"The project impacted encompasses three 22-story office towers and 'The Helix,' a dystopian 'corporate conference center' and excellent place to die. So far, developers have only gotten as far as digging a parking garage." - LitHub
"We smile while bearing the full weight of our body en pointe for hours. 'Blood builds character, one of my teachers said. ... Yet ballet isn’t training to endure sustained agony in the body alone; it is also training to endure it in the mind." - The Nation
Volker Bertelmann: "When I saw the film the first time, I was thinking I need an instrument from that time. And then my studio - there was the harmonium of my grand-grandmother that I refurbished a year before, and it was just, like, sitting there waiting for a job." - NPR
And in some ways, says actor Mimi Rogers, it's even harder on writers than on actors. "Biases and double standards are still firmly in place." - Los Angeles Times
And that's not an accident, says former Montreal Museum of Fine Arts curator eunice bélidor: "I realized they didn’t care about what I was going to bring here. They just needed me as a good news story." - Hyperallergic
A massive new study shows that, at least for white-collar companies including advertising agencies and consulting firms, it's a good deal for employees and employers alike. Could the arts benefit as well? - Fast Company
"Born into exiled Russian nobility and numbering among his forebears an admiral who served under Peter the Great, Mr. Apraxine had trained in classical draftsmanship and art history in Brussels before essentially falling into the photography world in New York in the early 1970s." - The New York Times
The wide-reaching fraud included three separate groups that traded fake Norval Morrisseau paintings back and forth and created fake certificates of authenticity. More than 1,000 paintings were seized and eight people arrested. - CBC
For instance: "The likely wipeout for Steven Spielberg’s drama about his parents’ divorce would indicate the Oscars are no longer in thrall to big beasts of the industry. ... It also shows the curtain is closing on movies about movies being awards catnip." - The Guardian (UK)
The sci-fi domestic challenges immigrant multiverse comedy-drama (yes, all of that) "led all films this year with eight nominations and a won a total of seven prizes, including best feature." - Variety
"In a sense, Bing and Bard are finishing what Ask Jeeves started. What people want when they ask a question is for an all-knowing, machine-powered guide to confidently present them with the right answer in plain language, just as a reliable friend would." - The Atlantic
"To indefinitely continue access to the ever-expanding glut of content – not just an invaluable artistic heritage, but a crucial account of how the world is and was – requires a herculean ongoing restoration effort from a global network of passionate experts and cinephiles." - The Guardian (UK)
Some neuroscientists believe "that the mind creates an opinion of an artwork after dissecting it into discrete elements. Basic features, such as color and texture, and complex qualities, like style, are ranked and weighed individually to make a judgment." - Hyperallergic
"India's single-screen cinemas were grand structures, built to accommodate large audiences and boasted diverse architectural styles." Now, only a few thousand remain, and they're going away quickly. - BBC
