“Part of my personality is sexuality, at 81, yes it is. I’m not ashamed of it, I’m not proud of it, it’s just who I am.”
Tag: 03.09.13
Pietro Bembo, One Of Renaissance Italy’s Top Renaissance Men
He’s best known today as the man who standardized Tuscan as the common literary tongue of Italy, but he was also a renowned art collector, an architectural historian and preservationist, secretary to a Borgia pope and eventually a cardinal himself, and a writer who pioneered the format of the modern book and of the then-wildly popular “pocket book”.
Is The Indianapolis Museum Of Art Losing Its Relevance?
“The city’s art museum isn’t going away. But recent comments by Charles Venable, its new director and CEO, coupled with last week’s staff cuts, make me wonder about the museum’s continuing relevance in this community.”
Could We, Like, Literally, Stop Saying “Literally”?
“It’s true that people are using it in a way that is different from its original meaning. But we do that with all kinds of words. I mean, the most relevant comparison is the word really. People say, oh, I’m really starving, They’re not really.”
Literary Magazines Are Thriving In The Digital Age
“I think this moment belongs to little magazines. While subscriptions to the glossies keep going down across the board, ours keep going up. Their ad sales are plummeting; over the last year, ours more than doubled.”
British Museums Are Free. Should They Be?
“By giving up on free entrance, we stand to lose more than we would gain. What is at stake is the idea of who owns these collections and who they are for. When they are free, it is clear that they are ours – that they belong to the people.”
On The Fringes Of The Art World, And (Honestly) Thriving
Llyn Foulkes “doesn’t really play by art world rules. He doesn’t network. He isn’t that interested in socializing or kissing up to collectors.”
J.K. Rowling To T.V.: Your Views Of Teenagers Are Rarely Realistic
The author of the Harry Potter fantasy books says that T.V. shows present a romanticized view of teenage life.
Attendance Down, Deficit Up For Stratford’s Famous Festival
“Stratford, whose attendance has seen a pretty constant decline for a decade now, hasn’t seen lows this low for a quarter-century.” But how should the newish artistic director solve the problem – or is it even a problem?
How Does An Earworm Really Work? [VIDEO]
“Danish design agency Benny Box has created a short animated film — called Jazz that nobody asked for – that serves as an ‘ode to all those unwanted songs out there, that have nowhere to go.'”