“A film board spokesman told AFP there were ‘regulatory issues’ with the film but that it wasn’t ‘officially banned.'”
Category: issues
Women Are (Bizarrely) Still Underrepresented In Media – Why?
“On the front page of The New York Times, the study noted, men were quoted three times more often than women. When women were writing the stories, the number of women quoted went up.”
The Toronto Symphony Has A New Leader. But Two Of The City’s Other Major Arts Organizations Are In Need Of Extraordinary New Chiefs
“In each case, what’s needed is not just someone to do what the previous leadership did, but a wizard who can reinvent the place and persuade Toronto arts lovers there’s an exciting new creative energy at these venues, not just a rerun of the familiar and predictable.”
The Decline Of Rome (It’s Serious)
The Italian capital that is increasingly squalid and close to bankruptcy. Residents say the city barely functions anymore, crime is up and one of the world’s great cities has gone into serious decline.
Managing After The Disaster – Rethinking Cities After The Storms
“In the aftermath of disaster, TV cameras zoom in on survivors picking through the ruins of their shattered houses. Those who are shellshocked yet determined to rebuild make a redemptive story. Yet as neighborhoods look at flood maps that take into account data on sea level rise and more violent storms, that desire to rebuild in the face of horrifying loss begins to look like folly, not heroism.”
Here’s The Problem With Local Public Discussion Of The Arts
In truth I could substitute “transportation” or “education” or “economic development” for “the arts” in that sentence and it would still be true, but maybe my standard for “fruitful conversation” is impossibly high.
Liverpool Arts Center Replaces Paid Staff With Volunteers
“Those affected were all really upset. They were very angry. The advertising for the volunteers says they will pay travel expenses and people will get work experience out of it.”
Thomas Piketty’s Economic Argument Applies To Art, Too (And How)
“The French economist’s new book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, is a historic survey of wealth concentration that has quickly become a go-to text for the gathering debate on income inequality. … It is worth considering how the unprecedented amounts of money the wealthy have recently been spending on trophy artworks might be a natural extension of his argument.”
Artist Accuses Turkish Government of Deliberately Dumbing Down Populace
Ali Kazma: “Statistically, educated Turks do not vote for AKP … It seems like the interest of AKP lies in mobilizing the regressive parts of the society financially upwards while maintaining their low education levels, gender inequality and intellectual curiosity.”
NY Times Architecture Critic Dives Into Transit Policy: Build A Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar!
Michael Kimmelman: “So while Mayor Bill de Blasio continues to refine his agenda, including that promise of 200,000 units of affordable housing, he might consider a streetcar connecting Red Hook to Astoria. … I’m not talking Ye Olde Trolley. This is transit for New Yorkers who can’t wait another half-century for the next subway station.”