“Italian police recovered the paintings during a raid of a Naples country house belonging to Raffaele Imperiale, a 41-year-old businessman linked to the Amato-Pagano clan, one of Italy’s notorious mafia groups. According to Reuters, police were first tipped off to the location of the paintings after arresting 11 of the group’s suspected members. Imperiale, however, remains at large and is believed to be hiding in the United Arab Emirates.”
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Dressed As Cossacks, Russian Nationalists Vandalize Moscow Photography Shows
“Another photography exhibition in Moscow was raided by protesters dressed as Cossacks, others in camouflage and a municipal legislator – the third such attack in the Russian capital this week. The back-to-back attacks centred on images of Ukrainian soldiers who fought against pro-Russian rebels that are part of a photojournalism show at the Sakharov Center.”
They’ve Found A ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Starring Maggie Smith
“Dame Maggie’s 1967 portrayal of the playful debutante Beatrice … is thought to be the earliest British television broadcast of the whole play. But the screen version of the famed National Theatre production by Italian director Franco Zeffirelli was assumed a lost treasure missing from the BBC’s archives.”
Forget The French. Who’s To Blame (Credit) For Deconstruction? The Americans!
“Central to the story of deconstruction, but often neglected, are the various American contexts that cultivated and disseminated deconstructive undertakings. Even though the image—to some, the bogeyman—of the European theorist persists, the truth is that deconstructive literary theory was largely an indigenous creation. This change of perspective throws new light on the scapegoating of French Theory for the decline of the humanities.”
What’s The Root Of All Evil? Not The Love Of Money
Philosopher Christopher Freiman: “Some of history’s greatest philosophers, then, agree that wrongdoing tends to be motivated by self-interest. Alas, I’m not one of history’s greatest philosophers. Although most assume that an immoral person is one who’s ready to defy law and convention to get what they want, I think the inverse is often true. Immorality is frequently motivated by a readiness to conform to law and convention in opposition to our own values.”
Ottawa’s National Arts Center’s $25 Million Plan To Be An Arts Venture Capital Fund
“A statement from the NAC said that the creation fund, which the Ottawa performance centre hopes to increase to at least $25-million, is intended “to provide a source of venture capital [to] artists and arts organizations” across Canada.”
Climate Change? Artists Have Always Been Fascinated By Weather
Over the stretch of a millennium we see the impact of previous weather cycles—periods of extreme cold, of drought, of floods, of time when the Thames froze over—and the impression made by such momentary oddities as meteors or rainbows. In past centuries, these might be read as signs from God: tokens of punishment or reminders of the need for fortitude. By the later 19th century, Hardy could use the rain that falls on a grave as a pointer to nature’s indifference; an indifference that is there, too, in the “Time Passes” section of Woolf’s To the Lighthouse. The meaning of English weather changed as the English themselves changed.
Survey: Theatre Top Ticket Prices In London’s West End Up 20 Percent In Four Years
“The most expensive seats have increased by £7 since last year alone, when they cost an average £86.78. Since The Stage began records in 2012, the average top-price seat has increased from £72.12.”
Chicago Radio Exec Retires, Assesses State Of Classical Music Radio
“There are stations that feel that digital will save them should the audience dwindle. They have to be very careful because the competition is so great. A single station is going to have a hard time making up lost over-the-air revenue online. Over-the-air radio isn’t going away for now, and this is not a head in the sand view—over-the-air is still the mainstay.”
The Genius Of Lorraine Hansberry Tragically Had To Be Transmitted In Only Three Plays
“She saw what we were about to enter into. She had an extraordinary understanding of the cycles of social movements. What does it mean to be fully engaged in the world? Are you going to stand on the sidelines and critique it? Are you going to abstract it and be of no use in your abstractions, or are you going to be engaged and be part of the solution?”