After years of curated socks, cheese, and bookshelves, are certain quarters of the art world finally starting to distance themselves from the term? Who wants to be a curator? Not everyone, it seems. At least, not anymore. Freewheeling, globetrotting, sprinkler of magic pixie dust: “curator” has been a label …
“Judging from the research papers already indexed by the new search engine, the volume of academic research is increasing at an exponential rate, and one independent study says that the number of papers is increasing about 4 or 5 percent a year, with 2.5 million published in 2014. That means researchers just don’t …
“To tell you the truth, the OED was going nowhere in 1976, when I signed on. We didn’t know that at the time, but the University Press—who controlled its purse strings—couldn’t see how they could restore its relevance. Behind closed doors, discussions raged on about whether the dictionary should be …
During a recession, and with little government support, the museum remade itself – after “60 years of tireless campaigning” – is “abstractly handsome” with “a degree of majesty.”
This Week: Hard to imagine there are arts headlines to compete with election news, but here goes: Science tries to explain why we’re ideologically segregated… It’s not just politics – arts and entertainment don’t really know what their audiences want… Even the most-respected arts coverage is …