Where Is The Village Voice For The 2020’s?
By rejecting the distinction between observer and observed, subject and author (at least to a degree, and more so in the arts and culture...
How The Language Of TV Is Shaping How We See Ourselves
You see a lot of this on TikTok now: videos that describe ordinary life using the language of television. Scroll through, and you’ll find...
Anna Deavere Smith On Learning To Listen To Americans
Stereotypes come about when we stop looking. Why we stop looking is something we all need to discern for ourselves. When we stop looking,...
Accents Can Be Contagious
That foreign accent students sometimes come home with after studying abroad isn't (or isn't only) an affectation. - The Atlantic (MSN)
Taylor Swift Remixed (DIY For Fans Who Wanted Something More From The Latest Album)
A small cottage industry of DJs, musicians and producers have been twiddling with TTPD since its release last month, and adding their own twists. -...
In Search Of Nefertiti’s Tomb
It's happened numerous times: famous archaeologists (or those looking for fame) claim they've finally found the resting place of the legendary ancient Egyptian queen....
Filter Wars: How Our Digital Life Is Killing Creativity
"In any industry what matters is not what you’re making, but how many followers you have. Do you want to do something, do you...
A Dance Style Invented In Rio 20 Years Ago Has Been Declared “Intangible Cultural...
"It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing,...
Why Apple’s “Crush Creativity” Ad Is So Offensive
Contrary to the walkback last week by Apple marketing communications vice president Tor Myhren — “We missed the mark with this video, and we’re...
We Have Now Reached Peak Theater, And It’s All Downhill From Here
"Spring 2024 saw a frenzy of new shows opening in the face of two formidable obstacles: costs that have nearly doubled over a decade...
The Dancer As Athlete
A 2016 retrospective study that tracked injuries in a professional ballet dance company over a 10-year period found that most dancers experience a new injury every...
Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Seattle Invasion
“In the past, there seemed to be more movement from L.A. and the Bay Area to OSF, especially in terms of artists, so it’s...
We Should All Just Relax About Apostrophes, Says John McWhorter
Here's his argument. He's wrong, of course. - The New York Times
The Paris 2024 Cultural Olympiad: An Explainer
Here's an explanation of the origins of the arts branch of the Games, a timeline history, and a preview of some of what will...
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Wayfarers’ Chapel In California Will Be Dismantled
The glass-clad church, perched on an oceanside bluff in Los Angeles County, has suffered severe structural damage as the ground underneath it shifted due...
There’s Another Problem With That New York State Tax Credit For Producing Broadway Shows
To put it bluntly, a subsidy meant to support commercially risky work like A Strange Loop or Stereophonic or a revival of Ibsen's An...
After Industry-Wide Criticism, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw Un-Cancels Jerusalem Quartet Concert
While it's too late to restore the first of the string quartet's scheduled performances there, the second, for Saturday night, was reinstated with additional...
After A Yearlong Standoff, Philadelphia Museum Of Art And Its Staffers Resolve Their Pay...
These raises were part of the museum's first union labor agreement, which was negotiated in 2022. Even so, the issue isn't settled: there's a...
NPR Adds An New, Extra Layer Of Editing, And Journalists There Are, Um, Concerned
Many of the network's reporters believe that this extra layer, called the "Backstop," was put in place only because of right-wing pressure over allegations...
King Charles’ Official Portrait: Really Really Red
His entire body is bathed in a sea of crimson, so his face appears to be floating.
India Blacklists Critics Abroad, Including Citizens
A brochure issued in July 2021 on the OCI website says that if the status is cancelled for any of the reasons stated, the...
How YouTube Became Most-Watched
YouTube is consistently the most watched streaming service in the U.S. on a TV in the U.S. every month, even beating Netflix and Amazon’s...
How Alice Munro Reinvigorated The Short Story
What Munro did was not so much write about women as write from inside them. When her characters don’t understand exactly what they’re feeling, she expresses it in...
The Art Of Constant Sharing (And Being In The Moment)
Claire Bishop argues that our smartphone-induced state of distraction can also be generative. The art work, she writes, “is less self-important, less total;...
Australia’s Richest Person Demands That National Gallery Take Down Her Portrait
Gina Rinehart, a mining magnate with a knack for attracting controversy and a lack of awareness of the Streisand Effect, is unhappy with her...
