“The NGA said a preliminary assessment had earmarked 54 ‘significant south Asian works’ for further investigation into how they ended up in the collection. It expected this work might take several years.”
Category: issues
We’re Tracked From The Earliest Moments Of Our Lives Now – But Sometimes The Numbers Are Wrong
“I had been tracking my sleep for three years when I discovered that even if I hadn’t periodically cheated, everything I thought about ‘quality’ was, in fact, suspect.”
Medical Reality TV Shows Are Filming People’s Deaths Without Their Families’ Consent
“Patients caught up in emergencies are especially vulnerable, posing special issues for reality shows. They may not be conscious or be able to speak for themselves; they may be quite literally exposed, as caregivers work to help them.”
The American Version Of The DVD For ‘Pride’ Removes References To The LGBT Main Characters
“The image on the back of DVD cover has also apparently been digitally altered to exclude a banner in the background, which reads ‘Lesbians & Gays support the miners.'”
The Rust Belt Theory Of Really Great Culture
“On the one hand, these cities have a richer cultural legacy than younger but more economically ascendant cities such as Phoenix and Charlotte; meanwhile, their offerings are far more affordable than those in creative-class capitals such as New York and Boston, where theaters and concert halls can fill seats with deep-pocketed local elites and high-spending tourists.”
Warning: UK’s Creative Industries Are In Danger
“We are at an incredibly dangerous moment. We are at a dangerous moment for public funding, a dangerous moment for creative education at schools and universities and we are at a potentially dangerous moment for our commercial companies because if we fail to think long term, if we fail to invest in our public spaces and cultural education, the talent pool that has projected us on to this level of the past 10 or 20 years will dry up.”
Cuban Performance Artist Detained And Released Three Times In Two Days
“The artist, Tania Bruguera, who was born in Cuba and splits her time between there and New York, had made clear in statements after her initial detention this week that she was determined to see the release of everyone else who had been detained” in a crackdown on opponents of the Castro government this week.
No More White Politicos In Blackface For Madrid’s Three Kings Day Parade, Demand Activists
“Tired of seeing white politicians ‘black up’ for a children’s post-Christmas street parade, almost 62,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that Madrid council choose a black man to play the role of Balthazar in the city’s Three Kings cavalcade next week.”
Here Are The Copyrighted Works That Would Have Gone Into Public Domain In 2015
“Under current copyright law, we’ll have to wait until 2054.1 And no published works will enter our public domain until 2019. The laws in other countries are different—thousands of works are entering the public domain in Canada and the EU on January 1.”
How To Disabuse Your Child That (S)he’s An Artist
“Sex is one of the most animal things a human can do (biological), and language is one of the most human things a human can do (cultural). Language is also for everybody. Art is another matter altogether. It is not as universal as sex or as democratic as language. Which brings me to the first thing you must tell your child about art: Art is not democratic. Meaning: There is no fairness in art.”