ArtsJournal2
Why Streamers Are Cashing In On True Crime
"Streamers are doubling down on the genre, tapping into the huge appetite for true crime by developing scripted limited series based on actual stories...
The Minnesota Rest Stop That May Join The National Register Of Historic Places
There are only 10 on the Register - nine in South Dakota, one in Arkansas - but the 50+-year-old brick rest stop near Alexandria...
NPR’s Book Recommender Is Back
And it features 402 books this year. - NPR
Hollywood Has Classically Failed Arab Women
A new movie wants to change that. - The Guardian (UK)
The Dark History Of The Nutcracker
Sure, it's become the classic holiday ballet (and moneymaker), but "if you look at some of the forces giving rise to it, and that...
MFA Students Whose Work Was Stolen From Yale Art Show Speak Out
"Naturally, the theft has shaken the Yale School of Art, but it has opened up a conversation about frustrations with the university’s policies as...
Australia Recreates The Parthenon
The Temple of Boom "is made of glass-reinforced concrete and rises from the NGV gardens like a piece of sumptuous Meccano. It invites the...
The Choreographer With Two Shows Opening On Broadway, Plus A National Tour
Plus, Jennifer Weber choreographed a Disney+ movie. "Dancers appreciate how Weber runs rehearsals — her clear authority, her directorial eye — but also how...
Let’s Talk About GBBO’s Issues
Look, The Great British Baking Show's issues go far beyond the cringe-inducing racism of Mexican Week. "These issues have reached a tipping point in...
Trinity College Is Asked To Return Skulls To Irish Island
A British anthropologist and his photographer assistant stole 13 skulls from the ruins of an Irish monastery in 1890, and gave them to Trinity...
British Jazz Musicians Talk About Making A Living Out Of Their Passion
Post-COVID, "There’s a real demand for this music now. ... I’m really enjoying it, but I’m also finding it hard. We’ve had these two...
Even Jane Austen Almost Gave Up
"Money is the problem. It usually is, in Austen’s world." - LitHub
How ‘The Walking Dead’ Transformed TV
Prestige TV was already happening, but fantasy TV was new - and The Walking Dead was perfectly timed for "the convergence of television and...
Michael Butler, The So-Called ‘Hippie Millionaire’ Behind Hair, Has Died At 95
"Butler was from a moneyed Chicago family ... and he was comfortable in the world of polo and debutantes and expensive clothes." Then, "he...
A Small Studio Powers New Netflix Animation Joy
When two Pixar art directors worked together on an independent short, they decided to found their own company. "We had a very similar ambitions...
Working More Does Not Equal Being More Successful
Studies on the four-day work week prove it, too. "Instead of seeing time as a vacuum that needs to be filled, what might it...
The Intense Impact Of Britain’s New Arts Funding Plans
While some organizations are thrilled to have new funding, others are shocked at the harm planned cuts will do. - The Guardian (UK)
Christie’s Stops The Auction Of A T. Rex Over Questions Of Authenticity
How much of the skeleton is actually a replica of another T. Rex that sold two years ago? - The New York Times
Most Climate Change Art Doesn’t Involve Splashing Oil Or Tomato Soup
Eco-artists aren't trying to shock, generally speaking: "The climate crisis has inspired visual artists to create works that challenge viewers—and themselves—to move beyond shock...
The Ways Language Can’t Be Divided From Activism
Writer Ryan Lee Wong: " This is a metaphor for the writer’s dilemma: this desire to transform everything in your life, especially the painful things,...
Rediscovering The Films Of A Former Child Prodigy
Wendy Toye started on stage as a 3-year-old. Once she started directing, "It wasn’t just that Toye had an aptitude for film-making, but that...
The Leap Second Is Coming To An End
Why? "Modern global computing systems have become more tightly intertwined and more reliant on hyper-precise timing, sometimes to the billionth of a second. Adding...
Why Cassa Pancho Founded Britain’s Ballet Black
"While I was in ballet training, I was often told that Black people did not have the physique, cultural interest or right hair type...
An Ousted Trustee Says Asheville’s Museum Runs On A Culture Of Fear
"An outspoken member of the Asheville Art Museum’s board, the only current trustee to speak publicly about employee complaints of mistreatment, was ousted from...
How You Make A Based-On-Reality Movie About Survivors And Harvey Weinstein
Carefully, of course - and with the survivors involved in the process. The filmmakers decided early on that "the survivors — some even playing...
