Another Director’s Job Opens Up
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2014-12-21
My Apollo Magazine Debate on Satellite Museums; Plus: Latest Abu Dhabi Workers’ Rights Report
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2014-12-22
Da Vinci’s Notebooks: Seeing Him in His Drawings
AJBlog: Straight|Up Published 2014-12-22
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“‘If he lived today, we’d probably call him a selfie-addict,’ said the historian Elizabeth Goldring, who has uncovered details of Dudley’s extraordinary collection for a new study of the man who probably won the heart, although not the hand, of Elizabeth I.”
“The mere threat of damage to Kim Jong Un’s image has outraged the North Korean government. Such fury is thought to be behind the Sony hacking. North Korea has denied the attack but has suggested it was a ‘righteous deed’ carried out by sympathizers.”
“She joined the Observer in 1949 and, resisting all offers from other prospective employers, continued to appear in the office every week for more than half a century, working on 35mm film to the end, meekly waiting for assignments, and turning in dazzlingly beautiful images for news stories and features.”
A Brit-heavy quiz on the year’s comings and goings and general spectaculars.
“Michael Lynton, the studio’s chief executive, insisted on Sunday it had ‘not caved’ to hackers who crippled the company and that it was exploring ways to let audiences see the film. ‘We would still like the public to see this movie, absolutely.'”
