The Plays Of Henrik Ibsen, Where Women, Philosophy, And Theater Intertwine
"The male philosophers in Ibsen's plays do not fare well. In fact, they are a bunch of ramshackle figures – either adding sheer comedy...
New York’s New Wage Transparency Law Exposes Art’s Low Wages
In some cases, the new law has served to expose just how meager some salaries in the cultural sectors remain. As museum workforces across...
Philadelphia’s Merriam Theater Was, Well, Problematic. As The Miller Theater, It’s Getting Fixed
Well, partially fixed: even the planned $30 million renovation can't address all the issues from decades of deferred maintenance. But leaks will be fixed,...
Paul Allen Art Sale Exceeds $1.6 Billion
Spanning 500 years of art history, art from Allen's collection was offered on Wednesday and Thursday, with all proceeds going to philanthropic causes. Christie's...
Julie Kent Has Made A Huge Difference For The Washington Ballet
"When Kent arrived in Washington, she brought a radiant star power that was undeniable. ... While praise for Kent is uniform in the dance...
The Complicated Seattle Arts Legacy Of Billionaire Paul Allen
When Allen was alive, critics categorized his funding, at times, as based on whims. Some local artists and nonprofits still have flashbacks from 2014,...
Watching The Decline Of Social Media
"Mark Zuckerberg's empire has lost hundreds of billions of dollars in value and laid off 11,000 people. ... Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter has...
The Reason Deaf People Were Historically Excluded Wasn’t That They Couldn’t Hear
"Speech, rather than hearing, has been at the heart of deaf exclusion throughout history. People who were born deaf, or were deafened before they...
California Voters Approve Major Arts Education Ballot Initiative
"With the overwhelming approval of Proposition 28, California will now lead the nation in funding for the arts in every classroom. ... The passage...
Jury Finds Filmmaker Paul Haggis Liable For A Rape In 2013
"The jury deliberated for nearly six hours and the unanimous panel of four men and two women awarded the plaintiff, Haleigh Breest, $7.5 million...
HarperCollins Workers Are Officially On Strike
"Some 250 copy editors, marketing assistants and other employees at HarperCollins Publishers went on strike Thursday, with the two sides differing over wages and...
Museum Directors Warn Climate-Protesting Art Vandals: The Art Is Much More Fragile Than You...
"Climate activists targeting masterpieces around the world are not fully aware of how delicate the artworks are, the directors of almost 100 galleries have...
Now The Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Are Coming After Classical Music
At the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam last week, members of the activist group Extinction Rebellion interrupted Verdi's Requiem, shouting "We are in the middle of...
UK Culture Funding Cuts: Leveling Up? It Might Have The Opposite Result
New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak inherits the nation’s shrunken, crumbling pie, desperately searching for easy bits to scrape off. And the arts—international and outward-looking,...
Why You Should Write A Really Bad Novel
I don’t think you should write 50,000 words in a month in hopes that you will get discovered and Penguin Random House will buy...
Vandals Who Spraypainted Graffiti On Ancient Nevada Petroglyphs Sentenced To Prison
“No restitution or repair can undo the damage done by those who would vandalize such a sacred and historical site as White River Narrows,...
Wagner’s “Ring”… As Chamber Music
"As the director of the relatively small-scale Regents Opera, I am acutely aware of the risk attached to any attempt on Wagner’s epic saga. Yet,...
Research: How Technology Is Changing The Ways We Work
A growing body of research has begun to explore the nuanced ways in which technology is influencing the workplace and the workforce, shedding light on...
How The Decline Of Rome Has Fueled a Mytholgy Of Decline
Concentration on the rhetoric of decline and renewal combines various kinds of phenomena: political leaders who genuinely believe in decline and those who cynically...
China’s 400-Year-Old Women-Only Script Is Having A Revival
Nüshu, a phonetic, syllabic script (as opposed to the standard Chinese ideogram characters) used by and between women, developed in a rural area of...
The Ancients Had Stonehenge. Now We Have… Plastic Stonehenge?
Designed by London architecture firm Vatraa, the “monument” was modeled after the Great Trilithon of Stonehenge, but instead of using stones, the architects wrapped three giant piles...
Margaret Atwood And Wayne McGregor Make A Ballet Out Of “MaddAddam”
Atwood says, "I just want to know how you are going to get around the giant blue penises." McGregor's only response (other than laughter)...
Film Production Soars To Record In Australia
Spend on Australian features reached a record A$786M ($508M) during the period, an increase of 59% on the previous year, even though the overall...
Anselm Kiefer’s 200-Acre Gesamtkunstwerk In The South Of France
Michael Heizer's "City" isn't the only massive art installation out in the boondocks that took decades and millions of dollars to build. For 30...
Why Artifacts Returned To Their Home Countries Shouldn’t End Up In Museums
Involving communities in the way artefacts are used and displayed is a longstanding issue for African museums, even for objects that were never taken...
