Today, the nascent scientific field of neuroaesthetics explores how artistic and aesthetic experiences register in the brain. And there have been other collaborations between museums and neuroscientists, like the 2014 exhibition at London’s National Gallery “Making Colour,” which included an experiment on color perception with guidance from Anya Hurlbert, a visual neuroscientist.
Tag: 03.11.17
As Immigration Rules Tighten And Federal Funding For The Arts Disappears, What Happens To Classical Music In The US?
The problems of getting visiting musicians or foreign music students into the country, the problems and possible advantages of the potential disappearance of the NEA and NEH, the increase of xenophobia nationalist sentiment in American society – Mark MacNamara looks at how music organizations in the Bay Area are approaching these challenges.
Chicago’s Top Business Magazine Devotes An Editorial To Lyric Opera
They approve – especially of the musicals and renting out the house.
Louvre Sets Up Shelter For Art And Antiquities Caught In War Zones’ Crossfire – But Ends Up In Crossfire Itself
In light of catastrophes ranging from the Taliban’s destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas to ISIS’s trafficking in looted antiquities, the French government has offered a conservation facility it’s building in northern France as a haven for artifacts recovered from the battle-scarred Middle East. Yet some curators and archaeologists are fighting the plan, saying that it would stir up an entirely different hornets’ nest of problems.
Hollywood Conservatives Feel They Have To Burrow Underground
“For the vast majority of conservatives who work in entertainment, going to set or the office each day has become a game of avoidance and secrecy. The political closet is now a necessity for many in an industry that is among the most liberal in the country.”
Is This Why Canadians Aren’t Watching Canadian Movies?
“The way the Canadian industry is set up right now, we fund people to make work, but we don’t fund people to market work. If people don’t know a film is out there, and you’re not marketing it to them as American companies do, then you won’t get people to see it. It’s not that complicated, actually.”
Poets Dismayed As They Discover Canadian University Has Been Scanning Copies Of Their Work And Making Them Free
“As well as works by Coach House poets Damian Rogers and Jeramy Dodds, the page for the centre’s contemporary poetry reading group featured high-quality reproductions of entire books by such high-profile Canadian writers as Governor-General’s Award winner Dionne Brand and nominee Lisa Robertson, and international poetry superstar Anne Carson, as well as leading U.S. poets including Claudia Rankine, Ariana Reines and Maggie Nelson. The books, most of which would retail for less than $20, were available to download free to anybody who clicked on a link.”
Will Learning About Art Help Doctors Become Better At Medicine?
This isn’t just about helping medical students access their feelings (important as that is). “In addition to focusing on ways that doctors treat their patients through empathy, the program aimed to develop observation skills and address how doctors treat themselves, through a session on mindfulness and self-care.”
The Protest Novel Is Back
Brexit and Trump have goosed the inevitable re-rise of the protest novel. For instance, novelist Ali Smith’s “gaze fell on those Googling how to apply for an Irish passport, the graffiti of swastikas, the flag-waving, the disappearance of money, and the constant appearance of lines.”
Is A Famous Gainsborough ‘Too Messy’ To Actually Be Attributed To The Painter?
One art historian – well, the leading expert on Thomas Gainsborough – says “Miss Brummell” is probably by the painter’s nephew. Why? “It’s just not Gainsborough’s style. It’s too messy. It lacks confidence. The handling is rather scratchy.”