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Turns Out Mark Rothko’s Paintings Are Perfect For The Age Of Social Media
“Across TikTok and Instagram, videos centred on Rothko’s work are accumulating hundreds of thousands of views. One creator has begun styling outfits inspired by individual...
Why Schmigadoon’s Music Sounds At Once Fresh And So Very Familiar
“Every number is a homage to at least one classic musical, and often two or three. Here, the hills are alive with the sound...
Spain Has A Ton Of Crumbling Castles
What should it do with them, and all of the material therein? - El País English
So, Does Peter Gelb Have ‘The Most Difficult Job’ In The World?
“Gelb, who is paid $1.2 million annually, oversees a $326 million budget. … Beyond the often caustic scrutiny of opera critics and patrons, Gelb...
What Both Old And New Amadeus Teach Us
Every great artist needs a nemesis - fictional or not! - in order to stand out. - Salon
A Skateboarder’s Lament For San Francisco’s Vaillancourt Fountain
“A spark from one of the torch-cutters likely ignited debris that had accumulated in one of the fountain’s tubes during the last year of...
The Met Is Publicizing An Opera About Frida Kahlo In Restaurants And Cemeteries
Well, why not? "For me, it’s more about singing the music and just communicating it and making that as accessible as possible in the...
The Head Of France’s Biggest Film Producer Is Prepared To Bow To A Right-Wing...
“The open letter, published earlier this week to coincide with the opening of the Cannes film festival, was signed by more than 600 figures, including...
The Smithsonian Adds That Impeachment Language Back To The Portrait Of The Current President
"In the new wall text accompanying a portrait of Mr. Trump, the impeachments are mentioned in a list of important events from the president’s...
Artists, Writers, And Musicians Experiencing Despair As Generative AI Collides With Art
“Musicians, artists and writers generally possess something AI does not, which is the lived human experience out of which they create. That experience includes...
What Will Win At The Tonys, And What Should Win
At least, according to The New York Times’s Helen Shaw. For instance: “When I think about the sheer old-fashioned ebullience of Cinco Paul’s Schmigadoon!...
The Story Of The Community College Prof Who Suddenly Found Out Her Novel Was...
Stacey Levine’s Mice 1961, published by a very small press in Oregon, is "a deeply weird book, a kind-of coming-of-age comedy with no easy...
The Plight Of Hollywood Has Become A Key Issue In The Los Angeles Mayoral...
“For decades, elected officials have not had to focus on the film and TV business, let alone turn it into a campaign issue. It...
Documentary Filmmaker Brian Lindstrom Has Died At 65
“Lindstrom, until the end of his life, was committed to portraying stories of trauma overcome. Though he possessed an exceptional grasp of cinema’s tools...
For No Reason The Artist Or Anyone Else Knows, FIFA Destroys A Huge, Beloved...
The massive whale mural is “'gone forever,’ Wyland told me, ... sounding at turns shattered and furious.” But why? Could be for some...
Fifty Years Later, A Documentary About The Harlem Renaissance Gets Its Debut
“The documentary centres on a cocktail party Greaves hosted at Duke Ellington’s townhouse in Harlem in August 1972 – an attempt to capture the...
The Egyptian Mummy Buried With The Iliad
Was Greek literature a “cheat code” to the afterlife for Egyptian royals of Roman-era Egypt? - The New York Times
Our Feeds Are Products Of Stealth Marketing — And Thus, Mostly Fake
The head of one viral marketing firm says 90 percent of what we see online is advertising. And of course, “the point of this...
Seth Rogen Says If You Want To Use AI To ‘Write’ Your Scripts, You...
"Every time I see a video on Instagram that’s like, ‘Hollywood is cooked,’ what follows is the most stupid dog shit I’ve ever seen...
Taking Broadway On The Road, But In Baseball
This Tony-nominated actor is finding more theatrical work - and, let’s face it, likely better pay - as a member of the Savannah Bananas,...
The Problem With Venice
If you go to the Biennale, including this year’s intensely controversial edition, “Do you marshal skepticism or let the feelings flow? Whatever your preference,...
A Forgotten Medieval Book In Rome Was Hiding A Copy Of The World’s First...
“Prior to the discovery of the Rome manuscript, the earliest one was from the early 12th century. So this is three centuries earlier than...
What Happens When The European Fine Art Foundation Comes To Town
“The pursuit of beautiful things is still a magical aspect of our world. … It is much more than finding the right art for...
Police Find Stolen Skull Of Czech Saint Encased In Concrete
The suspect was about to throw the concrete, and the 800-year-old relic inside it, into a river. - Agence France-Presse (The Guardian UK)
A Playwright Turns Movie Director
Aleshea Harris: "It felt natural and inevitable because I am a very particular playwright. … I already have strong ideas and impulses about not...
