Former British Museum Head Gets A Shiny New Job
In the release, the commission said it had chosen Hartwig Fischer, 61, because of his “global expertise in leading international cultural institutions and museums.”...
On The Decline: Can Opera Survive In The UK?
Fast forward to 2024, one Brexit vote and a global pandemic later, and opera companies are facing relentless budget cuts and declining public popularity....
The Case Against Historians Weighing In On Current Affairs
"I’ve been writing for years in opposition to professional historians pressing—on the public, on the media, on politicians and judges—a sense of the hyperurgent...
Christopher Knight, Art Detective, Hunts Down A Mis-Dated Diego Rivera
LACMA’s website and a gallery wall label said the painting dates to “around 1939.” But that couldn’t be correct. It’s hard to photograph a...
Remaking The Alamo: How To Tell The Story?
If the new museum focuses too much on slavery or other unsavory aspects of Texas history, it may deter visitors to one of the...
A Neurocognitive Ability Scientists Are Linking To Creativity
By examining how creative people process salient information, the researchers aimed to uncover a fundamental mechanism that could explain the unique attentional patterns observed...
How The London Philharmonic Approaches Programming
In the States, unions are very strong and rigorous, and they protect their members until they retire. I found the British scene to be...
Remembering Shelley Duvall’s Olive Oyl Dance
Dance “people” will recognize the innate beauty of her pose that is rooted in the cartoon version of OO as gangly. Even in her...
The Clash’s Famously Riotous 1978 Concert In Bury St Edmunds Will Not Be Remembered
Not if the Bury historical mavens have anything to do with it. No blue plaque for the punk rock band is their unanimous decision....
A Budding Career at 94: Never Give Up On Your Dreams
After all, June Squibb not only has a new movie out, but, at 94, she’s got her first starring role. - The Guardian (UK)
Dance Neuroscience Says Your Brain Is Connected To Your Body – And Vice Versa
But seriously: “Sophisticated imaging technology has helped reveal that dance’s multifaceted demands engage the mind as intensively as the body; that dance can root...
How The Prosecution Lost That Alec Baldwin Case So Very Badly
“A high-pressure trial against a movie star turned into an interrogation of the prosecution’s conduct. And it came after a series of missteps by...
How ‘Sing Sing,’ Set In A Prison, Captures The Beauty Of Being On The...
“When practiced communally, the pastime of playing pretend can yield powerful, lasting changes.” - Los Angeles Times
Look, Social Media Is Nothing Like Cigarettes
“Tobacco is clearly and definitively harmful. The research on social media is more ambiguous and complicated. While some youth are harmed by it … others...
A Brazilian Conceptual Artist Stole An Artifact From The British Museum, And Replaced It...
The artist replaced the artifact - a silver coin minted during the British Civil War - with a replica, and used years of planning...
Rebel Wilson Called Her Movie Producers Out Via Social Media, So They’re Suing Her
“The plaintiffs allege Wilson’s unprofessional behavior included abandoning the project for extended periods and making ‘unauthorized and improper disclosures about the film.’” - Los...
Dorothy Lichtenstein, Who Worked Tirelessly To Give Her Husband Roy’s Art Away, Has Died...
“She did not want the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, of which she was co-founder and president, to continue in perpetuity. ‘We are working toward a...
What’s Going On With Paramount’s Logo?
Uh, investor update: “Under its traditional mountain and stars, it shouts PARAMOUNT, using the all-caps styling and arched text of the Skydance logo instead...
As When Harry Met Sally Turns 35, Here Are Some Questions We Have About...
Some things are similar. For instance, like a lot of us, "Harry and Sally are a pair of lonely people who got their hearts...
Evaluating The Career Of Oregon Ballet Theatre’s Michael Linsmeier As He Leaves The Profession
He grew up on a dairy farm, but took tap and ballet. He “was in middle school when a recruiter from Richmond’s Virginia School...
Well, Turns Out Alice Munro Wasn’t Better Than Her Miserable Characters
“So much of Munro’s work was about someone forgiving someone else (especially a woman forgiving a man) for something unforgivable, or about making some...
Shahzia Sikander Says She Doesn’t Want To Give Her Beheaded Statue Another Head
She says, “The damage reflects the hateful misogynistic act and it should not be forgotten. It is part of the history of the work...
This Woman Was A Power Player, And Screenwriter, In 1950s Hollywood
But Mary C McCall Jr was “airbrushed” from much of Hollywood history, perhaps because while “to screenwriters in the 1950s, she was a major...
The Joys Of Reviving A Century-Old Silent Movie Pipe Organ
“In its heyday, the Barton Opus was able to recreate the sounds of many instruments, including strings, flutes and tubas. ... It also contained...
Miami Art Dealer Gary Nader’s Art Collection And Gallery Are At Risk In Lawsuits
Nader’s “private collection is filled with blue-chip modern and contemporary artists, including Carlos Cruz-Diez, Joaquín Torres-García, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo,...
