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Tag: 03.30.16
‘Fainting And Nervous Breakdowns’ – Argentina’s National Library Lays Off A Quarter Of Its Staff
“The cuts at the Biblioteca Nacional, once run by Jorge Luis Borges, were announced last Tuesday to ‘tears and cries of outrage’ … Staff had been phoned by authorities throughout the day to be given the news, which caused ‘fainting and nervous breakdowns’.”
The Wrong Way To Teach Painting
“Professors of my ilk see painting as a hands-on art form best learned through looking at great paintings and at painters in action, and by painting while being coached. The new pedagogy see[s] painting as best learned through critical thinking, a method borrowed from literature and the social sciences.” Laurie Fendrich explains why the latter is a dangerous approach.
Do We Care More About Palmyra’s Antiquities Than Its People? (It Sure Looks That Way)
“What might not have been clear if you followed the news stories and photographs is that there is also a modern town of Palmyra (Arabic Tadmur) adjacent to the ancient site, with tens of thousands of inhabitants. And here in microcosm is an unsettling problem/trend of the entire war.”
A Revolution Onstage – How ‘1776’ And ‘Hamilton’ Make History Musical And Make Musical History
“When in the course of human events – and musical-theater history, too – an idea gets repeated, it can still be revolutionary.”
Tenor Gegam Grigorian Dead At 65
“[He] was an Armenian tenor with a powerful and expressive voice whose career was disrupted by a failed attempt to defect to Italy at the height of the Cold War. … When he did eventually appear regularly in the West – under the patronage of the conductor Valery Gergiev – he thrilled audiences.”
It’s True: Art By Narcissists Really Does Fetch More At Auction
“A new study confirms your suspicions that in the art world, delusional self-regard pays off: researchers found that work by narcissistic artists is likely to sell for more money at auction than work by their humbler counterparts.”
Jeff Melanson Was Canada’s Arts Turnaround King. Now He Has Been Turned Around, What Next?
The arts administrator once hailed as Canada’s cultural turnaround king has seen his reputation punctured after his estranged wife, Eleanor McCain, filed court papers portraying him as a remorselessly manipulative leader who fired and hired employees unjustly, boozed excessively and married only to escape workplace harassment allegations. None of the claims have been proven in court and Melanson has deemed them “inaccurate and undignified.”
Romance Fiction Is Hot. So Are The Book Cover Models
“Despite the perception that blockbusters like “Fifty Shades of Grey” drive sales, self-publishing has proved a boon for this particular genre. E-books make up nearly 40 percent of all purchases, according to the writers group. And there are categories for every reader’s taste, among them, adventure, Christian, multicultural, L.G.B.T. and paranormal.”
Are Musicians Psychotherapy Junkies? (A Study Suggests)
“According to a recently published study from Norway, musicians in that nation are three times more likely to utilize psychotherapy than members of the general workforce. They’re also 50 percent more likely to use psychotropic medications such as antidepressants.”