“In the early 1960s, a 17-year-old girl called Helô Pinheiro would walk past the Veloso bar on the beachfront of Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, every day. She was ‘tall and tanned and young and lovely’ – and she was regaled by the men who drank there.”
Tag: 08.01.12
Tehran’s Modern Art Museum Could Be A Stunner – If They’d Just Display The Art
The last Shah assembled a major collection – Cassatt and Degas and Magritte, Pollock and Lichtenstein and Warhol, even Picasso – and it all got stuck in a basement in the early days of the Islamic Republic. Three decades on, asks Jonathan Jones, why shouldn’t this mother lode be gracing the walls of Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Art?
Toddlers Just Want To Be Helpful (Really?)
“‘From an early age, humans seem to have genuine concern for the welfare of others,’ concludes a research team led by Robert Hepach … [He] and his colleagues argue that before they are socialized into selfishness, children are intrinsically motivated to help others – and not because they wish to ‘take credit’ for their beneficence.”
Which Global Cities Are Best For Culture?
One of the report’s central points is that world cities are as important in terms of culture as they are in finance or trade. The report says: “Culture in all its diverse forms is central to what makes a city appealing to educated people and hence to the businesses which seek to employ them.”
How Norman Lear Changed TV
“You can’t change people’s minds,” the nonagenarian once said. “But you can get them to think.” Is that what’s happening these days?
Rowling Book Withheld From Foreign Publishers Over Piracy Fears
“Fears that pirated editions of JK Rowling’s upcoming novel The Casual Vacancy could leak out mean that some foreign publishers will not receive a copy of the manuscript until it is published in English, forcing them to rush their translations or miss out on sales.”
Iran Threatens To Boycott Venice Film Festival (Possibly To Censor One Of Its Own Filmmakers)
“The statement has been widely interpreted as a threat against Iranian filmmaker Kianoosh Ayari, whose The Paternal House was set to screen in the Horizons sidebar in Venice.”
Poll: Detroit Voters Likely To Approve Tax To Fund Art Museum
“The poll, which surveyed 237 adults in the three counties, found that 69% plan to vote for the millage and 2% are leaning toward voting yes, while 25% plan to vote no and 4% are undecided.”
Indian TV Network Accuses Ratings Company Of Manipulating Ratings Data
“The Indian network, New Delhi Television, or NDTV, says the manipulated data cost it nearly a billion dollars in advertising revenue, and the suit is seeking several billion dollars in damages.”
Social Media Disrupts Tight Olympics Broadcast Choreography
“For Olympics organizers who pride themselves on putting on a carefully choreographed — obsessively controlled, some would say — 17-day show, the bursts of Twitter activity are like gamma rays escaping from a solar flare. They’re impossible to stop and spellbinding to behold.”