Indian classical dancer Manjari Chaturvedi says she doesn’t care about beauty. Her “startling pronouncement — a dancer, shunning physical beauty? — puts her in rare company. Especially when she goes on to say that she’s uninterested in impressing audiences with her technical mastery or complicated rhythms.”
Tag: 09.07.12
How To Fix The ‘Children Embarrassed To Read’ Problem
Kids need time, space, supportive adults, and free books in order to succeed – and oh, hey, U.K.? You’re going backward in almost all of those areas.
Hackers: Heroes, Demons, Or Simply Signs Of The Times?
“Hacking can, and often does, improve products. It exposes vulnerabilities, supplies innovations, and demonstrates both what is possible and what consumers want. … Hacking has also become a method used for extortion, public humiliation, business disruption, intellectual property theft, espionage, and, possibly, war.”
The Party Congress Is Coming! Quick, Take Down That Painting!
As China prepares for the Communist Party Congress, censorship (both outside and self-imposed) rises in galleries and exhibition spaces.
Don’t Judge The Judges Until You’ve Judged For Yourself
Sean O’Hagen slammed last year’s Taylor Wessing prize photographs, and the judges who picked them. This year, as a judge, he’s walking it all back.
Want To See Oscar Winners Early? Head To Toronto
The best predictor of Best Picture winners has been not a festival in Cannes, but one in Canada.
Are Games Necessary To Civic Life?
And if so, why aren’t there more places to play large, public games?
Canadian Museum Lays Off 14 Staff Members, Shortens Hours – And Feels Backlash
“Dozens of anonymous online comments … included suggestions that Evenden and other senior Glenbow management earn too much money, don’t have much of a game plan for erasing the museum’s deficit and are too busy arranging a pricey trip to the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg on the museum dime for potential donors than in erasing the museum’s deficit.”
Joining The 21st Century, Samuel French Develops An E-Script Library
Actors learning their lines will soon need to be off-tablet or off-phone instead of off-book, thanks to a new app.
Did Someone Just Find A Renoir At A Virginia Flea Market?
Maybe – but “discovering forsaken masterpieces at out-of-the way flea markets is a time-tested ruse among art forgers.”