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Disney Is Fined A Trifling Amount For The Death Of A Worker On A...
Surely $36,000 will make Disney more careful. The fine came “in connection with the death of Juan ‘Spike' Osorio, a lighting technician who fell...
Confidentiality Clauses In The Arts Can Be Vital, But May Need To Be Modified...
“When it comes to these more serious cases, which may involve workplace harm or abuse, it’s concerning to think that a confidentiality clause within...
Betty Prashker, Trailblazing Feminist Editor, Has Died At 99
Prashker edited Kate Millett’s Sexual Politics, and, 21 years later, Susan Faludi’s Backlash. In her lengthy career, she edited more than 500 books and...
The New Artistic Director Of Richmond Ballet Steps Smoothly Into Position
“Ma was named associate artistic director in 2020, with the intention that he would learn the ropes and be given new responsibilities throughout...
The Year Of Celebrating America’s Favorite Fighting Frenchman
Two hundred years ago, Lafayette arrived for a year-long tour of the country he helped create. The guy who has played him for years...
In Rome, Racist Graffiti Defaces A New Mural To An Olympic Champion
The mural, in which a vandal spray-painted pink skin onto a Black athlete, “featured Egonu, who spearheaded Italian women’s volleyball’s first-ever gold medal...
A Second-Century Roman Mosaic Has Been Discovered In England
“The decorated floor covering depicts stylized dolphins and several species of fish. It was located in a home likely owned by a wealthy and...
Another Bay Area Theatre Meets Its Fundraising Goal, But Plans To Downsize Anyway
Despite raising $500,000 in emergency funds, Aurora Theatre in Berkeley “has shed five full-time workers, including one co-managing director and its entire marketing and...
The True Crime Producer Who Documented His Own Horrifying Illness And Descent
As freelance TV jobs disappeared, John Balson felt lucky to be working 18 hours a day, across three time zones. Then something happened that...
Longtime Curator Resigns From The Mütter Museum
Anna Dhody “is used to people associating her with the Mütter Museum, where she has been the face of the macabre medical history collection...
The Pay Equity Model At The Heart Of The Movie Sing Sing Could Change...
“'We built a model on parity,’ says Sing Sing director Greg Kwedar. ‘Everyone on our movie, the core cast and crew — from the star of...
In Saint Pete, The Museum Of Fine Arts Gets A New Executive Director
Why was the museum without a director? Now that is a long story involving the Denver Art Museum, possibly questionable antiquities, and what seemed...
The Walls Have Eyes, Not To Mention Mouths
That is to say, in Chile, artists use murals to communicate ideas. One longtime political muralist says, “In the streets, anonymity is important. …...
A Tale Of Three Translators
“During the Renaissance, no translator had to apologize for following her instincts to champion the work of one of the most extraordinary, under-recognized writers...
Our Memories Are Like Unfinished Works Of Art
We work on them, refine them, and change them, perfecting them forever. “Our self, built on our memories, is our psychological anchor in a...
Ivan Van Hove Finds Inspiration In Bleakness
Of course he enjoys being the new artistic director of the Ruhrtriennale Festival of the Arts, which produces shows “in former industrial sites, like...
Indonesia’s New, Expensive, Environmentally Alarming New Capital Is About To Open
“The new city of Nusantara, on the island of Borneo, will replace Jakarta as the national capital, moving the seat of government about 800...
Gamergate’s Angry Dudes Haunt The Internet
Podcasting, TikTok algorithms, and the GOP’s ability to motivate angry young men - they all play a part. But “while the ideas of Gamergate...
Turns Out No Matter How Big A Star You Are, You Can’t Just Film...
Or so Spain is telling Katy Perry, whose production company apparently didn’t bother to get permission to film near environmentally sensitive, and protected, sand...
Animators Fear What Hollywood Will Do With AI
That is, they fear both for their jobs and for the profession of animation itself. As one striker says, “How many artists do you...
An Appreciation Of Gena Rowlands, The Fiercest Star Of Indie Movies
The actor was so much more than The Notebook. “Rowlands had a rich and varied career, … but her greatest roles were with John...
How Shall We Deal With Google?
“A truly effective remedy need seek not only to punish Google for its past offenses but also open markets by meaningfully restraining the company...
Banksy Strikes Again, This Time At The London Zoo
“The artist’s support organization, Pest Control Office, found all the theorizing about the meaning of each new image ‘way too involved’ and that...
Getting That Perfect Olympics Shot
“The Olympics is probably the most competitive sports photography environment on earth. It’s the best photographers who shoot sports all come together. You’ve got...
On A Late Summer Road Trip, Check Out These Literary Stops In Each State
From the best places to read to poets of note in each state, this map is a treasure trove of some of the best...
