A Mass Erasure Of Architectural And Cultural Heritage In Los Angeles As The Fires...
“‘It’s staggering and heartbreaking — I don’t know any other way to put it,’ said Ken Bernstein, principal city planner at Los Angeles City...
Houston Symphony Hires Gary Ginstling As CEO
That’s mere months after his surprise departure from the NY Phil. The Houston Symphony board president: "No one wants to work in an environment...
Australian Aboriginal Author Alexis Wright On Finding Her Voice, And Re-Finding Some Fame For...
“The buzz around her latest novel has drawn new attention to her back catalogue around the world,” and that’s obviously great for her, and...
Why Isn’t Mike Leigh’s Rapturously Reviewed Movie Getting Into Awards Conversations?
“The glitziest awards bodies have all overlooked Jean-Baptiste thus far—although, in a rare moment of unanimity, the New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles...
Doris Salcedo’s Crack In The Tate Modern Floor
“Having lived through more than 50 years of civil war in her native country, and having witnessed the fallout of that conflict in the...
As His Severance Debuts Its Season Two, Ben Stiller Has A Lot To Say...
Stiller, who’s spent his entire life around Hollywood, says, "It’s kind of true that everybody will say yes and it doesn’t mean yes. It...
In The UK, National Heritage Needs To Be As Concerned For Nature As For...
“What we have at present is a rather stark hierarchy of heritage. Buildings and artefacts are granted high levels of safeguarding. Yet culturally important...
Author Nicola Dinan, Who Was A Scientist And A Lawyer, Just Won A Debut...
“Working as a lawyer taught me how much can turn on a single word. I was always too clumsy to actually be a scientist...
The Best Actress Race Is Rough To Predict
“It’s hard to think of a year more stocked with major female contenders than this one. At one point, it seemed like there were...
In Los Angeles, Artists’ Life Work Has Gone Up Into Smoke And Ashes
As one of the many, many artists who lost studios and archives said, "It’s terror and despair.” - The New York Times
Why The Supreme Court Is Likely Going To Let The TikTok Ban Proceed
“The argument really felt like a national security case and a First Amendment case walk into a bar. There’s two totally different cases, and...
Sam Moore, Who Died Last Week, Was One Of The Twentieth Century’s Best Performers
“The effect is electrifying, both intense – Moore used to talk about himself ‘liquefying’ during performances.” - The Guardian (UK)
What You Got When You Got A Letter From Edward Gorey
Tom Fitzharris was fortunate enough to receive 50 of them. Here are four. - The Paris Review
An Updated List Of LA Cultural Buildings Impacted By The Fires
On Wednesday, the Palisades fire claimed Will Rogers’s historic ranch house and other structures on the Will Rogers State Historic Park, according to a news...
Ornate 16th-Century Mural Discovered Under White Paint In Mexican Church
"For decades, the interior of the Temple of Our Lady of the Assumption (in Santa María Huiramangaro in Michoacán state) stood stark white, with...
A Climber Drove Climbing Bolts Into Ancient Petroglyphs
Such petroglyphs were designated by the state’s legislature as official state works of art in 2023, the Utah Bureau of Land Management noted, as it called...
Scotland’s National Galleries Warn That Major Cultural Assets Are In Peril Because Of Funding...
The organisation, which is responsible for more than 130,000 works of art and attracted more than 2.4m visitors to its sites during 2023, has...
Audiences Are Singing Along, Acting Out At “Wicked” Movie Showings
During the theatrical run of “ Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour ” last fall, fans danced and belted lyrics in the theaters, sharing their glee on social media. Last...
Dance Was Everywhere In Ancient Rome
"It was practised and watched everywhere, including during religious rituals, on the theatrical stage and in private houses. It was the object of nuanced...
Globalization Gets A Bad Rap Now. But Globalization Has Been With Us For Centuries
Globalisation didn’t begin in the 1990s, or even in the past millennia. Remembering this older shared history is a path to a different tale,...
Getting Our Heads Around Understanding Bullshit
To account fully for the phenomenon of bullshit, we require a conception that envisions the bullshitted to expect that someone completely unlike him or...
Tough Times For Theatre? Right. So It’s Not A Time To Be Timid
How can theatres and individual artists position themselves as liaisons to the public to raise awareness about climate change, gun violence, mental health, and literacy?...
“Wicked” Sets New Broadway Record, Grossing Over $5 Million In One Week
"From December 23-29, Wicked pulled in $5,037,392, the largest weekly number ever recorded. The average paid admission was $290.61." The next highest, The Lion...
With Art Sales Down, Auction Houses Pivot Towards Luxury Sales
Sales at Sotheby’s and Christie’s were down for the second year in a row in 2024. With both supply and demand for big-ticket art...
Daniel Harding, Conductor (Oh And Air France Pilot Too)
Over the past few years, the British-born Harding has led dual, and often dueling, careers: conducting Mozart and Mahler symphonies one day, piloting commercial...
