The Metafunding Of A Documentary About Kickstarter
“The film, ‘Kickstarted,’ is to chronicle the rise of this revolutionary form of financing creative projects by focusing on the people behind some of the most high-profile campaigns.” You can help fund the film on Kickstarter, of course.
London Review Of Books, Did You Know Women Write Books?
The Guardian’s latest look at who reviews and who gets reviewed reveals a newspaper world creeping toward gender equality … in most cases.