“Looking for lesson in cross-cultural psychology? Look no further than the different ways Americans and Chinese [Web users] react to good [and] bad movies.”
Tag: 06.03.10
Making Saints: What It Takes To Be Canonized
There’s “extraordinary charity,” of course. “Then there are the miracles. A saint needs to have performed two … But while they’re a sine qua non, miracles are not the engine of sainthood. In the halls of the Vatican, more thought is given to a good life story. It’s the moving quality of a saint’s vita that will carry him or her through.”
Arts World In Peril: Study Finds That Caffeine Doesn’t Actually Work
“The stimulatory effects of caffeine may be nothing more than an illusion, according to new research that shows there is no real benefit to be gained from the habitual morning cup of coffee.”
Calif. Assembly OKs Letting Students Skip Arts Education
“If the bill, AB 2446, passes the state Senate and is signed into law by the governor, students, starting in the 2011-12 school year, will be able to substitute a ‘career technical education’ course for arts or a language.”
Book Excerpt: FBI Art Crime Team Founder Looks Back
“My career in art crime had begun the first month I reported for duty in Philadelphia, when the sculpture that inspired the Impressionist movement was stolen from the Rodin Museum on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.” Then came “a spot in a coveted year-long art history class at the Barnes Foundation in Merion. Some 42 art-crime investigations would follow….”
Where Was Monet? Meteorologists Say They Know
Historians have differed on where precisely the artist was when he painted Charing Cross and Waterloo bridges in the smog. “Now scientists claim to have solved the puzzle of Monet’s vantage point, using computerised records of the sun’s movement, ordnance survey maps of London and historical weather records.”
How Live-Broadcast Audiences Differ From Theatregoers
“One of the most intriguing results from the National’s NT Live screenings is that, despite lower expectations, cinema audiences reported higher levels of emotional engagement with the production than theatre audiences,” a report on innovation in the arts has found.
High Schools May Now Do Phantom, But Can They?
“With rights finally available … the mounting of a high-school or college production of Phantom may be a question of resources. Chuck Vassallo, director of performing arts at the Professional Performing Arts School, in Midtown, said high schools may find it challenging to accommodate the production standards required of a technically sophisticated show like Phantom.”
Digital Self-Publishing Enables A Power Shift — Or Does It?
“It’s unclear how much of a danger digital self-publishing poses to the big publishers, who still own the industry’s big hits, whether e-book or print. Many big publishers dismiss self-published titles…. But some publishers say that online self-publishing and the entry of newcomers such as Amazon into the market could mark a sea change in publishing.”
MoMA Surveys Abstract Expressionism From Its Own Vaults
“On Wednesday the museum announced a major new exhibition, ‘Abstract Expressionist New York,’ which will include 300 works by 30 artists in the fields of painting, sculpture and photography. Most important, virtually all of the art, created from the 1940s to the ’60s, will come from the museum’s own collection.”