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Friday, 12 March 2010
Can Art Change the World?
Global warming is the biggest issue facing our planet today. Temperatures are rising at unprecedented rates, bringing increasingly severe droughts, tropical storms and wildfires. The arctic may even have its first ice-free summer by 2040. These stark facts are repeated ad nauseam on television, in newspapers and science reports, yet our leaders seem to lack the compulsion to act effectively or urgently. Maybe now it is time for culture to step in and radically alter our perception of mankind’s place in our fragile ecosystem.
ASC's final endowment push is for $21 million
At the same time it's spending an extra two weeks on its annual fund drive, the Arts & Science Council is pushing to complete the $83 million cultural-facilities campaign it launched in 2006.
Nearly $62 million in gifts and pledges has come in for the cultural-facilities drive, the ASC announced Thursday. The ASC hopes to close the remaining $21 million gap in time to end the campaign April 21.
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Canadian Booksellers Object to Amazon's Fulfillment Plans
News that Amazon has applied to the Canadian government for permission to establish a new business on the ground in Canada, Amazon Fulfillment Services Canada, is not being warmly received in the Canadian industry, particularly by booksellers.
Monday, 8 March 2010
ARTERIAL NETWORK: CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
There are 53 countries in Africa of which 17 celebrate 50 years of independence this year, 2010. Of the 50 countries ranked at the bottom of the Human Development Index that measures literacy, education, life expectancy and quality of life, 39 are on the African continent. The situation is worse if one considers that Zimbabwe and Somalia are not included in this list because of a lack of data.
So what has 50 years of independence, 50 years of development, 50 years of “the cultural dimension of development” meant for Africa?
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Friday, 5 March 2010
China's First Lady of Opera
SHANGHAI — Pavarotti started the ball rolling. On the occasion of a concert he gave in 1986 to a packed crowd of 10,000 Chinese at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, the tenor expressed a single regret, that “the capital of the world’s most populous nation should be without a suitable opera theater.”
Monday, 1 March 2010
Shanghai World Expo 2010
World Expo 2010 Shanghai China is the occasion for China to bring the world at home, and for the world to feel at home in China. By dedicating a 5.28-square-kilometer area at the core of the city to exhibitions, events and forums on the Expo theme, "Better City, Better Life," Shanghai hopes to build a powerful and lasting pilot example of sustainable and harmonious urban living.
Friday, 26 February 2010
Arabic arts..When art has the Edge, it goes global
Edge of Arabia has been making waves in the international art scene since its inception in 2008.
A groundbreaking Saudi cultural initiative, Edge of Arabia is not only promoting and empowering contemporary artists from the Kingdom, but is also filling a gap in the art world that has been left void for far too long.
After its first exhibition in October 2008 at London’s SOAS Brunei Gallery, Edge of Arabia made headlines as it broke the attendance record at the University of London’s largest gallery, with over 12,000 people visiting throughout its two-month display.
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