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An Ancient Book’s Journey From Irish Bog To Museum
It was a scary path. "Archaeologists placed the 'conglomeration' of squashed pages, leather and turf in a walk-in cold store in the museum at...
An Appreciation Of Dave Hickey, Prolific Art Critic
Christopher Knight: "Lots of smart people write smart things about art but nobody was a better writer than Dave. ... Hickey, a brilliant and...
Gary Shteyngart On The Keys To Writing Novels Quickly
The novelist, who says it doesn't get any easier no matter how many you've written, has a few tips like, well, write what you...
A Man Who Helped Loot Cambodia Wants To Atone, And Recover The Artifacts
Toek Tik was "an unschooled man from a thatch-roofed hut who recently began disclosing to authorities how he oversaw hundreds of confederates as they...
Why Are Online Art Shows Phoning It In?
After all, we've had nearly two years to experiment and make them at least decent, if not great. - Hyperallergic
This Year, Says The Palme D’Or Winner, Women Kicked ‘Serious Ass’ In Film
The winner at Cannes, Julia Ducournau is excited "about the current boom in female horror; she particularly rates British films by Rose Glass (Saint...
How Pianist Bruce Liu Won The Chopin Competition
According to the Canadian pianist Liu, the answer after an extra COVID year was spontaneity. "That was the challenge, actually: to not get bored...
Lockdown Band The Verinos Tells Middle-Aged Women It’s Time To Make More Music
"'Often there's that idea that you're just going to dig your garden and go to Zumba or visit a National Trust property,' songwriter and...
The Documentary Effect
In recent weeks, documentaries about R. Kelly, Britney Spears, Malcolm X's killers, and Julius Jones appear to have had real-world effects. Why now? Theory:...
An Archconservative Flips Out About The Met
The museum has an Afrofuturist room; therefore, civilization as "we" know it is ending. "Conservatives want to conserve. ... But if you value history,...
Adele Changed Spotify This Weekend
She told Spotify to quit with the shuffle on albums - and "on Saturday, the streaming giant confirmed that it had agreed to the...
Professional Armorers Say Guns Belong On Film Sets
One armorer: "You can’t keep hiring people who aren’t qualified just to get your movie made because you have a time constriction. ... Getting...
The Best Set For A Teen Comedy Is A High School You Bought For...
At American High, "the school has not had actual students in the halls for years, but it is once again home to high school...
Decades Of Success As An Arts Administrator Requires Flexibility And Nimble Responses
Of course the past two years have meant near-constant revisions of goals, budgets, and the definition of success - but in Portland, the Friends...
It’s Well Past Time To Democratize The Arts In New York
In New York, the arts' elitism "stands in stark contrast to the middle decades of the 20th century, when the city was a haven...
The Joys Of Playing In The Long-Locked Beatles Vault
"It is striking just how much joy is contained within the vivid and eerily detailed footage. Contrary to almost all accounts over the past...
Bonnie Sherk Had A Performance-Based Take On Landscape Art
The artist, dead at 76, did this near an on-ramp: "A young woman was sitting on a bale of hay, surrounded by potted palm...
A Planned Virginia Woolf Statue Is Getting Pushback Because It’s By The Thames
The inventive author, who ended her life by walking into the River Ouse, absolutely deserves a statue. But, the local council asks, does it...
Facebook, Via Instagram, Experiments On Teen Girls
And it harms their mental health - a lot. But "families are trapped. ... Many parents say that they don’t want their children on...
US Publishing Discovers That It Skews Rather White
Following up on pledges made during protests in 2020, Penguin Random House did a self-audit for diversity. What it found: "The demographics of its...
Come On, Britain: Give The Marbles Back
This is important to Greece: "The missing Parthenon frieze in its original state is a reminder of the country’s humiliation by the Turks, and...
Why Elementary Schoolkids Need This Adaptation Of The 1619 Project
"Stories about slavery for children must do more than transmit information about the past. These stories have a reparative function—they must also humanize and liberate. These stories must...
The Synergy Between Cinematographer And Camera Operator Can Be The Lifeblood Of A Film
When it works, anyway. One cinematographer: "What I look for in an operator is basically a clone of myself. An idealized clone. Somebody who...
Lubaina Himid Won The Turner When She Was 63
She wants her audience to understand difficulty - and the value of the grind. She says, "It’s not easy to make a painting, it’s...
The Woman Who Was Half Of The Mystery-Writing Duo ‘Charles Todd’ Has Died
Caroline Todd (a pen name for Caroline Watjen) and her son Charles (er, David) wrote more than 40 mysteries set in rural England after...
