Yearly Archives: 2021
New L.A. Arts Recovery Fund Has $38.5 Million For Small And Midsize Nonprofits
"The J. Paul Getty Trust initiated the fund, to be officially announced Tuesday, and the California Community Foundation is administering it. Struggling arts organizations...
Frick Collection Set To Open At Old Whitney Museum Building
"The Frick Collection will open in the Breuer building as the Frick Madison on March 18, the museum announced on Tuesday, beginning a two-year...
Facing Another COVID Summer, British Theatres Are Building Outdoor Stages
Social distancing is easier outdoors and there's more air circulation, not to mention the fact that, as one director puts it, "Outdoor arts is...
Defying National Government, French City’s Mayor Reopens Museums
"Louis Aliot, the right-wing mayor of Perpignan, a city in the south of France, will let four museums begin welcoming visitors once more, effectively...
What “Hamlet” Suggests About Trump’s Impeachment Trial
Rereading “Hamlet” after the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, I was struck by how fears of insurrection permeate the play. Every...
Why The California Attorney General Is Investigating The San Francisco Art Institute
The attorney general does not comment on ongoing audits, but Hyperallergic has acquired documents raising questions about board member self-interest and misuse of tax-exempt...
Indie Bookstores Invested In Online Sales… And It Has Paid Off
Their embrace of internet sales appears to have paid off, allowing them to meet surging demand spurred by the Black Lives Matter movement and...
Our Inner Critics – Ignore Or Be Guided?
"The inner voice, which is also an inward-turning voice, tends to linger over negative content. What’s more, it can call our attention to processes...
In Seattle, Music Venues Can Now Reopen. Few Are Choosing To Do So
Thus far, only a few local music venues have signaled their interest in reopening under present conditions. In a statement on its website, the...
An ‘Intersectional Trainwreck’ — Alex Ross On ‘The Great Gay Jewish Poetry Brawl Of...
"In the shouty Valhalla of pointlessly destructive literary feuds, a place of honor must go to the verbal duel between the poets Heinrich Heine...
Famed Broadway Restaurateur Joe Allen, 87
In a city that devours restaurants the way diners down hamburgers, Mr. Allen founded and ran not just one successful New York restaurant but...
Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière Dead At 89
He wrote the screenplays for a remarkable number of important films: Luis Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Belle de Jour, and That...
NY Governor Cuomo Says Broadway May Reopen Soon
“Would I go see a play and sit in a playhouse with 150 people? If the 150 people were tested, and they were all...
Fox News’s Response To Smartmatic’s $2.7 Billion Lawsuit: Don’t Blame Us, Blame Trump’s Lawyers...
In the network's motion to dismiss the voting company's defamation lawsuit — which alleges that Fox News and three of its hosts knowingly spread...
California’s Gig Worker Law Is Hurting Artists
Used to hiring artists who work as independent contractors in exchange for program or project fees, it’s been tough for these small nonprofit arts...
Pianist Lara Downes Is Reviving The Work Of Black Composers And Reframing The History...
Her project, called Rising Sun Music, "is a series of newly recorded works written by black composers — including many works that have never...
The Problem With Hygiene Theatre
If hygiene theater were actual theater, it would exist in the genre of catastrophic improv. Hundreds of millions of people are ad-libbing their way...
To Deaccession Or Not, And Why? Museum World’s Long Argument About This Is Now...
Once the AAMD, looking at the financial carnage wrought by COVID, relaxed its strict rule about museums selling their art only in order to...
First Arab Woman To Direct A Feature Film, Moufida Tlatli, Dead At 73
" remains best known for her breakthrough 1994 feature The Silences of the Palace, a lyrical study of a woman's return to an abandoned...
Governor And Mayor Announce Programs To Revive New York’s Live Performance Industry
And, given the notorious personal relationship between the two men, it's no surprise that their plans are entirely separate. Governor Cuomo's scheme, called NY...
Broadway’s Shutdown Has A Long Economic Reach
"By one count, Broadway is directly responsible for nearly 100,000 jobs in New York City alone and, as a leading attraction for people who...
Paris Opera Ballet Publishes Report On Race In Company, And Management Will Act On...
"'There will be no blackface, or yellowface,' Neef told reporters, but works like La Bayadère and The Nutcracker would remain, with possible further...
Louvre’s New Conservation Facility Will Hold One-Third Of The Museum’s Entire Collection
The Louvre Conservation Center, located in Liévin (20 miles or so southwest of Lille), "has six storage areas, including dry, low-humidity areas for metalworks,...
Germany Earmarks Another €1 Billion In COVID Relief To Its Arts Sector
"This marks the second chapter of the so-called 'Neustart Kultur' program (New Start Culture), which was first launched last July with a bailout of...
Robert Spano Appointed Music Director The Fort Worth Symphony
Spano, 59, is best known for his 20 seasons as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, a position he’s leaving in June. Since...
