NYU philosopher Thomas Nagel lays out the basic premise of his c/ntroversial book Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False.
Tag: 08.18.13
Norman Foster Pulls Out Of Stalled $640 Million Pushkin Museum Project In Russia
“Moscow’s chief architect Sergei Kuznetsov issued an ultimatum, demanding that Foster take a more active role in the project and prove his commitment by coming to the Russian capital within a month.”
Alex Ross: Wagner Is Stuck
“It would be good to report that the anniversary year has yielded a raft of fresh insights. Alas, outside of scholarly precincts, discussion of Wagner is stuck in a Nazi rut.”
A Seismic Shift In Phoenix Arts Scene
“At least eight of the Valley’s largest cultural non-profits, including the Phoenix Symphony, Arizona Opera and Arizona Theatre Company, have hired or are looking to hire new artistic or business directors.”
More Details On The DIA Art Appraisal
“The Free Press has learned previously undisclosed details of Christie’s contract with the city, including that up to 3,500 works could be appraised. Among those are 300 on view as part of the permanent display, including iconic works by van Gogh, Matisse, Rembrandt, Bruegel and others.”
Google Is Going Down The Toilet, Thanks To Search Engine Optimization
“We find writers frantically writing posts, blogs, press releases and website content and gathering data on industries they know nothing about through brief Google searches (which we almost never cite). That information then begins populating the search results of Google, Bing and other search engines, making it seem more reliable as it spreads further.”
Sony Has A Hidden, Thriving T.V. Business Going On (Did You Know?)
Sony Pictures Television is “a largely hidden operation that has at times felt like a second-class citizen inside its own conglomerate and in Hollywood broadly, with the spotlight going instead to the movie division” – but it has four potential hits in the pipeline this fall.
The Rise Of The Author-Performer (You Know, Like David Sedaris)
“The desire for readers to see their favourite authors perform relates to the rise of social media – the accessibility of authors on sites such as Twitter leading to a desire among readers to meet them in person.”
Charges Against Johns’ Assistant Reverberate In The Art World
James Meyer “stumbled into a position with Mr. Johns that lasted 27 years. During that time, he also tried to make his own name as an artist with works whose influences included suburbia and Dostoyevsky filtered through the techniques and sensibilities of Mr. Johns.”
John Whitworth, 91, Who Brought The High Male Voice Back To The Modern World
The countertenor voice “had disappeared from British concert life for the two centuries between the age of Handel and the mid-1940s, when Michael Tippett enlisted the Canterbury Cathedral singer Alfred Deller for his revival of the music of Henry Purcell. By the 1950s, John, too, was a soloist, sometimes appearing alongside Deller.”