Yearly Archives: 2023
Minnesota Dance Theatre Director Steps Down After 30 Years
After nearly 30 years as artistic director of Minnesota Dance Theatre, Lise Houlton is passing the reins. And it will be kept in the...
City Of San Francisco Appoints Its First-Ever Drag Laureate
"D'Arcy Drollinger …, who was initially caught off guard by the nomination, has found herself at the forefront of a long-brewing culture war. With...
What Shocking Sudden Losses By One Of The Art World’s High End Dealers Says...
These are unusual blows to one of the largest and most smoothly run art businesses in the world, and they have incited plenty of...
An Exhibition Curated By ChatGPT Is Reviewed By ChatGPT
"In an unprecedented fusion of technology and art, … this ambitious undertaking harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to curate an immersive journey through...
The Italian Opera House With Two Rival Superintendents
"The drama currently playing out at the San Carlo Opera House in Naples … has all the elements of high drama — conflict, tension,...
Hilary Mantel’s “Final Book” To Be Published Next Month
"A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing will feature four decades of Mantel's work across a range of subjects, from her...
Second City Will Open Its New York Outpost This November
"The improvisational comedy enterprise … will house its new nearly 12,000 square-foot entertainment complex in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Set to open on Nov. 16, the...
Disney Co. To Pour $60 Billion Into Its Theme Parks And Cruise Line
"(The conglomerate) says it has more than 1,000 acres of land for future development at its six existing theme park sites around the world....
Roger Whittaker, “Wandering Minstrel” Pop Star Of The 1970s And ’80s, Is Dead At...
"(He) sold an estimated 50 million albums worldwide, becoming a staple of easy-listening charts while cultivating a sunny and often sentimental folk-pop sound. Although...
Remember That Artist Whose Piece Was Literally “Take The Money And Run”? The Court...
Jens Haaning sometimes incorporates actual currency in his works, and in 2021 a Danish museum gave him the equivalent of about $76,000 to recreate...
Study: Australians Have Slowed Down Their Consumption Of Arts Events
Among them, this year’s survey finds that while the same proportion of Australians attended events and festivals as in 2019 and 2022, they are...
The Enduring Power Of Fairies
The Flower Fairies' influence has endured: they continue to be popular around the world – big in Japan and in Italy, where Gucci released...
Milwaukee Symphony Musicians Agree To New Contract – Pay Raise And Rethinking Auditions
The two-year contract includes pay raises, a reduction of one-week in the schedule and a promise to reconsider how auditions for the orchestra are...
The Right To Privacy? Is The American Government Spying On Library Readers?
"I was certain the FBI didn’t have some mysterious database of all U.S. libraries that could spit out the borrower record of any one...
I Come Not To Praise The Internet Novel
The internet, or more precisely, the smartphone, poses a problem for novels. If a contemporary novel wants to seem realistic, or true to life,...
YouTube Blocks Russell Brand From Earning Income From His YouTube Channel
A spokeswoman for YouTube said in an email that Mr. Brand, whose channel on the platform has 6.6 million subscribers, was suspended for violating...
How London Is Trying To Help Low-Income Artists
A long-term cultural programme in Thamesmead in south-east London has provided artists with low-rent studios and access to affordable housing. Since it began five...
Founding Artistic Director Of Richmond Ballet Retires After 44 Years
"'It's the right time when you find the right person,' Stoner Winslett said. 'It's about what's best for the Richmond Ballet and the community.'...
Melbourne Gets A New Performing Arts Center
The venue will house a proscenium theatre with a capacity of 600, as well as a 200-seat studio theatre, two rehearsal studios and function...
In Which AI Helps Farhad Manjoo Finally Learn How To Draw
"A lot of drawing teachers say that everyone can learn to draw. A lot of drawing teachers haven't met me, I thought. … Then,...
Why AI Isn’t So Great At Designing Cities (Yet)
“The good modern city doesn’t exist in any dataset that will be sampled by AI. What AI will sample is Chinese cities and cities...
Hate The Way Your Voice Sounds On A Recording? This Is Why.
"Hearing our own voice on a recording is a bit of a shock. 'Do I really sound like that?' (Yes, you do.) … So...
Institutional Critique: Jeremy Harris And The Reevaluation Of Theatre
As the initial shock of the pandemic gave way to a reëvaluation of racial and other societal arrangements, Jeremy Harris became a kind of...
After 62 Years, Ossie Davis’s Satire Of Racism In The Deep South, “Purlie Victorious”,...
"Dad grew up in deepest Georgia, and had cause to be irate about the conditions there," (his daughter) recalled. "He tried to write a...
His Work Was Seen By Millions, But He Was Invisible To The Artworld
He was among the most visible artists of the ’70s, with millions seeing his paintings on television each week; yet his work was excluded...
