Monthly Archives: May 2024
What King Charles’ First Portrait Is Meant To Convey About Him
It’s worth putting this into the context of “self-fashioning” in portraiture, succinctly described by the literary scholar Stephen Greenblatt in 1980 as a process where identity...
Will Machines Replace Us? Naw — We Colonize A Different Space
This is simultaneously a misplaced conceit and misconceived fear: There are varied environmental niches to exploit and to dominate even in ecosystems with an...
The Line Between Fine Art And Craft Is Blurring
In many ways, it is obvious that furniture could be a direct expression of human thoughts and feelings. There is its closeness to the...
How Gian Carlo Menotti And Carlisle Floyd Defined Mid-20th Century Opera
As a composer, Menotti was consigned to the bittersweet status described by Somerset Maugham to characterize his own fiction—“in the first rank of the...
Why Did A Portland Suburb’s Innovative Public-Private Gallery Suddenly Close Last Month?
"It’s hard to think of another artist-run institution that simultaneously featured publicly open studio spaces for working artists, an art sales gallery connected to...
The Cartoon That Has Inspired Protestors Across The Globe
The 1969 cartoon of a perpetually 10-year-old boy known as Handala is by artist Naji Al-Ali. After 1973, Ali "depicted Handala with his back...
Why Musician Biopics, Including The New Amy Winehouse Movie, Are So Awful
For one reason, “the voice is a powerful and mysterious thing, maybe the most primal creative instrument that human beings possess. We’re drawn to...
It’s Not ‘TV Week’ Anymore
Netflix and Prime joined broadcast channels for the traditional week of wooing advertisers - and for good reason: “Streaming video now makes up 37%...
Behind The Scenes Of Twelve Opening Nights (Or Matinees) In Nine Days
"I suggested to the Culture desk’s editors that it might be interesting if we sent a reporter and photographer to every opening, chronicling these...
These Devices Changed Our Homes Forever, But They’re Not Working Anymore
Plus “it’s very hard to get spare parts,” says the principal curator at London’s Science Museum. So the show is going to storage, where...
Despite Rising Ticket Sales And Donations, Minnesota’s Guthrie Theatre Is Running A Deficit
Artistic Director Joseph Haj: "While I believe that the Guthrie is faring well in relative terms … it is important to acknowledge that the...
The Academy Museum Took Heat For Ignoring The Jewish History Of Many Founders Of...
And now it’s trying to fix that mistake with a new exhibition. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
In Britain, A Dance Star Says He Wants To Clear His Name
Giovanni Pernice, a professional dancer on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, said “he is ‘surprised’ by media reports about his teaching methods and rejects ‘any...
Rhinebeck, The Little New York Town Where New Musicals Start Their Big Journeys
"At a moment when regional theatres and foundations are cutting funding, particularly for new-work development, Rhinebeck has become a beacon of just how much...
Canada, That Sexy Travel Destination
You too might fall for Canada if you’re reading the right romances - and not just the (surging) hockey genre, either. - CBC
All The Oscar-Bait Literary Adaptations Coming Down The Cannes Red Carpet
Whether they’re from classics or gothic novels, Cannes usually shows some Very Serious Literary fare looking for distribution - and this year is no...
The Artist Who Created Barbie’s Fake Food
Honestly, who knew this was a thing? Yet: Kerry Samantha Boyes “now has her own fake food store and studio set-up in south-west Scotland...
What Is ‘The Digital Guillotine,’ And How Is It – Or Isn’t It –...
After the Met Gala, TikTok user @ladyfromtheoutside started a "campaign urging social media users to block celebrities who’ve been silent about the ongoing conflict...
Happy One-Year Anniversary Of The Hollywood Strikes
Some writers and actors feel a sense of community and empowerment; some are noting that the slowdown that began with the pandemic is...
Parsons Students Withdraw From BFA Exhibition As They Pressure New School To Divest
Instead, the students opened their own show. "Seeds of Solidarity was organized to support Students for Justice in Palestine’s ongoing general strike and boycott against the New...
German Actor Says Britain Is Too Protective Of Children On Set
Franz Rogowski, “who plays a key role in Bird, British director Andrea Arnold’s contender for the top Palme d’Or prize, said this weekend that the...
What’s The Sudden Deal With Nuns In Popular Culture?
“If the aesthetic interest in nuns is an enduring one, it’s also true that every few years, like fashion trends or viral flus, nuns...
If You’re Curious About Alice Munro, Here Are Twenty Free Stories To Read
When Munro won the Nobel Prize in 2013, the Swedish Academy called her “a master of the contemporary short story.” The queen of subtly...
Mickey, Elsa, Princess Jasmine, And Other Costumed Characters Say Union Yes
That is, the actors playing the costumed characters at California’s Disneyland have voted to join Actors’ Equity. The workers "often endure injury and discomfort...
Norway Has A Huge New Rich Guy Museum
That’s the one in the grain silo. Why not? Like the Tate Modern’s building, the former power station, the silo wasn’t being used for...
