International Arts Organizations Scrutinize Russian Artists
Institutions are demanding that artists who have supported Mr. Putin in the past issue clear condemnations of the Russian president and his invasion as...
Kyiv Dancers Quit To Fight In Ukraine Military
Images have circulated online of a principal dancer and ballerina at the National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv, in camouflage holding weapons. - ClassicFM
More Expensive Tickets For ‘The Batman’ May Mean More Expensive Tickets Forever
Sure, AMC raised prices over The Batman's opening weekend, but Regal and Cinemark had already started raising prices with another blockbuster - Spider-Man: No...
The Difference Between An Indie Bookstore And An Amazon Bookstore
A physical bookstore "requires superb customer service, dedicated staff who provide knowledgeable advice about what to read, an inviting environment in which to browse...
Conductor Of Bolshoi Quits Rather Than ‘Clarify’ Stance On Putin
"A prominent Russian conductor said on Sunday that he would resign from his positions with two orchestras — at the storied Bolshoi Theater in...
Do These Rock Art Paintings Show Human Interactions With Ice Age Mammals?
Or are the painting actually not very old at all? "Where Dr. Iriarte’s team sees potential giant ground sloths and Pleistocene horses, Dr. Urbina...
Kennedy Center, Other Monuments Light Up In Colors Of Ukraine’s Flag
It's not simple: "Creating these immense light installations isn't a matter of changing some lightbulbs. The Kennedy Center Production Department used 48 sheets of...
Children’s Lives Are Dramatic, And This Author Knew It
Shirley Hughes, a beloved British author who died last week at 94, "created art, stories and poetry that took children’s feelings as seriously as...
Toronto Film Fest Suspends Russian Government-Backed Entries And Participants
But TIFF also "voiced its solidarity with 'the people of Ukraine and those within Russia who stand against these attacks,' noting films from independent...
The Mythmaking At The Heart Of The Western Genre
"Westerns aren’t about gunfights or stagecoaches. They’re about how an extreme landscape boils human storytelling down to the essentials. ... The Western is...
If You’re A Journalist, You Probably Don’t Want To Call Yourself A Storyteller
Republicans and Democrats alike lose faith in the (mostly broadcast) reporters who have the word "storyteller" in their bios, a study says. "Some negative...
How Belfast Sounded During Lockdown
One PhD student at Queens University recorded it all. "Like many cities throughout the UK, Belfast had previously been dominated by the sound of...
Michael Tilson Thomas On Music, And Death
"To speak to MTT about music is not so far removed from speaking frankly of life and death. His music — whether conducting or...
Jane Campion Is Displeased With The Academy For Removing The Design Awards
The director, whose The Power of the Dog has 12 nominations, says that's because "the designer is one of the very first people I...
What Happened When One (Very Big) Reality TV Show At Long Last Integrated Its...
"The messiness on ... points to a central crisis within the 'Real Housewives' universe: Can shows predicated on entitlement and endless pot-stirring evolve into...
The Feud Over A Removed Painting Entirely Closes A Museum In Israel
In short, one artist's work was removed for being "antisemitic," and then other artists covered their work in protest, the museum's chief curator resigned,...
A Poem About Suffering Was Not Wrong
A close reading of Auden's "Musée des Beaux-Arts" reveals a lot about Europe just before WWII - and, perhaps, about our own times. -...
Please Stop Calling The Artisan Oscars The ‘Tech’ Awards
And, as a matter of fact, if the Academy can't fully respect them, get them their own show. Yes, their own awards show -...
NBCUniversal Is Clawing Back Its Content From Hulu
Streaming is starting to sort itself out. "The nixing of the content deal comes as Comcast tries to grow its own streaming service, Peacock....
Writing A Novel Is Like Creating A Good Mixtape
This metaphor might not work for younger writers, but: "I was suddenly free of the 'logical order' I had thought was so important. ......
Watch What You Share
Time to pull up and reconsider that lightning-fast reshare impulse: Did the Kremlin make the image you're about to share? (In one prominent case...
Leonard Cohen’s Entire Catalogue Has Been Sold To Hipgnosis
The Hipgnosis Songs Fund long game continues. (As Pitchfork points out, "The firm has acquired several major publishing catalogs from legacy artists, including Fleetwood...
The Best Independent Music Platform Has Just Blown Up Its Independence
Bandcamp was the one streamer that every fan of music trusted to take care of its artists. When people started leaving Spotify over Joe...
Why Would A Fashion Giant Need To Steal Artists’ Ideas And Work?
An intellectual property lawyer explains: "The fundamental issue, I think, is that fashion companies are under pressure to produce large volumes of new and...
In Oscar Contender Drive My Car, The Actors Meet And Transcend The Limits Of...
The main character is "directing a multilingual production of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya with a cast composed of actors who speak English, Chinese, Tagalog, Japanese, and...
