“Over the decades, evidence concerning cognitive deficits in brain-damaged patients has accumulated, and researchers have concluded that we have a sense of number that is independent of language, memory, and reasoning in general.”
Tag: 02.25.08
Has Professionalism In The Arts Killed Creativity?
“Creativity needs the spark of friction, anger and adversity. Necessity really is the mother of invention. Creativity thrives on different points of view brought about by people having a variety of different experiences. By making entry impossible to those who can’t or won’t conform to an establishment norm means ending up with a dull monotony; a once exciting ferment reduced to the functional banality of a tax return.”
Indian Lit Festival Ends In Chaos
“This year’s Kitab festival – held in Mumbai from February 22-24 – was remarkable in pleasing no one. Its founder Pablo Ganguli, the 24-year-old former darling of the literary circuit, now stands accused of mismanagement, failing to pay his debts, and favouring British authors over Indian ones.”
Oscar Telecast Bombs In TV Ratings
Nielsen Media Research says preliminary ratings for the 80th annual Academy Awards telecast are 14 percent lower than the least-watched ceremony ever.
London’s Top Culture Attractions
The British Museum saw visitor numbers rise by 12 per cent to 5.4 million. The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army was described as “the hottest exhibition in town”.
Report: London Cultural Groups Stand To Lose Big In Olympics
London’s cultural groups have been worried that the London Olympics were drain off money from culture funding. Now a new report says losses to culture and sports funding could be £440 million.
Canada Reads Becomes A Force In Canadian Publishing
“Not much was expected from the program upon its debut in April, 2002 but it’s steadily grown in both popularity and clout, to the point that it’s now second only to the Scotiabank Giller Prize in drawing attention to the splendors of Canadian fiction.”
Why A Longtime Royal Academy Of Art Star Left
“Sir Norman Rosenthal, Exhibitions Secretary at the Royal Academy (RA) in London for the past 31 years, left the institution last month. In a frank interview he reveals that he was forced out of the RA and that he would have happily continued working there for another decade.”
Museum Wants To Sell Art To Fix Roof
The Watts Gallery is a small museum with a disastrously leaking roof. The museum wants to sell two major paintings to safeguard the future of its collection. “It has the blessing of the Museums Association, which initially threatened to cancel the Surrey gallery’s registration as a museum if the sale went ahead.”
Why “Free” Is The Future Of Business
“A decade and a half into the great online experiment, the last debates over free versus pay online are ending. Once a marketing gimmick, free has emerged as a full-fledged economy. The rise of “freeconomics” is being driven by the underlying technologies that power the Web.”