Yearly Archives: 2021
When A Lot More Of Us Are Vaccinated, What Will Moviegoing Look Like?
Probably there will still be a lot of private showings, now that we're somewhat used to the idea. And then ... a return to...
Art Peaked 30,000 Years Ago
Or so some believe. "The more you look at images from the walls of Lascaux and Chauvet, the more you realise art really has...
Scott Rudin’s Decades Of Power And Damage On Broadway And In Hollywood
At the crux of the matter, there are hints at rottenness that extends far beyond Rudin and his protegés: "Many wondered how artists who...
Which Actors Benefit From Oscar Nominations?
Well, what a surprise: "For white actors, Academy recognition quickly leads to starring roles, both in big-budget blockbusters and prestige dramas. For actors of...
What To Expect From The Oscars Red Carpet
According to Laverne Cox, it can't all be fashion - but then it can't all be politics, either. "There’s so, so much work that...
The Fitness Trap
Part of what seems awry with contemporary fitness culture is its artifice, symptomatic of the wrongness of modernity, prior to which, one imagines, real...
Arts Venues Hoping For Some Of That $16 Billion COVID Relief Hit Glitch
The Small Business Administration oversees the $16 billion portion that will offer grants to concert halls, theaters and museums. But soon after the process...
How Choirs Have Figured Out To Sing Together Again
“It was amazing to be able to sing with my friends again,” said Ian Bass, a seventh grader in the Ragazzi Boys Chorus, a...
David Byrne’s Socially-Distanced Theatrics
"Each of the attendees submits a screening form in advance and undergoes a COVID rapid test on-site, in an ivory-walled corridor that suggests a...
A Psychologist Talks About How Art Changes Us
"For me, as a psychologist with a special interest and expertise in the arts, our fascination with art raises two long-standing and fundamental questions,...
Jazz Musicians Remember Chick Corea
He left behind "thousands of audio and video recordings; the countless notes scrawled on countless piles of music manuscript paper; and, of course, the...
India’s Top Documentary Filmmaker Can Barely Show His Work There Anymore
" Patwardhan views his filmmaking practice as comprehensive — not just researching, shooting, and completing films, but also taking them on tour and holding...
Paul Schrader: The End Of The Movie Feature As We Knew It?
"The two-hour format which was so ideally suited to theatrical, we’ve now trained young people for fifteen months not to see that as a...
‘Damn! This Is A Caravaggio! Where The Hell Did You Find It?’ (The Inside...
"It took all of six minutes for Massimo Pulini to realise that the small oil painting due to go under the hammer in Madrid...
Researchers Use AI To Analyze Dead Sea Scrolls
For their study, the researches utilized artificial intelligence technology to examine the writing on the scrolls, comparing the look of certain letters and analyzing...
In Defense Of The Art Of Broadway
"If you live and die at the box office, as does Broadway, you are not rewarded for indulgence or self-involvement. More importantly, you often...
The World’s Bravest Opera Boss Talks About The Challenges At His Latest House
Stéphane Lissner has been the superintendent/general director at the two most notoriously contentious companies in the world: La Scala and the Paris Opera. Now...
Ten Trends In Architecture To Combat Climate Change
From reducing waste and maximising urban greenery to collaboration and lobbying for change, solutions to reduce pressure on the planet are now taking centre...
The Mighty Battle Of The Getty Museum Versus The Webbing Clothes Moth
It seems that, in many places, a multitude of vermin took advantage of the lack of traffic in museums during the pandemic to stage...
In Florida, It’s Now A Felony To Damage A Confederate Monument
While the "Combating Public Disorder Act" just signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis is most notorious for its provisions aimed at street protests (classifying blocking...
NPR And PRX To Offer Paid Subscription Option For Podcasts
NPR will give listeners the choice to pay — via its own platforms, Apple, or Spotify — a yet-undetermined monthly fee in order to...
When Right-Wingers Accuse Online Booksellers Of Censorship, They May Have A Point (But Not...
"Unlike the cozy bookstore in your town, online booksellers don't choose each book they're offering. The role of curator — if it exists at...
Bankrupt One Year Ago, Cirque Du Soleil Begins Reopening
"Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, which emerged from Chapter 15 protection after a sale in November, announced on Wednesday that it is restarting four...
Bob Porter, Producer And Broadcaster Who Rescued Jazz History, Dead At 80
"As a record producer guided the reissue of vast swaths of the classic jazz canon, and … as a broadcaster helped build...
Dancer Who Sued Berlin State Ballet For Racial Discrimination Gets Settlement, New Contract
"Chloé Lopes Gomes filed a lawsuit in 2020 against the expiration of her temporary contract. She discriminated against because of the color of...
