Yearly Archives: 2021
The Artists Making Money On Crypto Digital Art
“NFTs have been a thing for years, but recently it's been exploding,” says Seattle-based digital sculptor Sam Clover, aka Planttdaddii. Clover started selling her...
How The Dance Student Convention/Competition Network Is Emerging From The Pandemic
"Now, against all odds, programs are rising from the ashes to bring you meaningful training and performance opportunities both in person and online. We...
Documentary About The World’s Last Blockbuster Soars On Netflix And Makes Store A Celebrity
In the backroom, staff members have been busy packaging thousands of online orders for Blockbuster T-shirts, hats and face masks, which are all made...
Paul Laubin, Master Oboe Maker, Dead At 88
"In a dusty workshop near the Hudson River, lined with machines built as long ago as 1881, Mr. Laubin crafted his oboes and English...
Extraordinary Times Call For A Different Kind Of Philanthropy
"Our field is rich with expertise and is ripe for bountiful partnerships. As we move through recovery, it will be critical that we center...
Appeals Court Rules Against Warhol Foundation In Case Of Prince Portraits
"In a major loss for the Andy Warhol Foundation, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that the famed Pop artist did...
Truman Capote Heir Sues Over ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ Remake That Nobody Has Greenlighted Yet
"Alan Schwartz, the trustee of a Truman Capote charity, is advancing a new copyright claim that arises from how Paramount has circulated a screenplay...
Cambodia Nixes Theme Park/Resort At Angkor Wat
The $350 million development, called Angkor Lake of Wonder and planned for just beyond the temple complex's southern boundary, was to be "a Khmerfied...
The New Yorker’s Unionized Staffers Vote To Authorize Strike
"Union workers at The New Yorker, Pitchfork and Ars Technica said Friday they had voted to authorize a strike as tensions over contract negotiations...
Antonio Pappano To Leave Royal Opera House For London Symphony
The Italian-British conductor has been music director at Covent Garden since 2002; at the end of the 2023-24 season, he'll move three miles or...
Leavers Are Raising Funds For A Museum Of Brexit
"Although all those involved in the project are keen Brexit supporters and the museum has had no public endorsements from pro-Europeans, the trustees said...
In Hong Kong, Fears That Beijing Is Coming After The Arts
"Decisions in Hong Kong not to display a politically sensitive photograph in a museum exhibition and not broadcast the annual Academy Awards for the...
Karen Kain On Turning 70 And Steering The National Ballet Of Canada Through COVID
"Planning and executing a virtual season in the midst of a pandemic presents many challenges, not least how to stream or record original programming...
“Medium” Was A Hot New Publishing Experiment. Now It’s A Mess And Laying Off...
"Medium in all its complexity: a publishing platform used by the most powerful people in the world; an experiment in mixing highbrow and lowbrow...
Paul Theroux At (Almost) 80
“I was once a hot shot, I was once the punk,” Theroux said. “And anyone who has once been a punk, eventually you’re older,...
Have We Been Traumatized By The Proliferation Of Therapy-Speak?
"Around every corner, trauma, like the unwanted prize at the bottom of a cereal box. The trauma of puberty, of difference, of academia, of...
What Will Happen To NYC’s Thriving Burlesque Scene?
Many burlesque entertainers pull together a living in New York through a variety of performance gigs, while others use it as a release from...
What Powered The Enlightenment
There was no single Enlightenment message: instead it was a cacophony of voices, speaking and writing in all the languages of Europe. There were...
How The Oakland Symphony Built Its Record Of Social Justice
Michael Morgan believes the power of the symphony orchestra lies in its ability to be harnessed for a diversity of musical styles and genres....
Fans File BBB Complaints Over Confusion in Multiple “Immersive” Van Gogh Shows
Nearly 200 complaints have been filed on the BBB site against Fever, the ticketing company for the event, with at least two dozen about...
A New “Golden Era” For The Arts When Things Reopen?
Antonio Pappano, music director at the Royal Opera House, said he expects “an explosion of desire” from audiences when they return to theatres, concert...
HarperCollins Buys The Trade Division Of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Narrowing Publishing’s Ownership Again
And, in this case, narrowing it to give more power to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. "The acquisition will help HarperCollins expand its catalog of...
The Queen Of England’s Houses Cannot Be Searched For Looted Cultural Artifacts
Wait, are palaces like Sandringham likely to host stolen cultural artifacts? We'll never know - at least not from the police, who are barred...
Merry Clayton’s Unstoppable Voice
Mere months after her star turn in 20 Feet from Stardom, the singer was in a car accident so terrible that she spent five...
Charlotte Rampling Is 75 And Still, As She Says, Pinging
The actor started performing when she was 14, feeling like most 14-year-olds - awkward and unlovable ... until she got onstage. "I felt so...
