“I do have a one-word suggestion about your future spaces — one shared by every artist I’ve spoken to. Rooms. Build rooms for art. Call them whatever you want to call them. Put rich people’s names high on the wall. Whatever. Just let the art live in the space.”
Tag: 05.20.14
How To Eulogize A Philosopher (The Life Or The Ideas)
“For intellectuals, the life is secondary to the thinking. It is the quality and utility of ideas that count, not the qualities or heroics of their producers.”
Cleveland Museum Of Art Names Morgan Library’s William Griswold As New Director
“We were looking for scholarship and a deep familiarity with the art market, so he could manage acquisitions. He had deep experience as a museum director, having run Minneapolis and the Morgan and was willing to be the public face of the museum, which includes fund-raising.”
What Makes A Video Go Viral? Scientists Are On The Case
“Social sharing is powerful enough to topple dictatorships and profitable enough to merit multibillion-dollar investments. But scientists are only beginning to explore the psychological motivations that turn a link into “click bait” and propel a piece of content to Internet fame.”
Case Study: How Arts Education Transformed A School
“Math, reading and social studies teachers began incorporating music, visual arts and theater into their lesson plans. All Savoy students started participating in school-wide performances, for audiences packed with families and community members. And now, two years in, the school feels transformed, with students, teachers and parents happier, math and reading scores rising significantly, attendance up by a wide margin and student suspensions decreasing by almost 70 percent.”
Met Museum Plans Gut Renovation Of Its Modern Wing
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art is planning to rebuild its wing for Modern and contemporary art – possibly from scratch – to create new, showcase galleries for its expanded collection from those periods, Met officials have confirmed.”