One Of Film’s Futures Is Immersive
Filmmakers and audience at Venice Immersive, "a quick ferry ride from Lido” where the Venice Film Fest is going on, experience how virtual reality...
This Australian Ballerina Was About To Embark On A Career In Europe
Then a seemingly random, deeply senseless knife attack nearly killed her. Now she tells the story of her recovery and return to dance in...
Book Banners Don’t Want Anyone, Including Adults, To Be Able To Read Romance Novels
Say it with us: It’s not about the children. - Book Riot
What Parents Lose When They Don’t Read To Their Kids
Yes, a decline in reading with kids “suggests a missed opportunity for parents to instill in their children an early love of reading.” But there’s...
Anime Fans Hate Live-Action Remakes
But studios keep churning them out. “On the one hand is a discerning fandom and on the other hand, an irresistible opportunity to find...
Writers’ Retreats Are Growing Ever More Luxurious, And Expensive Too
Who can afford this? And yes, writers’ retreats “have long been a staple of creative life,” but “you don’t need an approved writing sample...
When You’ve Sold Millions Of Books About Your Perfect Life, And That Life Changes...
You write about the imperfections, of course, even when a New York Times interviewer is so doubtful about your narrative that he says, “Help...
Food Writer Mark Bittman Is Ready To Make No Money
The author of How to Cook Everything also, it turns out, has some ideas about how to feed everyone. - Fast Company
The Rise Of Margaret Qualley
“Qualley is exhilaratingly unpredictable, a star who clearly cares more about the art she’s making than the fame it brings her. And maybe that’s...
Ozzie Rodriguez, Archivist For Off Off Broadway, Has Died At 81
Rodriguez was an actor, playwright, and director for La MaMa, but then he "carved out a unique role in the avant-garde theater world by...
No, That’s Not A New Album By Your Favorite Artist
It’s AI slop. Sadly, though, "people have been hoodwinked by it.” - BBC
Can An Art Exhibit Fight The Power?
That’s the question Miami artists are asking in an anti-Alligator Alcatraz show that is an attempt to create "an activating power,” not "just going...
When An AI-Generated Image Passes The So-Called Visual Turing Test, What Next?
"If a machine creates a song that brings a person to tears, does it matter that the machine felt nothing? Where does the meaning...
Smell Test: Something About This Malevich Painting Story Doesn’t Add Up
No, really: What kind of weird, involved scheme is this, and can we trace it back to Stalin? - BBC
Three Pittsburgh Theatres Say They’re On The Brink Of Collapse
“Three of Pittsburgh’s most venerable troupes announced they are looking into ways they might join forces to survive. The announcement by Pittsburgh Public Theater,...
What’s An Orchestra For? – Mulling Salonen’s Resignation and a Dispiriting San Francisco Sequel
Esa-Pekka Salonen Among my most-read blogs is “What’s An Orchestra For?” – Mulling Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Resignation from the San
In An Era Of Getting Everything On Our Small Screens, We Still Love Stadium...
But why? Truly, in - for instance - the Stade de France, with 80,000 other people, how is the moment at all good, musically...
There’s A New Movie About Social Media Stalking, And Even Its Actors Can Barely...
“Someone could make the right comment on the right day or reply to a story in the right moment and get inside the head...
If Netflix’s Animated Smash Also Smashes The Box Office, We’ll Never Know
At least, not by official box office receipts, though estimates (including one that says it “set a box office record”) have some pretty strong...
If You Love Paris, Or Beauty, You Probably Love This Caillebotte Painting
But why is it so compelling - and why isn’t the artist better known? - WSJ (Internet Archive)
Gen-X, Watching Its Very Own Shows With Its Gen-Z And Alpha Kids, Faces The...
“Having lived through the era, I can’t say it’s all depicted perfectly.” - The New York Times
Scholars And Artists Respond To The US Administration’s Alarming List Of So-Called ‘Objectionable’ Art
This is a playbook we’ve all seen before. Rigoberto Gonzalez, whose painting about refugees crossing the border wall was deemed “objectionable,” says that “the...
In Egypt, Divers And Officials Recover Ancient Ruins From The Mediterranean
The remains of the sunken city include "partially preserved pre-Roman statues of sovereigns and sphinxes, such as a beheaded Ptolemaic granite sculpture and an...
Why Is Duolingo’s Chess App So Weirdly Addicting?
Sure, yes, so is the language part. But: “The game is filling a hole for this type of instruction; there aren’t many programs that...
The 13th Century French Castle Built Entirely By Hand, Mostly In The 21st Century
“Guédelon has quarriers, stone cutters, masons, joiners, blacksmiths, tilers, painters, carpenters, ropemakers, wheelwrights, carters and basketmakers – 60-odd artisans in all – building cob...
