How Libraries Are Leading The Way On Digital Equity
As libraries continue to examine their role in digital life, they recognize that one of their critical and unique weapons is the hands-on, brains-on...
The Strange Concept Of The Polymath
"The Digital Age has supplied a vast overload of information. “A well-informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny,” wrote Thomas Jefferson. But are...
How Clubhouse Took Off
Clubhouse arrived at a perfect moment. It delivered spontaneous conversations and chance meetings to people stuck at home. For those weary of tidying and...
Inside The Cryptocurrency Calculations Of The Beeple Sale
The B.20 tokens based on Beeple’s work are about 41 times more valuable today than they were in January, when MetaKovan first made them...
Rare Book Collecting: Connecting Brion Gysin and Paul-Armand Gette
To rate collectors by the use they make of their collections rather than simply by completeness or the rarity and excellence of individual items...
Clive Gillinson Talks Leadership in a Digital World
The Executive & Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall shares the importance of the digital landscape and leadership teams. - Aaron Dworkin
Reports Of James Levine’s Death Are Telling
Josh Kosman: "When a composer pleads for a more sympathetic view of Levine because of his advocacy for new music, or when an opera...
What A Post-COVID UK Classical Music World Might Look Like (Muddled)
"The unevenness of response across the London halls, from the vagueness and uncertainty of the SBC to the Wigmore Hall’s dauntless ongoing programme of...
Palm Spring Giant “Marilyn” Is A Step Back
The Palms Springs Art Museum, a low-slung building designed by E. Stewart Williams in 1974, is emblematic of the Midcentury Modern architecture now synonymous...
Twyla Tharp @80
The choreographer’s eclectic inspirations wind like a scenic highway through American culture, from ballet to figure skating, from Frank Sinatra to Philip Glass. -...
Will The NFL’s New Media Deal Kill Local TV?
"The loss of broadcast exclusivity is going to accelerate cord cutting as younger viewers gravitate toward the streaming platforms. The loss of coveted younger...
The Neglected Pyramids Of Sudan May Be Ready To Shine
After a long-invested dictator falls, the Sudanese people (and some of the rest of the world) may gain access to the archaeological sites that...
How Artists, The Arts, And The Culture In General Are Surviving After A Shutdown...
In some cases, artists will never work again; some venues have shut down; and the cultural life of Britain has taken a beating. Artists...
Good Luck Watching The Oscar Contenders In The UK
How "democratic" are these streaming Oscars when they're almost impossible to find, and expensive to subscribe to, in the UK? The coronavirus, and attendant...
Museum Directors Are Still Divided Over Selling Art During The Pandemic
Things aren't necessarily getting easier for museum directors thinking about what to do with their collections, and whether they should rely on their boards...
The Push For Ever More Content For Shondaland
At Netflix, Bridgerton (at least the first season) succeeded beyond executives' wildest dreams. But the Shondaland production team wants a lot more than just...
Equity Actors Would Very Much Like To Go Back To Work
And they're not shy about asking the union to move up the timeline - please. "We feel unheard, we feel left out, and we...
England’s Man On A Mission To Bring Museums Into The 21st Century
Gus Casely-Hayford has a vision for the new V&A East. "The space itself will be accessible in every possible way. We’ll build around it...
Henry Darrow, Who Fought For Roles For Latinos And Was The First Latino Zorro...
Darrow was "best known as Manolito Montoya in the hit Western The High Chaparral," but he was also "an activist who worked to expand...
Making The Argument For 1925 As A Literary Watershed
Don't just salivate over Ulysses, The Wasteland, and the soon-to-come centennial of 1922. Where would modernist English literature be without Great Gatsby? Mrs. Dalloway?...
Trying To Scout Locations During A Pandemic
It's not easy for film and TV production location scouts at the moment. There's a lot of digital photography, and a lot of after-the-big-Zoom-meetings...
Children’s Book Illustration Is Art, And James Ransome Also Wants More
James Ransome just won the Gold Award. He's "well-known and loved for his illustrations, especially for his many children's books. But at age 60...
Looking Back At The Oscars Of Two Decades Ago
The final pre-9/11 Oscars (can that be real?), the Oscars where Gladiator beat Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and where Marcia Gay Harden won (deservedly!...
Making Change Sometimes Means Becoming A Member Of The Establishment
Julie Mehretu, who has a solo show opening at the Whitney: "There is a deep consideration of who you show and who comes to...
What It’s Like Filming ‘The World’s Greatest Love Scene’ When You And Romeo Can’t...
Jessie Buckley is playing Juliet, and Josh O'Connor is playing Romeo, but there's no audience - and there's a huge audience. "When news first...
