A New Banksy Goes Up In Ukraine
"The mural is black and white and features a gymnast, who is dressed in a leotard, doing a handstand on rubble by ... a...
Marvel’s New Latino Hero Is An Anti-Colonial Warrior
That's ironic for Disney and Marvel, but: "Seeing a Mexican his color in a regal role of leadership and super heroics is special. If...
Joni Mitchell Says Her Music Upset Male Singer Songwriters In The 1970s
But she added that "she was pleased that contemporary artists seemed better equipped to express the feelings of loss and sorrow that she explored...
Britain Is Somewhat Into The Factually Iffy Fifth Season Of The Crown
More than a million watched the first episode on launch day - and about 100 TVs (laptops, mobile phones, and tablets weren't counted) went...
The Perpetual Importance Of The Essay
Novelist and essayist Alexander Chee edited the 2022 version of Best American Essays. "Writers and publishers—and for that matter, readers—are increasingly embracing what he...
Disney Orders A Hiring Freeze, Plans Layoffs
Despite huge new subscriber numbers at Disney+, the company is also planning to "limit travel to essential business trips only." - Los Angeles Times
What Will Emma Thompson Do Next?
The actor, comedian, and writer is set to become ... a director of a musical on the West End? - The New Yorker
Brian O’Dougherty, Artist And Art Critic, Has Died At 94
As an art critic at The New York Times, O'Dougherty "championed emerging artists like Eva Hesse and established names like Mark Rothko. ... A restless spirit, Mr....
A Gentler Spotlight On Artist Maya Lin
"Lin's works continue to grab the public's attention — and, she also hopes, the public's activism. But she might never get truly used to...
How To Celebrate Kurt Vonnegut Just After His 100th Birthday
Watch Gore Vidal utterly roast him; read a biography; watch him riff on the arc of the characters in Hamlet; and, of course, read...
Why A Room Full Of Agnes Martin Works Can Be So Compelling
"While the repetition of line and space are meditative, there is an obsessive quality to her work, hinting at a deeper underlying stress." -...
Elon Musk Has No Idea What Comedy Is
For a while this week, Musk seemed to be saying anything that was a parody had to be labeled as such on Twitter, which...
Music Touring Costs Are Too High
During lockdowns, technical staff found other jobs. And "with so much current demand, venues are booked solid, gear is quickly rented out and tour...
It’s Not Great To See Museum Directors Being So Darn Fragile
"Where’s that sensitivity when you accept donations from opioid manufacturers, fossil fuel lords, war profiteers, and the like? ... Why aren’t you 'deeply shaken'...
Even Marvel Can’t Save Movie Theatres
But they can be saved, with some creative planning. "Theaters balance the immersive spectacle of art and technology with the emotional network of a...
Filmmaker And Screenwriter Paul Haggis Ordered To Pay Millions In Rape Case
Haggis was ordered to pay $7.5 in damages and may end up owing more in punitive damages related to the 2013 sexual assault. Five...
Country Music Continues To Be All About Looking Backward, In Music And In Attitudes
"It’s all compounded by the fact that country music, like all genres, is struggling to adapt to the future of streaming, confronting a touring...
A New Era In Arts Activism
This shift in activism reflects a new generation of players whose futures, and those of their sports, are dependent upon climate mitigation. - ArtsHub
How Three Seattle Arts Groups Are Coping Post-PPP Money
A lack of PPP funding has left a large hole in their revenue, but 2022 ticket sales or enrollment numbers generally still aren’t what...
Inflation, Changing Audience Behavior Are Muting A Broadway Rebound
Amid the spate of new shows, producers are facing higher costs due to inflation and extra understudies, as well as the added stressors of...
Man Repatriates Artifacts After Reading Newspaper Story
John Gomperts, who lives in Washington, realised that the ancient pieces worth up to £80,000 – including two seventh- and eighth-century BC Cypriot vases...
SFMoMA’s New Director Lays Out A New Direction For The Museum
Now after nearly six months in charge, Bedford is beginning to lay out his vision for SFMOMA and announcing his first initiatives as director....
Wow This Is Hard: How To Get Comfortable With Ambiguity
In this classical view of the world, all fundamental entities are either one or the other. To my undergraduate brain, this simply made sense....
“Symphony Of Sirens”: The Mammoth, Raucous 1922 Concert That Would Have Made The Italian...
Arseny Avraamov's work, written and performed in Baku, Soviet Azerbaijan for the fifth anniversary of the October Revolution, "included the entire Caspian flotilla, cannons,...
An English National Ballet Dancer On The Clarifying Impacts Of The COVID Shutdowns
Prescious Adams credits the time spent training in lockdown with giving her technique more clarity – “I think of my body as this geometrical...
