“Eight squatters have moved into a north London library and started lending out books again.”
Tag: 09.12.12
Why Is E-Communication Not Showing Up In Literature?
In an age when many of us email, message, tweet, comment, like, pin, reblog, and update more than we talk, just why is it that the books and ebooks on the shelves of Amazon are still dominated by “spoken” dialogue?
Gagosian Empire – Gallery Space Bigger Than Tate Modern
“The Art Newspaper calculates that Gagosian’s permanent gallery spaces total more than 153,047 sq. ft (14,200 sq. m) spread across eight cities: Los Angeles, New York, London, Rome, Athens, Paris, Geneva and Hong Kong (excluding its previous temporary space in Moscow, and now Rio). This is more than the entire 145,313 sq. ft (13,500 sq. m) exhibition space of Tate Modern, including its new extension and the Tanks.”
Why Wikipedia Should Be In Classrooms
“On the one hand, you have the idea of crowdsourcing: put enough humans in a room and they’ll eventually produce something like Wikipedia. The problem is, they will also produce something like those tabloids you see in the checkout line at the grocery store.”
Just How Successful Was London’s Cultural Olympiad?
“Organisers revealed this week that 19.5 million people had taken part in the London 2012 Festival events by 31 August, with a final week of attendance figures yet to come in.”
American Universities Rethink The Study Of Art (And How To Do It)
“Several of our great universities are beginning to rethink their aloof attitude toward the making of art, but the University of Chicago may be ahead of the game.”
Attackers Of US Missions In Egypt And Libya Were Angry Over Some Knucklehead’s Muhammad Video
“The protests in both countries were sparked by outrage over a film ridiculing Muhammad produced by an American in California and being promoted by an extreme anti-Muslim Egyptian Christian campaigner in the United States. Excerpts from the film dubbed into Arabic were posted on YouTube.”
Metropolitan Museum Considers Opening On Mondays
“The museum started closing on Mondays in 1971 to save money, and the proposal to reopen is partly driven by financial considerations as well. [Director Thomas P.] Campbell said rising tourism had brought so many new potential visitors that the economic balance might have changed.”