The art industry changes fast. Spurred on by artists who are bringing forward new ideas and radical aesthetics into the discourse, this is an industry where those who promote, represent, exhibit, sell, critique and generally support art have to stay nimble. For this reason, Observer takes a moment each year to consider the power players impacting the arts. This industry is a complicated ecosystem, but we look to the changemakers both behind the scenes and in the spotlight to see who is building the future zeitgeist.Here, in our second edition of this list, we bring you a group of individuals each working to strengthen the impact, reach, social responsibility or financial stability of a field that is seemingly in a constant state of flux. These are the people you’ll be talking about this year. They are artists and curators, museum directors and gallery owners, auctioneers and government officials, creative thinkers and truly hard workers. Each has been building something new in … [Read more...] about Arts Power 50: The Changemakers Shaping the Art World in 2019
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Kevin Cooper case: Was the wrong man convicted in the 1983 Chino Hills massacre?
This is a story about a horrific massacre and a death row inmate's claims of innocence. Kevin Cooper's case has drawn worldwide attention, including from Pope Francis and Kim Kardashian West. The heartbreaking story about the brutal assault that left four dead and one young survivor in Chino Hills, Calif., also raises questions about the initial police investigation, the loss of key evidence, and whether someone else is actually the killer. "Nearly 20 years ago, I got a stack of letters from an inmate at San Quentin Prison," "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. "His name is Kevin Cooper – and he wrote that he had been framed, as he put it, 'for something that I didn't do.'" Moriarty and "48 Hours" began exploring the case, the investigation, and Cooper's claims of innocence when she got the letters, and her reporting continues to this day. In 1983, someone brutally murdered Doug and Peggy Ryen, their daughter Jessica, 10, and a family friend, Christopher Hughes, 11. … [Read more...] about Kevin Cooper case: Was the wrong man convicted in the 1983 Chino Hills massacre?
The fallen 49 behind the Peace Cross
Ann E. Marimow and Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post Published 4:14 pm PDT, Saturday, September 22, 2018 In a dispute involving assertions of government endorsement of religion, defenders of the Peace Cross, which stands in Bladensburg, Maryland, have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case. In a dispute involving assertions of government endorsement of religion, defenders of the Peace Cross, which stands in Bladensburg, Maryland, have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case. Photo: Washington Post Photo By Michael Robinson Chavez Alvergia Guyton and her brother, Addison Hobbs, with a photo of their uncle John Seaburn, one of the servicemen named on the Peace Cross in Bladensburg, Maryland. Alvergia Guyton and her brother, Addison Hobbs, with a photo of their uncle John Seaburn, one of the servicemen named on the Peace Cross in Bladensburg, Maryland. … [Read more...] about The fallen 49 behind the Peace Cross
The Unlikely Activists Who Took On Silicon Valley — and Won
Sections Skip to content Skip to site index Feature Facebook and Google made billions mining personal data, and fought off anyone who threatened to stop them. Then came a challenge in their own backyard. Credit Photo illustration by Delcan & Co. Supported by ByNicholas Confessore Aug. 14, 2018 The way Alastair Mactaggart usually tells the story of his awakening — the way he told it even before he became the most improbable, and perhaps the most important, privacy activist in America — begins with wine and pizza in the hills above Oakland, Calif. It was a few years ago, on a night Mactaggart and his wife had invited some friends over for dinner. One was a software engineer at Google, whose search and video sites are visited by over a billion people a month. As evening settled in, Mactaggart asked his friend, half-seriously, if he should be worried about everything Google knew about him. “I expected one of those answers you … [Read more...] about The Unlikely Activists Who Took On Silicon Valley — and Won
Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change
By NATHANIEL RICH AUG. 1, 2018 We knew everything we needed to know, and nothing stood in our way. Nothing, that is, except ourselves. A tragedy in two acts. Losing Earth Prologue Part One Part Two Epilogue Thirty years ago, we had a chance to save the planet. The science of climate change was settled. Almost nothing stood in our way — except ourselves. We knew everything we needed to know, and nothing stood in our way. Nothing, that is, except ourselves. A tragedy in two acts. By Nathaniel Rich AUG. 1, 2018 Editor’s Note This narrative by Nathaniel Rich is a work of history, addressing the 10-year period from 1979 to 1989: the decisive decade when humankind first came to a broad understanding of the causes and dangers of climate change. Complementing the text is a series of aerial photographs and videos, all shot over the past year by George Steinmetz. With support from the Pulitzer Center, this two-part article is … [Read more...] about Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change