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It’s Not Just Some Artists Faking Native Heritage
The issue of "Pretendians" is real in Canada (and the U.S.). Who decides? And why are so many academics, writers, and artists claiming First...
The Iconic Easter Island Statues Have Been Damaged In A Fire
"Ariki Tepano, with the indigenous Ma'u Henua community that manages the park, said the fire had done 'irreparable' damage to the site. 'The moai are totally...
Cinema Is Dealt A Body Blow In Edinburgh
"Poor on the outside and rich on the inside, and led by pioneers like Lynda Myles, Murray Grigor and many others, the Edinburgh film festival was...
Hans Zimmer Doesn’t Want People Watching The Films He Scores On Their Phones
The range isn't the same, either for visuals or his music. "To this day, I still get letters from people going, 'There's 20 seconds...
But Truly, Who Cares If It’s Not A Vermeer?
Philip Kennicott: "Authenticating work empowers scholars, and now scientists, and seems to be part of the gatekeeping apparatus that makes museums feel like zones...
Stephanie Dabney, International Star And Role Model For Black Ballerinas, Has Died At 64
Dabney was 16 when she joined Dance Theater of Harlem. She gained fame in the title role of the company’s 1982 production of Stravinsky’s...
Why The Philly Museum Of Art Workers Are Striking
In one's own words: "We have no archivist, no rights & reproduction specialist, no collections database manager; we have only one paper conservator, one...
Liverpool Wins The Contest To Host Ukraine’s Eurovision
But at what cost to the city? - BBC
Defining The Nonbinary Play
A nonbinary playwright takes a crack at it. "There will be many holes in this amorphous theatrical survey, and I hope other non-binary creators...
Vermeer Didn’t Paint One Of The National Gallery Vermeers
Turns out that, as long suspected, Girl with a Flute is not by Vermeer. "Thanks to new combinations of scientific analysis, art historical insight...
So Much Is Riding On The Renovation Of The Lincoln Center’s Geffen Hall
For one thing, "New York has yet to see tourism fully rebound, and attendance at many performing arts organizations has lagged. The reconfigured hall...
Sacheen Littlefeather Dies Just Weeks After Academy Apology
Littlefeather, "the Apache activist and actress who refused to accept the best actor award on behalf of Marlon Brando at the 1973 Oscars," has...
The Attempt To Make True Crime TV Less Exploitative
One duo says it can be done. "We’re about understanding the evidence and showing how a case can go from what should have been...
Who Will Win The Nobel Prize For Literature This Year?
Or, at least, some authors who should. "You would think that in this, post-Squid Games, post-BTS world, the Academy would attempt to reclaim relevance...
The Climate Artist Who Stays Optimistic
Mary Mattingly creates "prescient environmental projects that address current crises and potential cataclysms: What might the good life look like if cities that depend...
The New Marilyn Monroe Movie Has Deeply Regressive Lines About Abortion
And Planned Parenthood has had it with the film's fetus fantasy world. - Variety
Humans Have A Hard Time Walking Away
How do we know when to quit? (And we don't mean "quiet quitting.") - Slate
The Artists Giving Up On Instagram
Before TikTok, Instagram "became a destination for an endless variety of beautiful, funky, far-out and vibrant images — of food, national parks and everything...
The Problems With Therapy Chat Bots
AI "therapists" are always online, always available, unlike the humans who invented them - but also unlike the humans who trained for years to...
Can Myths And Legends Help Us Navigate Climate Change?
One Irish writer says yes. "It is through the stories passed down by our ancestors that we can learn how best to live sustainably...
Joe Bussard, Collector And Guardian Of Rare 78 RPM Records, Has Died At 86
Though Bussard collected 15,000 albums, he was selective: "He loved jazz but detested any jazz recorded after the early 1930s. He loved country music...
Mariana Enriquez Says Argentina’s History Makes Her Country A Perfect Setting For Horror
For people who came of age in the '80s, the author says, "Slasher movies, Stephen King and Twin Peaks all got mixed with our reality, which...
Another Day, Another Streaming Dispute
People who subscribe to Dish or Sling suddenly found themselves without Disney's network of channels on October 1. While the companies blame Disney for...
The Minsk Cafe Was A Neglected Masterpiece Of Social Realist Architecture
Now, after having been restored by a billionaire, it's an art gallery in Potsdam. - The Guardian (UK)
Why A Gaming Designer Won’t Let His Kids Play Video Games
"Using the data we collected, we experimented with every feature of our games to see which versions allowed us to extract the most time...
