Yearly Archives: 2021
UK Libraries To Save Irreplaceable Collection Up For Auction
Almost entirely inaccessible since 1939, the library was put together by Victorian industrialists William and Alfred Law at the turn of the 20th century,...
Massive New National Museum Of Norway, Home Of ‘The Scream’, Has Opening Date
"Initially slated to debut in 2020, the museum in Oslo — officially called the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design — will now...
What Is “Internet Literature”?
The way Internet Literature treats its relationship to the world—and the anxiety of that treatment—is what distinguishes it as a form, and that goes...
Art For The Nose: In Paris, An Exhibition Of ‘Olfactory Sculptures’
"We have art for the eyes and music for the ears, but what about about creative stimuli for our sense of smell? A new...
McGraw-Hill Sold By One Private Equity Firm To Another At 88% Profit
"Eight years after it bought McGraw-Hill Education for $2.4 billion, Apollo Global Management has reached an agreement to sell the company to another private...
NPR Gets Fourth Regional News Hub, This One For Midwest
Thanks to a $4.7 milion grant from former Google chairman Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, the newsroom will be based at KCUR in...
Cincinnati Symphony Music Director Louis Langrée To Step Down In 2024
"It's difficult because I am very happy here. And this orchestra has made me a better conductor. But I can't just think of myself....
Philadelphia Orchestra To Consolidate With Kimmel Center Under New Organization
"Philadelphia Orchestra president and CEO Matías Tarnopolsky will become leader of the new parent company upon finalization of the deal, and Kimmel president and...
New Yorker Union Members And Condé Nast Agree On Contract
"After a protracted battle that nearly led to a workers strike, the staffers at three Condé Nast publications — The New Yorker, Ars Technica...
Journalist Janet Malcolm, 86
"A longtime New Yorker staff writer and the author of several books, the Prague native practiced a kind of post-modern style in which she...
Seattle Art Museum To Ditch “Greatest Hits” Narrative To Be More Inclusive
“The way the galleries are organised now is a greatest-hits presentation very much focused on masterworks” by white artists from the 1600s to...
Why Newspapers Should Revive The Vanishing Art Of Obituaries
“We all know people who we think are so cool, or interesting, or exciting, but a lot of times those stories vanish if no...
Hong Kong Police Raid Gallery For Showing “Seditious” Art
They claimed to have received a complaint that the space was exhibiting “seditious” content—a criminal offense under Hong Kong’s controversial new national security law....
New Press Aims At The Trump Market
All Seasons is staking out territory that some mainstream publishers are wary to venture into, by courting former Trump officials who staunchly supported the...
Is Twitch The Future Of Music Streaming (That Pays)?
Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, attracts an average of 30 million visitors a day, and its users watched more than one trillion minutes...
Has The Jazz Scene Survived The Pandemic?
The tentative return of gigs could not have come soon enough for jazz performers. A 2008 study on the economics of the genre found...
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s New ‘Cinderella’ Could Start Performances Despite Extension Of UK Shutdown
Declaring "Come to the theatre and arrest us," Lord Lloyd Webber vowed last week to reopen all his West End venues at full audience...
Literary Novelists Rediscover Historical Fiction
As students of history know, fashions ebb and flow; it’s increasingly clear that the historical novel is being embraced and reinvented. - The New...
More Evidence That Jane Austen Was Probably Anti-Slavery
"Austen's personal values — namely, whether she supported slavery — have been debated by literary enthusiasts and experts who read her work like a...
How “In The Heights” Made NYC’s Streets Dance
The last time I felt such a sense of release watching dancers spill onto the streets in a movie was in “Fame.” - The...
‘Miniature Pompeii’ Unearthed Under Derelict Movie House In Verona
"Construction workers renovating an abandoned cinema in the northern Italian city of Verona have stumbled upon what's been dubbed a 'miniature Pompeii' during excavations...
Why NYC Was Such A Creative Time For Music In The 1980s
“It was still a gritty city, before gentrification really took over. Artists could afford to live in the city – they didn’t have to...
COVID’s Toll On Argentina’s Tango Scene Has Been Heavy
"The empty, dark dance floor at the Viruta Tango Club is a symbol of the pandemic-induced crisis facing dancers and musicians of an art...
The “Other” Brains In Our Bodies
We get constant messages about what’s going on inside our bodies, sensations we can either attend to or ignore. And we belong to tribes...
Will Paris Supplant London As Europe’s Art Capital?
It could indeed happen. Christie's is owned by François Pinault, CEO of luxury-goods conglomerate Kering (which includes, among others Yves Saint-Laurent and Gucci) and...
