“For all the efforts that have been made, and for all the good donors outside of London, actually there is a massive imbalance. The truth is that even if you do have a proper strategy, you can’t just leave it to the market.”
Tag: 04.09.15
Eddie Murphy Wins Kennedy Center’s 2015 Mark Twain Prize
Eddie Murphy let loose on the Kennedy Center stage – that should be quite some monologue at the gala on October 18.
An Interactive Map Of Shakespeare’s London
“[It] pulls information from databases with names of locations, people, organizations in the city at the time, as well as reference material about the early modern period in London. These data are layered on to the ‘Agas’ base map [from 1561]. So if you click on the Middle Temple building, for example, the map will give you an idea of what it is and how it was used, back when Shakespeare was around.”
Colombian Novel From 1983 Makes Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2015 Shortlist
In the Beginning Was the Sea by Tomás González, “published in 1983 – by the owner of the nightclub where its author was then a barman – has been shortlisted alongside the work of international stars Haruki Murakami and Daniel Kehlmann for the 2015 Independent foreign fiction prize.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.09.15
Breaking Now: The MFA Names A New Director
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2015-04-09
For services rendered
AJBlog: About Last Night ublished 2015-04-09
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The Tricky Feat Of Making Opera Out Of Current Events
“Creating operas out of real events, whether in the recent or more distant past, is almost as old as the art form itself. It began in 1643 when Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, set in Rome in AD 64, was staged in Venice, though in the baroque and early classical operas that followed over the next century and a half, hard historical fact and more distancing fantasy were frequently inextricably merged.”
Boston’s Museum Of Fine Arts Chooses Its Next Director
Matthew Teitelbaum, now “director and CEO of the Art Gallery of Ontario, brings not only a track record of successful museum expansion and fund-raising, but a broad approach to audience engagement and an expertise in contemporary art that could add new dimensions to the MFA.”
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changes The Ways We See The World
“Over the last five years, processing power and huge corpuses of teaching data have given computers the ability to detect emotions and moods. Soon, perhaps, they will be able to recognize a sideline scuffle or a player’s shift in attitude. Combine that with sensors gathering crowd reactions, the movement and changes in velocity for players and passes, historical statistics that provide context for the game and a player’s performance—and now AI is starting to encroach on analysis as well.”
Brooklyn Academy Of Music Chooses New President
“[BAM] hasn’t had to search for a new president in a very long time. Since the impresario Harvey Lichtenstein stepped down in 1999, Karen Brooks Hopkins has held the position, becoming a fund-raising powerhouse and building the institution into an anchor for a cultural renaissance in Downtown Brooklyn.”