“Now that it’s exiting from the foreign bailout program, Ireland is making a new investment: in fiction. The country’s Arts Council has announced that it is creating a Laureate for Irish Fiction, ‘to promote Irish literature nationally and internationally and to encourage the public to engage with high-quality Irish fiction’.”
Tag: 12.16.13
Connecticut School Production Of Rent Is Back On
Every so often, a student campaign works.
Meet The World’s Oldest Working Actor
“Romanian actor Radu Beligan has been declared the world’s oldest active actor at age 95.”
Why Oregon Needs A Secretary Of The Arts
“In some ways, the Secretary would be the leading arts politician in the state, first, and needs the skills appropriate to that task.”
That Record $147 Million Bacon? Here’s Where It Just Landed
“Remember all our gnashing of teeth about the Francis Bacon triptych of fellow artist and pal Lucien Freud? The one that fetched the staggering $147 million at auction last month?”
US Copyright Office Suggests Artists Ought To Get Royalties
“Acknowledging that the current system leaves visual artists at a practical disadvantage relative to other creators such as writers or composers, the office urged Congress to “consider ways to rectify the problem” and give artists a financial interest in the future sale of their work.”
Looking For Justice In The Book Of Job
Joan Acocella: “God boasts to Satan, Have you seen my servant Job, so pious, so devoted to me? Satan answers, Why shouldn’t he be devoted? You have given him everything he could ever want: ‘But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.’ Well, God says, let’s see, and he gives Satan permission to ruin Job’s life.”
Nadine Gordimer Remembers Nelson Mandela
The Nobel laureate reveals the terrible secret he told her after he was released from prison, recalls the joy of seeing crowds cheering him in Oslo after he won the Nobel Peace Prize, and recounts one telling instance she witnessed of his extraordinary capacity for forgiveness.