Yearly Archives: 2023
The Dance Data Project Moves Beyond Collecting Data On Women Leaders In Dance
"Intended to help address the gender and racial barriers that prevent women from securing leadership positions, the free online program "Raising the Barre: Curriculum...
The War On AI Art Is Dumb
We are used to hearing such petulant ressentiment, especially in connection with the 20th-century avant-garde in the figurative arts: “I could have entered a...
How Filmmaker Alica Diop Turned A Sensational Trial Into The Oscar-Nominated “Saint-Omer”
"When the French director Alice Diop attended the trial of Fabienne Kabou, a woman who left her 15-month-old daughter on a beach to drown,...
Scientist Sues US Copyright Office To Grant Copyright To His AI-Generated Art
Stephen Thaler’s motion argues that the work in question “satisfies the requirements set forth in the Copyright Act”—that because Thaler “invested and owns the...
Michael R. Jackson, Writer-Composer Of “A Strange Loop”, On The Show’s Success And The...
"The more that I've reflected on it, it really makes sense to me that A Strange Loop would be a supernova that cuts across...
What Made Jeff Beck A Great Guitarist
He was a guitarist’s guitarist who seemed to be the humble protagonist at the centre of a plethora of seminal moments in pop history....
A Poisonous Issue: Repatriation Of Some Artifacts Is Delayed For Decontamination
"Across Europe and North America, museums are waking up to an ethical dilemma. The widespread historical use of pesticides means objects in their storage...
“Power Is Genderless”: Cate Blanchett Answers Back To Marin Alsop’s Criticism Of “Tár”
"I don't think you could have talked about the corrupting nature of power in as nuanced away as Todd Field has done as a...
Gen Z Is Really Starting To Get Into Classical Music
"There are plenty of reasons for this, from the playlist culture spawned by streaming platforms … to the solace it provided during the pandemic....
The Smithsonian Is Restoring 300 Of The World’s Oldest Sound Recordings
"Now, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has announced a new project: restoring hundreds of never-before-heard sound recordings made by Bell and his...
Plácido Domingo Faces New Accusation Of Sexual Misconduct
Speaking on Spanish television — in shadow, voice electronically altered — a female singer alleged that, roughly two decades ago, Domingo on one occasion...
Two Libraries In Colorado Close Due To Meth Contamination
Public library branches in Boulder and Englewood, a Denver suburb, were closed to the public for several days after tests found methamphetamine on surfaces...
Art Institute of Chicago’s Former Payroll Manager Indicted For Embezzling $2 Million
"In his role as payroll manager, (Michael) Maurello had access to make direct deposits. But between 2007 and 2020, he disguised payments to make...
UK Vinyl Record Presser To Double Production To Meet Demand
Press On Vinyl opened in Middlesbrough in early-2022 with the aim of producing 50,000 records a month. - BBC
Banff Centre Appoints New President
The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity announced that Chris Lorway would be appointed to the role of President and CEO of Banff Centre....
Gina Lollobrigida, 95
“In the immediate period after the war and throughout the 1950s there was one face that represented Italian beauty in the eyes of the...
Hilary And Bill Write Novels. But How Much Of Them?
Using a technique called “stylometry”, it can be established that James Patterson probably wrote most of The President is Missing. Stylometry uses computers to...
How The Brain Calculates Escape
Escape behavior offers useful insight into the brain’s inner workings because it engages nervous system networks that originated in the early days of evolution....
Charting The Rise Of Art For Screens
The shift to screen life has been decades in the making, and generations of tech-savvy artists have been charting those changes. - The Wall Street...
Math – The Core Of The Ideas That Propel Our World
Mathematics belongs firmly within, not outside, the Modernist revolution in art and thought that reconfigured minds and lives. So why would any writer who...
The Nineteenth Century: The Age Of Musical Amateurs
Mozart worked from 1781 as a freelance musician. Beethoven, too, survived on publishers’ commissions and charitable sponsorship. If they had been born two centuries...
How Russia Is Plundering Ukraine’s Art
Ukrainian officials say that Russian forces have robbed or damaged more than 30 museums — including several in Kherson, which was retaken in November,...
Predictably, Perhaps, The Online Backlash To The Embrace Is Vicious
"From one angle, the limbs form a heart, representing the couple’s love. But much as Chicago’s landmark 'Cloud Gate' sculpture quickly became known as...
Boston’s Newest Public Art Is Meant To Honor The Kings
The sculpture, called "The Embrace," is also meant to give Boston a new shine. "People come to Boston to get their American story reified....
The Full List Of Critics Circle Awards
Cate Blanchett rolls on, and Everything Everywhere All at Once picks up critical steam. - Variety
