Category: issues

” In an era of high stakes, increasing pressure for accountability, and escalating costs, how will schools of art communicate their value?”

“Because somebody can have a moment of fame or sing a song right or play a role right for that moment it doesn’t mean they’ve got the chops to sustain it.”

“The Department for Culture, Media and Sport will receive an extra 1% reduction to its budget in both 2013/14 and 2014/15 and this will be passed on to the arm’s length bodies it funds. ACE, along with other unprotected bodies, will receive cuts of 1.09% in 2013/14 and 1.06% in 2014/15.”

“The emergency services evacuated 30 people from the Cuming Museum and Newington library in Walworth, south-east London, after a fire took hold in the roof before lunchtime.” The museum “is home to artefacts including objects from Roman London, Chinese ornaments and African tribal costumes.”

“Some folks are flinging marshmallows and ping-pong balls at one another to simulate hail. … For a bit of aesthetic flair, a website offers a special manicure theme. ‘You won’t want to Pass-over these Ten Plagues Nail Decals!’ declares midrashmanicures.com. ‘These adorable frogs, flies, and locusts are bound to be a hit at your Seder.’ As for Elijah the prophet? Well, he just might show up.”

“Why is academia liberal, then? Neill Gross’s data indicate that it isn’t because liberals and conservatives have different values or mental habits, or that liberals discriminate against right-leaning graduate students and job candidates. Rather, it is because academia has a reputation for liberalism, and conservative undergraduates decide on their own not to continue in the field.”

“As the commercial art world in America rides a boom unlike any it has ever experienced, another kind of art world growing rapidly in its shadows is beginning to assert itself.”

“Of course, it would be better if there were more women running large arts organisations. The argument is plain and based on natural justice. The current arrangement is daftly skewed.”

A hacker probably opened up your computer, router, or security system to discover how weak normal passwords are (and in the process, map the supposedly unmappable internet).

“Hardly anyone tells these stories anymore. And very few are interested to hear them. In fact, we have to dig through our memory, because it’s been so long since we narrated them.”