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Author: ArtsJournal2
Y U Curate Cat Videos, Walker Art Center?
“Can cat videos be just as appealing in the open air, experienced with others, as they are in the glare of a glowing screen? ‘We’re sharing on the Internet,’ Schultz says. ‘The question is, would we come together to share?'”
Defying (Other) Labels With Naxos
How did Naxos get so big? All is revealed in this Q&A with its founder, Klaus Heymann.
Hiking Fairyland Trail In The Forests Grimm
“Germany is celebrating the bicentenary of the famous fairytales of the Brothers Grimm with a 600km trail that brings their dark tales to life in its castles, forests and towns.”
The Painted Pigeons Of St. Mark’s: An Art Project
“The colors range from brilliant blues and reds to vibrant greens and yellows, not to mention royal purple. The sudden appearance of the pigeons of St. Mark’s – considered so much a public nuisance that the local government made it illegal to feed them in 2008 – in something other than the standard gray seems to have delighted the tourists. But it also seems, perhaps just as predictably, to have outraged animal rights defenders.”
What Novelists Should The BBC Next Rescue From Obscurity?
“if television companies, encouraged by the success of Parade’s End, should decide to look outside the narrow bounds of established classics to the nearly forgotten, where should they look?” (Hint: Look for writers’ writers.)
What Happens When You Clean 400 Years Of Dust And Dirt Off A Tapestry?
Not much … well, except that you find the first artistic depiction of the British Midlands’ mysterious stone circles.
Summer Concerts Don’t Have To Suck
Seriously: “Summer music can be top-notch. If that happened all the time, imagine the possibilities. Audiences would leave happier. The orchestra would be more happily challenged.”
Does The BBC Have A Racist Show On Its Hands?
Citizen Khan “was supposed to be a ground-breaking new BBC comedy which
finally placed a modern Asian family centre-stage.” But complaints are stacking up – and prompting an investigation.
Free Kindles?
Amazon will start giving away Kindles – because the money’s not in the device, says Farhad Manjoo.