Two men walked into the Rodin Room at the Ny Carlsberg Glypoteket museum in Copenhagen, walked right up to The Man with the Broken Nose, put it in a bag, and left – apparently unnoticed by guards and other museum-goers.
Tag: 08.20.15
Fire Destroys Portion Of One Of Europe’s Largest Science Museums
Firefighters battled the blaze at the Cité des Sciences in Paris for more than five hours. “Smoke and flames damaged an area of 10,000 square metres (107,000 square feet), ravaging a 110-million-euro ($122 million) scheme to turn the [auxiliary] building into an area for shops.” None of the museum’s exhibits were damaged.
Why Marion True Should Definitely Write Her Memoir
Christopher Knight: “Her hesitation is understandable, given the relentless, often inflammatory media glare that accompanied her unprecedented 2005 indictment by an Italian court on charges of being part of a stolen-art ring. … Settling history is more important. A central irony in the case remains unresolved.”
Why Sticking A Pair Of Eyeballs On A Sign Actually Changes Behavior
“One American security sign company, MySecuritySign.com, has even made it a standard feature on their sign templates … This isn’t simply a way for sign companies to make a quick extra buck. There’s actually science to back it up.”
The Expert Art Forger Who Can’t Be Prosecuted Because He Gives His Fakes Away
Over two decades, Mark Landis traveled the country posing as a philanthropist and donating his copied artworks without arousing much suspicion. “I didn’t think I’d get into trouble,” Landis explains, “I just thought they’d get mad and send stiff letters — and I’d be long gone by that time.”
First African-American Composer To Win A Pulitzer Is Still Writing Symphonies At 93
George Walker: “I don’t know what relaxation is.” He keeps working because “I want more people to hear my work. I want people to get acquainted with my music.” (includes serious dis of Elliott Carter)
Can David Foster Wallace Be Reclaimed From The Litbros?
“The more we talk about Wallace without talking about his work—which, of course, is the whole reason we’re here, talking about him—the more we aid in this false image of him as bro-lord. His fiction is thoughtful and daring and adventurous and sad and fun and difficult and complex.”
Can Anything Fix The Hollywood Director Gender Imbalance?
“The challenges are daunting, the statistics are depressing, but rather than sit around complaining, the idea behind Film Fatales is that we can change things. And I think real progress will take this bottom-up, grass-roots approach as well as a top-down approach.”
Manhattan Theatre Club Attacked For Lack Of Diversity
The season, announced piecemeal since December, includes Sam Shepard’s “Fool for Love,” David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Ripcord,” Richard Greenberg’s “Our Mother’s Brief Affair,” John Patrick Shanley’s “Prodigal Son,” Nick Payne’s “Incognito,” Nick Jones’s “Important Hats of the Twentieth Century” and Florian Zeller’s “The Father.” But anger about the choices didn’t bubble up until this week, after American Theatre magazine noted the roster in a straightforward post on its website.
Ballet Down On The Farm
“You’ve heard of farm-to-table, surely. Vermont is now one step ahead, with Farm to Ballet, a series of performances across the state this month. It’s the brainchild of Natch Pregger, a professional dancer who has performed with the Boston, Washington, D.C. and Houston ballets. As a native Vermonter, he wanted to create a performance piece around the state’s bucolic rhythms.”