Game Of Thrones Is Ten Years Old, And It Feels Utterly Irrelevant
Not just irrelevant, but worse. HBO is celebrating, of course, but "whatever about HBO, how do the rest of us feel about Game of...
Vartan Gregorian, Savior Of The New York Public Library, Has Died At 87
Gregorian, an immigrant from Armenia who became a scholar and leader of Brown University and the Carnegie Corporation, "was best known for resurrecting the...
What Artists Are Missing Most About Live Arts Experiences
One artist: "I miss the openings ! The free wine! And friends who you don’t get to see often, making rare appearances. Seeing art...
A French Novelist Wins The LA Times’ Book Prize For Fiction
But the prizes are numerous, and many American writers won prizes in many other categories and genres, including poetry, history, current interest (where Isabel...
When John Adams’ Most Playful Piece Was Booed
Adams came up with the vision for Grand Pianola Music when he was tripping - literally - and audiences weren't sure what to do...
In New Jersey, A Closed Theatre Results In An Arts Incubator And Virtual Shows
There's no audience; there's no one in the building, but Newark Symphony Hall is busy. There's a new "career accelerator and business incubator" in...
Oscars Producers Say It’s A Good Thing The Pandemic Has Upended The Evening
Well: "Changing the Academy Awards, a 93-year-old American institution, has typically proven an exercise in futility. Tweaks have been tried along the way, yet...
Helen McCrory, Star Of Peaky Blinders And Harry Potter, Has Died At 52
McCrory's husband, actor Damian Lewis, announced the news of her death on Twitter. "I’m heartbroken to announce that after an heroic battle with cancer,...
The Brooklyn Art Library Wants Your Filled Sketchbook
But first, it needs to sell you a blank book. "The Sketchbook Project works like this: people interested in submitting a sketchbook order a...
There’s So Much Black Pain Onscreen, Including, Some Say, Way Too Much Painful Fiction
Right now, though not only right now, there's an issue with Black horror. "Black horror faces a distinct paradox: The genre has long been...
The Teams That Save Spain And Portugal’s Shop Signs, From Neon To Giant Calligraphy...
Across the Iberian peninsula, more than 50 groups are working to save what they can of the cityscapes that are under what they feel...
The Accent That Most Actors Won’t Even Half-Try
Yes, it's Philly. Despite how much those of us outside the area might think we know it, "the characters in Rocky don’t talk like they’re...
What Does Dudamel’s Paris Opera Appointment Mean For Los Angeles?
For star conductors, of course, it's not unusual to have appointments both with an orchestra and an opera company. And Dudamel's contract with the...
A Scammer Is Targeting British Literary Prizes Via Paypal
The emails appear to come from the winning authors, and to connect to Paypal accounts that could conceivably be associated with them. "Over the...
After Reports Of Abuse, Scott Rudin Claims He’ll ‘Step Back’ From Broadway
Rudin emailed the Washington Post on Saturday to issue an apology for years of causing pain to colleagues (and employees). He also wrote that...
The Weird Pilots That Didn’t Make It To TV
TV networks spend about $100 million a year in developing pilots for series. Only a small number get to the schedule. Even fewer become...
The Exploding Market For NFT Art
Most people still do not really understand it, but with the influx of cryptocapital into the NFT art market, all eyes are now glued...
Fake News As A Virus
What’s different today is the speed, scope and scale of misinformation, enabled by technology. Online media has given voice to previously marginalised groups, including...
Where Dance Is Online
Somehow, despite the continued strain and strife, many dance companies have successfully adapted to the evolving digital stage — reimagining Nutcracker seasons, digitizing never-before-seen...
Head Of New York Theatre Workshop To Step Down After 34 Years
James C. Nicola, the artistic director of New York Theater Workshop, announced on Friday that he will step down in June 2022. At that...
How Cellphones Power Popular Music In Africa
“While I was doing the recording, it became really apparent that the cellphone was such a prominent actor in that transaction,” says Christopher Kirkley....
‘Navy Twerking’: Why All Australia Is Arguing About A Dance Clip
"A video of dancers twerking in hotpants at … went viral when it emerged on Wednesday. But the music video-style choreography — featuring...
The Forgotten Land Artist
Nancy Holt was always serious. Her journals show how other artists loved talking through ideas with her. She was very close to Michael Heizer,...
Now We Know This Wax Bust Is Definitely Not A Leonardo. How Do We...
Back in 1909, a couple of very prominent German art historians decided, for various reasons, that a wax figurine of the goddess Flora that...
Calculation: San Francisco Says Arts Venues Can Reopen. But Are Audiences Ready To Return?
How rigorously will patrons expect to be protected from the dangers of the COVID-19 virus? Have entertainment habits atrophied during a hiatus of more...
