Yearly Archives: 2021
Survey: Boards Of LA’s Arts Organizations Don’t Reflect The Demographics Of The Region
While nearly 74% of L.A. County is nonwhite, only 19.5% of the museum board members identified as nonwhite. - Los Angeles Times
What Accounts For The Enduing Popularity Of Orwell?
There is no doubting the clarity and vigor of his prose, but when it comes to assessing his capacity to face up to grim...
How A Property Tax Transformed The Detroit Institute Of Art And What It Does
This model of financial support has not only allowed the DIA to weather the storm of the past year, but has also given the...
Fragility Of The Web: When All Those Hyperlinks Expire
This often irreversible decay of Web content is commonly known as linkrot. It is similar to the related problem of content drift, or the...
Young Dancers Thrilled To Be At A Ballet Competition Again (It’s Been That Kind...
"When asked to describe the energy at this month's Youth America Grand Prix Finals, judge Sascha Radetsky had one word: 'Stratospheric.' More than 800...
IPSOS Poll: Sixty Percent Of Canadians In Favor Of Requiring Vaccine Passports For Entry...
While the vast majority were in support, opinions were somewhat divided across demographics. - Ludwig Van
A Theater Company Makes Its Way Back After The Pandemic Killed Its Founder
"The Fonseca Theater, located in a working-class neighborhood on west side whose actors are more than 80 percent people of color, staged its...
What Made Ida Lupino The First Lady of Film Noir
"In The Bigamist, … no one gets beaten up or shot. No one robs a bank or a payroll, and the culprit's downfall is...
Eugene Robinson: The Power Of DC’s Black Lives Matter Plaza’s Yellow Letters
"The fight for justice has produced many unforgettable images over the past year — former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck;...
Yiddish Theater Was Basically A Historical Accident
The great flowering of Yiddish-language drama in the late 19th and early 20th centuries reached its apogee in New York, but it was born...
Do We Need A Way To Appeal Decisions Made For Us By Machines?
Any decisional mechanism, whether human- or machine-operated, will generate errors. An individualised appeals mechanism might reduce the volume of errors. But it might also...
The Benedictine Monk Who Roams The World Helping To Save Ancient Manuscripts
" the world's most renowned, prolific and peripatetic manuscript conservationist. Over the past 20 years his work has taken him from the Balkans to...
What Bob Garfield Did To Get Fired From ‘On The Media’ — Plus All...
Almost all the incidents roiling America's largest public radio station happened behind closed doors, but, as Times media columnist Ben Smith puts it, "one...
Paulo Mendes Da Rocha, Leading Brazilian Architect And Pritzker Prize Winner, Dead At 92
"He was globally recognised as a major architect of the 20th century, despite rarely building outside his native Brazil. … Because he worked with...
San Diego Mayor Maintains 50% Cut In Arts Funding
"San Diego arts organisations are still struggling from last year's 50% cut in the city's arts and culture budget, which Mayor Kevin Falcouner instituted...
Smaller Museums Across U.S. Try To Reach Communities They’ve Missed Before
"This is an existential moment for museums across America, with many facing yawning budget deficits alongside calls for deep structural change — and visitors...
France Takes Its €300 Culture Pass For Young People Nationwide
"After a regional trial run, French president Emmanuel Macron is launching his program to fund cultural activities for young people nationally. Culture Pass, as...
Nearly Half Of UK Musicians Consider Leaving Country Because Of Brexit
"More than 40% of musicians polled about their work in the European Union said they would consider relocating to Europe to continue accessing jobs,...
Marin Alsop – A Career Of Firsts
Alsop satisfies exactly none of these stubborn criteria for conducting an orchestra, which is perhaps why her career has been an exercise in exhausting...
Coming: A Clash Over Where We Work?
A poll by the Best Practice Institute and reported in Newsweek found that some 83 percent of CEOs want employees back full-time, while only...
Finding The Balance Between Dance Body And Mind
Dancers can spend their whole careers seeking out a rich mind–body connection. Achieving that sense of integration can be incredibly satisfying, leading to better...
What Happens To Literary Culture When Book Reviews Go Away
"The ubiquity of social media is often offered up as a solution to the paucity of mainstream book criticism. While it is no longer...
Colleges Aren’t Turning Out The Kinds Of Students America Needs
"The U.S. education system is not held accountable for ensuring that students are properly equipped with the skills and capabilities to prepare for a...
Study: Correcting Misinformation On Twitter Results In Worse Misinformation
The researchers targeted 2,000 Twitter users from a range of political persuasions who had tweeted 11 overtly false news articles. After an extremely polite...
When Artists Marry Other Artists
Artists partnered with other artists — coupled, married or otherwise entangled — is as old as art itself. Did two artists, in their attraction...
