Art Professor Forced to Remove Surgically Implanted Camera From His Head

“An NYU professor triggered a debate about campus privacy in November when he decided to implant a camera in the back of his head for a year-long art project. Now the professor, Wafaa Bilal, faces a much bigger obstacle than students who might not want their pictures taken. His body is rejecting part of the implanted device.”

Seeing Fonteyn, and Knowing What Makes Dance Great

“There was one moment when she rested her head gently on her prince’s shoulder, a pose at once trusting and terrified. She seemed made of flesh and other-worldly, an enchanted princess, a swan and a breathing woman all in the same instant. It was the first time I fully understood the power of dance to convey truth without words, to be at once real and unreal.”

Cleveland Orchestra Hires A Critic-In-Residence

Enrique Fernandez said the orchestra is trying to go beyond a monolithic institutional voice and to embrace the dynamic possibilities for give-and-take offered by the web. “Online brings a whole new dimension to things. It’s an acknowledgment of that that prompted the orchestra to foster the discussion, to stimulate a community who goes to concerts and wants to write something about it.”

Judge Halts Construction on Gehry’s New Paris Cultural Complex

A Paris court has issued an order “to stop building work on [Gehry’s] ‘Cloud’, a stunning, €100 million glass-covered complex in western Paris. The ethereal, multifaceted building was due to house a cultural centre owned by France’s richest man, Bernard Arnaud, along with his extensive contemporary art collection and that of his company LVMH.”