Yearly Archives: 2023
One Question Etched Into A Mirror Gets A Whole Exhibition Booted In Portugal
"'How many enslaved people is a psychiatric hospital worth?' This question, etched into a mirror and displayed in the panopticon of a psychiatric hospital...
Helen Thorington, Who Brought Sonic Art To Regular Radio Waves, Has Died At 94
Thorington created "the auditory equivalent of an art installation" many times. "Radio art was a niche medium when Ms. Thorington started out, but she...
The Stagehands Union Commits Two Million To Members Losing Money From Writers’ Strike
Many IATSE members are, have been, or will be out of work while the writers are on strike. This fund is to help them...
Let’s Really Talk About Yellowstone, The Show, And Its Politics
"This is Yellowstone’s gambit: It grounds its defense of the cowboy way of life in an identification with the very Native peoples those cowboys dispossessed."...
It’s Not Revenge, But This Singer’s Experience On Canadian Idol Could Be Her Origin...
Jonita Gandhi was 16 when a judge told her to return once she figured out her style. Now, she's an outright Bollywood star who...
The Hannah Gadsby Influenced Picasso Show Was Meant To Drive Debate
So if you're posting in outrage or joy or sadness or with complicated feelings that need many minutes of discussion to express, you're doing...
Social Media Sites Need To Make Some Plans For Dealing With Anti-Trans Users
Google's demonetizing of a popular conservative streamer's videos for her deadnaming and misgendering of trans folks marks a new stage for the company (one...
An Accident On The Set Of Gladiator 2 Sent Multiple Crew Members To The...
According to sources on set, everyone affected was treated for burns. - Los Angeles Times
The Tonys Almost Didn’t Happen, So You Better Watch And Appreciate Them
And here's when and how. - Washington Post
The One-On-One Dance Performance Experiment
"Audience members reserve a time slot and are paired with dance artists through a lottery system. 'Maybe we don’t want each other,' Bakst said....
Padma Lakshmi On Leaving Top Chef After Filming The 20th Season
"One of the few Indian American women on television throughout her 19-season tenure, Lakshmi became known for her low-key banter, love of bold flavors...
Hamilton Casting, But Make It Backstage
"The Representation, Inclusion, & Support for Employment (RISE)Â Theatre Directory is meant to serve as a resource for theater producers, directors and other managers across...
Claire Denis, Directing Fierce Films – And Being An Utterly Fierce Interview – At...
She says, "Everything about film-making is frightening. ... I’m scared before about making a bad movie, about not being true to the actors, to...
A West Bank Arts Center Tries To Stay True To Representing Palestinians Despite Massive...
"The building’s remarkable story of survival, transformation and resistance makes it a poignant location for cultural activities that promote dyadic education and exchange within...
The Real Reason Comedian Amy Schumer Abandoned The Barbie Movie In 2016
Basically, the studio was not - at the time - on board with a feminist version. "She said she should’ve known the project wasn’t...
How The Blue Man Group Made Performance Art Mainstream
"In response to the ever-growing anxiety around technology, they conjured up characters who were eager to learn and discover the tactile world around them....
The Fresh Urgency Of Telling Queer Stories On Stage
Why are new plays about historical trans and queer folks important? "These queer stories give us reassurance that we’re not alone now, and we...
Temple Grandin: We Should Think Of AI In Concrete Terms
"To most people, A.I. is an abstraction, something akin to magic. That's dangerous. We would do better to think about it as we do...
Social Media Streamers Won’t Be Subject To New Canadian Content Rules
Individual creators on TikTok, Insta, and other social media streams won't be required to have a certain percentage of Canadian content, or Indigenous rep...
Figuring Out What Komar And Melamid Were (And Weren’t) Really Up To
Ben Davis: "For me, getting an overview of the twists and turns of the Komar & Melamid corpus here … is something like a...
The Literary Roots Of The Movie Die Hard
The screenwriter had to turn the author's "dense first-person prose, which featured its hero monologuing at length on CB radio and offering long sections...
The Strange Sepia Beauty Of Photographs Of The Smoke-Filled Skies
Philip Kennicott: "They are accidentally beautiful, rather like an 80-degree day in January is accidentally pleasurable. To some, they may suggest the science-fiction scenography...
Something Weird Has Happened To The Simpsons
The 34-year-old show is ... good again? Like the old days. The really old days. "Aficionados know there were some great episodes even in...
Joan Rivers And Her Carefully Cross-Indexed Card Catalog Of 65,000 Jokes
"Rivers, who wrote gags at all hours, paid close attention to setups and punchlines, typing them up and cross-referencing them by categories like 'Parents...
At Philadelphia’s Oddest Museum, Changes By New Leadership To Make It Less Odd Are...
The institution in question is the Mütter Museum, which is focused on anatomy. The actions by new leaders, "mostly centered on concerns about displaying...
