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Looking Back On The Wildest Art Stories Of 2023
Van Gogh wasn't cooking with onions, the British Museum wasn't keeping good track of its items, and then, you know, Michelangelo's David wasn't actually...
The Quiets Are Winning TV, Again
Who could have predicted that on Netflix, Ginny & Georgia's numbers would be so far ahead of The Witcher - or The Crown? (Anyone...
Seems Like The New Yorker’s Takedown Of Hasan Minhaj Helped His Career Out
"More art than ever leans on the trust and authenticity of journalism, so it’s good for performers to think about the peculiar bargain they...
The Purest Reflection Of Messy Existence
"If you want to know who someone truly is—what they eat, what books they read, what movies they watch, or how furious they get inside...
We May Be Losing The Cultural Language Of Disney
Disney turned 100 in 2023 (as you've no doubt heard ad nauseam). Its founder's "legacy was the production of a modern shared language, a...
Gaming Giant Activision Blizzard Owes Millions After Sexual Harassment Lawsuits
The California "Civil Rights Department sued the Santa Monica-based Call of Duty maker in 2021, alleging that women at the company were regularly subjected...
Queen Eliezabeth II Was One Of The More Boring Monarchs Ever
So how in the world did The Crown make for years of compelling viewing? - Boston Globe
Iconic Chicago Sculptor Richard Hunt Has Died At 88
Hunt was the first Black artist with a solo retrospective at New York's MoMA, and he "recently completed a model for a monument to...
The Rare Pandemic Moment When The U.S. Government Was Generous To The Arts
At the Alley Theatre in Houston, "when the PPP money was announced, which was just within about a couple of weeks of laying everybody...
New SAG-AFTRA Contract Should Help Actors With Hair, Skin Needs
If a production "fails to hire a stylist who can do the job in-house, the actor must be reimbursed for paying qualified personnel for...
You Might Think There Aren’t Wardrobe Supervisors For The Reality Show Survivor
You'd be very, very wrong. "Jeff Probst, the host of Survivor and its executive producer and showrunner, said clothing was at the foundation of...
Apparently, Ryan Gosling Wanted To Dance A Duet With Ken’s Mink Coat In Barbie
Greta Gerwig: Gosling thought "he would have a dance duet with his mink and that the mink would be fighting him and then love...
Can The Film Poor Things Overcome – Or Change – Gen Z’s Apparent Aversion...
"It's really common to see violent scenes, ... but as soon as sex comes up, that becomes a really big complicated issue, whereas we're...
The Ohio Guy Who Made The Library E-Book App
In the 1980s, Steve Potash wanted law books and forms available on computers - so he digitized them himself. Thus was OverDrive, which now...
That Time Jeff Koons Killed A Critic’s Review
Remy Golan, an art history professor whose review for Brooklyn Rail was tanked by Koons, says, "I thought it was pathetic. ... Supposedly these...
The Return Of Physical Media
VHS tapes are back, baby. And DVDs, Blu-Rays, cassette tapes, essentially anything that a streaming corporation can't surveill - or suddenly yank away. ...
Netflix Gets Its Mojo Back
No, not its mojo dojo casa house - though it's likely the Barbie movie will eventually stream there because studios have started offering older...
Paris Police Investigate Death Of Actress Who Had Accused Depardieu Of Assault
"About a week before her death, Debever disappeared from her home and left a note. On the day she died, France 2 television broadcast...
The Saga Of The Thrift-Store Wyeth Ends Happily
"At the barbecue restaurant, like someone biting an old nickel, Mr. Donahue checked the banking app on his phone to make sure the money...
Historical Forced Labor Camps In Texas Remove Books On Forced Labor From Gift Shops...
"Around two-dozen books were removed from two plantation gift shops' offerings after the Texas Historical Commission received complaints that the titles were too focused on...
The British Museum Scandal Has Ruined Faith In Art Institutions
"Brilliant art cannot make up for a catastrophic year for our most cherished institution. ... We need people in charge who are visionary and...
Vera Molnar, Innovator Of Computer Art, Has Died At 99
Molnar "has been called the godmother of generative art for her ... digital work, which started with the hulking computers of the 1960s...
Can A New Instrument Make Playing Classical Music More Accessible To People With Disabilities?
"The Clarion is essentially software which can mimic the sound of any instrument you desire and works on technology including iPads." That might sound...
What An Autistic Man Thinks Of A ‘New Wave’ Of Autism Rep On Screen
Jason Jacoby Lee, who is non-verbal but recently learned to communicate through pointing to letters on a board, says of Extraordinary Attorney Woo, for...
They Say The Lights Are Bright Off-Broadway
"Progress is neither inevitable nor consistent. The theatrical climate has become as unpredictable as our ailing planet’s weather. The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on...
