“Designed by the Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi, the [Makoko] Floating School [in Lagos] was the winner of multiple awards for architecture and urbanism, attracting great international attention and acclaim. … At 10.30am on [last] Tuesday, the Floating School collapsed during a heavy seasonal thunderstorm.”
Tag: 06.10.16
The Murky Mess Of Museums’ Image Rights
“Of course it would be a beautiful thing if there could be a standard, but the reality is that there’s so many different considerations that cultural institutions have to take into account, based on their collections or jurisdictions or educational missions.”
The World’s First International Sex Advice Expert (She Was Also A Suffragette) Insisted On Female Pleasure
With her 1918 book Married Love (Downton Abbey fans may recognize the title) “prompting a tidal wave of correspondence,” Marie Stopes became “the closest thing to an expert on sexual equality that the early 20th century ever had – despite, as all evidence suggests, her being a virgin herself.”
Visual Artists In England Now Have Their Own Union
“Artists’ Union England (AUE) has been formally certified as the first trade union representing visual, applied and socially engaged artists in England. … The founding group of visual artists initially launched the union in May 2014, but obtaining [certification] was a three-year process that began in 2013.”
The Books That Hamilton And Burr Checked Out From The Library (That Library Still Has Them)
The New York Society Library, founded in 1754, “not only still keeps records of all the books that Burr and Hamilton borrowed (and, mostly, returned) but also has many of the books themselves – not merely the same titles, but the exact same books that Hamilton and Burr handled and thumbed and read and learned from. What’s more, it turns out that, by a series of benevolent bequests, the library also has a few choice and telling letters from Burr and Hamilton and even from Eliza Hamilton.”
J. Reilly Lewis, Founder And Director Of Washington Bach Consort, Dead At 71
“Ebullient, multitalented, warm and open to a fault, Reilly, 71, was a key figure on the Washington music scene for decades: the leader of the Cathedral Choral Society as well as the founder and leader of the Washington Bach Consort, and a crack organist to boot.”
The New Yorker’s Film Blogger Has A Completely Different List Of The 21st Century’s Best Foreign-Language Films
Richard Brody: “As it says in the Good e-Book, ‘There is no end to the making of lists, and too much Googling will wear you out.’ Yet one list, published on Wednesday, got me going at once, and the results are below.”
Want To Play In A School Orchestra? Better Live In The Right District
“Parents in less affluent districts may not be able to provide that extra support. Schools legally can’t charge students to participate in extracurricular activities such as band or sports, so everyone should have equal access. But more affluent parents can help pay for private lessons and additional coaches, giving their students an edge.”
Pittsburgh: Literary Metropolis (Yes, For Real)
“For years the city was a Rust Belt punch line to those too ill-informed to experience the tough beauty of the place. And yet economics can be destiny, which is why it’s heartening, surprising, and in some sense worrying to see Pittsburgh discovered now by national magazines and newspapers which are always looking for the next location, a new Portland or Austin where arty people with expendable cash can drink craft beer and go to pop-up art galleries.”
Hamilton Is Too Expensive For The 99 Percent, But Broadway Has Some Less Expensive Alternatives
“Start off by figuring that if you have a reasonable life expectancy, you can wait for ‘Hamilton’ ticket prices to settle and sink. (This is not, contrary to what you might think, a star-driven show.)”