Yearly Archives: 2021
How (And Why) We Forget Most Things In Life
An efficient memory system involves “a finely orchestrated balancing act between data storage and data disposal.” To retain an encounter, deliberate attention alone will...
Researchers May Just Have Reconstructed The Long-Unknown Face Of The Pharaoh Akhenaten
Intact depictions of the world's first known monotheist, husband to Nefertiti and father of Tutankhamun, are rare (subsequent rulers of Egypt tried to erase...
What Algorithms Choose For You (Your Responsibility Too)
This sifting and ranking process results in a News Feed that is unique to you, like a fingerprint. But of course, you don’t see...
The Pandemic Is Showing Us Plays Can Work Without Intermissions
Lyn Gardner: "Often an interval is only there to give audiences the opportunity to go to the lavatory and spend more money. It destroys...
The Science Of Loneliness
One review of the science of loneliness found that people with stronger social relationships have a 50 per cent increased likelihood of survival over a set...
Western Ballet Is (Just) Starting To Catch On In India
"Western classical ballet is still a very unfamiliar art form in India. But in the last few years, promising talent has begun emerging, often...
San Francisco Opera Pilots Virtual Tool For Real-Time Collaboration
Aloha's ultra-low latency service connects artists remotely, effectively eliminating the lag time that interrupts the creative flow. This allows artists to collaborate and play...
At The Opera In Barcelona — Indoors, With 1,000 Other People
There were staggered arrival times, temperature takers at the entrance, plenty of hand sanitizer, mandatory masks (a few of them fabu-fied with sequins). Every...
A Hollywood Boycott Of Georgia? Studios Aren’t Saying A Word
Several prominent individuals in the industry have spoken out against the restrictive election laws just passed by the Georgia legislature and signed by Gov....
New Initiative Will Give Cash Aid To Independent Bookstores Hurt By Pandemic
"The Survive to Thrive grant program, created by Ingram Content Group chairman John Ingram, hopes to raise a total of $2 million by the...
A Lavish ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel Is Coming To Broadway And The West End
George R.R. Martin, who wrote the Song of Ice and Fire novels on which the megahit HBO series was based, is working with playwright...
Is The NFT Market A Classic Bubble?
As prices for the digital artworks soar, with payments made in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, some observers are throwing around words like "tulipmania." Says...
Spanish Police Seize Forged El Greco, Goya, And Modigliani Paintings
"The counterfeit canvases came from a non-specialist collector based in the province of Toledo who had intended to sell the works as originals. …...
Massive Amounts Of Money Intended To Help South African Artists Through Pandemic Are Missing
The South African government allocated 300 million rand (roughly $20 million) to a rescue fund for artists who lost their livelihoods due to COVID-related...
Movie-Viewing Habits Have Changed. Will Audiences Return To Theatres?
“Cinema-going will inevitably initially be at much lower levels, the question is what level will they return to,” says Richard Broughton, research director at...
The Poetry Problem — It’s All Around Us, But Poets Constantly Worry About Readers
"No wonder most people would rather read Instapoems, or listen to a spoken-word performance, than engage with traditional poetry: the barriers to entry are...
New Memoir Dishes On Iran’s Fabulous Art Museum Created For The Shah
The museum was conceived by the Empress Farah Diba Pahlavi, wife of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, and opened to international acclaim in 1977. Just...
Regional UK Museums Say They’ll Return Benin Bronzes
This, of course, in contrast with the country's national museums, which have declined to repatriate the art. Evidently, the regionals have more flexibility in...
Italians Bristle At The Suggestion Dante Was “Less Modern” Than Shakespeare
A German newspaper had made the claim and Italian readers and Italy's leaders pushed back vociferously. - The Guardian
Want To Visit The Louvre? Its Collection Is Now Viewable Free Online
The French museum has released an online platform featuring all of the museum's artworks, consisting of more than 480,000 pieces, the Louvre announced Friday...
The Royal Albert Hall At 150: A Strange History
Way, way beyond the Proms: To mark the sesquicentennial of the hall's opening (Queen Victoria was all verklempt), the Beeb recounts some of the...
Obtuse in Syracuse: How the University’s Deaccession Symposium Got Compromised by Conflicts of Interest
Although last week’s Syracuse Symposium was nominally about Deaccessioning After 2020, it was mostly focused on the new museum imperative — advancing DEIA (Diversity,...
Sophie Fuller Talks Women Composers
A Programme Leader at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance in London speaks about the inspiration of women who write music. - Aaron...
Will Hollywood Boycott Georgia For Filming?
Some of those outspoken industry figures have even gone as far as to call for a boycott of the state, a movement that's waxed...
First Plays From Modern-Translations-Of-Shakespeare Project To Be Published
"A project, called Play On! Shakespeare, launched in 2015 by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, … commissioned 36 playwrights from diverse backgrounds … all...
