Here We Go Again — Is The Shroud Of Turin Real?
This week sees the release of a new film, Who Can He Be?, in which David Rolfe argues that, far from the shroud being a definite...
We Praise Creativity. But We Shy Away From It
Research has found that we actually harbor an aversion to creators and creativity; subconsciously, we see creativity as noxious and disruptive, and as a recent...
The Netflix Of Theatre? An NYC Theatre Gives It A Try
The pitch is to build something like Netflix or Spotify, where members pay an affordable monthly subscription fee in exchange for access to all...
Why Long Wharf Theatre Had To Change Its Business model
If Long Wharf remained, fundraising would be necessary for capital needs for a complex it did not own and that was not easily accessible...
Be Careful Of Pump-Up Jams
No, truly. Just look at Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos infamy. No, we can't do anything and be anyone and go anywhere etc. Not even...
Ballerinas Are Athletes
And so experts are helping them, along with athletes from other arenas entirely, learn to avoid injury. Aside from the art, the biggest difference:...
How A Movie Is Helping Heal Generational Trauma
The writers of Everything Everywhere All at Once wrote that the movie "was a dream about reconciling all of the contradictions, making sense of...
A Thirty Year Old Dispute About A Centuries Old Fresco Shows No Signs Of...
An Italian court says the Piero della Francesca work must be returned to the hilltop church where it was painted in 1460. The mayor...
Vladimir Sorokin Says Russian Writers Must Fight Back Against Totalitarianism
Sorokin: "A Russian writer has two options: Either you are afraid, or you write. ... I write." - The New York Times
Comedians Like Bill Maher And Dave Chappelle Are Obsessed With Their Haters
And, quite frankly, it's ruining their comedy. "That isn’t just bad for public discourse—it’s bad for a mainstream comedy landscape that too rarely spotlights...
The Weight Of Confederacy Statue Removal Rests On One Company’s Shoulders
Devon Henry "has emerged as the go-to statue remover not only for , but for all of Virginia and other parts of the South."...
A Unifying Theory Of The Musical One-Hit Wonder
Here's the deal: "Being very different from the mainstream is really, really bad for your likelihood of initially making a hit when you’re not...
After Francis Bacon’s Friend Has A Row With The Tate, He’s Sending The Priceless...
Barry Joule "said he is so frustrated by the Tate’s failure to exhibit an earlier donation of the artist’s work that he has cancelled plans to...
Meet The Stressed Out Gig Workers Getting Paid Badly To Make A Ton Of...
What a shock: NFT art is also made by low-paid young gig workers. That's so pandemic era. - Vice
A Story About The Banning Of The Book Persepolis Has Led To Another Graphic...
Chicago Public Schools quietly banned and removed the famous graphic novel in 2013. In 2023, a graphic novel will be published that "follows a...
When Disney Collides With Reality
The lash, backlash, and backlash to the backlash around Florida's repugnant "Don't Say Gay" bill is stressing the Mouse out. And "all of this...
Merle Oberon’s Big Secret
In racist Hollywood, Oberon kept her Sinhalese and Maori heritage quiet. "Oberon's mother Charlotte Selby, who had darker skin, followed her as her maid."...
Does Nostalgia Get In The Way Of Music Venue Innovation?
That innovation might not be what music lovers expect. "The picture for live music in Britain is beyond bleak, but it’s more complex than...
Broadway Decides To Drop Vaccine Checks, But Not Mask Mandates
The theatre owners "announced the decision as many governments and businesses nationwide have been loosening restrictions, but with cases rising in New York City...
So Globalism Is Dead You Say? Think Again
International data flows surged as the pandemic sent in-person interactions online. The annual growth rate of international internet traffic roughly doubled in 2020. But that was...
Amazon CEO Teases Big Things Ahead For Amazon Video
“We have more invention in front of us in the next 15 years than the last 15 — and our team is passionately committed...
How The Restitution Of Africa’s Art Stalled
More than half a million such objects—by some accounts, more than ninety per cent of all cultural artifacts known to originate in Africa—are held...
Digital Avatars – The Future Of Music Tours?
May 2022 sees the latest technological advances in musical immortality when Abba return to the live stage after a 40-year absence. But this time...
On Being An Art Critic In A Weird Time For Journalism
There doesn’t seem to be a widespread, clear understanding of the distinction between journalism and criticism in the New York art scene. - Hyperallergic
Somehow, We Decided There’s No Truth. But We Need To Return To The Idea
If truth is a problem now for everyone, if the idea seems empty or useless in ‘the era of social media’, ‘science denialism’, ‘conspiracy...
