“We have all operated for the last few years with the idea that online piracy was something that publishers of Tolkien or science fiction had to worry about, but who would bother with the specialized books coming out of university presses? Now, it’s clear that many will bother.”
Tag: 02.18.09
Whitney Museum Fails To Sell Brownstones
The four contiguous five-storey brownstones, located along Madison Avenue just south of the museum, had been for sale since last summer through commercial realtor CB Richard Ellis Group, but sources in the field told The Art Newspaper that the buildings did not sell and have been withdrawn from the market.
Proposed: The Art Market Is Less Ethical Than Stock Market
“A before-and-after poll of the audience found that tales of chandelier bidding, bidding rings, the lack of regulation and so on resulted in 55% agreeing that the art market is less ethical than the stock market (only 33% opposed, 12% undecided). Amid the worst economic meltdown in half a century, caused by the unregulated greed of bankers and securities traders, the art market lost the debate.”
Challenging The Idea Of Globalization
“However you approach it, globalization is a messy idea for an anxious world. Academics worry about how to define it; protesters worry about how to change it; politicians wonder how to turn it to their ends.”
Study: iPod Lectures Increase Student Scores
“New psychological research suggests that university students who download a podcast lecture achieve substantially higher exam results than those who attend the lecture in person.”
Sleep Deprivation Could Cause Mental Illness (Gee, Ya Think?)
“Take anyone with a psychiatric disorder and the chances are they don’t sleep well. The result of their illness, you might think. Now this long-standing assumption is being turned on its head, with the radical suggestion that poor sleep might actually cause some psychiatric illnesses or lead people to behave in ways that doctors mistake for mental problems.”
SCAD To Open Campus In Hong Kong
“The Savannah College of Art & Design will open [in 2010] a new four-year branch campus in Hong Kong focused on digital media production. The Hong Kong Development Bureau recommended the college from more than 100 other applicants to restore the historic North Kowloon Magistracy Building, where the campus will be located.”
Awards Shows Are Catnip To Audiences — Online
“Television ratings for awards shows are on the decline. But that doesn’t mean people aren’t interested at all in the spectacle of Hollywood congratulating itself. They’re just getting their awards-show information the same way they’re getting all their other news: online.”
Theatre: Judge For Yourself; Download Churchill’s Play
“Some critics have charged that the 10-minute play, ‘Seven Jewish Children,’ by British playwright Caryl Churchill, is anti-Semitic. Ms. Churchill’s play is currently being performed at London’s Royal Court Theatre as a benefit for the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians. The Royal Court’s Web site allows readers to download the full text of the play and read it for themselves.”
Concert Assn. Of Florida Dies, But Its Concerts Go On
“[T]he Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County said that it would host six of seven events scheduled for the coming weeks by the Concert Association of Florida, which filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on Friday.”