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Turns Out A Lot More Women Wrote Medieval Texts Than Some Scholars Believed
“Researchers from the University of Bergen in Norway say their findings suggest that there are enclaves of women scribes that have not yet been...
The Tectonics Of The Art World Are Shifting, And Showing At Art Basel Hong...
India, in particular, has a growing art scene - and the art fair shows that. - The New York Times
In Vancouver, A Record Shop Owner Finds A Rare Copy Of The Beatles Audition...
“It was labelled ‘Beatles 60s demos’ and had been sitting around Neptoon Records, one of Vancouver's most well-known record shops, unplayed. ‘I thought it...
How Snow White Became The Year’s Most Cursed Movie
“How did this bankable story become Disney’s poisoned apple? Snow White has seemed cursed from the start, in part by Disney business logic.” -...
In UK Prisons, A Theatre Program Helps Save Lives
That’s what one formerly incarcerated woman says. “This company came into jail and turned, not just my life around, but hundreds of other people’s....
Can Art Survive The Climate Crisis?
L.A. artists have talked about their losses, but “we still have no clear picture of how many artworks by which artists, owned by which...
A New Report On The State Of Theatre Isn’t Exactly Reassuring
“None of the indicators show full recovery from pre-pandemic levels. And though the pre-Covid years may look booming in hindsight, many of the issues...
The Artists Who Lost Everything In Altadena Wonder What Comes Next
On one street, banding together, “The neighbors plan to present a design package to a contractor, so they can pool resources and access to...
Did This Irish Band Bring A Statue’s Decapitated Head On Stage Last Weekend?
"The solid bronze severed head of Melbourne’s decapitated King George V statue was reported to have briefly reappeared in public, gracing the stage during a performance...
Artists Who Left Everything Behind In Artsakh Strive To Create in Exile
"'Creating is my way of life; perhaps it’s a form of self-defense. Sculpting is healing, a form of struggle, and therapy all at once,’...
So, How’s The Frick Turning Out?
According to the NYT, all is well: “The expansion is about as sensitive and deft as one could hope for. At moments, as in...
Miami Beach’s O Cinema Responds To Mayor’s Threats
“Throughout the years, we've certainly had vocal audience members or community members who've questioned some programming choices. … But what we have never encountered...
Meet The Guy Who Chooses The Books In White Lotus
“It’s one of the more fun things for me on most jobs, because it gets right into either who people are or who they...
What Actor Gemma Chan Has Been Doing With Her Fame Since Crazy Rich Asians
Movies, music, cats, and … football. “I’ve supported Arsenal for nearly all of my life, since I was 4. I try to go several...
The Creative Fields Being Decimated, Fast, By Generative AI
Translators, photographers, illustrators: all are suffering, thoroughly. But some still say they use ChatGPT to help with work - and to help with personal...
Tango Dancers Take To The Streets Of Rome Outside The Pope’s Hospital
“The performance was both a gesture of support and a spiritual offering. One dancer described the event as a way to send energy and...
Did Harvey Weinstein Ruin The Oscars For Blockbusters?
Joe Russo, director of Avengers: Endgame and some other things you might have heard of or seen in the company of many other people,...
What Singing In A Choir Can Do For Grief
"I was conscious ... that I was part of a collectively realised beauty. And that it was as that beauty fell in plaintive harmony...
The Van Gogh Museum Would Like Off This Attribution Ride, Please
“The cost of fighting lawsuits and responding to an influx of inquiries during the coronavirus pandemic — when hundreds of people believed they had...
Amazon’s Echo Will Soon Be Sending Everything You Say To Amazon
“Amazon is forcing Echo users to make a couple of tough decisions: Grant Amazon access to recordings of everything you say to Alexa or...
Trump Wants More Say In Picking Kennedy Center Honorees
The Board, which has been purged and replaced by Trump loyalists, will take up a resolution that says, "The committee will recommend a slate...
Want To Watch A Wascally Wabbit? Too Bad.
Classic Looney Tunes show are now gone from Warner Bros’ Max, though some remain on Warner Bros’ channels for kids. But otherwise, that’s all,...
Going On A Fool’s Journey
“I wanted the benefits of clowning, namely feeling comfortable and even coming to enjoy reading my work in public, without any of the scary...
Mayor Of Miami Beach Threatens To Oust Cinema For Showing Oscar-Winning Film
“Steven Meiner, the mayor of Miami Beach, has issued a draft resolution calling for the termination of the city’s lease agreement with O Cinema, and...
The Last Great Yiddish Novel Is Now Available In English
One “striking feature of Grade’s fiction is that it almost never acknowledges the imminent annihilation of the world it so meticulously reconstructs—as if...
