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Goodbye, Philip Schuyler
Another statue goes down for its inspiration being an enslaver. For a century, few knew who he was, but "in recent years it sometimes...
Has The Time Finally Come For An Oscar For Best Stunts?
Of course, "there is the question of who actually gets the Oscar. Is it the stunt artists? The choreographer? The film’s director? Is the...
The Fight Is On To Preserve Denver’s Iconic Chicanx Murals
In the 1960s and 1970s, Denver's Chicana/o community painted murals partly because the city knew they were cheaper than removing graffiti. Now they're disappearing....
Looks Like The Actors Might Not Go On Strike After All
Union president Fran Drescher to her SAG-AFTRA members: "We are having an extremely productive negotiations that are laser focused on all of the crucial...
The Same People Who Don’t Like Robot Created Headlines Also Don’t Like Human Created...
"What we find, then, is what we’ve previously called 'generalized skepticism,' whereby people are skeptical of all forms of news selection, whether done by humans or...
Photographer Paul Ickovic, Street Photographer Across The Globe, 79
"His approach was often likened to that of his hero, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and others whose notion of 'the decisive moment' shaped modern street photography and...
At A Time Of Urgency In The Creative Arts, Britain Is Dropping The Ball
But museums are trying their damnedest to pick it up. "This surely is the route through the coming AI storm: the digital age demands...
Can Someone Please Fix The FCC?
By "someone," we mean the Senate. "Tens of millions of Americans don’t have access to high-speed broadband. Depending on who you ask, that number...
Making Sculptures Of Body Parts We’d Maybe Rather Not See
In artist Mire Lee's work, "motors, tubes, and pumps paired with silicone, ceramics, fabrics and liquids become sculptures that are bizarre, messy and (in...
The Bronx Is Getting A Museum Dedicated To Salsa
"The heart of salsa - the fast-tempo, horn-heavy music and its hip-swinging dance style - has beat loudly and strongly in New York for...
What It’s Like To Be A Genderqueer Actor In A Theatre World That’s Often...
Treasure Lunan, who's playing Lysander at Portland Center Stage's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, says they feel welcome there. PCS Associate Artistic Director...
Ancient Site Bronzes Yield Info On The Healing Rites Of The Etruscans
"Bronzes of arms, feet, ears and other body parts ... the various ailments that were treated at the thermal baths." And then there...
What The California Legislature Just Did For Hollywood
As lawmakers race to finish the budget, a deal has been struck: "Hollywood studios will get a lucrative tax benefit they have long sought...
Boots Riley Says His New Series Is Connected To The Writers Strike
Riley, on parts of I'm a Virgo: Writers are "showing the world that, hey; this is where your power can come because it's not...
John Williams On Some Of His Favorite, Famous Film Scores
"Under the name Johnny Williams, he gradually transitioned, as he put it, 'from the piano bench to the writing desk,' composing several light, jazzy...
Hollywood, Please Stop Ruining TV Shows And Movies With Too-Obvious Music Choices
But ... "why are so many blockbuster films and some of television’s most adventurous shows addicted to cringey song choices? The unlikely answer might...
The Experience Of Eating A 120,000 Dollar Banana
After I finished, I placed the banana skin under the tape on the wall. Then, a guard said, 'excuse me,' but didn’t try to...
The Pope Invites Artists To The Sistine Chapel, Speaks About Social Justice
"Francis told the group that 'neither art nor faith can leave things simply as they are: They change, transform, move and convert them. Art...
Animation Artists Say Making The Spider-Man Films Is Simply Torture
"Why don’t more animated movies look this good? According to people who worked on the sequel , Across the Spider-Verse, it’s because the working conditions required...
How The Heck Can Poetry Journals Survive?
"Commercially, it simply doesn’t stack up. ... Most survive and subsist largely either on unpaid labour or grant funding" - or both. And that...
How Editor Robert Gottlieb Helped Shape Dance
"He brought a galaxy of dance luminaries into his list of authors when he was editor in chief of Alfred A. Knopf. ... He...
Warner Bros Is Reportedly Looking To Offload Half Of Its Film And TV Music
What is going on at the behemoth? (And could regulators perhaps have foreseen some issues?) "The catalog is believed to include music from such...
Film Critic Monica Castillo On Why We Really Must Save TCM
In a furious and impassioned plea, Castillo writes, "I'm tired of hearing how much David Zaslav loves classic movies when his action scream otherwise....
The International African American Museum Opens At Long Last
"The museum was built on the site of Gadsden’s Wharf, where an estimated 100,000 enslaved African individuals disembarked between 1783 and 1807. The new museum will...
The Conceptual Artist With Eight Alter Ego Artists, A Team Of Assistants, And An...
Ryan Gander: "For me, life is one massive prototyping experience." - The Observer (UK)
