“She is discovering details that have been overlooked for centuries, from mistranscriptions and mysterious seals to an unpublished document tucked away in the Venice state archives that describes Italian and French diplomats attending ‘Pericles’ in London.”
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The Getty Director Who’s Changing Stock Photography Forever
“In 2007, the top image of a woman was a stereotypical objectified woman, looking passive while naked and tangled in sheets. In 2012, it’s actually a woman on a train. … She’s wearing clothes, and that’s thrilling! She has a journey and feels like the hero of her own narrative.”
My Lover, Robert Mapplethorpe
Jack Fritscher: “We became bi-coastal lovers for more than two years and remained friends for ever. We fricated our edginess together. We were both re-quivering Catholics mixing the sacred and the profane. … It was sex, love, art, letters, phone calls and business. It was life.”
Now Even J.K. Rowling Has Been Accused Of Cultural Appropriation
“The Harry Potter author … has been accused of appropriating the ‘living tradition of a marginalised people’ by writing about the Navajo legend of the skinwalker in a new story” on her Pottermore website.
Musée d’Orsay’s Director Survives Staff Rebellion – For Now
“[Guy] Cogeval, who has led the museum since 2008, applied for a third term, but his ability to lead the museum, particularly after suffering a stroke in 2014, has been openly challenged by the museum’s staff.” But France’s brand-new culture minister convinced President Hollande to let Cogeval stay on for one more year.
Harvard Art Museums Have A New Director
“[Martha] Tedeschi, who serves as deputy director for art and research at the Art Institute [of Chicago], comes to the Harvard post with deep curatorial roots – experience that she says will help her oversee museum programming that serves the university’s student population while also welcoming the public.”
Most Popular Theories of Consciousness Are Worse Than Wrong
“In the modern age we can chuckle over medieval naiveté, but we often suffer from similar conceptual confusions. We have our share of phlegm theories, which flatter our intuitions while explaining nothing. They’re compelling, they often convince, but at a deeper level they’re empty.”
A Link Between Watching “Reality” TV And Narcissism
“Among college students, research finds a substantial link between higher narcissism levels and regular viewing of certain TV genres, including reality series, sports, and political talk shows.”
Why ‘Where’s Waldo’ Is Hard
“Could you tell a person something like, ‘ignore everyone not wearing glasses,’ to find Waldo more efficiently? Probably not.”
More Proof That Choral Singing Is Really Good For You
“The synchronistic physical activity of choristers appears to create an unusually strong bond, giving members the emotionally satisfying experience of temporarily ‘disappearing’ into a meaningful, coherent body.”