“Spanish authorities have revived plans to construct the late artist Eduardo Chillida’s vast, artificial cave in a Canary Island mountain, despite concerns over potential damage to ancient engravings on the mountain’s summit.”
Tag: 03.09.11
What’s Needed Next For E-Books
“Discovery is terrible in the digital environment. The iBooks app isn’t very good, and even shopping on a Kindle isn’t a great experience. If you know what you’re looking for it’s fantastic, but the whimsy and delight you get at indie bookstores is absolutely missing.”
Study: Non-Experts Can See Quality In Abstraction
“Newly published research finds that, in spite of our protestations, nonexperts can tell the difference among acclaimed abstract paintings, colorful canvasses created by a nursery school students or residents of the zoo.”
Hollywood Has a Qaddafi Problem
Natural Selection, the once-ordinary production company bankrolled by one of the Libyan dictator’s sons, is suddenly a pariah in Hollywood, as is anyone involved with it. Meanwhile, US stars who have performed at Qaddafi-backed events have been rushing to donate their fees to charity.
Spider-Man to Close for Three-Week Overhaul
“The producers of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark are planning a significant overhaul of the $65 million Broadway musical that would involve shutting down performances for two to three weeks, as well as delaying its scheduled opening on March 15 for about three months.”
Can You ‘Steal’ a Piece of Graffiti Street Art?
“That’s the talk of the town in Detroit, where members of the 555 Gallery removed a painting believed to be by street artist Banksy from a wall in an abandoned Packard plant.” Says one of the removers, “It’s a world-renowned artist who put something up in a place that is going to be destroyed.”
France Argues With Itself Over Proposed Museum of French History
President Nicolas Sarkozy “has cooked up the Maison de l’Histoire de France, the country’s first national museum of French history, to open in 2015.” But many observers, and more than a few activists, are “appalled by the [very] notion of the museum” and argue that the project is little more than a way for Sarkozy to appeal to right-wing voters.