“The renovation project, entitled Transforming the Egyptian Museum of Cairo, … focus[es] on areas such as collection management, communications and audience engagement.” The Louvre and the British Museum will participate, along with institutions in Turin, Berlin and the Dutch city of Leiden. (But they won’t be sending the Rosetta Stone back to Cairo.) — The Art Newspaper
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Man Who Walked Out Of Moscow Museum With Painting Did It ‘To Settle Debts’
Denis Chuprikov, 32, was arrested and confessed to the theft of the painting — Ai Petri, Crimea (1908) by Arkhip Kuindzhi — just a day after he was caught on security cameras rolling the canvas up and walking out of the Tretyakov Gallery with it. — The Moscow Times
So How Much Money Have England’s Local Governments Cut From Arts Funding?
£400 million over the past eight years, with the reductions hitting hardest in rural areas. “[Local councils] claim dwindling resources from central government have meant they have had few options but to cut services such as culture and prioritise [social] services.” — The Stage
Biography Of Jewish Girl Hidden By Author’s Family In WWII Wins Costa Prize For Book Of The Year
“[Bart van Es’s] The Cut Out Girl beat Sally Rooney’s widely praised novel Normal People, Stuart Turton’s debut novel The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, JO Morgan’s poetry collection Assurances and Hilary McKay’s children’s book The Skylarks’ War to the award for the year’s ‘most enjoyable’ book.” — The Guardian
Harry Christophers To Step Down As Artistic Director Of Boston’s Handel & Haydn Society
The British conductor — the second man to lead the oldest performing arts organization in the U.S. since it made the switch to period instruments and a small-ish professional chorus in 1989 — will have been with H&H for 12 seasons and recorded a dozen albums with the group when he steps down at the end of the 2020-21 season. — WBUR (Boston)
Facebook Says People Want Relevant Ads. These Researchers Beg To Differ
“We find consistently that people are wary of marketers tracking them, don’t understand the complexities of data mining, and don’t like to be discriminated against based on information that companies have about them and others. They may therefore see personalization as a double-edge sword. Personalization can provide them with material they like, but it just as well could be used to shape their behavior or beliefs, or even cause them to lose out on discounts to more desirable consumers.” – The New York Times
English National Opera Announces Plan To Diversify
Stuart Murphy recalled joining the company and and finding it “really shocking” that 39 of ENO’s 40-strong chorus were white. “We weren’t true to our values, we didn’t represent Britain,” he said. “It just felt strange to me … Young white audiences also think it is weird.” – The Guardian
Some Frank Talk About Truth And Science
Let us start with some genuine philosophical questions about truth in science. Here are three: 1) Does science aim at truth? 2) Does science tell us the truth? 3) Should we expect science to tell us the truth? – Aeon
How HBO Plans To Keep Up In The Age Of Streaming Giants
Time Warner had kept HBO on a tight leash, allowing an estimated $1.5 billion annual budget for original content in 2018—play money when compared with Netflix’s reported $10 to $11 billion. That forced HBO to pass on the very shows and show-runners that put the streamers in the cultural conversation and in direct contention with HBO as the rulers of cinema-quality television. – Vanity Fair
How The Sundance Festival Is Evolving
In stepping back, Robert Redford is acknowledging the welcome ways in which the festival continues to evolve: Some 40 percent of this year’s movies were directed by women, and 36 percent were made by people of color. Meanwhile, 63 percent of the accredited press come from “underrepresented groups.” – The Atlantic