Yearly Archives: 2021
Tough Questions For Cultural Industries Post-COVID
Applied to the cultural and creative industries, this involves asking tough questions on the current working conditions, financial stability and social recognition of artists,...
Hermitage’s Major Fabergé Show Is Full Of ‘Tawdry Fakes’, Says Art Dealer
"The explosive claim was made in an open letter to Hermitage boss Mikhail Piotrovsky by Andre Ruzhnikov, who has been buying and selling Fabergé...
UK Parliament Told Festivals Could Be Safe This Summer
"The idea that the festivals can't go ahead and be socially-distanced is inaccurate," one festival director told the House of Commons Culture Select Committee,...
Portland’s Classical Radio Station Will Be Recording And Releasing Music By Nonwhite And Women...
When the staff at All Classical Portland was looking at how to add more diversity to its playlists, they found that the biggest limitation...
America’s Leading Black Classics Scholar Says The Field Needs A Complete Overhaul. Is That...
Dan-el Padilla Peralta came to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic at age 4 and grew up extremely poor; it was his childhood fascination...
She Was Fired From ‘The Color Purple’ And Is Suing. But She Would Probably...
Actress Seyi Omooba had been engaged to play Celie in the musical adaptation of Alice Walker's novel in Leicester, England in 2019 — but...
Tony Bennett, Age 94, Has Alzheimer’s — But He Can Still Sing
In fact, he recorded his new album of duets with Lady Gaga in sessions spanning 2018 to 2020, and he was first diagnosed with...
Actor Hal Holbrook, 95
In a long career spanning stage, film, and television, he was known for roles ranging from John Adams to Abraham Lincoln to Deep Throat...
Spain Will Pay $7.8 Million A Year To Keep Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection In Madrid
The Spanish government has concluded what is, in effect, a 15-year rental agreement with Baroness Carmen Cervera, the widow of Baron Hans Heinrich von...
World’s Largest Movie Industry Finally Has Its Theatres Back To (Almost) Normal
"India began allowing 100 percent occupancy in cinemas on Monday, lifting a 50 percent cap on seating capacity that had been in place since...
Figuring Out The Writers That Figure Out The Future
"The most important promise underlying much of the canon inaugurated by Future Shock is that with the right foresight, readers can not only prepare...
DC’s Duke Ellington High School For The Arts Is Unique. So Why Is It...
It has been educating future artists and entertainers for 47 years. It also ranks in the top 7 percent of U.S. schools in challenging its...
Why Big Superstar Cities May Be In Trouble
Derek Thompson: "Last year, I wrote about how even a modest remote-work revolution—no more than 10 percent of Americans working remotely full time after...
Apple Versus Facebook In How The Internet Should Work
“What are the consequences of seeing thousands of users join extremist groups, and then perpetuating an algorithm that recommends even more?” - Wired
Swedish Film Festival Takes Social Distancing To Extreme — Plays To One Viewer
"Over the course of the coming week, it will hold screenings in two urban venues for just one festival attendee. And it has also...
Matthew VanBesien Talks Presenting
Matthew VanBesien, President of the University Musical Society of the University of Michigan, as he talks about the role of presenters in the arts....
How US Presidents Engage With Washington Culture
There are early signs that new president Biden and his vice-president, Kamala Harris, "could provide a much-needed boost for cultural scene hit hard by...
10 Musicians Under 40 Who Are Changing Classical Music
They have YouTube channels, they expand repertoire, they perform in unconventional places. These are musicians who are building the future of classical music. -...
How The Arts Reinvented During The Trump Years
"The arts in the past four years have evolved in ways that are as broad and powerful as they are now commonplace. Many artists...
The Pandemic Has Killed Whole Classes Of Friendships
Understandably, much of the energy directed toward the problems of pandemic social life has been spent on keeping people tied to their families and...
How To Write About The Internet
A book critic considers. "Relative to the amount of space it takes up in the collective and capitalist imagination, the internet has had less...
Israeli TV Is Having A Global Moment
Hollywood, in search of the next Shtisel, a hit show for Netflix. Apple TV+ and HBO Max are also trying to cash in, both...
Madrid’s Far-Right City Councilors Want To Destroy A Mural With Rosa Parks And Other...
The mural, which also depicts women including Nina Simone, was the result of a popular vote four years ago. But "the far-right party Vox had called...
Smiley Face Eyeroll Laughing Face Could Become Some Of The Clearest Work Communication
At least, that's what one emoji-loving CEO proposes. "Millennials and post-millennials now make up at least 65% of the workforce in the U.S. Emojis...
If One Could Only Read Samuel Beckett’s Thoughts On His Best-Known Phrases
"All in all, the oracular quality of these lines, their sheer wisdom, makes of Beckett, much against his will, no doubt, something of a...
