– according to a new government report. CBC
Author: Douglas McLennan
NO INCREASE IN NEA BUDGET
The US Senate’s supporters of the National Endowment for the Arts decide not to fight for an increase in the arts agency’s budget. Washington Post
CALIFORNIA PASSES CHILD ACTOR LAW
to safeguard earnings of young actors. Backstage
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SPENDING LESS ON CULTURE
according to a new government report. CBC
NO INCREASE IN NEA BUDGET
The US Senate’s supporters of the National Endowment for the Arts decide not to fight for an increase in the arts agency’s budget. Washington Post
TALKING THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL
Can new voice recognition software make a great writer out of a great talker? It’s a little more complicated than that. – LA Weekly
PUBLISHER MAKES TYPO
Now five of its major authors aren’t eligible for Canadian literary honors. – CBC
VIRTUAL TOWER
A Dutch town decides to commemorate the millennium by building a tower. Not just any tower, though. London Telegraph
JUDGE RULES SEATTLE ART MUSEUM –
– can’t sue New York art dealer for selling Matisse painting stolen by Nazis. Ruling could have implications for other museums. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
CEZANNE’S GREATEST FAN
By the time he died in 1929, French industrialist Auguste Pellerin had collected one-sixth of the artist’s total output. This winter Pellerin’s heirs are selling off ten paintings as well as a Rodin and a Manet. New York Times