Scientists “are trying to figure out why animals learn and why some have evolved to be better at learning than others. One reason for the difference, their research finds, is that being smart can be bad for an animal’s health.”
Tag: 05.06.08
Lincoln Center, Redefined (Act I)
“When Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center reopens in February after a $159 million, 22-month renovation, it will have a gleaming, three-story glass lobby; custom-made seats; and a mechanized stage extension that will allow musicians to get closer to the audience.”
Stars Of Pacific Playwrights
Orange County’s “South Coast Rep has been flying a big, bright flag for art for more than four decades. The theater has long been one of the most steadfast and prolific producers of new American plays. More than 50 works first presented in some form at the 10 previous Pacific Playwrights Festivals were subsequently seen elsewhere.”
Art-As-Currency: The Global Test
“Think of it as the art world’s ‘new math.’ A new generation of collectors, dealers and financiers have come to treat art as a highly sophisticated financial instrument: tradable, globally recognizable, in demand and liquid around the world. Suddenly, some of the most prized names in contemporary art are the more prolific ones, those with signature images (like Damien Hirst’s ubiquitous “spin art” paintings), since inventories can be traded much like currency.”