Yearly Archives: 2021
The Problem With The UK’s Approach To Controversial Statues
At first glance, the notion that controversial statues should be explained and contextualised seems like a step in the right direction. However, for many...
The Shocking Case Against Private Prep Schools
Parents at elite private schools sometimes grumble about taking nothing from public schools yet having to support them via their tax dollars. But the...
Your Guide To The Nastiest Profanities In French
A hard-R-rated primer to what gets said in the language of Molière when one is really f***ing p****d off, what you can use to...
The Paris Opera “Aida” That Got Caught Up In The Culture Wars
Verdi’s 1871 tragedy, a love story set in a time of war between ancient Egypt and Ethiopia, is often given the treatment of a...
Tony Hendra, Comic Writer/Editor/Actor, Dead At 79
" began writing and performing comedy while a student at Cambridge University, traveling in the same circles as future members of the Monty Python...
The Identity Politics Of Translating Amanda Gorman’s Poetry
There has long been a debate about the ethics of translation, about how to translate not just the words but the spirit of the...
How The Revenue From Music Streaming Gets Parcelled Out To Artists (And Why It’s...
"Clearly, the 'every track play pays the same' model (known in the jargon as 'platform-centric') has the potential to seriously damage classical music and...
The Hidden Message In Plain View On Munch’s “The Scream”
The inscription has always been visible to the naked eye, but the infrared images helped to more clearly distinguish the writing from its background....
How The Breakdancing Competition At The 2024 Olympics Will Work
"Sixteen b-boys and 16 b-girls will compete in Paris, chosen through qualifying events organized by WDSF on five continents. There will be no numbered...
The Music School Flourishing On Remote Easter Island
With donated land, instruments and crowd-sourced funding, Mahani Teave, along with her partner Enrique Icka, a construction engineer, broke ground on their Toki School...
Between Budget Cuts And COVID, Mexico’s Arts Sector Is In Full-On Crisis
"Citing corruption and waste under previous administrations, centre-left President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced hefty budget cuts across all government departments in May 2019....
It Was A Mosaic From Caligula’s Pleasure Yacht. It Became A Park Avenue Coffee...
"Officials unveiled the mosaic at the Museum of Roman Ships, which was built in the 1930s specifically to house the treasures of two huge...
The Oprah Effect: What Being Interviewed By Winfrey Can Do For You
" means being ready to expose yourself to her satisfaction, in exchange for having one of the world's great empaths help you reshape your...
Theatre In America After A Year Of The Pandemic
Rob Weinert-Kendt: "So what happened — what changed — in this past 12 months, and how will this lost, frantic year be remembered? I...
‘Culture Of Fear’ At Detroit Institute Of Arts, Outside Study Found
"The Detroit Institute of Arts is taking steps to improve its workplace culture following a critical review by outside investigators who said they had...
What Does Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill Have For The Arts?
"The relief bill includes $470 million earmarked for cultural organizations, with $135 million each for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National...
Only Half Of Britain’s Billion-Pound Arts Relief Fund Has Been Paid Out
"The National Audit Office … examined the allocation of the funds so far and found that of the £1bn that has been made...
Embracing Ambivalence
Even though ambivalence is a common experience, as a concept it’s frequently misunderstood. It doesn’t mean that you don’t care about something or that...
UK Theatre’s Darkest Year
Ridiculous as it might seem now, eight to 10 weeks was initially discussed as a likely closure period. The more pessimistic were talking about...
Boston Lyric Opera Chief To Depart
Esther Nelson added a fourth live performance to the BLO’s season, using the extra production to highlight contemporary works by both up-and-coming as well...
A Beeple JPG File Sells for $69 Million At Auction
The price was a new high for an artwork that exists only digitally, beating auction records for physical paintings by museum-valorized greats like J.M.W....
Eight Consequential Inventions Of Literature
"Project Narrative is the world’s leading academic think tank for the study of stories, and in our research labs, with the help of neuroscientists...
Across US, Artists Are Losing Their Health Insurance
"Across the nation thousands of actors, musicians, dancers and other entertainment industry workers are losing their health insurance or being saddled with higher costs...
Hindu Supremacists Force Shutdown Of Indian Theatre Festival
"The annual theatre festival organised by the Indian People's Theatre Association in the small town of Chhatarpur became the object of abuse and violent...
For Digital “Creators” Everything Is For Sale
"Tens of millions of people around the globe consider themselves creators, and the creator economy represents the “fastest-growing type of small business,” according to...
