“Maybe the question we should be asking, not of Google but of ourselves, is what types of questions the Net is encouraging us to ask. Should human thought be gauged by its output or by its quality? That question might actually propel one into the musty depths of a library, where “time saved” is not always the primary concern.”
Tag: 03.21.11
What To Make Of America’s Ancient Cave Art?
“Over the past few decades, in Tennessee, archaeologists have unearthed an elaborate caveÂ-art tradition thousands of years old. The pictures are found in dark zone sites–places where the Native American people who made the artwork did so at personal risk, crawling meters or, in some cases, miles underground with cane torches.”
London Gallerist Returns Stolen Icons To Greece
“Six stolen icons handed over by London’s Temple Gallery are to be returned to Greece. Richard Temple, who has dealt in icons for half a century, had bought them in good faith from a European intermediary whom he says he has dealt with over many years.”
Why Piracy Thrives In China
Avatar grossed more money in China than any other country besides the United States. But Chinese “options for legal viewing of foreign films remain scant. China allows only about 20 foreign movies into theaters each year. With no outlets akin to Netflix, Blockbuster or iTunes legitimately selling or renting a broad selection of titles, Chinese movie buffs opt for illegal Internet downloads or pirated DVDs.”
Boston’s Gardner Museum Chooses New Curator
“With the early 2012 opening of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s new wing approaching, the museum announced today the hiring of a new curator of the collection, its key curatorial post” – Oliver Tostmann, a 38-year-old German who is “now finishing up a prestigious, three-year fellowship at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.”
Photographer Patrick Cariou Wins Copyright Case Against Gagosian
“Cariou originally filed suit for copyright infringement against [artist Richard] Prince, Larry Gagosian, Gagosian Gallery, and Rizzoli books in December 2008 after a number of his photographs were reappropriated without consent in Prince’s ‘Canal Zone’ series.”
Spider-Man Choreographer Says He’s Not Fired
“This morning, Bloomberg News reported that producers are now in talks to replace the show’s choreographer, Daniel Ezralow with Chase Brock. … Tonight, Ezralow states that: ‘As far as I know I am the choreographer and aerial choreographer of Spider-Man. The producers have not addressed any change in my status officially.”
The Cure For Writer’s Block?
“It’s amazing what you can get done when you believe you’re shirking some other, more important enterprise. That’s what every blocked writer really needs: something more significant they should be doing instead.”
Why Pornographic Imagery Is Good For Your Memory
Ed Cooke, a Grand Master of Memory and “co-founder of the online learning site Memrise, argues that our brains are wired to remember bizarre and debauched mental images like nothing else.” And those images fit right into the ancient Greek technique called the Memory Palace.)
Classical Composer Gets Modeling Contract (Yes, Fashion Modeling)
Eric Whitacre, the blond California composer/conductor who has become something of a rock star among young choir geeks (and the man behind the YouTube choir videos), has joined the roster of the Storm Models agency.