A “Caravaggio expert who has studied the newly found painting, said the work is true to Caravaggio’s style, and X-rays have confirmed it is an original by revealing the lead-laced sketch that was drawn to outline the painting.”
Tag: 12.11.07
Oxford Puts Magna Carta On Display
“Sotheby’s will sell a copy of the Magna Carta in New York next week, the first to be sold by public auction. But the Bodleian elegantly gazumped the auction house by displaying its four copies together for the first time in 800 years. Only 13 others survive – and one of those bears the scars of medieval mice teeth.”
Boston’s Huntington Theatre Gets New Leader
Peter DuBois, a resident director and former associate producer at New York’s acclaimed Public Theater, will be the new artistic director of the Huntington Theatre Company starting in July.
Do You Need To See Music To Like It?
“For better or worse, we are living in a visually-dominant culture and for music to have meaning within our culture, it needs to be seen to some degree. And in that regard, music is not unique.”
British Library Acquires Harold Pinter’s Archives
It includes more than 150 boxes of manuscripts, scrapbooks, letters, photographs and emails from the 2005 Nobel Laureate for Literature.
Merriam Webster’s Word Of The Year
“W00t,” a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness, topped all other terms in the Springfield dictionary publisher’s online poll for the word that best sums up 2007.
Canada Postpones Copyright Revision
“The Canadian government on Tuesday bowed to grass-roots opposition from consumer advocates and delayed the introduction of long-awaited amendments to the federal Copyright Act that deal with copyright infringement.”
A Nutcracker Christmas (Aren’t They All?)
“In one form or another, The Nutcracker is here to stay: it has become as fundamental to Christmas as carols and turkey. The odd thing, however, is that The Nutcracker is actually a very young tradition, barely half a century old.”
Movie Music Suffers As Budgets Shrink
“Budgets for music in films are shrinking, and execs are being forced to get creative by using unknown artists, eschewing soundtrack deals and eliminating music supervisors.”
The Rare Air Star Architects Breathe
“Are star architects really con men? Do they care more about the art of architecture and their own fame than the needs of the ordinary folk who inhabit their buildings? Even as our culture celebrates these stars and their iconoclastic creations, they are often resented — sometimes for good reason.”