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When Real Tragedy Strikes, What Can Criticism Do?
A critic wonders, in the wake of two mass shootings after a year of mass death and destruction. "Every day I’m thankful for the...
How Will Machines Choose To Tell Stories?
Sure, Gmail offers to fill in text on your messages - but things are getting more complicated. "AI’s capacity for creativity—one of those supposedly...
As Animal Crossing Turns One, A Writer Contemplates How Its Look And Sounds Have...
Amal El-Mohtar: "While the animal-people of the game speak incomprehensible approximations of their textual dialogue — not unlike hearing language in a dream —...
Hey Amazon, What’s Your Problem Admitting That Leonardo Was Gay?
Amazon Prime Studio's use of a fictional woman ("a complete piece of tosh, invented by a 19th century Romantic") to bring Leonardo and his...
Fake News From Assyria, 2700 Years Ago
It all comes down to the earring. "The arresting piece of jewellery, which bursts from the borders of itself with piercing radiance like a...
Yseult Is A Chanson Singer Whose Very Existence Is Riling Up The French
The singer Yseult, a Parisian whose parents are from Cameroon, won the award for Best Newcomer at the French Grammys in February, and she...
The Pandemic Was, For Some, An Inadvertent Artist Residency
The fact that freelancers could (finally) tap into unemployment through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance programs changed, well, everything. Sarah Rose Sharp: "In my experience,...
Beverly Cleary Taught Kids Vital Life Lessons Through Ramona, The Grubby Little Pest
Ramona is messy, makes extremely normal kid mistakes, is impulsive, and always, always demands that her parents love her - not anyway, but as...
New York Theatres Are Dark, But Their Windows Aren’t
While the interior is idle (or getting a revamp, in some cases), the windows to the street have a thing or two to say...
Hint To BAFTA: You Can’t Fix A Diversity Problem With Racist Casting Directors
Yikes: "India Eva Rae, who joined Bafta’s Elevate programme in 2019, told the BBC that a casting director told her she was an 'exotic talent,' and...
Now We Truly Have Everything, Including A Playlist Of Jane Austen’s Favorite Music
Music was inextricably linked to Austen's creativity - she practiced, when she had access to a piano, every day, and copied friends' sheet music...
Even As Life Shifted Dramatically Thanks To The Virus, Mariachi Bands Played On
How? With weddings, quinceñeras, and life's joyful moments generally canceled, mariachi bands' calendars have filled with funerals for friends, family members, and even fellow...
With More Than 7000 Languages In The World, Google Translate Is Next To Useless
That is, for most of them, because Google Translate (and Bing) relies on written translations - which works well for French, Spanish, English, German,...
Hollywood Stylists Want Their Zoom Oscars Back
Some of the fashion world is really not happy with the guidelines for the in-person Oscars. One fashion writer, echoing many stylists who enjoyed...
Craig muMs Grant, Actor And Poet, Dies Suddenly At Age 52
The actor and poet, also a playwright, had his most visible recurring role on the HBO series Oz. He once told an Indianapolis paper,...
In Isolated, Dark, Solitary Times, Lighthouse Keepers Know How To Survive
Truly. Well, except for the occasional disappearance, murder, and the like. But in pandemic times, we might feel like we understand them. "All they...
Hollywood Has Failed Asian American Women For Decades
And, they say, it's past time for a change. Netflix has been particularly good at offering changing depictions this year, but the history of...
The Boom And Bust Of The TikTok Artist Life
The app is garnering millions of views, and some artists earn thousands (or more) for each short video they post. Some young artists are...
Some Artists Actually Made Money During The Pandemic
To be fair, not that many. But a few found real success while every other vehicle for their work was shut down. For instance,...
The Globe Will Reopen This Summer, With Strict Protocols Including No Intermissions
Arrival times will be staggered, drinks and snacks must be pre-ordered, and the audience can go to the bathroom when it needs to -...
Leon Black Won’t Run For Re-Election As Chair For, But Will Remain On, MoMA’s...
Black, who is also stepping down both as CEO and chair of his private equity firm the Apollo Group, was facing "mounting pressure from...
The Neglected Pyramids Of Sudan May Be Ready To Shine
After a long-invested dictator falls, the Sudanese people (and some of the rest of the world) may gain access to the archaeological sites that...
How Artists, The Arts, And The Culture In General Are Surviving After A Shutdown...
In some cases, artists will never work again; some venues have shut down; and the cultural life of Britain has taken a beating. Artists...
Good Luck Watching The Oscar Contenders In The UK
How "democratic" are these streaming Oscars when they're almost impossible to find, and expensive to subscribe to, in the UK? The coronavirus, and attendant...
Museum Directors Are Still Divided Over Selling Art During The Pandemic
Things aren't necessarily getting easier for museum directors thinking about what to do with their collections, and whether they should rely on their boards...
