“Nowhere has this glacial pace of government administration been more keenly exhibited than in the authorities’ clumsy efforts to reboot the museum. From frequent delays in kick-starting construction, to the events immediately following the attack, the restoration has become mired in confusion, red tape, and allegations of corruption.”
The Truth About Psychedelic Drugs And Mental Illness
Several recent studies are indicating that “so-called classical psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms)” may not be as dangerous as War-on-Drugs rhetoric has led us to believe – and that they can have genuine therapeutic value under certain circumstances.
“Wolf Hall” TV Adaptation Is BBC2’s Most Popular Drama Since Modern Ratings Began
“The six-part series, starring Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, Damian Lewis as Henry VIII and Claire Foy as Anne Boleyn, had an average of 4.4 million viewers a week, a 15.8% share of the audience.” (The series will be broadcast in the US on PBS beginning April 5.)
Inside The Giant Particle Accelerator, Artists Try To Make Sense Of The Science
“van Leer and his team wanted to research how they could connect multiple levels of movement, including music, sound, animation, data clouds, and camera work, into a single visual experience.”
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The Ballet Dancers Were Born After Balanchine Died, But They Try To Keep His Flame Alive
“Balanchine knew how quickly his ballerinas could lose details he taught. He used to tell them, ‘If I go away for a weekend, and I come back, I see the difference. If I’m away for two weeks, other people start to see it. If I’m away for a month, everybody sees it.’
“‘And so – it’s been more than 30 years,” Ashley said.”
Drones Will Completely Change How Directors Make Movies
“Filming with a camera-equipped drone isn’t hard at all. The controls, familiar to anyone who ever used a remote-control car, are easy to operate. The hardest part is keeping and eye on the drone and another on the smartphone displaying its video feed.”
Spotting Musically Talented Moroccan Women Isn’t Always Easy
“The music industry is not yet taken seriously as a career in Morocco, says Haddadi, who comes from a family of engineers and doctors. ‘When I told them I wanted to work in the music industry, as a woman, I’m going be working late at night, go on tour, they were like: “Are you sure?”‘”
The Talent Pipeline Of Arts Education Fuels The Creative Economy
“Before the 19th century, U.S. economy was an agricultural economy. In the 19th century and 20th century, we turned to an industrial economy. In the 21st century, we are turning to a creative economy. In a creative economy, innovative people with new ideas, artistic view and mindset will be needed more than ever.”
In The UK, Local Councils Sacrifice To Help Performing Arts Work
“Despite average cuts of 19%, local authorities in England are still spending around £1.6bn on arts, culture and libraries. They remain one of our biggest investors. Moreover, they often pioneer innovative, affordable ways to support and protect arts and culture.”
Canada’s Royal Conservatory Of Music Recruits Students Where They Are – Online And On Mobile
“A new app, in development, will allow students to, say, spend five minutes a day on ear training using their smartphone. Or do their sight reading. There’s an app being designed for parents of very young infants to aid in their development; the first in a series of digital products for parents of children up to age five, to be launched in a few years.”
So This Weekend Sees Danish LARPers Turning Elsinore Into A Live, Unscripted Hamlet
“We call it LARP tourism — the chance to travel to worlds that don’t exist.”
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Why Graphic Design Gets No Respect?
“Graphic design has always been the poor relation to its more lordly cousins… But graphic designers? If they’re lucky, they can pay through the nose for the chance to win a novelty yellow pencil.”
Winner Of Germany’s Eurovision Song Competition Declines To Compete
Andreas Kuemmert, whose voice had wowed national audiences, told German television viewers that “I’m overwhelmed by your affection” before adding: “I’m not really in the right state to accept this.” Instead, he handed the title to 24-year-old runner-up Ann Sophie, who tearfully accepted.
The Most Shocking Thing About MoMA’s Bjork Show? The Music
“I can’t remember the last time I saw an excerpt of actual music—with ledger lines, key signatures, rests and notes—in a mainstream book about classical music, or in a program note at a symphonic concert or almost any other context where classical musicians actually make music. This has all been banished. The visual presence of music—except rarely as a fuzzy decorative background over which something else has been printed—is seen as off- putting, even terrifying to newcomers.”
“Little Short Of Hostile”: Roberta Smith On MoMA’s Björk Show
“She probably should have trusted her first response – No thanks – when the Museum of Modern Art came calling … not because her work isn’t museum-worthy but because, as proved here, the Modern is not up to the task..” What’s more, “given the number of Björk fans it will probably attract, the show’s future as a logistical nightmare seems clear.”