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Questioning The Ethics Of White Men Collecting Black Art
Albert Barnes "thought an appreciation of African masterpieces would also advance the cause he fervently promoted alongside modern art: the advancement of African Americans...
A Phoenix Record Store Turns The Audiophile World On Its Head
A California company spent years lying about where its music came from. "'It’s the biggest debacle I’ve ever seen in the vinyl realm,' says...
The Documenta Mess Highlights A Political Chasm, Not Only In Germany
It's "the latest cultural event to highlight a growing divide between the German establishment’s views on a boycott of Israel and those of artists,...
The Planned Merger Of Penguin Random House With Simon And Schuster Is Scary For...
That includes Stephen King, who testified at an antitrust trial against the merger. Industry insiders agree. The president of the Authors Guild said, "Reduced...
Church In Texas Illegally Performs ‘Hamilton’ With Added Anti-LGBTQI Messaging
"There is no doubt that this is a violation of copyright. Not only did RGV Productions and The Door Christian Fellowship Ministries of McAllen...
Alda Merini, Italian Poet Who Died 13 Years Ago, Has Become Widely Famous On...
Merini was "the voice of the marginalized. The lady of the Navigli. The mad poet. Alda Merini didn’t like these labels, but as one...
Why Do Theatres Make Access For Their Disabled Audience Members So Incredibly Difficult?
The UK's arts access card for disabled audience members has been delayed until 2024. In the meantime, "It's the Wild West out there for...
The No-Drama Funny Girl
Julie Benko, who replaced Beanie Feldstein at 26 performances before being tapped to take over between Feldstein and Lea Michele, "has established herself in...
Dance Apps Are Cheaper And COVID-Safer Than Classes, But Are They Any Good?
Ask a dance critic a question like this, and get a thorough answer. - Washington Post
The Summertime Joys Of Reading Outside
"Enjoying a book alfresco is one of summer’s simple, iconic joys, right up there with running through a sprinkler, spotting the evening’s first firefly...
Lessons From A Week On Los Angeles’s Newest Infrastructure Project
The 6th Street Viaduct, which has been reviled in its three weeks of life, gets a full design diary by Carolina Miranda. "The police...
What Really Happens Where Our Electronics Get Recycled
The e-waste workers of India, taking apart our discarded cellphones to make new machines: "No doubt we are at constant risk here, but what...
Mary Ellin Barrett, Daughter Who Fiercely Defended Irving Berlin’s Image, Has Died
In the 1980s, "Barrett offered a new portrait of her father: droll, self-effacing, with an unspoken perfectionism that would doom him to bitterness in...
Hitler’s Favorite Play Has, At Very Long Last, Lost Its Antisemitism
For decades after WWII, Oberammergau "resisted calls from prominent American and European intellectuals to tone down the play’s classic anti-Semitism. The Jewish people continued...
Straight People In Michigan Are So Homophobic That They Completely Defunded Their Library
Normal country; everything is fine: "Residents of Jamestown Township voted to defund the Patmos Library by a 25-point margin, after a local conservative group led a...
Well, That Didn’t Last Long
"Five years almost to the day after it began, Hollywood’s evangelistic fervor for streaming has been extinguished this week by the Batgirl imbroglio." - Variety
Carlos Acosta Says The Pandemic Caused A ‘Dip’ In Ballet Talent
The director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet says it's because dancers leaving the academy haven't spent as much time training with each other as...
The Ukraine Artist Collective That Met In Secret And Hid Their Work From Putin’s...
The six artists in Kherson wanted to tell the truth about life under Russian occupation - and to continue making art. "The results, which...
Artists, Access, And Authority
Who gets to tell a region's story? - Hyperallergic
It Took Jordan Peele Five Years To Completely Change What Horror Looks Like
"Peele, who won an Academy Award in 2018 for Get Out's original screenplay, has brought industry prestige to a historically overlooked genre." And his influence...
London Might Actually Have Gotten Its Olympics Architecture Right
The Olympics are hard on cities. But 10 years on, says Rowan Moore, London's site "has achieved at least two things usually thought difficult:...
Ticketmaster Tries To Defend Its Awful ‘Dynamic Pricing’ For Final Springsteen Tour
"Only 11 percent of tickets are involved" and "most tickets are under $200" might not be the ironclad defense the company widely known as...
Please Don’t Banish Russian Culture Along With Putin
"The Putin regime has dealt Russian culture a crushing blow, just as the Russian state has done to its artists, musicians, and writers so...
The Man Who Gave Federal Buildings To Modern Architects Has Died At 75
Edward Feiner, as "the chief architect of the U.S. government, revolutionized the public image of countless federal agencies by hiring renowned architects to design hundreds...
Say You’re Planning To Glue Your Hands To An Artwork In A Climate Protest
You might want to know whether or not it has a protective layer of glass. - BBC
