Yearly Archives: 2023
This Is How Difficult It Is For International Artists To Get Into The US
The process is difficult even for organizations with strong financial and administrative support. For smaller companies with less funding, it is daunting. - Broad Street...
The Extraordinary Puppets Of Broadway’s “The Life Of Pi”
"Finn Caldwell, the production's puppetry director, and two of those Olivier-winning puppeteers, Fred Davis and Scarlet Wilderink, sat down at the Schoenfeld one morning...
Scott Timberg And What Happened To Culture
“Scott was just so present, and then he exterminated himself,” says Dana Gioia, former California poet laureate and a friend of Timberg for many years....
Oscar Wilde’s Irishness (Which So Many People, Including Oscar, Seem To Forget)
Everything about the man said London, but he spent 20 of his 46 years in Ireland, including seven years at a grim Ulster boarding...
Not OK: The UK Government’s Attack On The Arts Is Doing Damage
Watching these wounds being inflicted is painful. People who work in culture and the arts in this country are exhausted. The 30% cut to Arts...
Rome’s Pantheon To Start Charging Admission
In the past, access to the Pantheon has always been free. Roman officials suggested a €2 entrance fee several years ago, but the controversial...
The Future For American Movies For Grownups Seems To Be In Microbudget Indies. But...
The equipment for making professional-looking films has never been more inexpensive or accessible. There are people writing creative scripts; there's always an abundance of...
Big Questions About Met Museum’s Collecting Prcatices
A broader examination of the Met’s antiquities collection, conducted by ICIJ, Finance Uncovered, L’Espresso and other media partners over recent months, raises new concerns...
Is Melbourne’s Arts Centre On The Brink Of Financial Disaster? Depends On Whom You...
An alleged internal document was reported by the city's biggest tabloid to reveal that the complex is short $223 million (Aus), due to the...
She’s A Swing, An Understudy, And the Dance Captain For “+ Juliet,” One Of...
"(Brittany Nicholas is) responsible for knowing the 12 ensemble tracks and all of the dancing for eight principals. She also acts as an extension...
Here’s What The New, Animal-Free Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus Will Look Like
"The 75 performers from 18 countries will include performers on a triangular high wire 25 feet off the ground, crisscrossing flying trapeze artists, a...
Is Hollywood Worried About ChatGPT-Style AI? Of Course It Is.
"(Many in the industry are ambivalent), acknowledging the power of AI to help a screenwriter overcome writer's block or an editor to skip mundane...
Raid On Suspected Art Smugglers Turns Up An Unknown Jackson Pollock Painting
Bulgarian officers working under Europol staged a raid in Sofia to break up a Greek-Bulgarian art-trafficking ring. They found what curators at Bulgaria's National...
More Evidence That Monet And J.M.W. Turner Were Inspired By Air Pollution
A new study has been published by climate scientists who examined paintings from throughout the two artists' careers and found that the works provide...
Book-Banning Attempts In The US Soared To A New Record Last Year
"More than 1,200 challenges were compiled by the association in 2022, nearly double the then-record total from 2021 and by far the most since...
The BBC’s Tough New License Rules
The new operating license requires that the BBC adheres to more than 70 quotas across its broadcast TV and radio services. - Variety
Well, There Goes That Theory: New Analysis Of Beethoven’s Hair Upends Long-Held Theories
An analysis of strands of his hair has upended long held beliefs about his health. The report provides an explanation for his debilitating ailments...
How To Think About Humanity’s Doom
If the good news is that we are doomed, the better news is that we can’t do much about it. Peter Frankopan points to...
How To Live An Epicurean Life
There’s nothing quite like recalling the rich joys of life to make us wonder why memories worth relishing can seem like a scarce resource...
Rare Guarneri Violin Smashes Sales Record
An exceptionally rare Guarneri violin—so fabled that it has its own name, the Baltic—sold for $9.44 million (premium included) at auction on March 16,...
Caught On Video: Is This Banksy?
A UK TV crew spotted the man — who was also seen wearing a long black coat and glasses — as he took phone...
When Violence Damages Jerusalem’s Medieval Al-Aqsa Mosque, These Skilled Craftsmen Repair The Damage
"The artisans there — including a gold-leaf specialist, coppersmiths and wood carvers — fear that their meticulous work will be destroyed, as has happened...
The Arts Amounted To $1 Trillion Of America’s 2021 Economy
“In general, I don't think people recognized how much of an economic footprint the arts have in this country,” he adds. “We are for...
The Vermont Symphony Names A Music Director After A Three-Year Search
"After a three-year search, seven finalists' concerts; and extensive surveys of musicians, audiences and board members, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra finally has a new...
Broadway Shows Are Looking A Little… Cheap, Lately
Scenic downsizing is all the rage in Midtown for a range of reasons — skyrocketing costs, cold concepts, quick turnarounds. As a result, storied...
