The thieves “got two paintings by Monet, a Picasso, a Matisse, a Gauguin, a Lucien Freud, and one painting by Meyer de Haan.” [emphasis added] Who? Why?? Morgan Meis susses out some clues.
Tag: 10.22.12
Evil – Does It Truly Exist?
“Augustine’s radical answer to this question is that evil does not actually come from anywhere. Rejecting the idea that evil is a positive force, he argues that it is merely a ‘name for nothing other than the absence of good’. At first glance this looks like a philosophical sleight of hand. Augustine might try to define evil out of existence, but this cannot diminish the reality of the pain, suffering and cruelty that prompt the question.”
Toronto Symphony Brings In Record Revenues But Still Posts $1M Deficit
“The Toronto Symphony Orchestra sold 224,000 concert tickets during its 90th anniversary (2011-12) season and earned its highest revenues ever, but still reported a $986,000 deficit at its annual general meeting on Monday afternoon.”
America’s Wired Young Adults Still Use Libraries
“According to a study released Monday by the Pew Research Center, 60 percent of Americans surveyed in this age group [16 to 29] said they still visited the library. They use libraries to conduct research, borrow print, audio and electronic books and, in some cases, read magazines and newspapers.”
Chicago Lyric To Try Mariachi Opera
Next April, Lyric Opera of Chicago will give the Midwest premiere of Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (“To Cross the Face of the Moon”), the first Spanish-language production in the company’s 58-year history. The piece was commissioned by Lyric general director Anthony Freud during his tenure at Houston Grand Opera, where it premiered in 2010.
Last Week Minnesota Banned Online Education (Briefly) What?
“Technology enables digitally mediated self-policing: the reputation systems and monitoring tools that dramatically smooth the safety and friction of peer-to-peer transacting parties without requiring centralized intervention, and which are now creating distributed digital institutions that reduce the need for government oversight.”
The Art Of Disability
“I called upon my artist-self during those darkest hours. My fingers were the first part of my body to experience any functional return.”
Best British Novel Of The Century? Shortlist For ‘Best Of The Best’ Of UK’s Oldest Literary Prize
The James Tait Black Prize was established in Edinburgh almost a century ago, in 1919. “Now, … students at the university have chosen their six favourite winners of the prize to compete for the one-off accolade of best of the best.” The contenders: Angela Carter, Graham Greene, James Kelman, Cormac McCarthy, Caryl Phillips and Muriel Spark. (Missing: Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.)
Australia’s Subsidised Companies And Foreign Performers
How do the country’s taxpayer-funded performing arts organisations balance the responsibility to provide opportunities to the nation’s own artists with the imperatives to present the best work possible – and to sell tickets, which often means engaging famous performers from overseas?
Comedian Wins £54K Libel Judgment From Daily Mirror
Frankie Boyle “won £50,400 after the jury’s verdict on an article that described him as a ‘racist comedian’. Jurors awarded the comedian a further £4,250 over the claim in the article that he was ‘forced to quit’ the BBC2 show Mock the Week.”