How Historians Made A Video Game To Better Tell A History
History is not a window into the past, but something made by people looking at the past through whatever evidence survives. Rather than hiding...
Charting The Decline Of Programming On Cable TV
All of the major cable network operators — A+E Networks, AMC Networks, Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery — have seen annual output...
The Ever-Malleable Figure Of Santa Claus
"Today's Tedium talks about Santa Claus as a visual and cultural icon who has had more changes in style than Madonna, a figure that...
Hollywood’s New Creative Crisis
The danger of the current moment is a second hollowing: the relegation of even lower-budget productions to commercial oblivion, the ever-widening gap between the...
Art Spiegelman Is Worn Out By 2022’s Culture-War Battles Over “Maus”
"Ironically, the ban has brought droves of new readers to his work, ... (and Maus) sold 665,000 copies this year, more than triple its...
Revisited: More Sinister Readings Of Classic Poetry
There is hope in these poems, but it’s something made in the face of grim predictions. - The Guardian
Artist Vanessa Beecroft Places A Tribute To A Stolen Caravaggio Painting In The Sicilian...
In 1969, thieves cut Caravaggio's Nativity With Saints Lawrence and Francis of Assisi from its frame at the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo....
The Original Mickey Mouse Copyright Is Finally Expiring. So What Will Happen To The...
The matter is more complicated than it appears, and those who try to capitalize on the expiring “Steamboat Willie” copyright could easily end up...
Building The Instrument That’s At The Heart Of Broadway’s “The Piano Lesson”
"That piano is so central ... that (August) Wilson's script dedicates half of its mandate for the play's setting to a description of the...
We’re Fascinated By Musical Prodigies. Should We Be?
The spectacle of a pint-size virtuoso — in any field, not just music — feels otherworldly, and it inspires an almost lurid fascination that...
It’s Been Quite The Year Of Drama On BookTok
"With more than 77 billion views globally to date, TikTok's collection of literary-minded creators and clips, ... (has) (a lot of) drama, much of...
The Days Of TikTok Dance Videos Becoming Viral Megahits Are Ending
Unless, that is, you're already famous; Lizzo's dance videos easily draw a million viewers. Earlier in TikTok's history, before there were mountains of content,...
Russia’s Destruction of Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Matters Quite A Lot (Which Is Why Russia’s...
"Language, religion, historical memory: These, as much as territory, are the war's battlefields. Against its appalling human cost, its cultural toll may feel insignificant...
The Defense Of Ukraine Has Developed Its Own Slang
"The conflict is spawning a new lexicon. Some of the words and phrases that have entered wider usage in Ukrainian society date back to...
More 2,000-Year-Old Glyphs Have Been Found In Peru
"Archaeologists (have) discovered 168 geoglyphs near the arid Nazca plain in southern Peru. The new findings, which encompass images of humans, birds, snakes, cats,...
Stiffing On Pay, Sexual Harassment, Jurisdictional Disputes: A Big Labor Battle At Little Central...
"The (Colorado) company is in a bitter dispute with the labor union representing its performers, The American Guild of Musical Artists, ... with accusations...
The 100 Greatest Films Of All Time (According To The Showbiz Mag Variety)
"Do we want you to argue with this list? Of course we do. That's the nature of the beast. ... No doubt you'll say:...
How The Publishing World Fared In 2022
The return of shoppers to physical retailers was good news for bookstores. ABA reported a record number of members, while Barnes & Noble began...
How Matisse Transformed His Art After His Body
The new limitations of his body became an opportunity for renewal. There is a lesson here about what it means to care for the...
Physicists Create Nano-Sized Music Recording
Physicists at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) used a 3D nanolithography tool called the Nanofrazor to cut the smallest record ever. The tune they "recorded,"...
Leveraging (And Investing In) The Art Markets
When it comes to artist-driven community work, private versus grant funding isn’t an either-or proposition. Using the art market “is not just about making...
Some Of The Artists We Lost This Year
The creative people who died this year include many whose lives helped shape our own — through the art they made, and through the...
Art Platform Is Hiding Images Protesting Posting Of AI-Generated Art
ArtStation (which was acquired by Epic Games in 2021) is considered to be the leading online portfolio and community for artists working in video...
This Choreographer Wanted To Move Back Home To San Diego To Live And Work. ...
"Exorbitant venue rental costs, cultural ignorance, a dismissive response to concerns of racial inequalities and funding models that make artistic careers a bleak option...
US Copyright Office Rules AI-Generated Art Can’t Be Copyrighted
The United States Copyright Office (USCO) has initiated a proceeding to reverse an earlier decision to grant a copyright to a comic book that...
