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What Paying Your Taxes With Art Looks Like
“Sculptures by Hepworth and Degas and paintings by Stubbs and Rothko are among 30 treasures worth £49.4m acquired in the past year through the government’s acceptance in lieu scheme, which allows those who have a bill for inheritance tax to offset part of those taxes by donating important cultural, scientific or historic objects reallocated to the nation via public museums and galleries.”
Ambitious UK Ramp-Up Of Music Education Has Failed
“A radical shakeup in children’s music education has failed to have a significant impact on the quality of provision, with only a minority of pupils feeling the benefits.”
Iraq’s National Museums Hoping To Reopen
“The museums in Baghdad and Basra have been closed for more than two decades, depriving a generation of Iraqis of their heritage.”
A Cultural Boom – Privately Funded, Of Course – In Texas
“The arts in Texas are better than you might expect. Assuming, of course, you weren’t expecting much. The state’s cultural scene has developed later than in other major American centres but … no other part of the country has experienced an equivalent cultural boom, especially one largely funded and led by private individuals.”
A Battle Over Art’s Side Effects In A Tiny Texas Town
“A legal row over two art installations in Marfa, Texas, has reopened an old argument about the economics of the art in the town. While some say the community benefits from the tourism revenue that the works of art attract, others argue that local ranching families are being priced out of Marfa.”
Judge Throws Out Authors Guild Lawsuit Against Google Books
“U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin in Manhattan accepted Google’s argument that its scanning of more than 20 million books, and making ‘snippets’ of text available online, constituted ‘fair use’ under U.S. copyright law.”
What’s Happened To “The Jon Stewart Of Egypt” Post-Coup
“When the Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef came back on the air late last month, everyone wondered whether he would have the courage to mock the army and its leader, Gen. Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi, as he once did the Islamists and former President Mohamed Morsi – and whether he’d get away with it.”
Louisville Ballet Artistic Director To Retire In July
“The Louisville Ballet has announced that artistic director Bruce Simpson, 64, will retire at the end of this season. Yesterday, Simpson informed the dancers, board of directors and staff that he will complete his tenure in July, when his current contract expires.”
Why We Prefer Smaller Rewards Today Over Larger Rewards Tomorrow
“You do it every time you bust your diet by scarfing a donut, puff ‘just one last cigarette’ before quitting, or watch a dancing-penguin video instead of getting to work. You are performing the self-deluding mental bookkeeping known as temporal discounting.”