“[Jean-Luc] Martinez, who starts April 15, runs the museum’s Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities department – one of eight Louvre departments which together display a total of some 35,000 works. … Martinez takes over at a critical time: as the Louvre prepares to open its first international offshoot in Abu Dhabi.”
Tag: 04.03.13
Is Hong Kong’s Stock Market Under A Cinematic Curse?
“Hong Kong investors call it the Ting Hai effect: When the actor Adam Cheng has a new television show or a new movie, the Hang Seng index often takes a dramatic turn for the worse. And in a city where superstitions can guide daily routines, the financial sector is worried.”
How Do You Get To Sesame Street? Where Puppeteers Learn To Be Puppeteers
There are a few US schools and universities that offer formalized training, but many puppetmasters are still apprenticed or even self-taught. There’s far more to learn than civilians realize.
What-All Is In The Museum Of Everything?
The traveling exhibition of outsider art, currently en route from Paris to Moscow, features former janitor Henry Darger’s cartoon epics, Dietrich Orth’s imaginary machines, the French duo ACM’s intricate and fantastical temples made from typewriter and electronics parts, … and such-like.
The Dancing Filipino Inmates Star In A Documentary
“Six years and 52 million YouTube hits later, Filipino inmates who danced to ‘Thriller’ inside a prison courtyard are getting their stories told in a movie drama about redemption and corruption behind bars.”
A Challenge To Architects To Do SOMEthing With NY’s Penn Station
“We’re really trying to unlock people’s imaginations about the very real potential of a new arena and of a new Penn Station.”
“Wicked” Passes Five Million Served In London’s West End
Wicked has been seen by more than 36 million people around the world. The West End production is booking until April 26, 2014
Asking For Money? Ask For Opinions First
“Raising money for a nonprofit isn’t as bad as people think. People admire you for doing this work, and they’re not insulted to be asked. The worst they can do. is say no.”
Writer Iain Banks: I Have Only Months To Live
The 59-year-old writer, best known for his novel The Wasp Factory, wrote: “I am officially Very Poorly.”
Miami Ballet Taps Star Baseball Player For Stage Role
The Miami Beach-based dance company has tapped star catcher Mike Piazza to play the role of a gangster in the May 3 production of Slaughter on Tenth Avenue.