“The ingredients of Futurity, a new off-Broadway show, promise a noble failure. The story crams together the bloodiness of the American civil war, the barbarity of slavery, the purity of mathematics, the promise of artificial intelligence and the wisdom of Ada Lovelace (Lord Byron’s daughter, who was an early computer scientist and a metaphysicist).”
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The Big New Market For Homoerotic Fiction? Straight Chinese Women
“Danmei, meaning ‘indulgence in beauty’, is China’s version of what is often called ‘slash’ fiction in other countries. … The genre is only available online in China”
Robert Hughes: Rauschenberg Is The Great American Artist
“His output is very large, almost incontinent, and the failures of his work are legion. But the talent is vast enough to fill the output. I hope I’m not dumb enough to think he can do no wrong. But what he does right matters so much more than what he does wrong. He is, I think, the genius of American art since the death of Pollock, and I’m not sure that I don’t prefer the higher achievements of his art to most of Pollock anyway.”
Journalism Versus Literature In The Age Of The Internet
“Hemingway said being a reporter was useful for a writer. He also said staying too long in journalism was damaging. Writing becomes so routinized that the words lack emotional force, exactly the opposite of literature. “
The Incredibly Weird Theft That Made Art History, Legal History, TV History, And Maybe Even Movie And Theatre History
What’s more, the alleged thief was acquitted of stealing the painting but convicted of stealing the frame, was sentenced to three months, and may not have been the culprit even though he turned himself in. As a bonus, the return of the painting was straight out of The Importance of Being Earnest.
The Metropolitan Opera Sings Its Support For France With The French National Anthem
“Inserts with the anthem’s lyrics were placed into the programs, and members of the audience rose to their feet, and some sang along, as the Met’s chorus, principal singers and some members of the company’s staff gathered together on stage and sang ‘La Marseillaise,’ with the Act I set of the church of Sant’Andrea della Valle in the background.”
Spike Lee Says Getting A Black President Has Been Easier Than Getting A Black Person In Charge Of A Film Studio
“The director told the industry audience gathered at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland, ‘We need to have some serious discussion about diversity’ and he thanked Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs, saying ‘she’s trying to do something that needs to be done’ for raising the issue and making it part of the Academy’s current consciousness.”
In A Copyright Move, Anne Frank’s Father Is Added As ‘Co-Author’ To Her Diary
“The move has a practical effect: It extends the copyright from Jan. 1, when it is set to expire in most of Europe, to the end of 2050. Copyrights in Europe generally end 70 years after an author’s death. Anne Frank died 70 years ago at Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp, and Otto Frank died in 1980. Extending the copyright would block others from being able to publish the book without paying royalties or receiving permission.”
Meet The Artist Who Created The ‘Peace For Paris’ Symbol (No, It Wasn’t Banksy)
“How much time transpired between when you heard about the attacks and when you set about creating the image?
“A minute, maybe. It was done on my lap, on a very loose sketchbook, with a brush and ink.”
Twyla Tharp, Vampire
“Yes, I’m Dracula, they’re the soil and the dance is the coffin. … In a way it’s not a bad analogy because what I do is, you know — can I dance? Sort of. Am I in condition to do much of anything right now? Absolutely not. I don’t obviously have the instrument now to evolve really demanding physical movement. For that I need — hello — younger bodies.”