Yearly Archives: 2023
Claim: Now Is A Golden Age For Criticism?
Quantitatively and qualitatively, critical production is flourishing, despite – and in some cases because of – the dire economic state in and around the...
Brussels Royal Museum Director Resigns After Allegations Of Abuse
In December, 31 of the museum’s 176 employees sent an open letter to Thomas Dermine, who, as Belgium’s Secretary of State, oversees federal museums. The letter detailed...
Locals Complain About “Pornographic” Books In High School Library; Librarian Sues Them For Defamation
"A longtime librarian at Roxbury High School in Morris County (New Jersey) has sued a group of residents she says defamed her by falsely...
The Restorative Powers Of Reading
We all recognise how important self-care is and that books help you feel part of a bigger world. Which is why we choose to...
Making Contemporary Dance, With Ordinary Local People, In England’s De-Industrialized Northeast
Choreographer Liv Lorent settled in Newcastle 30 years ago; Esther Huss moved to a nearby former mining village more recently. Both see real advantages...
Touring A Show In A Time Of Climate Change: Theatre That Recreates Rather Than...
"It's a delicate experiment in what happens when we really try and tune in to local audiences rather than just deliver the same product...
Twice-Exiled: The Life Of A Young Correspondent For Russia’s Only Independent TV Network
Valeria Ratnikova started at TV Rain at age 20; by 23, she was a network star. When Putin's government shut TV Rain down after...
How Children’s Museums Are Evolving
Once venues for younger children that provided rainy-day entertainment through exhibits and a scattering of hands-on activities, they’re expanding their scope by offering a...
Jerry Springer, Host Of America’s Most Notorious TV Talk Show, Is Dead At 79
The former Cincinnati mayor, who once said that he didn't mind being called the "grandfather of trash TV," hosted a "tabloid talk show known...
What Blair Tindall Got Right About The Classical Music World
In the pre-#MeToo era, when we had yet to shift from feminism’s third wave into its fourth, it was easy—even forgivable—to miss what Tindall...
Consider The Poetry Slam
"Poetry slam is one of the few examples we have of a 'language game'. ... t is a place to play with words, and...
More Theaters Experiment With Collective Leadership And Term Limits
Several companies in the Bay Area have been finding real advantages in these models: without a single, well-paid executive, the remaining staffers can be...
Nigerian Government Transfers Ownership Of The Benin Bronzes, Complicating Repatriation Negotiations
A decree has declared the traditional king of the region where the artworks were made, the Oba of Benin, their official owner. Now...
This Theatre Will Have The UK’s First-Ever In-House Department Dedicated To New Musicals
The Birmingham Hippodrome's Patrick Studio "will be led by a Head of New Musical Theatre, who will commission, develop and produce new musicals in...
Ellsworth Kelly’s Widower is On A Giving Spree With Both Artworks And Money
To honor Kelly's 100th birthday, Jack Shear is dividing 146 works among 19 museums, with MoMA, Art Institute of Chicago, Philadelphia Museum of Art,...
A New Bill In The US Senate Targets Ticketmaster’s Market Stranglehold
"Titled the 'Unlock Ticketing Markets Act,' the legislation aims to 'help restore competition to live event ticketing markets by empowering the Federal Trade Commission...
NPR’s “Fresh Air” Gets A New Full-Time Co-Host
Terry Gross isn't going anywhere; she remains as host and executive producer. Starting May 1, her on-air partner will be Tonya Mosley, a contributing...
The Rising Alarm Over Library Book Bans
It appears that public libraries are another battleground for the United State's ever-present culture wars. - NPR
Pappano: The Challenges Of Conducting Music For The Royal Coronation
"You can imagine the challenges of getting the choir, the organ, the fanfare and the orchestra together. So yes, it's going to be...
Edinburgh Festival Fireworks To End After 40 Years
The 45-minute show from Edinburgh Castle, which began in 1982, usually attracts more than 250,000 spectators. Organisers said the world famous event would not...
Disney Sues Ron DeSantis
“The governor got very angry over the position Disney took and he’s decided to retaliate against us, including the naming of a new board...
How The Internet Has Changed Art
There’s this huge sense of people claiming spaces and positions without truly investigating them. I’m trying to speak to this idea that art isn’t...
So How Are Those Art Investment Funds Doing?
A wealth adviser based in Florida whose firm has researched and invested in fintech companies told ARTnews that “cheap money” fueled a surge of interest in...
The Africa Center In Harlem Is Becoming far More Than A Museum Of African...
It was called the Museum for African Art when it opened in 1984 and for decades afterward. After a long, troubled move into a...
Shakespeare’s First Folio Was Published 400 Years Ago. Here’s What Would Have Been Lost...
Without the weight – cultural as well as literal – of the collected edition, it’s possible few would care about these surviving plays. Something...
