Two tombs, dated to the 18th Dynasty (1550-1292 B.C.) and containing mummies and funeral goods as well as a large mural, were excavated and uncovered in Luxor.
Tag: 12.09.17
Berlin’s Powerhouse State Opera Rebuilds Its Cultural Influence
With his bullish idealism, Daniel Barenboim is putting a stamp on the State Opera and its satellite organizations that increasingly defines a large segment of Berlin’s cultural identity in his own image.
Do Museums Really Need Warnings For Content In Their Galleries?
Gallery information panels and texts can exert a powerful influence on how we view a work. Do we really need to be told that something could cause offence or disturb? Do we need to be protected from our own potential feelings?
How America Used Art As A Weapon In The Cold War
“After World War II, the CIA’s strategy in Europe was to strengthen intellectual elites who supported socialist policies but not Communism, who they termed the non-communist left. Doing so without having those actions traced back to the US, however, was challenging. The CCF was one solution: its director Michael Josselson proposed that strengthening the non-communist left should be done through cultural organizations rather than straight-out political ones.”
What Translators Do For Us
Translating literature is not always more difficult than translating other texts—tourist brochures, technical manuals, art catalogues, sales contracts, and the like. But it does have this distinguishing characteristic: its sense is not limited to a simple function of informing or persuading, but rather thrives on a superabundance of possible meanings, an openness to interpretation, an invitation to measure what is described against our experience. This is stimulating.
The Woman Who Should Lead NY City Ballet
I suddenly found myself getting giddy with the thought that a woman might lead New York City Ballet. I pictured a former NYCB principal coming in and calming the dancers down, respecting them, inspiring them, treating them like adults, listening to them and encouraging communication between all factions of the company.
Call To Action: An American Culture War?
Not mincing her words, Anne Pasternak, the director of New York’s Brooklyn Museum, was quick to narrow the focus to the US. “There is a war on culture in this country. There is a war on people of colour, on immigrants and on women,” she said. “Art Basel feels like the party before the apocalypse.”
So You’re An Arts Philanthropist. Where Should You Invest?
“To be a philanthropist, whether the money is yours or simply has been entrusted to you, is a remarkable privilege in every sense of the word. The world is probably never going to see the day when literally everyone seeking to make the world a better place through the arts does so strategically and wholly without regard to self-interest. But the more we can nudge individuals, organizations, and actions in that direction, the more meaningful all of our work will become.”
Bob Seidemann, Who Shot Iconic Images Of Janis Joplin And The Grateful Dead, Has Died At 75
Seidemann was taking photos of his friends, and that led, and his skill, led to his fame. “The graphics of the era were framed by the photos Bob took. … He gave a regal purity to hippies like the Grateful Dead. He made it look natural. They weren’t posing.”
One Perfect Way To Describe Our Experiences Of 2017
We all need a way to de-stress and unwind from, let’s say, things in the outside world that are troubling or flat-out terrifying. But don’t try to take our phones away!