They’re ceramic tiles (who knew?), designed and produced in Spain in 1954, and titled, collectively, La Suite Catalane.
Famous Poems Translated Into Emojis?
Possible? Some are making the case that emojis are the new language. So Paris Review translates a few famous verses into emojis and asks you to guess at a translation.
How The 16th Century Created The Template For Classical Music
It would seem rather that the Catholic church has, literally, called the tunes in western music history. Virtually all notated repertories before the Reformation came from Catholic Europe and the church continued to produce many of the great glories of Renaissance music during the first century of reformation. Even William Byrd, arguably the greatest English composer of the age, wrote significant pieces for the Catholic liturgy.
Claim: Architecture Degree Will Be The Law Degree Of The 21st Century
“I think creative thinking, in a business sense, has incredible value. My colleague here, Ewan Branda, has said that the architecture degree will be the law degree of the 21st century. He’s basically saying that this degree will open doors in the way that the law degree did last century, in politics and elsewhere.”
Toronto International Film Festival Declares: Our Future Isn’t Necessarily Film
“Our main product used to be film,” it says in a new five-year strategic plan, presented this week to TIFF board members. “Now, our main service must be transformative experiences through film.” Used to be film? Isn’t that like the Toronto Blue Jays saying their main product used to be baseball?
Ugly Incident At Teen Event At Atlanta’s High Museum Stirs Charges Of Racism
“Driven by a climate of mistrust and doubt, many questioned the sincerity of the letter written by Rand Suffolk, Nancy & Holcombe T. Green, Jr., Director of the High Museum. How could this happen at the High? Why were the police called on this young man? Surely there was no need for the violence, and would this signal the end of the popular Teen Night events?”
How To Encourage And Support Canadian Content? Cut Budgets?
“As streaming services erode the broadcasting business model and render Canadian content regulations less effective, critics have accused the industry of fighting over who gets the best deck chair on the Titanic… But cutting the money that TV producers can get from broadcasters for their best work seems an odd way to encourage them.”
Turkey Sues Wealthy Art Collector And Christie’s Over 5000-Year-Old Stone Idol
The dispute has cast an awkward spotlight on a closely held company better known for its discretion as well as on a hedge-fund pioneer — and a member of Christie’s advisory board — who has repeatedly been caught up in disputes about the provenance of antiquities linked to him.
Does British Theatre Have A Toilet Problem? Let’s Do A Survey
Yes, seriously: “A nationwide survey on access to toilets in theatres has been launched. The Association of British Theatre Technicians, which is running the survey, hopes it will help to address ‘issues of accessibility and inclusivity.'”
A Long-Lost Banksy Is Rediscovered After Being Vandalized And Boarded Up
Wow: “Known as the Snorting Copper and considered an exemplary image by the elusive graffiti artist, it shows a uniformed policeman on his hands and knees snorting a line of cocaine.”
Cambridge University Press Knuckles Under To Pressure From The Chinese Government
This is not great: “In a letter made public on social media on Friday, the editor of the journal, Tim Pringle, said Cambridge University Press had informed him that the authorities had ordered it to censor more than 300 articles related to issues like the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong and the Cultural Revolution. The publishing house’s site risked being shut down if it did not comply with the request, the letter said.”
The Passionate Poet’s Path From Farm Life To Chinese Celebrity
Yu Xiuhua lived an isolated life for many years. “Most days she would limp down a dirt lane to a pond to feed the fish. She cut grass, grasping a sickle with hands that did not always obey her, to feed her rabbits. In the shade near the house she wrote at a low table, struggling to control her shaking body — a symptom of the cerebral palsy that she has lived with since she was born in this village in the central province of Hubei. Then, in 2014, her life changed.”
How One Filmmaker Captures Natural Rhythms While Telling An Intense But Low-Drama Story
Lina Rodriguez takes her cues from things like a painting of a cow. “In the 1963 painting, a placid Holstein is framed against a night sky marked by wispy clouds and a full moon. The effect should be pastoral, but instead it is faintly alarming. ‘There’s this calm, blue, unnerving light,’ Rodriguez observes. ‘It captures this idea of uncertainty that I see in his paintings. You see something that is quotidian but there is a threat.'”
Living In One Is Hard Enough, But How Do You Sell A Frank Lloyd Wright House?
Yeah, it’s not easy, surprisingly. “For brokers like Mr. Milne, marketing these houses offers unique challenges, including the need to become a Wright expert, to devise a strategy for separating potential buyers from sightseers, and to develop a convincing argument for why someone should pay a premium to live in a house with small bedrooms and a snug kitchen, cinder-block walls, cement floors, narrow doorways, a carport instead of a garage and, quite likely, no air-conditioning.”
Before You Repost A ‘Toxic Twitter!’ Article With An Approving Comment, Consider This
The story is bigger than a one-off about how “toxic” Twitter has become for some people. “The challenges that the YA community is experiencing are deeply connected to — and reflective of — the challenges Americans face as a nation. Questions of class, culture, and race erupt in the news and on our streets every day, and the white supremacist terrorism on display in Charlottesville is just one small battle in a war that’s sure to claim many casualties.”
Can A Small, Actor-Focused Theatre Make It Today? (Reports Indicate No)
Basically, the problem is money. “The Houston theater scene knew and respected the couple, and critics generally adored the work they did. But a few years in, and after receiving grants to form the company, Lehl and Tobin-Lehl realized that there was no system in place for 4th Wall to grow. Billing themselves as champions of artists, their plea for more support – enough to pay a small, full-time administrative staff – fell on silent ears.”
A High School Student’s Film About Transgender Youth In China Gets Popular, And Gets Banned
Does the film “violate socialist values”? Well, it’s been screened several times in the past few weeks, but wider circulation “is proving challenging in a country where gender identity remains a sensitive topic. Chinese law allows individuals to change their gender on personal identification cards, but only if they have undergone sex reassignment surgery, and this is illegal for people under 20.”
The Monuments Of Tomorrow, And The Artists Who Are Building Them
In Philadelphia, with years of input and discussion, artists are building new monuments. “As a result of the years-long project, a public art project titled Monument Lab,’ will take over the city of Philadelphia this fall. Twenty artists of various ages, races, gender identities and artistic backgrounds will erect monuments in 10 public spaces spread throughout the city.”
It’s Such A Golden Age For TV That Writers Are Ending Up In The Emergency Room With Panic Attacks And Worse
The substance use and abuse is becoming legendary for some who are on severe deadlines. Why? “A record 455 original scripted series aired last year, and by the time 2017 comes to a close that tally is expected to top 500.”
Why The President’s Arts And Humanities Council Quit As A Group
Kal Penn: “It became clear that the government became inoperative under this particular presidency. A lot of the work and the agencies have been frozen. There’s a big waste of taxpayer dollars. We had hope, but the president made comments that quite literally were in support of the domestic terrorists. It’s one thing to say you want to serve the programs you were appointed to serve, regardless of politics, but after a certain point . . . we just don’t want our names attached to this in any way.”
Stephen Hough: Let’s Think About What Classical Music Does And How People Get It
I think the problem is that, since the Second World War, we have confused “daring” with “breaking rules for the sake of doing so.” Beethoven was a great rules-bender, rather than rule-breaker. Even his most outrageous pieces, like the late quartets, are still within classical forms. He doesn’t smash [the guidelines set down by his predecessors]. For me, that creates interesting tension.
Members Of President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Resign En Masse
“Ignoring your hateful rhetoric would have made us complicit in your words and actions,” the letter states. “We took a patriotic oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Supremacy, discrimination, and vitriol are not American values. Your values are not American values. We must be better than this. We are better than this. If this is not clear to you, then we call on you to resign your office, too.”
Arts And Culture Are Big Business In San Francisco: Study
“A new economic prosperity impact report, organised by the non-profit organisation Americans for the Arts, reveals that San Francisco’s arts and culture sector annually brings in $1.45 billion and supports over 39,000 full-time jobs. According to the report, the City by the Bay accounts for nearly 1% of the $166.3 billion generated by the sector nationwide.”
Art Institute Of Chicago Becomes Battleground In PC Wars Following Instructor’s Departure
“Michael Bonesteel, an adjunct professor specialising in outsider art and comics, … resigned this year after two Title IX complaints were filed by transgender students” and he was consequently stripped of some courses and required to revise his syllabus for another and have it approved. Since then, reports Jori Finkel, the School of the AIC has been receiving some serious pushback over alleged censorship.