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News from the Art and Academic Worlds
posted May 16, 2018
Bernini’s Santa Bibiana, with its missing finger — which has since been reattached. Image: Silvia Mosetti via NYT
DC’s Defunct Corcoran Gallery Announces the New Homes for Over 10,000 Works of Art
Four years after the gallery was abruptly closed, trustees of the institution have announced how more than 10,000 objects from its original $1 billion trove will be distributed. (artnet News)
No Pain, No Brain Gain: Why Learning Demands (A Little) Discomfort
Quality learning requires what brain scientists call “desirable difficulty.” (Fast Company)
Bloomberg Expands Arts Grant Program to Seven More Cities
Bloomberg Philanthropies is investing $43 million in more than 200 small and midsize cultural organizations. (New York Times)
The Risk of Moving Artworks: A Broken Finger and Public Outcry
An art history professor was taking a group of students through the baroque Church of Santa Bibiana when he made what he called a “macabre discovery.” (New York Times)
The Blueprint for Saudi Arabia’s Multi-Billion Euro Cultural Partnership with France
The ten-year deal gives France an exclusive role in an area almost the size of Belgium. (The Art Newspaper)
Soon You May Be Able to Text with 2,000 Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Over 2,000 new Hieroglyphs may soon be available for use on digital devices, thanks to collaboration between Egyptologists and digital linguistics. (Hyperallergic)