…will launch in the next few months as the ultimate color authority, aiming to be the “Nielsen for all things color.”

Backstory via Techcrunch.

COLOURlovers has always been fantastic. This is great news. I’m excited to see what sort of things CHROMAom brings to market (other than weirdly capitalized branding.) The current placeholder site up at CHROMAom.com certainly whets the appetite with this welcoming statement:

Color enlightenment can not be given to you. It can only be discovered on your own. With the right tools, inspiration and guidance this can be a creative and enjoyable journey. We’re here to help you reach your color enlightenment.

Propaganda

Official government communications to the public that are designed to influence opinion. The information may be true or false, but it is always carefully selected for its political effect.

- American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition

Flickr Collection – Propaganda

A 46-year-old scholar with an international personal and cultural background will be the next leader of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

On Friday, the museum’s board of trustees announced the appointment of Julian Zugazagoitia, director of the Museo del Barrio in New York, as its fifth director.

Born in Mexico City and educated at the Sorbonne, Zugazagoitia has been director of the Museum del Barrio since 2002. Before that he was executive assistant to the director at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, where he organized the big “Brazil Body and Soul exhibition.” In 2002 he was a curator of the 25th Sao Paulo Biennale in Brazil.

Kansas City Star

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via Boing Boing