Yearly Archives: 2023
“There Is A Much Lower Ceiling Than There Used To Be”: Dallas’s Arts Institutions...
"There is no question that, because of their size, Dallas's big seven arts groups depend more heavily on attendance than others in the region....
Cable TV’s Audiences Are Getting Older
A good example of this is Cartoon Network which advertises itself as targeting a core audience of boys and girls aged 6-12, now though most...
Italy’s New Right-Wing Government Wants To Outlaw The Use Of Foreign Words (Yes, Just...
"(The) eight-article proposal includes imposing a fine of up to €100,000 ($108,000) on the use of foresterismi, or foreign words that have Italian translations,...
San Diego Opera Cancels Performances Of An Work It Co-Commissioned
"Citing rising costs and reduced revenue, the San Diego Opera Tuesday canceled performances of (Zach Redler and Jerre Dye's) The Falling and the Rising,...
Some Benin Bronzes Contain Metal Mined In Germany, Say Scientists
"The Edo people in the Kingdom of Benin, modern Nigeria, created their extraordinary sculptures with melted down brass manilla bracelets. … A team of...
Wil Ron DeSantis Come After Mrs. Doubtfire? Florida’s Theater Community Worries About Governor’s Anti-Drag...
A number of organizations, especially larger ones such as Miami's Arsht Center, are confident that shows like Mrs. Doubtfire and Hairspray are sufficiently distant...
Florida’s Department Of Education Gives Its Approval To Michelangelo’s David
"'Florida encourages instruction on the classics and classical art, and would not prohibit its use in instruction,' Alex Lanfranconi, communications director for the Florida...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Labels NPR As “State-Affiliated Media,” Flings Poo When Asked For Explanation
"NPR said it was disturbed to see the description added to all of the tweets that it sends out, with John Lansing, its president...
Britain Fines TikTok Nearly $16 Million For Misusing Children’s Personal Data
"The Information Commissioner’s Office said it issued a fine of £12.7 million pounds ($15.9 million) … (and that) TikTok allowed as many as 1.4...
Not Just About The Body: Feminism And The Dancer
A dancer’s mind is just as important as her body; the one guides the other. To dance fully without hesitation, without self-consciousness, sets the...
James Patterson Contends The NYT Bestseller Charts Are Rigged. Is He Right?
The New York Times bestseller lists (there are more than a dozen of them) are the product of a lot of math, but also...
Meet Manchester’s Book-Swapping Vending Machine
More than 600 books have been swapped so far in the new scheme in Manchester's Corn Exchange. - BBC
How AI Is Training To Replace Artists And Producers
AI poses a threat to work opportunities across the board by giving producers the tools to recreate their favourite voices on demand, without the...
$200 Million Gift Of Calders To Seattle Art Museum
As part of their gift, the Shirleys will give SAM 48 works by Calder, spanning the artist’s career, with mobiles at various sizes from...
The Debilitating Cost Of Writing
There were stretches when I made so little money writing or editing that I couldn’t blame my parents for assuming they were hobbies. They...
What Cheryl Strayed Puts Into Her Autofiction, And What She Keeps Out
"How about this woman we create isn't me, but she had that same stuff happen to her in the past and she took a...
Met Museum Returns More Stolen Antiquities
The $25 million sculpture dates to 225 C.E., and is believed to have been looted in the 1960s from a shine at Bubon, an...
Remember Damien Hirst’s Spin Paintings? Now You And AI Can Make One Of Your...
Hirst did the originals, back in the 1990s, by dripping paint onto a rotating canvas. Now he and his partners have set up an...
The State Of American Orchestras
The League of American Orchestras reports on the state of the industry. - League of American Orchestras
How Dance Changes When It’s Viewed In A Museum Or Gallery Rather Than A...
It's not just a matter of coming off a proscenium or thrust stage: everything from audience expectations and behavior to documentation practices is different...
Where In Our Brains Does Imagination Come From?
Though there are many theories about the place of imagination in cognitive architecture, two are worth mentioning here, not least because all others can...
$33 Million Rescue By New Government Saves National Library Of Australia’s Digital Archives From...
"Trove, the expansive archival database that holds billions of images, newspapers, documents, manuscripts and myriad other resources that are freely accessible to the public,...
How Pasadena Playhouse Became LA’s Best Theatre
Feldman’s mission is to remind local audiences what they’ve been missing. He wants theatergoers to demand more from the menu than a selection of...
How The Panama Papers Percolated Through Pop Culture
It's not just books, movies, SNL sketches and New Yorker cartoons about to the investigation and resulting scandal. There are at least five bands...
Steve Reich Gets Grouchy About The Term “Minimalism” (Again)
"Michael Nyman had a lot to do with it, and he was probably thinking of minimalist art like Frank Stella. ... What disturbs me...
