The International African American Museum Will Not Be Opening In January
An announcement from the museum's administration says that temperature and humidity controls in the building aren't yet robust enough to protect the fragile artifacts...
Warning: Scottish Culture Funding Cuts Will Be “Devastating” To Creative Industries
“The Scottish Government makes great play of our cultural heritage and the importance of promoting culture. The cuts they are making – £7...
MoMA And Santa Barbara Museum Of Art Sued For Art Looted By Nazis
The plaintiffs claim the artwork were stolen from Fritz Grünbaum by the Nazis via an unlawful power of attorney while he was imprisoned and...
The Medieval Great Hall Was The Center Of Home Culture
Up to the 13th century, the great hall remained the focal point of the household, and the primary location for heat. - The Conversation
UK Report: Listenership of Music Up, But Musicians Faring Much Worse
Six in ten professional musicians say they are worse off financially now compared to the same time last year. Nine out of ten are...
Broadway Is Having Trouble Selling Tickets
“Nobody wants to admit that they’re not selling tickets. Because of COVID, now Broadway is sort of admitting … sales are down, audiences are...
When Words Are Unshackled From Their Meanings
Detached from agency, the meanings of new terms drift. Nonprofit organizations alert supporters to “donation opportunities,” though “a chance to give” has half the...
How Angelo Badalamenti’s Scores Made Sense of David Lynch’s Films
Matt Zoller Seitz: "Badalamenti did what Herrmann did for Hitchcock and John Williams did for Steven Spielberg: he created a recognizable musical character to...
When The Watched Become The Watchers (Kafka’s Warning)
What’s the point of watching workers? Maybe, as Franz Kafka suggested in a short parable, the point is not simply to alter a person’s...
A Poetry Slam That Draws Stadium-Size Crowds — And The Poetry’s In Urdu, No...
This month saw the inauguration of Jashn-e-Rekhta, an annual three-day festival devoted to Urdu verse, old and new. Attendance was over 300,000 —notwithstanding the...
Guardian Critics’ Best Architecure And Visual Art Of 2022
The newspaper's critics weigh in on the best they saw this year. - The Guardian
In Search Of The Ingredients Of A Hit Christmas Tune
"The Guardian took every Christmas song that had charted in the UK Top 100 since 1952, and selected the 100 most popular of those...
Norman Foster’s Plan To Rebuild Kharkiv
Working pro bono with engineering studio Arup, the Norman Foster Foundation and Kharkiv Group of Architects, Foster + Partners founder Foster has developed a masterplan for the rejuvenation of...
New Zealand’s Arts Funding Agency, Mired In Controversy, To Review Its Entire Operation
"(Creative New Zealand) has, over the last several months, found itself (in) multiple controversial decisions, including declining funding applications for ... the Shakespeare Globe...
The “Dark Academia” Microtrend
According to Google’s Year in Search, an annual retrospective of trending searches compiled by the tech company, dark academia was among ten trending interior styles...
A Brief History Of Nativity Scenes And Crèches
The Gospels don't really tell much about the birth of Jesus: the shepherds are only in Luke, the Wise Men only in Matthew. So...
The Dance Data Project Looks At The Gender Balance In Leadership Changes In 2022
"(This report) details changes among artistic directors, executive directors, associate artistic directors, and resident choreographers at dance venues, ballet companies, contemporary/modern companies, and prominent...
It’s The Centennial Of “Carol Of The Bells,” Ukraine’s World-Famous Christmas Tune
"That complicated history of 'Carol of the Bells' has embodied a grim motif since its inception. ... Then as now, Ukraine was under threat...
A Battle In Sarasota Over Whether To Build A New Performing Arts Center Or...
"Members of the Van Wezel Foundation have been working with Sarasota officials on plans for a new performance space, arguing that the 54-year-old Van...
Atlanta Ballet Eliminates Its Low-Paying Apprentice Program And Will Expand Its Corps Instead
"Going forward, entry-level dancers who pass the main company audition will start as full company members, earning entry-level pay based on a collective-bargaining-agreement scale....
Nielsen, The Ratings Company, Is Splitting Itself In Three
The private equity group which purchased Nielsen last March is reorganizing into three divisions: Nielsen Audience Measurement, Nielsen Analytics and Gracenote. The company, once...
Stanley Drucker, Revered Clarinetist Of New York Philharmonic, Is Dead At 93
"(He) was known as the dean of American orchestral clarinetists during a 60-year career with the New York Philharmonic, ... presenting a style and...
Royal Shakespeare Company’s Income Rebounds (Big Time)
In 2020/21, when activities were restricted due to lockdowns, the RSC’s box office income was £94,000. This rose to £12.5 million for 2021/22, and...
The Value Of Thoughts Expressed As Writing
When someone talks about a “good writer,” the phrase suggests a way with words, an ear for rhythm, maybe even a structural vision. But...
How Podcasts Captured The Radical Mind This Year
Part of why I think podcasts recounting historical instances of extremism have been so prolific this year is because they offer a hungry but...
