“How much responsibility does the BBC have to the arts? ‘I think the BBC’s role in bringing to people’s attention the great things being done by arts organisations across the country and artists is phenomenally important,’ he says. ‘Do I think the BBC should take the arts seriously? Of course. But I am not there yet and I am not commenting on that stuff.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Reviewer: I Trashed Your Novels Because I Couldn’t Sell One Of My Own
“It is true: I did not like their novels. But my dislike was set aflame by jealousy of young men whose profiles were similar to mine and who had managed to do what I had not. I remain more embarrassed by that piece than by any other.”
Restoring Olympic (Mural) Glory In Los Angeles
“‘We’re trying to leave them looking original, but well maintained … not freshly painted,’ he says. ‘When the colors look too bright, we cheat and add a little black or gray. We say: “Nah, nah, let’s back it up a little, let’s mess it up a bit!”‘”
Restoring Olympic (Mural) Glory In Los Angeles
“‘We’re trying to leave them looking original, but well maintained … not freshly painted,’ he says. ‘When the colors look too bright, we cheat and add a little black or gray. We say: “Nah, nah, let’s back it up a little, let’s mess it up a bit!”‘”
Seriously: There’s No Mozart Effect
“The apparent benefits from music lessons have more to do with which kids take music lessons than they do with the lessons themselves. In addition, studies of adult professional musicians show no cognitive benefits over comparable professional non-musicians.”
The Cities Of The Future Will Be Centered Around … Airports?
“As airports grow, argues Kasarda, they become more city-like. The shopping zone of Indianapolis International, he says, ‘really gives the feeling’ of a town square. There are 6,000 weddings a year at Stockholm Arlanda, the Rijksmuseum exhibits art in Amsterdam’s Schiphol, and the London Philharmonic is performing at Heathrow.”
Can Someone Please Explain Pac-Man At MoMA?
Sure: “The concept of ‘five-dimensional immersive design’ [design that simultaneously addresses virtual and dimensional environments] is key to this: it deals with the liminal space between the virtual and the physical worlds, which is the one in which we will live the most in the future.”
Marie-Claire Alain, 86, Master Organist And Organ Teacher
“Ms. Alain’s interpretations of Bach, François Couperin and Dieterich Buxtehude, precise yet engaging and colorful, were widely considered authoritative.”
What IS ‘Literary Fiction’?
Ask The New York Review of Books – or should we call that The New York Review of E-Books?
Maybe It’s Not So Cool To Deaccession Culturally Specific Gifts, Museums
“‘It’s an insult to the donors, the descendants, to Asian culture,’ said Yu of San Francisco. ‘My parents did this so that Asian art would be appreciated. It should stay in the Northwest.'”