Yearly Archives: 2021
Why I Loved The Video Of Greek Police Dropping A Picasso
Sophie Haigney: "I thought, before seeing this video, that I was tired of art. … It was only after watching this video repeatedly that...
UK Report: 80,000 Jobs, £4 billion, Lost In The Arts Sector During COVID
According to the report, music, performing and visual arts have also lost 26% of jobs – 80,000 – due to the Covid-19 pandemic. -...
Wallace Shawn, ‘The American Theatre’s Most Insistent Class Traitor’
"Other writer-actor types have played the upper-middle-class intellectual as a kind of sheepish hero, all the while hiding, or prettifying, or justifying the dark...
Has The Internet Worsened Our Cognitive Abilities? The Studies Suggest That…
"An intergenerational discourse that looks at the next new thing—be it digital technology, the telephone, radio, TV, even way back to Socrates’ time, when...
Who Figured Out How To Type Chinese Characters On A QWERTY Keyboard? A Political...
Zhi Bingyi had an engineering Ph.D. and a German wife, so when the Cultural Revolution hit, he was, of course, declared a reactionary. Trapped...
Yup – UK Government Cuts Arts Ed Fifty Percent
The University and Colleges Union says that students across 13 subject areas would be affected including art, design, music, drama, dance, media studies and...
So What Do Other Documentarians Think About Using The AI-Simulated Voice Of Anthony Bourdain?
"Way overblown," declared one, who said the backlash shows "that people ... really don't understand how documentaries are edited." Others weren't so certain: "If...
Uffizi Gallery Is Suing Pornhub Over Its ‘Classic Nudes’ Virtual Museum Tour
Last week the adult website launched an online guide to erotic(ized) artworks at six of the world's great museums. Then one of those institutions...
Two Long-Separated Fragments Of Egyptian Book Of The Dead Reunited
Well, reunited digitally. The two pieces — one now at the Getty in L.A. and the other in Christchurch, NZ — are from linen...
Substack Is Launching Its Own Podcast Network
While the service already carries several podcasts, this venture, called Booksmart Studios, is its first major investment in audio, "Substack sees the venture …...
Battle Breaks Out Over Who Gets Benin Bronzes Returned To Nigeria
The Western institutions who now hold the looted treasures have been assuming the works were destined for a state-sponsored Edo Museum of Western African...
John McMeel, Who Brought Us ‘Doonesbury’, ‘Dear Abby’, And ‘The Far Side’, Dead At...
He and a friend started Universal Press Syndicate in 1970; Garry Trudeau was their first cartoonist. Among the many other cartoons and columnists he...
BBC Proms To Play To Full Houses
"The BBC Proms will open at full capacity and without social distancing this summer, but attendees will be required to provide proof of their...
Dance’s Role In African Culture
Although "dance uses a progression of steps and movements to resonate with the speed and beat of a piece of music and coordinates the...
Groundhog Day Scenario: Opponents Of Obama Library Go Back To Court To Delay
In documents filed with the court last week, the Obama Foundation says an injunction that delays the Center will increase costs by "at least...
How To Get Businesses To Comply With The Americans With Disabilities Act?
“For the A.D.A. to yield its promise of equal access for the disabled, it may indeed be necessary and desirable for committed individuals to...
Longtime Aspen Festival Opera Director Suddenly Dies
Edward Berkeley directed classics and championed new operas in Aspen, while mentoring generations of emerging singers. He oversaw rehearsals in his signature shorts, high...
African Animators Are Using Cartoons To Save Endangered Languages
"Many African animators’ quest for representation goes beyond just having characters who look like them. Animation has also become a tool for preserving endangered...
Netflix Growth Slows Dramatically
The company "added a mere 1.5 million paying members globally in the second quarter, which is down 85% from the same period last year,...
The Cancelers Are Wrong: Chaucer Was No Rapist, Racist Or Anti-Semite
"My decades of research show he was no raunchy proponent of bro culture but a daring and ingenious defender of women and the innocent."...
Mitigating The Brain – We’re Still Not Sure What Works
"An essential but unanswered question in my field is: can the brain changes evoked by treatments – whether drug-based or psychotherapy – explain why...
‘The British Fox News’ Is Off To A Very Messy Start
Actually, 'risible' is the adjective the headline for this article uses to describe the first month on air of GB News. Here's a shake-your-head...
So Nice, They’re Doing It Twice: A Second Kennedy Center Honors This Year
“We have gone through the worst crisis in performing arts history. We need to celebrate the artists who have carried us through this time.”...
After Two Decades And $800 Million, Berlin’s Humboldt Forum Is Finally Welcoming Visitors
"The museum's programs are to reflect three core themes: the history of the site, the brothers Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt's global discoveries, and...
It Only Took 145 Years: First Woman Conductor At Bayreuth Festival
A native of Brody, in western Ukraine, where she grew up in a family of musicians, Oksana Lyniv, 43, has spent the better part...
