Yearly Archives: 2021
Fear Of Deepfakes May Be Causing More Problems Than Deepfakes Themselves Are
Simon V.Z. Wood: "Searching for evidence that bad actors were weaponizing artificial intelligence for political gain, what I found instead was an emerging field...
Okay, Public Radio: ‘Our Culture Of Host Hero Worship Creates Monsters, And It Is...
In the wake of Bob Garfield's firing from On the Media for what he's described as "anger mismanagement," Celeste Headlee — who endured mistreatment...
After Investigation, Embattled Head Of Americans For The Arts Departs Permanently
"Robert L. Lynch, the longtime president and chief executive of the Washington-based advocacy organization Americans for the Arts who had been on paid leave...
Sexual Abuse In El Sistema, Long Rumored, Is Now Being Brought To Light
A Facebook post in late April from an alumna of Venezuela's famous system of free musical education "has since sparked a collective portrait of...
Hermitage Museum Satellite In Barcelona Gets Go-Ahead
"The long-awaited Barcelona branch has finally been given the green light for development. The port of Barcelona's board of directors announced on Thursday...
Millions Lost: Australian Ballet Hit Harder By Pandemic Than Most Of Country’s Large Arts...
"The Australian Ballet forfeited $32 million in ticket revenue for 2020, a pandemic blow that it has only survived thanks to an...
How Economics Lost Its Imagination
Here’s the dirty little secret that few of my fellow economics professors will admit: As those “perfect” research papers have grown longer, they have...
Maybe We Shouldn’t Dismiss Magic So Quickly?
"Despite the often blood-soaked history of the use of the term ‘magic’, we must remember that Western history is filled with thinkers who have...
What Amazon’s Purchase Of MGM Means For The Streaming Wars
It's an inevitable progression, and not surprising Amazon would do it first. Unlike Netflix, it has failed to reliably produce original hits. And unlike,...
Dozens Of Artists Commemorate Tulsa Race Riot In A City That Used Not to...
“For generations, the worst event in Tulsa history wasn’t spoken about in public,” said Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum in a statement. “Today, artists are...
After 25 Years Leading Cincinnati Ballet, Victoria Morgan To Step Down
As one of the very few women to lead a major ballet company, Morgan championed women choreographers long before the rest of the dance...
Record Numbers Have Moved Out Of Canada’s Big Cities. Will Artists Return?
"The pandemic has changed the way people think about geography. I think that you can connect with community anywhere, but there's something to be...
We’ve Had Shakespeare In The Park. Now How About Molière?
"Sitting on a bench in Prospect Park recently as flocks of maskless Brooklynites passed by, Lucie Tiberghien reflected on the long, strange journey toward...
A Hacked Scan Of An Egyptian Nefertiti Bust Challenges Traditional Models Of Cultural Ownership
Despite the fact that Nefertiti and many other works of African cultural heritage reside within the “white cube” of the museum, the developing digital...
It’s The First New Ancient Greek-English Dictionary In 178 Years, And Victorian Euphemisms Are...
Having decided that the old reference works, still in use in English schools and universities, were too "antiquated" to work from, the editors of...
The Art Of Power Dressing – How Our Wardrobes Came To Define Us
Centuries have gone into the making of these rules and assumptions — and a bit of sleight of hand, as well. Men were not...
30 Years Ago, SoundScan Completely Upended The Pop Music Business
"On May 25, 1991 — 30 years ago Tuesday — Billboard … started counting album sales with scanners and computers and whatnot, and not...
Hollywood Is Fighting Over Remaking Movies For International Audiences. Why?
“It’s a natural process because every platform has a ceiling. If Netflix has 80 million subscribers in the U.S., they’re done. They can’t grow...
Lauren Lovette, Retired NY City Ballet Star, Moves Into Her Next Career: Choreography
"For Lovette, becoming a choreographer was something she grew into. 'When I was 18 and I had just joined the New York City Ballet...
Yeccch! Advertisers Try To Muscle In To Streaming Services
To get more advertisers to move their dollars to streaming, the TV executives are working furiously to gather all the streaming fans for the...
Medieval Village In Italy Emerges From Waters That Swallowed It Up 70 Years Ago
"In 1950, the Italian village of Curon was flooded to merge two adjacent lakes and make room for an electric plant. Since then, the...
‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ Author Eric Carle Dead At 91
"Over the course of his career, Carle illustrated more than 70 books for kids. He didn't get started on that path until he was...
BBC Proms Will Have Live Audiences (And “Rule, Britannia!”) This Summer
"While a normal season features about 90 concerts over eight weeks, last year just 14 concerts played to an empty Royal Albert Hall. The...
Tony Awards Finally Have A Date — And A Much-Altered Telecast
"Three of the 25 competitive awards — best musical, best play and best play revival — will be presented live during a television...
Carla Fracci, One of 20th Century’s Greatest Ballerinas, Dead At 84
Milan's Teatro alla Scala, where she was trained and first became famous, "recalled the 'fairytale rise' of the daughter of a tram driver who,...
