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Sophie Rivera, Photographer Of Puerto Rican New York, 82
Rivera began by asking her neighbors to be her subjects. "The images she made were majestic four-by-four-foot prints of everyday New Yorkers of all ages. They...
Check Your Local Little Free Art Gallery If You’re In Need Of Visual Stimulation
One artist says little free art galleries stir "feelings of 'cute aggression,' a term that describes the way our minds cope with the onslaught...
What Novelists Can Learn From The Marvel Comics Universe
Sounds ridiculous, right? What do literary novels have in common with Avengers or WandaVision? Benjamin Percy says his Comet Cycle came about because...
Frederike Mayrocker, Grande Dame Of German Language Poets, 96
Mayröcker, an Austrian, earned acclaim as a formally inventive poet, but her writing "ranged far more widely, producing an immense body of work that...
Art Basel Will Take Place In September
A successful Hong Kong venture means Switzerland gets its fair (with new safety protocols, no surprise). - Artnet
John Boyega Exits Netflix Production Mid-Filming
Production is paused for the role in Rebel Ridge to be recast and reshot. The Small Axe star left for family reasons, he said...
Bach, But Make It Upside Down
Another creative moment borne from boredom during the pandemic: "Dan Tepfer plays the first of Bach's "Goldberg" Variations. The piano is a Disklavier, which can...
The National Black Theater Makes A High-Rise Decision
The National Black Theater is trading up - and up. It will replace its current building with a 21-story high-rise, where the theatre can...
Escaping The ‘Teen On Disney’ Trap
Olivia Rodrigo has figured out something that few have before her. There's" a shift within the Disney sphere, which has apparently evolved enough to...
The Studio Of Corita Kent, L.A.’s ‘Pop Art Nun,’ Earns Historic Status
And that's historic for more than her art; it's also unusual for Los Angeles to honor women artists in this way. Kent adapted silkscreen...
Kim’s Convenience Actor Calls Out Producers, Pay Issues
Actor Simu Liu plays Jung Kim in the show, whose fifth and final season is dropping on Netflix Canada. It's a critically lauded show...
A Mining Company Sponsors A Fringe Festival No More
In Perth, Australia, the multi-arts Fringe World loses its decade-long sponsor, the decidedly non-edgy mining company Woodside, after three years of protests by festival...
The Challenges Ahead For Media’s Newest Giant Company
The government review of the planned Discovery-Warner Bros merger could take more than a year, and subscribers are abandoning Discovery's cable channels (and cable...
Bothsidesism Leads To Offensively Inoffensive Opera
See: Bartlett Sher's Oslo and his Elisir."It’s rare that history colors a human experience without applying a layer—even a thin layer—to the whole surface."...
Artist Auctions Off Invisible Sculpture
That's right, there's nothing there. And it sold for more than $18,000. - Artnet
A Dissident Cuban Artist Is Released From Hospital
Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara "is the leader of the San Isidro protest movement (MSI) of artists and intellectuals pressing for free speech and other rights"...
What America’s Best-Selling Books Say About Americans
In the U.S., people like nonfiction, especially self-help - and cookbooks, and sex advice. The books in the best-seller canon "are not books so...
Livestreaming Is Changing Public Access
You don't have to wait for news reports; just watch livestreams from protests, lectures, concerts, and more. "With endless images and videos at our...
Andras Schiff Embraces Historical Instruments
Admirers and critics alike may say, "At last!" This is a strong about-face. "He proudly played Bach on modern pianos; referred to fortepianists with...
What Are Companies Planning To Do With All Those Music Catalogs?
Universal, Hipgnosis, Primary Wave, and others have paid multiple hundreds of millions for music catalogs ranging from Bob Dylan's to that of Stevie Nicks....
Just Chill, And Enjoy Being An Amateur
If you want to be healthier and happier, that is. "Can’t we stop succeeding for just one moment? Cease trying to be exceptional at...
Greece Will Improve Access To The Acropolis
There's an argument raging in some circles about a new concrete walkway at the monument - but the culture ministry is not backing down....
Puppies Are Now Born Ready To Communicate With Humans
Humans have probably changed dog genes in this arena. A new study shows that "even 8-week-old puppies with little exposure to humans can understand...
Scholars In Belgium Are Ready For Restitution Guidelines
The Belgian government has dragged its feet - so "a group of Belgian experts have drafted a set of restitution guidelines for dealing with...
Why Is Philly’s Post-Pandemic Arts Budget So Anemic?
Other cities are thinking big: Chicago's Arts 77 has $60 million for individual artists and arts organizations. "City departments from parks and rec to...
