“It was Marcel’s apartment, and seven people were dancing. Six were colored and one was white. Marcel himself was colored, a muddy brown and not good-looking. It was he who danced alone. His dancing was too fanciful to be masculine and too grotesque to be feminine. But everything that he did was like that.”
Tag: 06.06.13
Founder Of Top Chinese Literary Web Site Arrested
“The news came out this week in English-language media, that Luo Li, the founder and former head of one of China’s largest literary websites, Qidian, has been arrested, though there are still conflicting reports about what he’s actually been accused of and the whole picture remains a bit murky.”
Sorry, Most People Aren’t Going To Finish Reading Your Article
“TL;DR” isn’t just an obnoxious crack, we’re afraid. Farhad Manjoo looks at some depressing statistics on how people read online – and how much they’ve actually read when they tweet or share a link.
Royal Albert Hall Did Record-Breaking Business In 2012
“With a wide-ranging programme that included the BBC Proms, Cirque du Soleil, concerts by Gary Barlow and Emeli Sande, boxing and tennis tournaments and the world premieres of Skyfall and Titanic in 3D, … [the London venue] reported a record year for business in 2012 with operating income growing 4.3% to £16.8 million to produce an operating surplus of £4.5 million.”
Save The Tungsten Stage Light!
“More than 2,000 people from around the world, including the heads of lighting at prominent venues such as the National Theatre in London and New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, have joined a campaign aimed at protecting the traditional tungsten light bulb in stage productions.”
North Korea’s Monument Factory
“Perhaps the world’s biggest art factory, Mansudae employs roughly 4,000 North Koreans, including some 1,000 artists, handpicked from the country’s best academies.”
A 22-Year-Old Laments That Friends Won’t Debate Classical Music
“Not many people are willing to indulge me in a debate on chamber orchestras versus modern full-sized. But really, how is it so different from discussing what Beatles album is best or what group represents the pinnacle of 80s New Wave?”
Now, The World Will See More Dan Flavin Sculptures
“The artist left behind more than 1,000 unrealised sculptures when he died in 1996. If produced, these could be worth tens (if not hundreds) of millions of dollars. ”
Turning A Le Corbusier Roof Into A Museum
“It is something of an anomaly, a cross between a private museum, sponsored by Audi Talents Awards, and a historic architectural Mecca. It also remains a public space for the residents of the Cité Radieuse.”
The Humanities Are Dying In U.S. Universities (Is This A Problem?)
“The reality is that it’s kind of a tougher economic time, and we do have to worry about living after graduation. I don’t want to be doing what I love and be homeless.”