Yearly Archives: 2021
Arturo Luz, Neo-Realist And Key Figure In Art Spaces In The Philippines, 94
As an artist, "Luz was best known as an artist who liked to use spare lines and dramatic compositions in his practice that included...
Solving One Problem With Publishing Genres
Though "Asian fantasy" has been exploding in popularity as a sub-genre of science fiction and fantasy, not all authors think that's a good categorization....
The Independence Of UK Museums May Be In Danger
The government appears to be meddling in free speech on university campuses - and now in national museum decisions. "This came to a head...
Disney Is Rebranding Villains And Trying To Pretend That’s Feminist
It seems good at first, right? Adding dimension to villains! "In theory, this is a positive shift, Disney’s attempt to offer its young audience...
Gallery Assistants Aren’t Earning A Living Wage
Perhaps not a shocker, but in a 300-gallery survey, results painted "a portrait of an industry beset with income inequality." Assistants' top pay was...
Violetta Elvin, Royal Ballet Prima Ballerina, 97
Elvin, a Russian dancer who also performed with the Bolshoi, "gave London audiences one of the first tastes of Russian style. ... Elvin created...
How Wrens Coordinate Their Intricately Interlocking Songs
"A team of researchers studying brain activity of singing male and female plain-tailed wrens has discovered that the species synchronizes their frenetically paced duets,...
Preserving The Jail Where Oscar Wilde Was Imprisoned
The prison was closed to the public in 2013 on "health and safety grounds," but actors including Kate Winslet, local politicians, and more want...
Running The Rodgers And Hammerstein Organization For 40 Years (What A Job!)
"As new ways of making money from The Sound of Music and the rest presented themselves, the job of advising the heirs and maintaining...
In England, An Attempt To Redefine Culture
For Leeds 2023, the festival's creative director says they'll try to "let culture loose" to reach everyone in the city during their year. Lyn...
‘Uncancel Culture’: Kevin Spacey, Aziz Ansari, Mel Gibson, Louis CK …
Peter Bradshaw, considering the news that Kevin Spacey is acting again (albeit in a small European film): "Could this be Hollywood's hot new thing...
What Brain-Computer Interfaces Will Do To Our Ideas Of Free Will
You can already see a divide in the literature - positive stories about people with ALS or locked-in syndrome learning to use neural transmitters...
Clint Eastwood Is 91, And He’s Directed 17 Films Just Since He Turned 70
And those 17 movies — which include no less than Mystic River (with Sean Penn and Tim Robbins), Million Dollar Baby (Hilary Swank), and...
How ‘In The Heights’ Became The Post-Pandemic Movie Of The Summer
Lin-Manuel Miranda, whose Hamilton, filmed, made Disney+ a lot of money last year (and ensured musical theatre fans had something to watch over and...
How Atlas Obscura Is Decolonizing — No, Enhancing — Its Content
"The Internet's favorite catalog of weird places" (as the headline fittingly describes it) is going through what it's calling (for lack of a term...
Mexico Forcibly Halts Illegal Construction Next To Teotihuacán
" sent in 250 National Guard troops and 60 police officers Monday to seize land next to the pre-Hispanic ruins of Teotihuacán where authorities...
Long Discreetly Camouflaged, Lesbians In Ballet Are Starting to Find Themselves And Each Other
Gay men aren't as ubiquitous in that world as some civilians think, but they're not rare. Yet gender norms in classical ballet are even...
Why Sarah Lane Quietly Slipped Away From ABT
" Lane and ABT parted ways last summer, although no announcement was made; rather, in September, her name was quietly taken off the roster....
As Travel Resumes, Can Italy Make Tourism Any Less Destructive?
"While the return of tourists is essential, local politicians and leaders in the cultural sector are emphasising the need to rethink how visitors interact...
Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct, And Even Assault, Rock English Drama Schools
"Former pupils have raised allegations including how tutors have 'grabbed' female students' breasts, made sexual comments about their bodies and pressurised them to remove...
Louvre Will Get New Department Of Byzantine And Coptic Art, Says New Director
"If that department comes to fruition, it would signify a break with the Louvre's president, Jean-Luc Martinez, who had deemed its formation unnecessary,...
The 106-Year-Old Dancer Who Hates The Word Old
Eileen Kramer still dances every day. And she also "writes a story a day from her Sydney aged-care facility, publishes books and has entered...
Mary Beard: Ancient Rome Never Disappoints
The Cambridge classics professor (and Twitter, TV, and book star) says that our desire to compare the U.S. to ancient Rome is normal -...
The Prado Is Taking Its Art To The Streets
In replica form, that is. "Exact replicas of masterpieces from the Prado museum, including paintings by Goya, El Greco, and Fra Angelico, have been installed...
The Hollywood Bowl Is On Plan C, Full Reopen
As vaccines spread and COVID-19 numbers drop, "concert and theater venues are scrambling to keep up and figure out when and how to welcome...
