When The Uffizi Almost Sued Pornhub
To be fair to Pornhub, the Birth of Venus is definitely a "classic nude." But the larger issue is about how museums make money...
Lee Maracle Propelled Herself And Other First Nations Writers Into Canadian Consciousness
Maracle died at 71, after having "chronicled the effect of Canadian settlement on the land’s Indigenous people and the persistence of discrimination, only to...
Reviving A Dying Record Label In The Era Of Streaming
Claddagh Records, founded in the '50s to preserve Irish musical heritage, fell on hard times in the 2000s. But now a deal with Universal...
Novelists Could Take A Cue Or Two From Poets
Or so says a novelist who took a poetry class that helped her move forward after a stale period of writer's block. - LitHub
England’s Artistic Culture Stretches Beyond London
You might think that's obvious, but it's not necessarily so to those in the capital city. Even during COVID, "London draws all the oxygen,...
How To Stay Focused When The World Turns A Spotlight On You
National Book Award finalist and MacArthur "genius" grant winner Hanif Abdurraqib keeps to himself most of the time, far from the madding crowds. "I’m...
Why People Still Collect, And Enjoy, DVDs
One librarian explains, "There's an interesting sort of equity piece to DVDs. ... They're popular with people who can't necessarily afford the paid subscription...
So Sorry That We Missed National Cliche Day
Oh: "Cliché comes from the printing process when a metal plate was used to physically transfer ink to paper. The term echoes the imitative sound...
Younger Media Viewers Love Subtitles
There's the popularity of K-dramas, for one, but also, "originally intended to help those with hearing problems, subtitles have become an essential aid for...
The (Re)Rise Of The Movie Musical
Charles McNulty: "A musical must establish its own aesthetic logic without apology to rational etiquette. We may think we’re living in a purely realistic...
The Wild Side Of Poussin
It's likely you find the French artist a bit, well, staid. Boring, even. But: "Quite a bit of wildness hides beneath the cloak of...
Donors Withhold Gifts To Protest Changes At Hamptons Sculpture Garden
A longtime director fired, a bequest altered, plans for the sculpture garden to become a museum - there's a lot going on at LongHouse...
Thousands Of Venezuelan Musicians Gather In Attempt To Win Guinness Book Of World Records’...
"The musicians, all connected to the country’s network of youth orchestras, performed a roughly 10-minute Tchaikovsky piece outdoors under the watchful eyes of independent...
Europe’s Best Cathedrals
While some on this list are obvious, others may inspire an artistic pilgrimage - though Milan "is a chaotic hotchpotch of buttresses, pinnacles and...
Happy Birthday, Fanny (Mendelssohn) Hensel
From Google Doodle. Hensel "composed more than 450 pieces of music, most of which show a deep reverence for Johann Sebastian Bach. But she...
Bettina Grossman, Artist And Artistic ‘Feature’ At The Chelsea Hotel, 94
Grossman "was unusual even by the standards of the Chelsea, the storied haven for quirky artists." Her apartment "had become so crowded with her...
Republicans Have Escalated From Banning To Wanting To Burn Books
The targeted books are often by Black authors or other authors of color, and/or have queer content. Of course, the wannabe burners are calling...
Oliva Colman Says It’s Easier To Portray A Murderer Than The Queen
That two-year stint on The Crown wasn't the easiest for the multiple award-winning Colman, but "it wasn’t the actual Queen she found the hardest...
How Slipcovering A Minimalist Cube Changed Art History
"Slipcovers are what you put over a tired sofa or tatty armchair to refresh and resuscitate the worn-out object’s useful life. After the quarter-ton...
The Prime Minister Of Greece Tries To Broker A Return Of The Parthenon’s Marbles...
Ahead of talks with Boris Johnson, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, "Our position is very clear. The marbles were stolen in the 19th century; they belong...
A Changing Climate Changes The Oxford English Dictionary
For instance, global heating "conveys 'more emphatically the seriousness of climate change caused by human activity and the urgent need to address it.' After...
In Paris, Black Theatre Directors Forge Their Own Paths
French theatre is massively lacking in diversity, so "Le Mois Kréyol, which was created in 2017 by the Caribbean-born choreographer Chantal Loïal, also celebrates...
Apparently, It’s Time For Australian Film To Have A Mumblecore Revival
Pandemics and lockdowns lead to little money and depressed humans in reality - and on screen. - The Guardian (UK)
Dostoevsky Totally Did NaNoWriMo
Just not on a computer, in November, with thousands of other people. - LitHub
Black Women’s Major Contributions To Jazz Come Back Into Focus
Musician Melanie Charles wants to revitalize knowledge of, for instance, Betty Carter - whose "improvisational approach to singing that influenced generations." She was one...
