The Controversies In Translating Amanda Gorman
"In one camp, translators argue that the issue is representation in the field, not whether a white translator is incapable of translating an author...
The Invitation Of Translation — And Its Pitfalls
The act and the art of translation requires the permission to transcend borders, the permission to make mistakes, and the permission to be repeated,...
Could A Joint Dictionary Unify North And South Korea? (Well, No)
Being that the South has been open to the rest of the world while the North has been sealed off for seven decades, the...
Streaming Passes 1 Billion Subscribers (But Theatre Box Office Tanks)
For the first time ever, subscriptions to streaming services surpassed one billion, reaching 1.1 billion globally. At the same time, box office receipts plummeted...
The Royal Shakespeare Company At 60
"In 1960 Peter Hall created a theatrical revolution. He turned a summer Shakespeare festival in Stratford-on-Avon into a year-round enterprise based on a permanent...
Oscar Nominees Told Zooming In Not An Option For The Event
"We are treating the event as an active movie set, with specially designed testing cadences to ensure up-to-the-minute results, including an on-site COVID safety...
IKEA Has Turned Its Catalog Into An Audiobook
"When IKEA canceled its beloved print catalog last year, it hinted at plans to venture into new formats to better reach an increasingly internet-dependent...
The Bottom Line: How America’s Arts Organizations Are Doing
A new report looks at the balance sheets of the country's arts organizations. Community and theatre organizations fared the best, while museums and symphony...
Streaming Classical Music: Where The Money Really Goes, And Where It Ought To Go
"In the first two articles in the series, we looked at the streaming industry's revenues, how they're shared out between the music we listen...
James Levine Was An Argument Against Genius-Worship Culture
Until his death, Levine was perhaps the music world’s most staggering living testament to the dangers of genius-worship culture. That culture nourished his ascent...
Beijing Leans On Hong Kong’s Arts Funding Body To Curb ‘Anti-Government’ Work
"The campaign has forced the Arts Development Council into stating it might suspend grants to artists who advocated independence, while additional cultural venues have...
Oh Great, Now They’re Turning Dance Into NFTs, Too
With Non-Fungible Tokens taking the visual art world hostage by storm, it was only a matter of time before other art forms turned to...
Exec Who Saved Capitol Records, Bhaskar Menon, Dead At 86
The record label was reeling in 1970: its cash cow, The Beatles, had disbanded, and it lost $8 million that year. Parent company EMI...
Arts In Chicago Set To Restart After IL Governor Raises Capacity Limits
"The new 'phase 4A' will allow for 25% fixed seating capacity in indoor and outdoor film, theater and performing arts venues of 200 seats...
Many Museums Want To Remove The Sackler Name From Their Campuses. State Attorneys General...
"Following court filing in New York, the attorneys general from 23 states issued a statement calling for amendments to the plan, which they...
Russia Is Investigating Its Own Eurovision Song Contest Entry For ‘Illegal Statements’
Following criminal complaints by a veterans' group and the Russian Union of Orthodox Women that the pop tune's words "aim to seriously insult and...
Bollywood’s Biggest Legend Leads Fight To Preserve India’s Oldest Films
Amitabh Bachchan, who's been a superstar in India for 50 years, has campaigned for years for the preservation of film from Indian cinema's early...
NBC Cancels “World Of Dance”
The show had been a strong performer for NBC over its first three seasons, but the fourth season ebbed and flowed in the numbers....
2020 Movie Box Office Down Big Time (But Home Streaming Offsets Much)
The U.S./Canada box office market was down 80% in 2020, to $2.2 billion, while tickets sold were down 81% to 0.24 billion. Still, that...
How A Japanese AI Used In Bakeries Ended Up Fighting Cancer
In early 2017, a doctor at the Louis Pasteur Center for Medical Research, in Kyoto, saw a television segment about the BakeryScan. He realized...
The Beeple JPG — Just A $69 Million Marketing Stunt?
“It’s absurdity at every level of implementation. They sold a JPEG. This was a $69 million marketing stunt.” - Artnet
Major New Inuit Museum Opens In Winnipeg
"When Inuit enter the building, we want them to feel like this is a space for them, that the artwork to be curated...
James Levine’s Complicated Legacy
Justin Davidson: "Levine made innumerable comebacks, and though he ended his career in bitterness and disgrace, he also avoided the punishment he deserved. The...
Is it possible to mourn James Levine?
Yes, but with an enormous asterisk.May 4, 2011. If only it had stopped there. - David Patrick Stearns
What Should Be on the Syracuse Symposium’s Agenda: The Urgent Need for Museum Deaccession...
Museum professionals have instinctively recoiled at the thought of government interference in their activities, insisting that they can police themselves. But that hasn’t worked...
