“All of the things that this museum hoped to do, we can now do — research fellows, publications, symposia and ultimately the care and accessibility of the collection,” said director Dean Sobel.
Tag: 11.20.11
That 10,000 Hours Of Practice Meme Is A Myth (You Need Talent, Too)
“It would be nice if intellectual ability and the capacities that underlie it were important for success only up to a point,” say two psychology professors. “But wishing doesn’t make it so.”
World-Class Sculpture Disintegrates – And Whose Fault Is It?
A Henry Moore sculpture worth £5 million ($7.9 million) sits vandalized in a site the sculpture once described as so perfect that he didn’t have to look elsewhere. Who’s responsible? (No one?)
Theatre Pays For Itself, But We Won’t Pay For It
Yes, the Theatre Communications Group released a report saying nonprofit theatres brought almost $2 billion to the country’s coffers. But if you think that means we’ll pony up tax money to support the art, you’re quite wrong.
Alan Rickman: Still Afraid Of The Stage; Still On It
“I was working with [director] Peter Brook once on Shakespeare’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ with Glenda Jackson, and he said, ‘The thing is, you’ll never be as good as the text.’ And that came as a kind of relief, really.”
Want To Play The Question Game For A Whole Book? Why Not?
What if a book reviewer wrote a review entirely in the interrogative of a book written entirely in the interrogative? Is that cutesy or smart? (We’ll let you decide.)
Art For Everyone! At The Cost Of (Almost) Everyone’s Salaries?
The East Coast criticizes the new Crystal Bridges Museum for taking art away from New York — but local protesters see the “Wal-Mart gallery” as an example of robber baron excess at the expense of workers.
Christo On Movies, Mozart And 36 Miles Of Steel Cable
Christo, busy with the new “Over the River” project, talks about making his assistants smarter, the Jeanne-Claude way – and what’s on his shopping list.
Elaine Paige’s Formidable (Not To Say Fearsome) Charm
“Her reputation as difficult? Where could you have heard that, asks Ms. Paige, groomed to an armored polish in a sweater set and perfectly blow-dried hair and seated at a back table at Sardi’s. And indeed she’s so charming, so earthy and amused and unafraid of telling an impolitic joke, that either she has mellowed, or generations of the local press were wrong.”
Is It Too Late To Resuscitate The Muppets?
Disney Studios thinks that the new Muppets feature film, “[which] cost under $50 million to make, has blockbuster potential. But it’s anyone’s guess whether puppets can resonate in the Pixar era. … The Muppets also does not tiptoe around the elephant in the room, which is the dilapidated state of the entire franchise.”