Film Critic Sheila Benson, 91
Her time as film critic at The LA Times coincided with the rise of both the ‘80s Hollywood blockbuster and the American independent scene. -...
Birmingham Will Host A Six-Month Arts Festival Alongside This Summer’s Commonwealth Games
"Birmingham 2022 festival will include more than 200 events from March to September across the West Midlands and will involve more than 100,000 participants,...
Andy Warhol, Value Of Creativity, And Crypto
Andy Warhol, innovation expert Clayton Christensen, and Etherum creator Vitalik Buterin walk into the bar. They don’t start out talking about crypto, but like...
Gemma New Named Principal Conductor Of New Zealand Symphony, Her Hometown Orchestra
The 35-year-old Wellington native, principal guest conductor of the Dallas Symphony and music director of the Hamilton (Ont.) Philharmonic, is not only the first...
Why Russian Artists Supporting Putin Are Paying A Price
To claim, as many do, that art should “transcend” politics — that it exists in a realm where the push and pull of human...
Zelensky’s Previous Career As A Performer Was Useful Preparation For His Current Role
Says one academic observer, "He's used to being in front of a camera. He's used to performing. While before this conflict his poll numbers...
Dubai’s Architecturally Fabulous New Museum Of The Future
In recent years, Abu Dhabi has been the United Arab Emirate to build and open high-profile museums in eye-catching new buildings. Now Dubai has...
Missouri School Board Reverses Ban On Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye”
Last month, the school board in Wentzville, a suburb of St. Louis, voted 4-3 to have the book removed from all district libraries because...
Russian Invaders Burn Ukrainian Museum To The Ground
The Historical and Local History Museum in the city of Ivankiv, about 50 miles north of Kyiv, was destroyed on Sunday. It housed 25...
The New Host Of NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday: Ayesha Rascoe
Currently the network's White House correspondent, Rascoe formally succeeds Lulu Garcia-Navarro in late March. - NPR
Edinburgh International Festival’s Next Director: Violinist Nicola Benedetti
The 34-year-old Ayrshire native will be the first woman and the first Scot to head the country's flagship arts event in its 75-year history....
Valery Gergiev Fired As Chief Conductor Of Munich Philharmonic
The Bavarian capital's mayor followed through on his warning that the Russian maestro would be dismissed if he didn't denounce Putin's invasion of Ukraine....
SAG Awards: In-Person Awards Shows Return
The 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards pulled off the first in-person awards ceremony of 2022, moving ahead as if things were normal after other gatherings...
The Wild Projects Chris Burden Couldn’t Make
They include an effort to convert a World War II British destroyer into a ship with sails (blocked by price and preservation issues), an...
Climate Change — A Cultural Issue
To tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis effectively, we urgently need to address cultural values relating to consumption. An important aspect of this is...
Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky Quits Bolshoi Project
Mr. Ratmansky, who grew up in Kyiv and danced there early in his career, immediately decided to leave Moscow, and with the help of...
The Top-Selling Global Music Group Of 2021
The South Korean band beat the likes of Drake and Adele to top a chart compiled by music industry body the IFPI. - BBC
Why Some Words Sound Ugly To Us
This phenomenon, where the sound of a word triggers an emotion or a meaning, is referred to as “sound symbolism”. Yet the idea that...
Experts: By 2030, Most Of The Internet Could Be Created By Artificial Intelligence
As its capabilities advance, the idea is that AI could start to generate entire online worlds, along with all the stuff that inhabits them...
Norman Lebrecht: The New Geffen Hall Will Be A Game-Changer
Deborah Borda, president of the New York Philharmonic, gave me a virtual tour on Zoom the other day. What I saw leads me to...
How Artists Are Responding To The Ukraine Invasion
"I never expected Russian artists to publicly take a stand, to venture, to risk, but when they did, I am struck (mostly) by the...
London’s Royal Opera House Cancels Bolshoi Ballet Appearances
The Moscow-based ballet company were set to return to London this summer but their tour has been called off as Ukraine was hit by air strikes and...
How The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Retrofitted A 1930s Theatre For Sound
First of all, "the Warner Grand Theater building was originally designed for film screenings, not live performances, so the depth of the stage had...
China’s Formerly Intense Appetite For Anything Hollywood Has Disappeared
"In the last few years, as China’s diplomatic relations with the west – and in particular the US – plummeted, the preferences of Chinese...
The Crown’s Jewels (And Other Props) Were Stolen
"The props are collectively valued at roughly $200,000, and include a replica of a Fabergé egg, several sets of silver and gold candelabra, a...
