We often think of government regulations as important and valuable, keeping us safe and protecting us from fraud. But did you know the cost of these regulations could be up to $15,000 per family?
That's one finding of a new report by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). Authored by Wayne Crews, CEI's vice president for policy, "Ten Thousand Commandments" highlights the recklessness with which the federal government has been implementing new rules, often with substantial costs and minor benefits.
Rodin: Transforming Sculpture is the latest installation of acclaim at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM). According to the museum, the exhibition fundamentally alters how we understand, interpret and experience one of the world's most iconic sculptors. The collection features more than 160 finished and unfinished works by the famed French sculptor, whose career transcended academic standards and grew into legend. Through exaggeration, experimentation, and psychological exploration, the work of Auguste Rodin used classical inspirations as a pedestal for sculpture and then radically transformed the tenets of the art form. Because of his artistic and entrepreneurial departures from convention, Rodin, who lived from 1840-1917, is now considered the progenitor of modern sculpture.
Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, PEM's James B. and Mary Lou Hawkes deputy director, and the exhibition's coordinating curator said, "To Rodin, no sculpture was ever finished. His relentless experimentation with form, scale and composition reveal a searching, probing, problem solving mind." Within the galleries, visitors will see that many of Rodin's works are unfinished productions, yet their essence is palpable. Despite being an incomplete artistic form, the artist's passion shows through. In some pieces, the unfinished state increases the awareness of emotional fragility and tension.
