“The age of voodoo is over. The era of talking about something as a ‘dark art’ is done. In a world with big computers and big data, there are no dark arts.”
Tag: 11.07.12
How The Vatican Defaced Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Frescos
“Michelangelo was too eminent for his art to be damaged in such a crude way during his lifetime. But as soon as he died in 1564, one of his pupils was ordered to daub draperies over the Last Judgment’s array of genitals and buttocks. Many of these prissy curbings of Michelangelo are still there. When the painting was restored between 1980 and 1994 it was a chance to remove the additions and reveal the full glory of the resurrected flesh.”
Coming Soon – The $10 E-Book Reader?
“A newly announced e-reader called the beagle generated a lot of interest among readers, publishers and the technology-minded last month when txtr, the Berlin-based firm behind it, announced plans to sell the device for just £8 (yes, really) – that’s £61 less than the current entry-level Kindle.”
Warning: Decline Of UK Art Schools Endangers The Arts
“Pre 1990, art colleges [in the UK] were at their peak. All the things that made the richness on which creativity depends have been significantly altered.”
Ten Things You Should Know About The Recording Business
“Almost everything you read about the state of the record industry is, at best, totally useless.”
CalArts: Our Graduate make Money. LOTS Of Money
“The college said movies directed by graduates from CalArts’ famous animation programs have generated $26.4 billion in box office revenue since 1985.”
Lawsuit Reveals Gagosian Art-Selling Ethics
“In a deposition made public on Wednesday, Mr. Gagosian said that he frequently represented both the seller and buyer in a deal without disclosing that fact to either party.”
New Arts Center In Suburban New Orleans: ‘Major Headache’
“The Jefferson Performing Arts Center [in Metairie], whether it’s called a ‘black hole’ or a ‘white elephant,’ is clearly the most colorful public conundrum in Jefferson Parish. The Parish Council spent close to an hour Wednesday voicing frustration over a building that is 79 percent over budget and almost four years behind schedule.”
Atlanta Symphony Loses Three VPs
“Three vice presidents, including two who were on the six-member team representing Atlanta Symphony Orchestra management in difficult contract negotiations with musicians, are departing the orchestra. The ASO did not announce the moves but on Tuesday confirmed the leaders are leaving at week’s end.”
Top Latin American Literature Prize Caught In Battle Over (Tangentially Related) Plagiarism
The Guadalajara Book Fair’s $150,000 FIL Prize for Literature in Romance Languages went to Peruvian author and journalist Alfredo Bryce Echenique. While the award was for his fiction, his “journalistic career has been tainted by allegations of plagiarism, prompting numerous calls for the writer to renounce the award” and an angry debate “that has divided writers and critics across Latin America.”