A Theory On Who Banksy Is
At one time, there was one Banksy who had a graffiti career and a famous “beef” in the subculture with London graffiti legend Robbo. That...
As Canadian Museums Try To Decolonize, Turmoil Ascends
“To a certain extent, all museums are colonial constructions, and some people have argued that true decolonization would require shutting down every single museum...
Branding Your Literary Favorites
Is it the ultimate pairing of the lowbrow (baseball cap) and the highbrow (literature)? Or is it wearing books as one might wear cult...
How Theatre Schools Are Adapting To The Future
Drama school leaders are at the sharp end: the issues experienced by the wider theatre sector often land first in drama schools, in raw,...
Is The Non-Profit Model Unsustainable For The Arts Today?
As the nonprofit world shrivels in importance, mass media consolidates and grows more influential, and its stars grow ever more powerful, as the economic...
Choreographer Kyle Abraham On His “Dance With Purpose”
"If I’m making a piece, whether I’m meaning for it to be political or not, I have to be aware that if I have...
The UK Has 1,500 Micro-Cinemas Happily Serving Up Movies
The UK now has 1,500 volunteer-run venues, according to Jaq Chell, CEO of the charity Cinema for All, which supports them with everything from...
Playwright David Adjmi’s Having His First New York Production In A Decade, And It’s...
"(Stereophonic) unfolds in a recording studio, where a rock band’s protracted work on an album straddles a year from 1976-77. 'It really is like...
Where Our Brains Save Different Kinds Of Memories
"Each time an experience is recalled, there are changes in the connection weights of the network, causing memory elements to get more averaged out....
“An Aesthetic Of Disobedience” — Oscar Wilde As Critic
As he wrote in "The Soul of Man Under Socialism," "Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue....
Why So Many People Feel They’re Stuck In BS Jobs
Simon Walo estimated that 19 per cent of people in the United States believe their jobs are ‘bullshit’ and, for the most part, working in one...
Influencer Boxing (Or, The Joys Of Watching Obnoxious Social Media Celebrities Punch Each Other’s...
"This is the world of internet-famous tough guys and celebrities clinging to relevance, of manufactured beefs and emotional arcs plotted via training videos and...
Portland Art Museum Got Rid Of Its Volunteer Docents. Was There A Problem?
Does reflecting the communities they serve mean reducing the role of senior white women, who made up a large proportion of the docent council?...
Shirley Jackson’s Horror Fiction As Grief Therapy
"A common trope in horror is that the character being haunted, possessed, or hunted is going through a personal agony — one that either...
A Never-Before-Published Interview With Gabriel García Márquez
"What would be great is to collect all the myths that exist about me, because maybe they’re more interesting than my life!" Q: "Could...
The Tiny Village Radio Station In India That’s Helping Fight The Patriarchy
"Meet 'Alfaz-e-Mewat,' a community radio station that offers a mix of group therapy, education, women’s empowerment and entertainment. … In this region — which...
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Proposes Requiring All Ticket Sellers To State Service Fees Up...
"The rule would not set a limit on the fees, but rather would require broader disclosures, including the purpose of the fees and whether...
A New Alabama Sculpture Park Aims To Tell The Story Of Slavery In The...
"When the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park opens in Montgomery, Ala., in early 2024, on a bluff flanked by railroad tracks overlooking the Alabama River,...
Princeton Art Museum Decides It Has A Rubens
"The work in question appears to be The Death of Adonis, an oil sketch on a wood panel depicting the hunter laid flat as...
Winnipeg Symphony Posts $1.3 Million Deficit, But Things Aren’t Desperate Yet, Says Board
A COVID stabilization reserve fund set up by the orchestra's board has covered that budget hole, but with government pandemic aid over and attendance...
Is The Internet Less Fun Now?
The social-media Web as we knew it, a place where we consumed the posts of our fellow-humans and posted in return, appears to be...
Has The Internet Been Abandoned To Bots?
Under your nose, the Internet of real people has gradually shifted into a digital world of shadow puppets. They look like people, they act...
Why Literary Fiction Might Be Dead
Literary fiction might be dead. More precisely, what might have died is literary fiction as a meaningful category in publishing and bookselling. - The Nation
Chicago Theatre Is In Dire Straits: Reacting To An Alarming Report
“An average audience-goer saw 40 or 50 shows or other cultural arts experiences over the course of a year, prior to 2020, going weekly...
Has Progress In Our Culture Come To A Standstill?
"Today culture remains capable of endless production, but it’s far less capable of change. Intellectual property has swallowed the cinema; the Hollywood studios that...
