Yearly Archives: 2021
Is It Wise To Build A $915 Million Museum On A Site That Keeps...
"The Parramatta River in Sydney broke its banks on Saturday, flooding the path that runs alongside the museum site and inundating the ground floor...
Hear For Yourself The Difference Between A $5,000 Cello, A $180K Cello, And A...
Wendy Law uses the same bow, in the same room with the same microphone, to play the opening of Bach's First Cello Suite on...
What Do NFTs Mean For The Art World?
Even the middlemen whom NFTs are designed to cut out are trying to understand what this revolution means for them. Mario Paredes runs Mexico...
It Seems We Do Know What Shakespeare Looked Like — ‘A Self-Satisfied Pork Butcher’
That choice phrase from a 20th-century critic was about the effigy installed above Shakespeare's grave in Stratford-upon-Avon. The general presumption had been that the...
Opposition Growing To Proposed Ordinance To Restrict Chicago House Museums
“This zoning proposal would make the future uncertain for existing cultural exhibits and house museums and could derail efforts already underway to open new...
How Did This Ballet Company Keep Its Dancers Working Throughout The Pandemic? Giving Them...
The St. Paul-based Ballet Co.Laboratory has " dual-contract structure provides its dancers with administrative employment, whether in management, communications, development or teaching —...
Harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper, 79
Mr. Cooper’s adventurousness went hand in hand with scrupulous musicianship and articulate technique. He was a sensitive partner in chamber works, as in his...
Two New York Times Critics Discuss Whether They Dare Go To An Indoor Play...
Laura Collins-Hughes: Alexis, when you saw the invitation, what went through your mind?Alexis Soloski: Panic, basically. … I won't be vaccinated for months and...
Canadian Arts Leaders Call For Guaranteed Income For Artists
The arts leaders call the measure a crucial part of any sustainable future for arts and culture in Canada. And, as they point out,...
Scavenging For A Library From The Ruins Amidst Syria’s Civil War
"In a town under siege from Assad's regime, a small group of revolutionaries found a new mission: to build a library from books rescued...
The Return Of Tower Records?
Inspired by the vinyl LP revival, new CEO Danny Zeijdel thinks he can make a go of the online business and, ultimately, brick-and-mortar....
COVID Has Changed The Way Hollywood Works For Good
"'People are fooling themselves if they think we're going back to a pre-pandemic work lifestyle,' says Arianna Bocco, president of IFC Films. … To...
World’s Oldest Wooden Sculpture Is Far More Ancient Than We’d Thought — 12,500 Years
That's more than twice as old as Stonehenge and the Giza Pyramids and by far the oldest surviving piece of ritual art. The new...
Germany In Talks To Return Benin Bronzes To Nigeria
As the issue of repatriating art and artifacts looted by European colonizers came to the fore over the past few years, Berlin came under...
Adam Zagajewski, ‘Poet Of 9/11’, Dead At 75
Already known and admired in his native Poland, he came to the English-speaking world's attention when The New Yorker published his "Try to Praise...
Berlin Does Series Of Dry Runs For Reopening Performance Venues
"The pilot project, backed by Berlin Culture Senator Klaus Lederer, includes a series of nine events, held at seven different venues, including theaters, opera...
The Art World’s Pivot To Digital (How’s It Working Out?)
While a recent report revealed that 2020 witnessed a global downturn in art sales overall, online sales surged, making up a quarter of the...
How Libraries Are Leading The Way On Digital Equity
As libraries continue to examine their role in digital life, they recognize that one of their critical and unique weapons is the hands-on, brains-on...
The Strange Concept Of The Polymath
"The Digital Age has supplied a vast overload of information. “A well-informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny,” wrote Thomas Jefferson. But are...
How Clubhouse Took Off
Clubhouse arrived at a perfect moment. It delivered spontaneous conversations and chance meetings to people stuck at home. For those weary of tidying and...
Inside The Cryptocurrency Calculations Of The Beeple Sale
The B.20 tokens based on Beeple’s work are about 41 times more valuable today than they were in January, when MetaKovan first made them...
Rare Book Collecting: Connecting Brion Gysin and Paul-Armand Gette
To rate collectors by the use they make of their collections rather than simply by completeness or the rarity and excellence of individual items...
Clive Gillinson Talks Leadership in a Digital World
The Executive & Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall shares the importance of the digital landscape and leadership teams. - Aaron Dworkin
Reports Of James Levine’s Death Are Telling
Josh Kosman: "When a composer pleads for a more sympathetic view of Levine because of his advocacy for new music, or when an opera...
What A Post-COVID UK Classical Music World Might Look Like (Muddled)
"The unevenness of response across the London halls, from the vagueness and uncertainty of the SBC to the Wigmore Hall’s dauntless ongoing programme of...
