Yearly Archives: 2023
Fonts: An Art You Probably Haven’t Given Much Thought To
Every font you see — on your computer screen, a street sign, a T-shirt, or your car’s dashboard — has been crafted by a...
Persuadable: The Art Of Making Your Case
“There’s a huge difference between hearing and listening. You have to understand the person you’re negotiating with without judgment, whatever your personal values might...
‘N Sync: Dance And The Communication Between Bodies
In new research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we show how the strength of synchronisation in a network depends on the structure...
The Mastermind Teacher Behind Finnish Conductors
Think of major Finnish conductors working around the world today — there are a disproportionate number of them — and chances are they studied...
Norwegian Man Out For A Walk Finds Ancient Trove Of Gold
The cache comprised nine gold medallions and gold pearls that once formed an opulent necklace, as well as three gold rings. The jewels, which...
“Swan Song” — Filming The Tumultuous Gestation Of “Swan Lake”, Karen Kain’s Farewell To...
"'Nothing was going well!' (director Chelsea) McMullan recalls. 'Sean (O'Neill, the writer and producer) and I were terrified: 'We're filming Karen Kain's production as...
How NPRs Tiny Desk Concerts Became Mighty Desk Concerts
The Tiny Desk series became a prime venue for artists seeking an authenticity baptism. The series built its audience organically, getting bigger bookings and...
Queen Anastasia Alexander Leads Us Behind the Scenes At A Chattanooga Drag Show
A young Knoxville man named John takes a reporter through his preparations to perform — as Anastasia, his drag persona — in a sort...
Experiments In Streaming: Music Streamers Tweak How Royalties Go To Artists
Streaming has thrown together two old business models (retail and radio) and thrown them into one pot, pretending lean-back and lean-forward consumption are the...
Afghan Musicians Keeping Their Art Form Alive In Exile
"The stories of repression, resistance, and activism that follow are those of three young Afghan musicians who now live abroad and who continue to...
British Museum Scandal Enabled By Cataloging Deficiencies
That perhaps half of the British Museum’s mammoth collection of some 8 million objects was never fully catalogued has become a matter of keen...
The Art World Frets About New York’s Armory Show Now That It’s Been Bought...
"(The acquisition) raised one uncomfortable question that remains unanswered: how Frieze would juggle both the Armory Show and Frieze Seoul, which run concurrently, in...
Amazon Drops Its Periodicals Program; Small Publishers Panic
Last March, Amazon stated that it was dropping all of its print and Kindle magazine and newspaper subscriptions. Since that announcement, independent publishers have been scrambling...
A Visit With Charles Busch, “The Celebrated Male Actress”
Ben Brantley visits the "Chinese-red living room" and "blindingly white boudoir" of the award-winning performer-playwright. "It felt like the natural setting for someone who...
Filmmaker Agnieszka Holland Threatens To Sue Poland’s Justice Minister
"Controversy over Venice (Festival) title Green Border continues to heat up as director Agnieszka Holland gave an ultimatum to Poland's Minister of Justice Zbigniew...
Disney Narrows Its Lawsuit Against Ron DeSantis
"Disney (has) amended its suit to drop Contracts Clause, Takings Clause and Due Process Clause violations. It will focus on allegations … that the...
Anchor Books Will Be Shut Down As A Separate Imprint
"Vintage/Anchor publisher Suzanne Herz will leave Penguin Random House in December. Anchor Books will gradually be phased out, starting with its hardcover program next...
Laurene Powell Jobs And A Group Of Arts Leaders Want To Buy The Defunct...
"We are working to see that the Art Institute is preserved for aspiring artists to advance their work," said SF Conservatory of Music president...
A New Arts Center In South Florida Will Be Designed by Renzo Piano
"The Center for Arts and Innovation … plans for six adaptive performance and event spaces — indoor and outdoor — ranging in seating capacity...
America’s Longest-Running Jazz Festival Names Its Next Artistic Director, Only The Third In Its...
The Monterey Jazz Festival was founded in 1958 by Jimmy Lyons and has been run for 32 years by Tim Jackson. Next year he...
How The Internet Has Changed How We Write (And Read)
Over the course of the last generation, the Internet has changed our common reading experience; now, as a teacher of creative nonfiction at the...
When American Government Encouraged Artists To Critique
Clear-eyed, truthful portrayals of American history and contemporary affairs have long been disfavored as beneficiaries of public funding — though the movement to strip...
Decline Of The British Museum?
Although the British Museum might have regarded itself as too big to fail, its false sense of exceptionalism has now jeopardized its future as an institution...
How The Harris Theatre (Now 20 Years Old) Changed Chicago Arts
During its two-decade existence, the 1,500-seat theater has become an essential downtown venue, with performances, rehearsals and other events taking place there an average...
What It Takes To Write A TV Show: That’s What The Strike Is About
“I fear a future in which they can only hire one writer. They’ll have an AI, you know, churn out a script based on...
