Yearly Archives: 2021
The Day A Guerrilla Artist Changed Los Angeles Freeway Signage Forever
"Just after the sun came up on installation day, with video cameras rolling from various vantage points, Ankrom put on a hardhat and safety...
New Rules Would Eliminate Red Tape In Return Of Remains To Native Tribes
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act has been law since 1990, but "tribes currently undergo an expensive process overseen by the museums...
Live Music Venues Try To Adapt To Delta Variant, New Rules
While the music promoter Live Nation said that artists or bands themselves could set masking and vaccination requirements, some venues in places like L.A....
A Tate Donor Wants His Art Displayed, Or Wants It Back
And that's because the museum made promises about the donation of a Francis Bacon collection - promises the donor says it hasn't kept. -...
Spotify Knows More About Us Than Even Facebook
And if you don't want the company to track literally everything you do, there are a few ways around it. - Wired
Ilona Royce Smithkin, Artist And Muse In Fashion And Art, 101
Smithkin was "an orange-haired nonagenarian with matching two-inch eyelashes caught fire in the world of fashion, starring in a documentary film and joining...
Discriminating Against A Pregnant Actor? Pay Up
The producers claim they were concerned it might cost them money in post-production to digitally remove a baby bump. The British court was like,...
A Return To Broadway, But Not To Normal
Playwright Antoinette Nwandu changed the ending of her play Pass Over before its debut as the first show to open since Broadway closed in...
The Slightly Horrifying New Art Of The Double Emoji
Just because you can doesn't mean you should, Google. - Slate
When A Producer Knows What She’s Worth, But Hollywood Doesn’t
Marcia Nasatir's "perseverance, loyalty, impressive track record and eagerness to help younger proteges ('Why not be nice?,' she said of her altruism. 'It doesn’t...
Banksy-Like Pieces Appear All Over England’s East Coast
Rather hilariously, "Banksy expert Prof Paul Gough, principal and vice chancellor of Arts University Bournemouth, said he was 'pretty sure' the works were by...
Sculptor James Earl Reid, 78
Reid created Baltimore's iconic statue of Billie Holiday, and took a case with important impacts on intellectual and creative property all the way to...
Stuck On Stupid
When a writers' organization makes the same, or similar, racist mistakes year after year, can it reform? The RWA's recent choices aren't looking good....
Marlee Matlin Says Deaf Is Not A Costume
That is, it's not something non-Deaf actors can simply take on and off to perform various roles. - The Guardian (UK)
In Ethiopia, Rebels Take Control Of UNESCO Heritage Sites
In one of the latest developments in a brutal civil war, "rebels from Ethiopia’s Tigray region have reportedly seized the town of Lalibela, home...
Balanchine Fave Patricia Wilde Dies At 95
Patricia Wilde performed more than 40 roles with City Ballet, and Balanchine, who created many roles for her, "often liked to throw her into a...
This Virus Truly Hates Fun
Any place where people can gather - including the retro pinball arcades that were making a comeback - is fair game for COVID. -...
Edinburgh Fringe Fest Is Missing A Few Things
No spontaneous performances, no flyers being handed out, not as many shows: Organizers hope the in-person Festival is also missing the Delta variant. -...
Following Emergency Surgery, Michael Tilson Thomas Withdraws From Fall Appearances
The canceled appearances include a long-planned, and personally planned, concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Center. - Washington Post
In Streaming, Writers Are Left Behind
The new SAG-AFTRA president is determined to help screenwriters reap the benefits of their labor. - Los Angeles Times
We’re Entering A New Frontier For Dance
It feels like dancemaking is entering a new era. By setting dancers loose in the open air, outdoor filmmaking paradoxically brings them even closer...
How Might We Redesign Higher Education?
Another way to ask this question is to start with how our universities are designed today and ask which elements support or conflict with...
Goodbye Minimalism? More Is Now More
No Pythonesque general is demanding we choose between plain and patterned plates. But it does feel like the finger-wagging minimalism that informed the housewares...
How Essay Collections Became A Hot Genre
When the century began, essays were considered box office poison; editors would sometimes disguise collections of the stuff by packaging them as theme-driven memoirs....
Move Over Miami Beach, Stand Aside Hamptons — The Art World Moved To Aspen
There is a general sense that Aspen has become a center of the art world during this hot vax summer. - New York Magazine
