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Tag: 06.04.19
Man Convicted Of Trying To Sell Fake Francis Bacon On EBay
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said he had “deliberately aimed to mislead the public into believing he was selling a famed 1952 original” – which was stolen in 1988. – BBC
Jay Z Is The First Rapper Billionaire
Forbes says the husband of singer Beyonce has succeeded because he built brands rather than just endorsed them. In its rankings, Forbes rejected claims that rapper and producer Dr Dre had reached billionaire status. – BBC
Charter Schools Were Supposed To Help Save Education. But Things Have Turned Sour
This is no small shift. For the past quarter-century, the charter school movement has been a juggernaut. Charters were originally devised by technocrats hoping to inject “free market dogmas into the public sector,” as Rachel Cohen wrote in the journal Democracy. The idea was expertly packaged and sold for a broad audience — as a low-cost way to advance the twin aims of excellence and equity. – Washington Post
Why Are Hong Kong’s Publishers Endangered? Fear
“Hong Kong once churned out a broad range of books focused on China’s modern history and Communist Party politics, from thinly sourced potboilers churned out under pen names to respected works of analysis by top authors. … But the industry has declined thanks to tighter border checks, the consolidation of Hong Kong distributors and retail outlets under mainland control, and the disappearance and imprisonment of independent booksellers.” – The New York Times
Ocean Vuong Travels Back To The Hometown That Looms Large In His Novel
NPR reporter Kat Chow grew up near Vuong, and the two attended the same high school (though they never met each other there). She joins the poet-novelist on a road trip to Glastonbury, CT. – The Atlantic
Stanley Tigerman, One Of Chicago’s Most Influential Architects, Dead At 88
“Along with other postmodern architects of international repute, among them the late Philip Johnson and Michael Graves, Tigerman in the 1970s and 1980s broke the mold of modernist, steel-and-glass abstraction, enlivening architecture with whimsy, irony, symbolism and overt references to a building’s physical context or purpose.” – Chicago Tribune
French Authorities Drop Rape Investigation Into Gerard Depardieu
“Paris prosecutors … said Tuesday that there was not evidence to back up the allegations made by a young actress who accused Depardieu of assaulting her last August.” – Variety
Bully Or Not, Daniel Barenboim Gets Contract Extension In Berlin
The Berlin State Opera, where the 76-year-old conductor is general music director, has extended his contract for five additional years to 2027. Some doubts about Barenboim’s future there arose in February when reports surfaced of his ill-treatment of some musicians, though musicians’ representatives now say they have always been in favor of Barenboim staying on. – Deutsche Welle
Another London Newspaper Axes Its Theatre Critics
Henry Hitchings and Fiona Mountford had been contract freelancers at the London Evening Standard, he for 10 years and she for 17. Their redundancy is part of what Standard ownership calls “necessary cost-cutting.” – PressGazette (UK)