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At Long Last, MTV’s Reality Art Show Is Paying Off, Sort Of
"This was a decent last stop before the end of an extremely niche and largely anticlimactic journey." - Hyperallergic
How Brands Like Nike And Pop-Tarts Suddenly Became Movie Stars
Blame Gen-X, sure, but there's more. "These movies have to do something smart: tap our innocent joy around old computer games and junk food,...
Publishers, And Many Writers, Fight A Civil War Against A Massive Library
Both sides have a point, but both sides are also, let's say, a bit touchy. Why? "Coming out against libraries making books more accessible...
Art Saves Lives, But Can It Save The Planet?
"The choice to vandalize Van Gogh’s Sunflowers suggests that beauty does have a role to play in the fight to save the planet. In the act...
How A Young Screenwriter Secured The Rights To A Revered Judy Blume Book
"I wrote Judy a letter telling her how impactful her work was for me and how passionate I was about Margaret in particular. ... The next...
When Ballet Needs Content, It Looks To Literature
The Scottish Ballet's artistic director says that ballet "can inhabit the space between the words, the unspoken, and it can often delve into the...
The Pandemic Effect On Some Writers, And Readers
"The world after the pandemic just got worse. And I thought, I just want to write something lovely, where the stakes are kind of...
The Last Days Of Beckett’s, A New York Literary Salon
"The venue had the clandestine air of a speakeasy. Notice of its existence was passed along by word of mouth. Guests stuffed cash into...
Music Lovers In Britain May Save Venues Through Grassroots Fundraising
"When the curtain comes down on the Music Venue Trust’s (MVT) #OwnOurVenues fundraising drive, it is expected to have raised close to £2.2m, a hemi-demi-semiquaver away...
One Dead, Many Injured In Illinois Theatre Collapse After Storm And Possible Tornado Hit
The Apollo Theater was hosting four heavy metal bands - meaning the audience and bands may not have heard the sirens - before the...
You Can Still Find Peace And Quiet In Manhattan
That is, if you can find your way to one specific part of the Met Museum. - The New York Times
Amazon Sues Companies That Created Fake Sites To Get Their Competitors Taken Down
Amazon claims the three groups "were abusing its takedown system by filing thousands of illegitimate copyright complaints against other products in a bid to...
In London, Gilbert And George Open Their Own Museum
"The Gilbert and George Centre, which they have planned for years, is a built representation of their slogan 'art is for all' and designed...
An Elegy For The Twitter Of Yore
"I required a reminder that there were quick and even wise people in the world with ideas, quips, even lectures that would force me...
How Disney May Have Defeated DeSantis’ Attempted Takeover
Wow, OK: "Disney can hold on to power of this land for possibly the next 100 years, if one of King Charles III’s grandchildren lives...
Hold On, Let’s Talk More About This National Portrait Gallery-Getty Joint Buy
The sale hasn't closed, so why all of the PR? To get Britain to pay up. "It’s Britain, after all, not the Getty that...
Everything Old Is New Again In The Recent Cascade Of Irish Music
Why now? "The legalization of abortion and same-sex marriage ... have marked the diminished power of the Roman Catholic Church alongside the greater empowerment of women. Brexit, while...
Staff Of The Louvre Have Blocked The Museum As Part Of Pension Protest
"The demonstrators toted banners and flags in front of the Louvre’s famed pyramid, where President Emmanuel Macron had celebrated his presidential victory in 2017....
The Greatest Show On Earth Is Mounting A Comeback
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey are back, baby (in September) - without lions, tigers, or bears, but with a lot of roadies to...
The Occult Nails Of A Roman Burial
The excavated imperial tomb also had extra bricks, slathered with lime, which isn't usual. The combination of nails, bricks, and lime "strongly implied the...
What Are Humans Losing As Teens Stop Hanging Out In Physical Proximity?
And does phone-mediated intimacy combined with a lack of physical meetings - random cruising around town, random hikes, random mall meet-ups included - have...
Darcell XV, The World’s Oldest Drag Queen, Has Died At 92
Walter Cole made Portland grow up. He, as Darcelle, "was a progressive pioneer, winning over just about anyone he encountered, helping ease a sometimes...
Alisa Weilerstein Emerges From The Pandemic With Her Cello In Fragments
That is, in "Fragments," solo recitals that interweave Bach's cello suites with commissioned new works. Why? "We all had a lot of time to...
New Claim – The Opening Of The Eiffel Tower Inspired Van Gogh’s Starry Night
An art historian "argues that the artist began this series in June 1889, shortly after the Paris monument was unveiled as the star attraction of the...
Composer Scott Johnson Has Died At 70
"His artistic breakthrough came with 'John Somebody,' a playfully inventive work for solo electric guitar with taped accompaniment, which he assembled from 1980 to 1982, and...
