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The Painter Asserting Personhood, Against Picasso And Gauguin
Claudette Johnson: "It’s good to know that there will be another story being told about women, Black women, Black people, that counters some of...
Post-Shooting ‘Rust’ Lawsuits Enter A New Chapter
A judge orders the movie's producers to turn over records to prosecutors. - Los Angeles Times
European Club Music Has Gotten Too Fast For Human Feet To Follow
The speed of music is being shaped by Gen Zers who are bursting with years of lockdown energy - and the fear it may...
In Britain, Indie Vinyl And CD Companies Are Worried
They're stressed for a variety of reasons - and one is that major labels are muscling their way back in. - The Guardian (UK)
Generative AI Is A Real Mess
But tech companies certainly don't care one bit. - Vice
A New Film In The Quest To Never Forget
"My mother was taken. I remember the last thing she said to me was, 'Be good, I’ll be back.'" - The Guardian(UK)
Jessica Lange Is Extremely Over Comic Book Movies
She says it's time to retire: "The emphasis becomes not on the art or the artist or the storytelling. It becomes about satisfying your...
The ‘Dangerous’ Movie For Couples
Not Barbie, though the summer was filled with tales of women leaving their boyfriends after suddenly understanding the patriarchy. Fair Play is an autumn...
Rock Hudson’s Semi-Secret Double Life
A new biographer says,"Let’s be frank about it: he was a horndog!" - The Guardian (UK)
When Dancers Imitate Video Game Characters
This is 2023: On TikTok, "dancers are particularly adept at moving like a machine’s version of a human. That helps creators ... capture more of what...
Filmmaker Terence Davies Dies At 77
Davies, who won numerous awards with his semi-autobiographical work as well as the adaptation of Edith Wharton's House of Mirth, was working on a...
The Loneliness, And Creativity, Of Zora Neale Hurston
The writer "was able to form an entire worldview out of her own pain of isolation." - LitHub
Edward James Olmos Is Passing The Torch
Tired of bemoaning a lack of Latin@ folks in Hollywood, he "decided to create a pipeline for training California elementary and high school students...
Scrivener Is For Newbies
Ann Patchett is still using WordPerfect - and why not? It's worked so far. - The New York Times
The Musee D’Orsay Has Added An AI Vincent Van Gogh
"Asked why he had cut off his left ear, the artist replied that this was a misconception and he had in fact only cut...
Is There A Way To ‘Opt Out’ Of Having AI Train On Your Art?
DALL-E-3 claims - unconvincingly - that artists can now decline having their work included in data sets. - The Atlantic
The Bookies’ Odds On The Nobel Prize For Literature
The list includes "the usual suspects—Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Michel Houellebecq, Anne Carson (who won’t win the year after Annie Ernaux, come on, the literary...
Robin Williams’s Daughter Says Union Must Protect Actors Who Can’t Consent
Zelda Williams: "I’ve witnessed for YEARS how many people want to train these models to create/recreate actors who cannot consent, like Dad. This isn’t...
Jhumpa Lahiri On Translating Her Own Work
The novelist also translates others. She says translating is "an act of radical change." - The Guardian (UK)
The Problem With LEGO
Aside from the bare feet in the middle of the night issue, LEGO has a massive plastic problem. - Wired
Lydia Davis Will Not Have Her Books On Amazon
"Her fans are legion – among them Ali Smith, Colm Tóibín and Dave Eggers – and she has won many honours, including the International Booker...
Instrumental Songs Can Be Hits, Even Now
But how? "It takes a very unique sort of musical mind to make these." - Slate
The Weird Father Of American Art
If you are fond of "odd, ugly, small-scale art that has a cracked and thwarted look, is radically antisocial, and radiates hidden agendas, you’re...
What Does Jaap Van Zweden’s Time With The New York Phil Add Up To?
Sort of a shrug emoji, follow by an emoji for a virus that did not kill the orchestra. - The New York Times
The Artists Working Under Siege In Gaza
"We have limited options but our horizons are still big. The aim is to train and inspire the next generation." - The Guardian (UK)
