Yearly Archives: 2021
Study: Culture Warriors On The Left Are Angrier Than Those on the Right
Those at the liberal end of the debate consistently have more negative views of conservatives than the other way round. - Prospect
Study: Gut Bacteria In Boys Linked To Heightened Brain Cognition
Boys at one year of age with a gut bacterial composition that was high in the bacteria Bacteroidetes were found to have more advanced...
Career Paths In Theatre Are Messed Up
"Am I, at age 35, five years into my job, just part of the next generation who will stay in their cool theater jobs...
Even As Restrictions Are Lifting, COVID Is Still Shutting Down West End Shows
Boris Johnson has insisted that capacity limits and other pandemic measures will end in England on July 19. Nevertheless, as the Delta variant of...
British MPs Propose Reform Of Music Streaming Revenue Sharing
In a report, they said royalties should be split 50/50, instead of the current rate, where artists receive about 16%. - BBC
How Pakistan Developed A Jazz Scene, Thanks To The U.S. State Department
During the Cold War, jazz was seen as a tool of cultural diplomacy, and the likes of Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, and Dizzy Gillespie...
The Therapy Game – How Games Are Therapy
Therapy can and even sometimes should feel like a game. For when we play, we are present. But more importantly, we are malleable, dropping...
Going Back To Work Might Be A Bit Awkward For New York City Ballet’s...
The 36-year-old soloist has just released a memoir that includes some very candid, and none too flattering, depictions of company life. "The brave thing,"...
Study: We Could Prevent 20 Percent Of Deaths By Redesigning Cities
Research has shown, for instance, that 20% of all deaths could be prevented if cities were designed to meet the recommendations for physical activity,...
Is This Really “America’s Oldest Theatre”?
That's what the banner says at Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre, where performances have been happening since 1808. As protesters demand action on diversity, equity,...
We Need Literature To Tell Untold Stories. But When Is It Appropriation?
How can writers tell and translate stories about marginalized groups without exploitation or appropriation? - Metropolitan (Japan)
Christian Boltanski, Who Turned Found Objects Into Haunting Art Installations, Dead At 76
"Boltanski's installations often make grand statements about death, particularly as it relates to the Holocaust, World War II, and the lingering effects of these...
Is This Or Is This Not A Goya? The Prado Can’t Make Up Its...
The Madrid museum decided back in 2008 that The Colossus was painted by an apprentice rather than the master himself. Now curators are hedging...
Facebook And Instagram Say They’ll Give $1 Billion To Content Creators Through 2022
"The program is invite-only but will allow creators to earn money by using certain features on Facebook or Instagram, such as by regularly livestreaming....
Houston Symphony’s Next Music Director Will Be Juraj Valčuha
The 45-year-old Slovakian maestro, currently music director of the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples and for seven years chief conductor of Italy's national...
Jeff Bezos Gives Smithsonian Air And Space Museum $200 Million
It's the largest donation in the Smithsonian Institution's history, and $70 million of it will go toward the museum's ongoing renovation, while the remaining...
Knopf Names Sonny Mehta’s Successor As Editor In Chief
Arguably the most prestigious division of the Penguin Random House conglomerate, Knopf has been without a leader since Mehta, who held the job for...
With Sydney Back In COVID Lockdown, Arts Promised Millions In New Aid
The New South Wales state government announced $75 million (Aus) in funding to compensate arts organizations that have had to close their doors again....
Prospect’s List Of The World’s Top Fifty Thinkers
When we turn to the world of ideas, this is a year for people who are individualists by temperament, if not intellect. - Prospect
Australian Thinktank Proposes New Model For The Arts (We Have Our Reservations)
ANA pushes the sector further towards a policy model where it delivers ‘returns on investment’ via quantifiable targets. It’s a form of technocratic neoliberalism...
Speedrunners: The Players Racing To Beat Classic Games
Beating a classic video game might sound like a fun hobby, but Fowler’s years of speedrunning have ballooned into a full-time gig. - Maclean's
Can The Arts Lead A Green Recovery?
"Many people working in culture have been forced to take a time out of the day-to-day and reflect on the big stuff. And there...
The Fascinating Political History Of Dubbing Movies
Dubbing is a brilliant tool for film censorship. Sound films began to appear in the early 1930s, a time when many countries were falling...
Why It’s So Easy To Ridicule The Art World
The contemporary art world is, more often than not, represented as a ridiculous shell game in which empty provocation is propped up by canny...
“An Outsized Image Forged From Undersized Gifts” — How Did Eugene Ormandy Do It?
His baton technique was, er, idiosyncratic; he couldn't conduct complex meters; he could be cruel. And after 44 years as music director, seemingly everyone...
