Yearly Archives: 2021
Chloe Zhao Makes History With Her Golden Globe, And China Reacts With Anger At...
Zhao, the second woman ever to win a Golden Globe for directing and first Asian woman to win the prize, was at first feted...
Battleground Over Truth (Whatever That Is)
"A striking feature of our current political landscape is that we disagree not just over values (which is healthy in a democracy), and not...
Six Philadelphia Museums Combined Resources During COVID. It Transformed How They Do Their Work
"After much discussion, we developed structures to jointly fundraise and equitably disperse proceeds between us relative to budget size. More importantly, we learned about...
COVID Accelerated Trends By Ten Years. What Does That Mean For Classical Music?
According to NYU Stern School of Business professor and New York Times best-selling author Scott Galloway, the pandemic has accelerated the progression of trends...
Still Trying To Sort Out The Critic’s Role In A Very Changed Reality
"Critics no longer have the power to make or break an artist’s career. Rather, art critics depend more and more on maintaining friendly relationships...
Artists Hope Biden Immigration Policies Will Make It Easier To Collaborate Internationally
Now that the bans are reversed, immigration lawyers who work with artists, including Ashley Tucker, director of programs at the Artistic Freedom Initiative in...
The Mind As Computer? It Doesn’t Work That Way
These kinds of metaphors reduce us to achievement-driven and advantage-seeking entities, condemned constantly to self-optimise, as if our highest purpose is to be effective...
Will European Audiences Come Back To The Theatre?
"The shift has raised questions about whether audiences will return to theaters in the same numbers as before, and whether a blend of...
Culture Is Everywhere Online. But How To Find It?
"We have evolved to be clever enough to create massive amounts of choice in every field, but I, for one, have yet to evolve...
Musée Rodin In Paris May Be Ordered To Release 3D Scans Of Sculptures
The museum has 3D scans of its holdings but is extremely reluctant to release them to the public, since the institution supports itself by...
The Astounding Pianist And Composer Who Was Born Into Slavery
Born without eyesight on a Georgia plantation in 1849, "Blind Tom" Wiggins learned to play piano by ear and became a prodigiously gifted player,...
Maybe Human-Centric Design Isn’t The Best Way To Design?
"What if situating the human at the heart of design isn’t enough to steer innovation in the right direction? What if it’s precisely what...
Patrick Dupond, Star And Director Of Paris Opera Ballet, Dead At 61
He entered the company's school at age 10, joined the company at 16 and was an étoile at 21. He became one of the...
The Man Whose Job Is To Convince Us To Go Back To Movie Theatres
Adam Aron’s job is to persuade movie studios and moviegoers to re-embrace the theatrical experience, once things open up again and more of the...
How Did Dr. Seuss Himself Respond When Criticized For Racist Caricatures?
Philip Nel, a Seuss scholar (yes, there is such a thing): "Yes, there are some examples of him revising in response to criticism, and...
Dr. Seuss Sales Soar After Publishers Withdraw Six Books With Racist Caricatures
In the wake of the decision by Dr. Seuss Enterprises to stop printing and selling If I Ran the Zoo, And to Think That...
Illinois’s Reopening Rules Make No Sense For Chicago’s Arts Venues
Under the current Phase 4 of Gov. Pritzker's five-phase plan, indoor gatherings are limited to a maximum capacity of 50% or 50 people per...
BAM Gave Its President Nearly $1 Million To Buy New Apartment (And Then She...
When the Brooklyn Academy of Music hired Katy Clark as its new CEO, the board wanted her to live in Brooklyn, where real estate...
New York City Is Reopening Movie Theaters
"It was a surprise to many when Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced without fanfare last week that movie theaters in the five boroughs could open...
COVID Is Back At La Scala Ballet
The opera house's regular testing regimen revealed that 35 dancers and three administrative staffers at the ballet company had the novel coronavirus. Performances, rehearsals,...
Germany To Start Reopening Museums
"Chancellor Angela Merkel and German state leaders have agreed to start easing restrictions. If coronavirus cases are below 100 per 100,000 people over seven...
How One Jazz Musician Figured Out How To Play Live With Friends Over The...
Usually it's not possible because of slight (or more) lags in sound over the internet. But by tweaking software (and lots of experimenting) Dan...
Changing Roles For Museums Mean Confusion In How They’re Supported
What does it mean for museums to be responsive to their communities? Is it museums’ mission to provide an educational experience or meet changing...
A Tour Of Plays In Storefront Windows
Presented as a “walking tour with theatrical displays,” and running Feb. 19-21, the performance was not a traditional narrative play, but rather a collection...
Explaining Taylor Swift Musicologically (It’s Cool!)
Alex Ross: "Music appreciation is having a resurgence, although the music being appreciated has changed. Early in the twenty-tens, song-explainer videos began proliferating on...
