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When Music Is Torture
Musicologist Lily Hersh says that "people are still surprised that music can be used in negative ways: they think music is supposed to be...
Oscar Pettiford, The Minnesota Composer And Player Who Changed The Sound Of Jazz
Pettiford claimed, "Basically I’m a bass player. For kicks I play cello, for thought I play piano, and for odd moments I beat on...
The Andy Warhol Lawsuit That Could Drastically Change American Art
"It’s not just Warhol and Prince. Fair use is the doctrine that allows us to record broadcast materials, permits filmmakers to incorporate clips of...
Billy Eichner On Writing Himself, And Gay Male Culture, Into A Rom Com
"If it shocks people a little, well, I grew up with Madonna. I like to be a little shocking, a little provocative. I really...
Celeste Ng On Writing A Terrifying Book
The author of Little Fires Everywhere says that as she wrote during the Trump years, she "wanted to look at what had happened in...
Why We Can’t Escape The Marvel Cinematic Universe
Pageviews, Benjamin. Pageviews. "Newsrooms have jumped onto Marvel releases as reliable sources of traffic because the eyeballs are just always there, and people are...
The Latinx Sounds Of Hollywood
Latinx composers made Hollywood's scores, songs, and sounds, starting a century ago. Maria Grever "had studied with French composer Claude Debussy before returning to...
The Artist Who’s Been Drawing For MAD Magazine For 60 Years
As a young man, Sergio Aragonés was confused by MAD's offices. "Where was the whimsy? The MAD-cap frivolity? This was no clubhouse of high...
Biden Restores The President’s Arts And Humanities Commission
That's "an advisory board that was dissolved five years ago after its members resigned in protest over President Donald J. Trump’s reaction to the deadly white...
Ed Sheeran Will Stand Trial In The US Over Copyright Of Marvin Gaye Song
The trial is about "claims he copied his hit 2014 song Thinking Out Loud from Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On, after a federal...
Oh, The Humanities
Humanities departments have to face up to what's happening to their students, both undergrad and (here, the news is even worse) graduate students. Where...
Sue Mingus, Who Promoted Her Husband Charles’ Work, Has Died At 92
Sue Mingus "helped secure legacy as one of the 20th century’s greatest musical minds" after his death of ALS at age 56. Incredibly,...
What Did The Me Too Movement Do For Hollywood’s Craft Services?
Five years on, little has changed, say women behind the scenes. One woman in editorial says, "Realistically, you may have to be willing to...
Museum Directors Give Official Blessing For The Sale Of Some Art To Care For...
"Rules around deaccessioning have long been controversial, with some holding that museum collections should not be treated as liquid assets to weather difficult times." But...
A Conductor With Ties To Russia Will Eventually Step Down From A German Orchestra
Teodor Currentzis, who has ties to a Russian state-owned bank and has been criticized for it, will step down when his contract ends -...
Quick Q&As With The Authors On A Prestigious Nonfiction Award Longlist
Andrea Elliott: "The intensity of my reporting stems from a belief that well-told stories—those with depth and nuance—are the product of intimate knowledge. And...
Lyrics Can’t Be Considered Criminal Evidence In California Anymore
"The bill covers all forms of creative expression but is especially salient for hip-hop artists, whose slice-of-life lyrics have frequently been cited by prosecutors...
Zimbabwean Author Found Guilty Of Inciting Violence With A Six-Word Sign
Tsitsi Dangarembga held a sign in 2020 that read, "We want better. Reform our institutions." On Thursday, she was "convicted of participating in a...
What Cultural Appropriation Really Means
What people think it means: "A member of the dominant culture — an insider — taking from a culture that has historically been and is...
Hollywood, That Bastion Of Conservative Attack Ads
In 1934, Upton Sinclair shocked Californians by winning the Democratic primary for governor. Hollywood couldn't - and wouldn't - have it. - Los Angeles...
After Years Of Protests, The Victoria And Albert Museum Finally Drops The Sackler Name
"This weekend the signs that directed V&A visitors to the Sackler Centre for Arts Education, and to the £2m tiled 'Sackler Courtyard' on Exhibition...
Clapping Back At The No-Clappers
What's up with the no clapping between movements - and, in 2022, is it time to make a compromise between the rowdy 18th century...
Louise Fletcher, Who Won An Oscar For One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Has...
"The Ratched character had been softened in the script compared to Kesey’s original, and Fletcher gave a rather subtle performance, often conveying the character’s...
Alan Rickman’s Secret Diaries
The actor, who died in 2016, kept impeccable diaries with sketches and accountings. About the first Harry Potter: "The film should only be seen...
Who Gets To Make What Films?
A white woman making a film about four men who were in Saudi Arabia, undergoing deradicalization? Sundance has dumped it, but one Muslim American...
