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Tag: 12.08.11
Want To Harm Art Scholarship? Sue An Art Historian
Art historians won’t talk about authentication anymore – at least not on record. Why? Lawsuits. Lots and lots of lawsuits.
Want To Visualize That Bach Cello Concerto? Mix In A Little Math, And …
“What if all the notes were drawn as strings? Instead of a stream of classical notation on a page, this interactive project highlights the music’s underlying structure and subtle shifts.”
Are Scholars Back Off Opinions Because Of Legal Liability?
“The news that a leading scholar felt constrained by legal advice from giving a full opinion on a group of drawings attributed to Francis Bacon highlights a growing fear among experts that they might be sued for giving their opinion.”
St. Paul, Minnesota To Expand Ordway Performing Arts Center (Including New Hall For St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
“Plans for a $75 million expansion of the Ordway Center — the biggest arts building project since the new Guthrie Theater was completed in 2006 — were announced Thursday by four arts groups. The 56,000-square-foot expansion will create a primary home for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.”
Think You Want Your Teenager To Read? Be Careful What You Wish For!
“My son’s friendship with Dostoyevsky has been a disaster for any kind of authority I might have wielded. A father wants simply for his house to run in a peaceable and agreeable fashion. The Grand Inquisitor and the Underground Man have subverted that ambition more surely than any radical political program could.”
US Justice Department To Investigate E-book Pricing
“Attorneys general in Connecticut and, reportedly, Texas, have also begun inquiries into the way electronic booksellers price their wares, and whether companies such as Apple and Amazon have set up pricing practices that are ultimately harmful to consumers.”
French Catholics Besiege Theatres Over ‘Blasphemous’ Plays
“One of Paris’s most prestigious theatres was being protected by riot police and guard-dog patrols on Thursday after it became the latest target in a wave of Catholic protests across France against so-called ‘blasphemous’ plays.”
Manet Painting Under Export Ban While Funds Are Raised To Keep It In Britain
“An outstanding, unfinished Edouard Manet portrait of a woman sitting sedately on a balcony has had a temporary export bar placed on it by the government in the hope that someone will raise £28m to keep the painting in the UK.”
Detroit Symphony Ends Strike-Plagued Year With $1.8M Deficit
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra ran a $1.8-million deficit on an operating budget of $17.4 million in 2011 … DSO executive vice president Paul Hogle said it was a miracle that the deficit wasn’t as high as $5 million or more considering the [year’s] extraordinary tumult.”