We Need To Talk About Egypt’s Weirdly Compelling Biennale Exhibit
“The images are indelible: groups of soldiers sway and swoon in perfect synchronicity; top-hatted ambassadors from European powers squat barefoot on a tilted table...
Cheng Pei-pei, Hong Kong’s Queen Of Swords And Star Of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,...
“In a career-spanning six decades, Cheng burst on to the scene in the 1960s, becoming a star for Shaw Brothers Studios, the Hong Kong production...
A Bookshop In New Delhi Explains Why Its Top 100 List Is, Well, Not...
"If a list so devoid of representation from small presses, working class writers, genre-fiction, and poetry is aggregated with contributions from ‘hundreds of novelists,...
London’s Institute Of Contemporary Art May Have Fired Workers Who Support Gaza
And "Berlin-based artist Rheim Alkadhi says she will pull her work out of London’s Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) if the center does not...
How Writers Can Deal With Online Reviews
“Part of trying to get on quietly and diplomatically in life and not clash with people is keeping up the pretence that fuckwits don’t...
This 82-Year-Old Abstract Painter Is Finally Getting Her Due After Some Rough Australian Times
Lesley Dumbrell "was shocked when the head of the painting department blithely told her that he was happy to have women in his class...
The Creators Of A New Movie Worry Clips Will Be Used To Call The...
“The movie’s writers say they hope it will reinforce the real story of the moon landing. But is that possible in a post-Covid age...
Bill Viola Was One Of Our Most Important Video Artists, But His Muse Was...
“His greatness was not necessarily the way he used sound or even the sound itself, rather why he used sound, where he used sound...
A Writer, Choosing Not To Look Away
Orlaine McDonald, author of No Small Thing: "I’m a painfully slow writer and can find it really hard to commit anything to the page...
On The Road With The State Ballet Of Georgia
Why is the State Ballet of Georgia travelling for a long residency in London? Well … “with the Bolhoi and Mariinsky - both of...
Florida Man Thinks Jane Austen Was An American
Most unfortunately for young Floridians, this particular Florida man is also the state’s Commissioner of Education. “In Diaz’s defense, ‘freedom’ does appear four times...
How Long Will Eva Hesse’s Artworks Survive?
“Given its fragility and waning life span, each successive showing of Hesse’s work is potentially the last. Time is part of the deal. Hesse...
Four Disneyland Unions Vote To Authorize A Strike
That doesn’t mean one will happen, but it might. Last week, a thousand people "protested outside Disneyland’s entrance in support of park employees advocating for changes...
Bernice Johnson Reagon, Founder Of Sweet Honey In The Rock And Legendary Activist Through...
Reagon, also a cultural historian who worked at the Smithsonian, “was an original member in 1962 of the Freedom Singers, a vocal quartet that...
Where Will Sundance End Up?
The surprising list includes six cities: “In alphabetical order: Atlanta, GA; Boulder, CO; Cincinnati, OH; Louisville, KY; Park City/Salt Lake City, UT; and Santa Fe, New...
The Value Of Putting Design First In Social Housing Projects
The 20th century’s social housing “calls to mind towering blocks of flats, poorly maintained with dark, pokey and cold units. But alongside a rise in community...
Say Goodbye To Basic Ad-Free Netflix
People who had the Basic plan, for $12 a month, will now have to dive into the depths of ads on streaming (not having...
To Make His Films, This Georgian Director Risks Everything
“Making queer-themed work in a country like Georgia is a perilous affair,” the writer-director says. “For And Then We Dance, his production had to...
Berklee College Chooses New President
Jim Lucchese most recently worked as CEO for the music event startup Sofar Sounds. He also led Spotify for Artists, a program helping artists...
University Argues It Should Never Have Bought The O’Keeffe Paintings It Wants To Sell
An Indiana judge is facing that very question as Valparaiso University contends that it should be able to sell high-value paintings it owns, including...
What Art Gets Saved When The Artist Dies
“Whether or not the artist is internationally celebrated, the art is still valuable.” Yet, so much of it gets lost to history. - The...
Boston Reconsiders What Public Art Could Be
The city of Boston announced Thursday a major, citywide campaign to reimagine public art. - NPR
What Stories The Literary World Tells About Itself
Among publishers, editors, scholars, critics, and even writers themselves, the stories we tell about literature are more and more stories of the economy of...
University Of The Arts Unions File Labor Complaint
The complaint, filed with the National Labor Relations Board, alleges that the school declined to “furnish information” following attempts the negotiate severance pay and...
On “The Gulag Archipelago” At 50
"Why doesn’t Solzhenitsyn’s catalogue of horrors grow boring? You read three volumes about boots trampling on human faces and your attention never flags. One...
