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Ghana’s Contemporary Art Scene, Both Home And Away
"Here was art that felt rooted in the country even as it was being sold abroad." - The New York Times
The New Luddites Will Not Back Down
"The term has come into vogue. It’s also become an explicit rallying cry for some of those taking direct action” - especially against the...
Streaming Is Over Now, And It’s Time We Admit It
We knew it was coming, but whew. It’s rough, and expensive, for those of us who don’t like ads. - Slate
The New Grammy Category For African Music Needs To Look At A Map
Note to the Grammys: Nigeria and South Africa are not the only two countries on the continent of Africa. - NPR
Please Stop Saying This Is The ‘Year Of The Woman’ At The Grammys
What a farce that idea is. "Nearly 25% of the 1,200 most popular songs of the last 12 years were penned primarily by 12...
TikTok’s Golden Era Is Over, And So May Be Its Addictive Joy
“The malaise that has begun to suffuse TikTok feels systemic, market-driven and also potentially existential, suggesting the end of a flourishing era and the...
Carlos Kalmar Sues The Cleveland Institute Of Music
The suit accuses CIM staff of "illegal disclosure of Maestro Kalmar as the target of a federal Title IX investigation, including false and defamatory...
Jennell Jaquays Made Gaming A Richer, Deeper, More Beautiful Experience With Her Art
The artist, who died at 67 after nearly five decades of illustration and creation for D&D and other games, was so influential that “her...
The British Museum Has Decided To Put Some Of Its Stolen Items On Display
Stolen - and recovered, that is. “They are made of stone or glass, variously coloured and tiny - often barely the size of a...
Is This The Future Of Print Media?
The University of Iowa’s independent school newspaper, The Daily Iowan, just bought two nearby small-town weekly papers. The two community papers will keep their...
Past Lives Wins Best Foreign Film, Zone Of Interest Wins Best Film At London...
Best Actor for Andrew Scott, for All of Us Strangers, was impressed by its status at number one in Ireland and the UK. "'For...
We Need To Talk About Theatre Critic Gordon Rogoff
Rogoff, who died last week at 92, was "able to capture in vivid, richly metaphoric language the unique brilliance of a stage performance. Rogoff...
Warming Temperatures Shut Down Minneapolis Art Shanties After One ‘Zany’ Weekend
The story played out after the first gloriously thick ice weekend with increasingly dire warnings on Instagram, over text, and on the Art Shanties’...
Boston’s Theatres Fight For Survival
In Boston as in many other places, "financial struggle has become a grim common denominator among theaters with different aesthetic identities and sense of...
Everything You Need To Know About Tonight’s Grammys
Beyoncé needs three wins to tie - or four to beat - Georg Solti’s total. - The New York Times
Pay Phones Are For The Birds
One old pay phone booth in Maryland is for bird calls, thanks to a musician and audio producer. Of the calls, he says, “Some...
The Theatre Director Who Likes To Go Too Far
“No one like Milo Rau exists in American theater, because commercial producers need to make money, and no government body is willing to match...
Lisa Hunt, Who Transformed Gold Leaf In Her Art, Has Died At 55
Hunt "often marked her works with 24-karat gold leaf, which she attributed to the gilded artworks of the African diaspora, the Art Deco movement,...
The Violinist Fighting For The Rights Of Hollywood’s Musicians
In a suprise to no one, one of the American Federation of Musicians' "biggest concerns is the film and TV industry’s transition to streaming,...
The Young Filmmaker Who Lived A Fairytale At Sundance
Sean Wang, 29-year-old director of Didi, "has been preparing for his Sundance moment since he discovered Spike Jonze’s skater videos as a teenager before heading off...
Issa Rae Might Be A Bit Too Smart For Hollywood
What other conclusion can be drawn from (HBO) Max’s decision to cancel Rap Sh!t? But: "Rae is ... bidding on land in her stomping...
A Man Has Died After Falling From Tate Modern’s 10th Floor
“The Met said the man's death was being treated as 'unexpected but not thought to be suspicious.’" - BBC
Hulu And Disney Are Next On The Great Password Sharing Crackdown
Well, it sure was fun to watch Andor and Love, Victor and Only Murders in the Building, etc., while password-sharing lasted. Cram it all...
Mark Gustafson, Director Of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, Dies At 63
Gustafson won an Oscar last year for the stop-motion animation he and Del Toro co-directed. He "upheld a tradition of craftsmanship at a time...
The Bejart Ballet Lausanne Dumps Its Artistic Director For Cause
The artistic director at the prestigious ballet invited a former production director, who had been fired after a massive investigation into harassment, to a...
