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Remaking Biography, Again
“Biography alters as we do, as our conceptions of motive evolve, as theories of personality float into fashion or fade away. It offers a...
Streamer MUBI Responds To Anger Over Investor With Ties To Israeli Defense Startup
Widely shared social media posts have called for a MUBI boycott. The response: "The beliefs of individual investors do not reflect the views of...
Dear Literary Writer, Sure, You Might Be The You Know What
Or not! “You’re not doing anyone a disservice by declining to share your art.” - LitHub
Podcasts Drive Massive Books Sales For Conservative Authors
Especially audiobook sales, it turns out. Authors of other political backgrounds are taking note. - The New York Times
In April, Two Visitors Sat On, And Broke, A Priceless Chair In A Venice...
Now, the Palazzo Maffei is asking people to “respect art.” Somehow, the couple - caught on camera - have not yet been identified. -...
Where The Last Decade Of Andy Goldsworthy’s Life Has Gone
He’s been doing physically demanding, “totally grim work” on nine farmhouses, restored and turned into art, across six miles in a valley in Yorkshire....
As Live-Action Remakes Tank, Why Does Universal Think It Can Do Better?
"Universal, whose parent company acquired DreamWorks Animation in 2016, was adamant that the new cater not only to young viewers but also to...
Nan Goldin Is Selling Prints To Support Trans People In A Very Scary America
Why just take on the Sacklers when you can take on the entire trans panic apparatus? "Hundreds of anti-trans bills are threatening trans people’s...
What Set Marc Maron’s Podcast Apart
Sure, now everyone (and their annoying friend) has a podcast, but not in 2009, when Maron got his start with WTF. "The podcast made...
The Smithsonian Rejected This Artist’s Portrait Of Trump In 2016
But as the president tries to push out the director of the National Portrait Gallery, Julian Raven wonders if his painting now has a...
The National Library Of Wales Appears To Be Missing A Couple Thousand Items
“Missing sound recordings include the satirical song ‘Carlo’ by Dafydd Iwan which was written for the investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales in...
Why Hollywood Left Los Angeles
“As the labor of making movies and shows splinters across far-flung cities and countries, Hollywood has become dislodged from its physical home.” - Vulture
A Studio Visit With One Of New York’s Most Influential Downtown Artists
Agosto Machado “has been a witness to decades of cultural moments in New York: the experimental theater of the early sixties, Warhol’s factory, the...
These Fragile Quilts By Black Artists Desperately Need To Be Preserved
Guess who pulled the funding? - NPR
The GSA Oversees 26,000 Public Works Of Art, But Trump Cuts Leave Everything At...
This administration slashed the staff of 30 to about 10, an impossible number to track the government collection, which “has been placed in federal...
A Ballet Founder, And Longtime Director, Passes The Torch In Oregon
Toni Pimble “is that rare dancemaker whose visual sense and musical sense are equally acute; moreover, her interests are wide-ranging. Over the years she has...
The Takeaways From The Tonys
Audacious newcomers, especially Maybe Happy Ending, had themselves a night. - The New York Times
What Makes A Great Live Event Producer?
Ask Jesse Collins: “‘Credibility with your word’ is what makes a great producer. ‘If something goes wrong, nobody knows me — they’re just going...
Turning Empty Buildings Into Art In Seattle
“What if landlords teamed up with new and emerging artists to showcase their work in these spaces, offered them a chance to practice a...
Choreography Great Jiri Kylian Is Enjoying A Massive, Career-Spanning Celebration In Oslo
Jiří Kylián is "the Czech choreographer-cum-renaissance man, who in one pre-show discussion declares himself ‘the happiest boy in the world’: There has never been...
The Romance Writer Who Owns Three Bakeries
They do say don’t quit your day job, right? Yet: “Cupcakes and rom-coms, it turns out, have a lot in common.” - The New...
Author Geoff Dyer Says Reading Emma Started Him On A Lifelong Habit
Dyer: “The open secret remains as mysteriously elusive as ever. Which is fine because I don’t go to books for comfort; I have a...
Inside The Whisper Campaign To Unseat The Bear
“What happened to take The Bear from Emmy battering ram to awards also-ran in the span of only a few months? According to multiple writers on...
Live Updates From The Tonys
At the preshow, “Buena Vista Social Club, a musical about a Cuban band, picked up awards for choreography, sound design and orchestrations, while Stranger...
What Does A Young Artist Do After Immediate Success?
Step back, incorporate sound, and start making opera, of course. - The Guardian (UK)
