“Animated films still offer the largest risk/reward equation in the movie business. It’s the most profitable movie genre, averaging a 36 per cent return over the past decade, according to analysis by SNL Kagan. Science fiction and fantasy films, with a 26 per cent profit margin, took a distant second place, while dramas and comedies barely broke even. Yet animation is the most expensive genre.”
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It Survived Dictatorship, Sanctions, And War, But Iraq’s Music And Ballet School Might Not Survive Low Oil Prices
“The teachers are still receiving salaries, but funds for instruments and equipment are drying up, leading to the cancellation of performances and raising concerns that the school – which has always recruited based on talent alone – may one day only serve the wealthy or close altogether.”
The Science Behind The Darkest Black Ever Created
“The darkest shade of black isn’t a pigment at all – it’s a material called Vantablack that’s made up of billions of carbon nanotubes clustered together, and it reflects so little light that were you to spread it over a piece of wrinkled tinfoil, the wrinkles would disappear.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.17.16
The Weight of Failure
Gravity is greater on Planet Freelance than on Planet Employee, and failure is heavier for a freelancer than for a company employee. During 20 years of employment in organizations and … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2016-03-17
The Importance of Play
Failure and success tend to go hand in hand. One can’t experience one without the other. Failure is how we learn, how we grow, how we change, and ultimately, how … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2016-03-17
The dominant problem
Most of us would admit that our work comprises a complex bundle of interconnected problems. Each day we attack the particular problems in front of us (or the problems that pop up or pop into … read more
AJBlog: The Artful Manager Published 2016-03-17
Teaching controversial topics in class, and guns
At the Chronicle of Higher Education, Erik Gilbert writes that academics should calm down about college campuses being moved by legislation to allow the concealed carry of firearms. He concludes: People who are terrified by … read more
AJBlog: For What It’s Worth Published 2016-03-17
Buoyant about Met Breuer: My Q&A with Metropolitan Museum President Daniel Weiss – Part II
The last of the Metropolitan Museum’s “Five-Year Strategic Goals,” listed in the Mission Statement of its latest annual report, is to “to enable greater transparency, efficiency, collaboration and communication” … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2016-03-17
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Romania Wants To Buy Its Most Famous Sculpture (And Wants To Crowdfund Part Of The Cost)
“Culture Minister Vlad Alexandrescu said Thursday the government will pay 5 million euros ($5.65 million) of the 11 million-euro price for “Wisdom of the Earth.” It will ask the public to donate the rest.”
Protesting The Museum To Make It Moral
“That museums are now targets says something about their newly perceived status. Once considered standoffish, genteel and politically marginal, they are now viewed as being emblematically engaged players within the power network of global capitalism. And some are seen as using that status badly.”
Another Day, Another Ancient Sculpture Seized By The Feds From Asia Week New York
“Federal agents seized an ancient Afghan statue from a Manhattan gallery Wednesday morning, part of a string of seizures that began Friday and have coincided with Asia Week festivities in New York.”
Having Killed The Mass-Market Paperback Of ‘Mockingbird’, HarperCollins Will Discount Trade Paperback For Schools
“HarperCollins will offer a discount on its trade paperback of Harper Lee’s 1960 classic To Kill a Mockingbird through retail accounts that sell directly to schools. The announcement came days after the news broke that the cheaper, mass-market paperback edition, which is popular in schools, would be discontinued next month.”
European Museums Begin Turning To American-Style Philanthropy
“Governments in Europe are cutting back their support of museums, and so these museums are adapting the American model and increasingly are turning to private citizens and corporations for donations. They are looking both to their own citizens, and to Americans who are fond of certain major European museums.”