Yearly Archives: 2021
The Studio Of Corita Kent, L.A.’s ‘Pop Art Nun,’ Earns Historic Status
And that's historic for more than her art; it's also unusual for Los Angeles to honor women artists in this way. Kent adapted silkscreen...
Kim’s Convenience Actor Calls Out Producers, Pay Issues
Actor Simu Liu plays Jung Kim in the show, whose fifth and final season is dropping on Netflix Canada. It's a critically lauded show...
A Mining Company Sponsors A Fringe Festival No More
In Perth, Australia, the multi-arts Fringe World loses its decade-long sponsor, the decidedly non-edgy mining company Woodside, after three years of protests by festival...
The Challenges Ahead For Media’s Newest Giant Company
The government review of the planned Discovery-Warner Bros merger could take more than a year, and subscribers are abandoning Discovery's cable channels (and cable...
Bothsidesism Leads To Offensively Inoffensive Opera
See: Bartlett Sher's Oslo and his Elisir."It’s rare that history colors a human experience without applying a layer—even a thin layer—to the whole surface."...
Artist Auctions Off Invisible Sculpture
That's right, there's nothing there. And it sold for more than $18,000. - Artnet
A Dissident Cuban Artist Is Released From Hospital
Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara "is the leader of the San Isidro protest movement (MSI) of artists and intellectuals pressing for free speech and other rights"...
What America’s Best-Selling Books Say About Americans
In the U.S., people like nonfiction, especially self-help - and cookbooks, and sex advice. The books in the best-seller canon "are not books so...
Livestreaming Is Changing Public Access
You don't have to wait for news reports; just watch livestreams from protests, lectures, concerts, and more. "With endless images and videos at our...
Andras Schiff Embraces Historical Instruments
Admirers and critics alike may say, "At last!" This is a strong about-face. "He proudly played Bach on modern pianos; referred to fortepianists with...
What Are Companies Planning To Do With All Those Music Catalogs?
Universal, Hipgnosis, Primary Wave, and others have paid multiple hundreds of millions for music catalogs ranging from Bob Dylan's to that of Stevie Nicks....
Just Chill, And Enjoy Being An Amateur
If you want to be healthier and happier, that is. "Can’t we stop succeeding for just one moment? Cease trying to be exceptional at...
Greece Will Improve Access To The Acropolis
There's an argument raging in some circles about a new concrete walkway at the monument - but the culture ministry is not backing down....
Puppies Are Now Born Ready To Communicate With Humans
Humans have probably changed dog genes in this arena. A new study shows that "even 8-week-old puppies with little exposure to humans can understand...
Saudi Arabia Aims Its Cultural Diplomacy Blitz At Greece
"The major partnership," announced in May, "will include funding for archaeological preservation of the historic Al Fao region in the southern part of Saudi...
Scholars In Belgium Are Ready For Restitution Guidelines
The Belgian government has dragged its feet - so "a group of Belgian experts have drafted a set of restitution guidelines for dealing with...
The Nexus Of Dance And Drag Is Growing
And it's not — not just — the Trocks and RuPaul's Drag Race. The latter, however, by its popularity and creativity, does seem to...
Why Is Philly’s Post-Pandemic Arts Budget So Anemic?
Other cities are thinking big: Chicago's Arts 77 has $60 million for individual artists and arts organizations. "City departments from parks and rec to...
How Alamo Drafthouse Pulled Itself Out Of Chapter 11 In 12 Weeks
"After furloughing around 80 percent of the chain's workers at once, and having survived the financial crucible of bankruptcy by selling itself to deep-pocketed...
So Many Acting Students, So Few Living Wage Jobs
Is the theatre industry training too many students? The pandemic sure made it seem so. "There is a vital need for creative practice and...
Kneehigh, Acclaimed Theatre Company, Abruptly Shuts Down
The Cornwall-based company, a frequent visitor to the US whose production of Brief Encounter was nominated for Tony and Olivier Awards, said in a...
Drainage Workers In Malta Uncover A 2300-Year-Old Tomb
An archaeologist noticed small cuts in an ancient wall - and the reward was a tomb that was used from the 4th to the...
Conservative Publishers Are Finding ‘Ice Cold’ Market For Books Trashing Joe Biden
"Authors have little interest in writing them, editors have little interest in publishing them, and — though the hypothesis has yet to be tested...
Pompidou Center To Open First U.S. Branch In — Wait, Where?
Jersey City, NJ — which would, if not for the state boundary, be like Brooklyn, since it is directly across the Hudson River from...
Hobby Lobby Sues Professor Who Allegedly Sold Them Papyri Stolen From Oxford
"The $7 million lawsuit … alleges that Dirk Obbink stole 32 items from the Egyptian Exploration Society at the University of Oxford's Sackler Library...
