ArtsJournal1
Classical Music Can Help Society Recover From The Pandemic, Says Director Of London’s Wigmore...
"Throughout the crisis, the industry has begun to construct a new narrative shaped to accommodate great artistic expression for everyone. As we rebuild our...
New York’s Three Big January Avant-Garde Festivals Are All Cancelled
The Under the Radar Festival (theater), Prototype (opera), and Exponential Festival (multiple genres) — much-anticipated events in what was once a barren January calendar...
Film Festival To Try Mass Hypnosis On Its Audience
In prior years, the Göteborg Film Festival, in Sweden's second city, has put viewers in coffins and kept one lucky attendee alone in an...
There Will Be No McDonald’s At Rome’s Baths Of Caracalla (Phew!)
The fast-food behemoth had originally obtained the city's permission to build the outlet on the site of a former garden center near the baths....
Remember Rebuses?
These picture/word puzzles, sort of like charades on paper, were very popular in the mid-20th century and even had a game show (Concentration) based...
Has King George III Gotten A Bum Rap?
The unlucky British King is the great villain of the USA's founding narrative, portrayed as both hapless and tyrannical. That's not a completely false...
Yes, Representation On Screens Makes A Difference — And Not Only With Actors
"It's about more than who you see on screen, she said, but how those characters are written. And who's doing the writing. And what...
Is Susanna Mälkki About To Be Named Music Director At A Big US Orchestra?
The Times's Joshua Barone says she's "one of the world's top conductors." The LA Phil's CEO says "Susanna has to be at the top...
After A Painful Hiatus, The Mummers Will Be Strutting Down Philadelphia’s Broad Street This...
Omicron is spreading, sequin prices have gone up, and it may well rain; nevertheless, after last year's cancellation, the Mummers Parade is going ahead,...
After 35 Years, One Of America’s Best Ballet Schools Is Getting A New Director
Peter Stark, a former principal at Washington Ballet, has had students flocking to him as he taught in Maryland, then Orlando, then Boston; he...
On Broadway This Year, Design Was Pulling A Lot More Weight Than It Should...
Jesse Green: "It seems to me that designers, bringing evermore astonishing prowess to bear, too often outshine the work they are meant to support....
So, What Goodies Are Going Into The Public Domain In 2022?
Among the properties that adapters can now use free of charge are A.A. Milne's original Winnie-the-Pooh, Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, the debut poetry...
Here’s One Place Where High-Tech Firms Are Willing To Give To The Arts
For years, aesthetes and directors of development have been frustrated by the lack of interest that software industry execs have shown in directing their...
This Nightclub Will Get Energy From The Heat Of Customers’ Dancing Bodies
"This month, (Glasgow nightclub) SWG3 and geothermal energy consultancy TownRock Energy will begin installing a new renewable heating and cooling system that harnesses the...
Uffizi’s Director Wants Museums To Use Art To Address Social Ills
"Eike Schmidt, the director of Uffizi Galleries since 2015, … says it is now crucial for museums to play a role in highlighting the...
“The View” Is Having Trouble Finding A Conservative To Replace Meghan McCain
"They don't want another NeverTrump Republican who will chummily respond to the liberal hosts' musings with 'yes, but' qualifications (their focus groups suggest that...
David Wagoner, Leading Poet Of The Pacific Northwest, Dead At 96
"(He) turned a keen eye on nature, his childhood and numerous other subjects in more than 20 volumes published across half a century." -...
“Nutcracker” As Political Allegory
A foreign policy scholar suggests (with some evidence) that the Tchaikovsky/Petipa/Ivanov adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffmann's story was intended as a portrait of the calming...
Trying To Get More Women Into India’s Growing Standup Comedy Scene
That's as both audience members and performers. - Deutsche Welle
Authors And Publishers Win Almost $8 Million In Suit Against E-Book Pirates
"A federal judge has issued a default judgment against a major overseas e-book piracy operation known as the KISS Library after its operators failed...
Romance Novels About Nonwhite Characters Are Finally Breaking Through In The Marketplace
And the authors of those books — who, not long ago, couldn't get a single look from publishers — can thank social media: Booksgram,...
What Public Radio Stations Use Ratings For
Says one exec, "While we don't live or die by ratings, as at commercial stations, learning when and for how long people are listening...
Jeanine Tesori And The Art Of Musical Storytelling
Tony Kushner: "She either comprehends or intuits, not what necessarily is the most obvious choice for dramatic action, but what's under the surface, where...
The Art World’s Biggest Controversies Of 2021
"The public continued to interrogate museums over their treatment of workers, their attachments to patrons with problematic sources of wealth, and their dragon-like hold...
AI Robots Are Digitally Reconstructing Lost Works Of Great Art
It's happening with works by the likes of Klimt, Picasso, Rembrandt. Most controversially, if the only surviving photos of a lost work are in...
