“What is striking about neuroaesthetics is not so much the fact that it has failed to produce interesting or surprising results about art, but rather the fact that no one – not the scientists, and not the artists and art historians – seem to have minded, or even noticed.”
Tag: 12.04.11
Life In The Royal Ballet
Three of the company’s dancers – a young corps member, a soloist, and principal Zenaida Yanowsky – and a company member from the 1950s and ’60s who is now a major donor talk about their experiences.
Garrison Keillor Changes His Mind About Retirement (Again)
After suffering a mild stroke in 2009, the popular host of A Prairie Home Companion began publicly mulling a departure from radio; earlier this year, Keillor had even set a date of spring 2013. Now he says the idea of retirement “panicked me. … The show is going well. I love doing it. Why quit?”
Brit Journalist Gets Waterboarded In New York Theater Piece
“My wrists are tied, I’m in total darkness and a man very close to my face is shouting: ‘Get on your knees, bitch!’ I do what he says. It’s when he puts a cold, wet hood over my head, tips my head back and pours water into my face that I start hyperventilating.” (She paid $60 for her ticket.)
Why Does Dennis Cooper Write Such Violent, Kinky Novels? Disneyland
“On the spectrum of extreme literature, Dennis Cooper lies somewhere between the Marquis de Sade and the Old Testament.” Yet, says the author, “I’m interested in how Disney flattens fairy tales. Disneyland just fascinates me. I grew up in Disneyland, went there a few times a year every year, so it’s in my blood. I still think it’s the happiest place on earth.”
Curtis Institute Pulls Into The Fast Lane
“The reality is that a lot of our students are not going to waltz out of here into solo or orchestral careers, and we have an obligation to help them invent careers for what we know of the 21st century as it is evolving. This building is a laboratory for students.”
The Miami Model: A Mix Of Private And Public Museums
“The Miami model has prompted people to build and show their own collections. Privately run spaces can decide to close one week and open the next. But serving the public needs to be done in a universal way.”
Booted From Peabody; Called Back To Classical Music By A Label
Tori Amos couldn’t quite make the Peabody Institute work for her, but in the middle of her successful pop career, Deutsche Grammophon called — and she answered.
Best Documentary? Chilean Films About Stars And Pinochet
A Chilean film that explores the aftermath of the Pinochet coup and the years of Pinochet’s regime won the award from the International Documentary Association — but it didn’t even make the shortlist for the Oscars.
A Third Of UK Kids Live Their Lives Without Books
About four million children in the U.K., a third of the total number of kids, don’t own a book – and guess what? Boys are less likely to own a book than are girls.