“After an author has passed through the gates and entered the Elysian pastures of canonization, is there any point in a critic rushing in and trying to drag him back out again? Once an author is a classic, can that status be revoked?”
Tag: 05.23.13
Could Blockbuster Movies Spread Muslim Values?
A tub-thumping Turkish romance titled Selam and two upcoming biopics of the Prophet Muhammad (one Sunni, one Shia) are among “several projects currently aiming to make a piercing statement on behalf of Islam with cinema, a medium – because of the nature of image-making – with which this religious tradition arguably has compatibility issues.”
Houston Picasso Vandal Gets Two Years In Prison
“It’s been nearly a year since Uriel Landeros walked into the Menil Collection with a can of spray paint and stenciled a bull and bullfighter, along with the word ‘conquista,’ on Pablo Picasso’s Woman in a Red Armchair. On Tuesday, the 22-year-old Landeros pleaded guilty to vandalizing the 1929 painting in exchange for two years in prison.”
Kansas City Ballet Names New Artistic Director
“Devon Carney, a veteran dancer and choreographer with ballet companies in Boston and Cincinnati, is the Kansas City Ballet’s new artistic director. … He succeeds William Whitener, who retired this month.”
The Man Who Was Convinced He Was Dead
“It’s really hard to explain. I just felt like my brain didn’t exist any more. I kept on telling the doctors that the tablets weren’t going to do me any good because I didn’t have a brain. I’d fried it in the bath.”
This Digital Publisher Has Survived For Four Years – And Learned A Lot Along The Way
For instance: “Videos shouldn’t be confused with book trailers. ‘The author is the brand. The title is not the brand.'”
The Venice Biennale’s Youngest Artistic Director In 110 Years
The ambitious 39-year-old Massimiliano Gioni has doubled the number of artists and “is mixing high and low, with masters mingling with self-taught and outsider artists.”
Will Theatre Go The Way Of The GOP?
“Is what we have merely a leadership problem? Do we–like the Republicans–simply need a few more nonwhite leaders who share our values and can perpetuate our current systems? Does anyone know if Marco Rubio enjoys new play development?”
Why Has Scientific Research Become So Unreliable?
“Fraud (the principal cause of retractions, which are up roughly tenfold since 1975) is not a new phenomenon, but digital manipulation and distribution tools have increased the spread and impact of science, both faulty and legitimate, beyond the confines of the ivory tower.”
Why Hollywood Will Flourish When Five Billion More People Get Online
“The American system produces the greatest storytellers. In a globalized market, it is the storytelling that wins. The scripts, the production value, the storytelling is how, was, is and always will be the solution to such problems.”