Choreographer Nai-Ni Chen, 62, Dead In Swimming Accident
For 30 years her dance company performed both traditional Chinese styles and contemporary works. She had been on vacation in Hawaii last week; her...
Main Theatre At Jacob’s Pillow Will Be Reopened For Festival’s 90th Season
The renovated Ted Shawn Theatre will have a new ventilation system and stage housing. The festival's other indoor venue, the Doris Duke Theatre, burned...
Piet Mondrian’s Heirs Sue Philadelphia Museum Of Art Over Painting They Say Was Looted...
The suit by the descendants of Harry Holtzman, the artist's heir and executor, argues that Composition With Blue (1926), having been seized from a...
Louvre Agrees To Undo Renovation Of Room With Cy Twombly Ceiling Mural
When the museum changed the color of the walls and floor of its Salle des Bronzes, the Cy Twombly Foundation sued, arguing that the...
“Belfast”, “The Power Of The Dog”, “Succession”, “Ted Lasso”, “The Morning Show” Lead Golden...
In the film categories, Belfast and The Power of the Dog got seven nominations each; on the television side, Succession received five nods, with...
The Making Of Tom Stoppard
The creation of Tom Stoppard, the man as well as the artist, began with a kind of extraordinary disappearing act. - The Nation
Dvorak Predicted Black And Indigenous Music Was the Future Of Classical Music. Why Didn’t...
In a depressingly familiar trope, Joseph Horowitz exposes a deliberateness in denying Black and Indigenous composers and musicians their role in America’s classical-music development. -...
New Yorker Writers Choose Their Favorite Books Of 2021
Nuff said. - The New Yorker
Is The Metaverse Inevitable?
It's said to be a “quasi-successor to the Internet,” with comparable impact and importance, that will give users an individual “presence.” - The Walrus
The Tangled Up Politics Of Post-Modernism
Regardless of whether we call our time “postmodern” or “neoliberal,” the present feels ripe for a more widespread understanding of the dialectical relationship between...
The Politics Of Big Bird (And Sesame Street)
It is political not in a partisan sense but because the way we teach and protect children — and choose which children to teach...
Peloton Wins The Internet With Viral Ad Featuring Mr. Big
Peloton bounced back in a big way: It resurrected Mr. Big for a commercial featuring none other than Peter Noth and Peloton instructor Jessica...
Why Would Vladimir Putin Be A Sponsor Of An Art Show About European Unity?
The message is clear: We are all made up of the same fundamental parts. Biologically, that might be true. Yet, Russia has never quite...
Could You Live A Meaningful Life In A Virtual World?
"I think what happens in virtual worlds can, in principle, be very significant. You can build a meaningful life in a virtual world. We...
Groundbreaking Critic Robert Farris Thompson, 88
He spoke and wrote of African civilizations as infinitely varied ethical, philosophical and aesthetic systems. To grasp their complexity and sophistication, he said, required...
What To See When Geffen Hall Reopens Two Years Early In 2022
Rather than face the unenviable task of enticing post-pandemic audiences to a substandard hall, Lincoln Center and the Philharmonic will unveil an eagerly awaited,...
A Dance Collective Formed In The Pandemic Decides To Go Big
The pandemic hit dancers hard. The president of a new dance network: "We all feel the rhythm in our hearts and we move, and...
What Actually Makes People Smarter Isn’t Doing A Bunch Of Brain Booster Puzzles
Sorry to the Sudoku fans (not that it hurts to do Sudoku, or crosswords, for that matter) - but what makes people smarter is...
Banksy Is Selling T-Shirts To Help Four Protesters Accused Of Harming A Statue
The statue, in Bristol, was of a man who made the area rich through the triangle trade - "which kidnapped Africans and transported them...
What’s Going To Happen To Democracy?
No one really knows. "I have many ideas for how we might improve democracy in the United States, but it is genuinely difficult for...
Pour One Out For The Smallest Target In The World
It was performance art, a performance piece that stood for years, crumbling in the Texas desert and sun. - Glasstire
Yay, Winning A Pulitzer Price For Drama, But Yikes, Winning It In April 2020
The absolute worst time to win, perhaps, but Michael R. Jackson's Strange Loop somehow persisted through every theatre in the world being dark and...
Chente Has Left The Rancho
Vincente Fernández was a "debonair Mexican crooner with the buttery baritone whose romantic rancheras and timeless folk anthems defined the grit and romance of...
A Virus Outbreak Has Delayed The La Scala Ballet Opening
The venue "has postponed its ballet season premiere after a coronavirus outbreak in its ranks, just days after the famed Milan theater staged its...
Live Music Is Collapsing Again In The UK
At least, live pop music is seeing its attendance take another dive; some artists estimate that as many as 40 percent of those who...
