The Head Of This Year’s Controversial Documenta Has Resigned Amid Multiple Scandals
The main scandal is about antisemitic art. "So many people worked for so much time on this, ... and by not addressing the accusations...
Thousands Of People Demonstrate In Support Of Union Workers At Philadelphia Museum Of Art
"Unionised workers and museum administrators remain at odds and the PMA union has gone without a contract for 23 months." - The Art Newspaper
Sanctuary Cities, Sanctuary Theatre
How useful is sanctuary theatre anymore? "The confessional genre of sanctuary theater places a labor demand—for a coherent, affectively productive story—on an already distressed migrant. This...
Cheaper Netflix, With Ads, Is Coming
Those ads will come from a partnership with Microsoft. "It’s very early days and we have much to work through, ... but our long-term...
The Victory Gardens Debacle Is A ‘Dire’ Warning To Regional Theatres
"The Victory Gardens train wreck brings to the fore important questions of where the primacy in institutional theatres lies when dissension grows too great:...
How To Keep A Music Festival’s Sound Pristine
Hire engineer/producer Da-Hong Seetoo, whose dad "fostered a second career for his son by letting him tinker with a 1947 General Electric tube radio...
What Led Josephine Baker To Become A Spy And A French War Hero?
It wasn't only loyalty to France for having accepted her and taken her to heart. She had some personal experience with Nazism. - Literary...
The BBC Made A Lot Of Money Last Year
Rather jaw-dropping, really. "The BBC has declared a record income of £5.33 billion ($6.4 billion) for the 2021/2022 period, up from £5.06 billion last year, and...
“Princess Mononoke” Is A Brilliant, Complicated, Gorgeous Film, And Was A Huge Hit In...
Perhaps, as some in Japan say, because America has such a black-and-white, good-versus-evil mindset. Perhaps because Hollywood thinks animation is for kids and therefore...
The Art Fund’s Museum Of The Year Completely Reconfigured Itself During The Pandemic
And the effort paid off: The Horniman's "values are woven through everything it now does, with a passionate team breathing life and meaning into...
A Paris Neighborhood Tries A Generally Un-Parisian Thing: Making Friends With All The Neighbors
In what the organizers call la République des Hyper Voisins (the Republic of Superneighbors), up to 2,000 people regularly gather for meals (including one...
Inside LA’s Center Theatre Group As It Methodically Searches Out A New Leader
It's a deliberate process. "We are not starved for folks being able to select shows and communicate with artists and keep those programs running....
Peter Brook Supported Theater Critics — And Set Them A High Standard
Lily Janiak: "Brook sympathizes with artists' complaints about critics — they're wrong; they're mean-spirited and 'disapproving' — but then he issues a warning: 'An...
Janeane Garofalo, True To The Gen-X Ethos, Never Sold Out
A trailblazer for years, "Garofalo didn’t just help shift the comedy scene away from clubs. Her style represented a sea change from the polished,...
Breakdancing Is A Freeform Art. How’s It Getting Organized As An Olympic Sport?
"While breakers around the world ramp up their training, the organization recognized by the IOC to conduct the program, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF),...
The Alleged Mysterious Manuscript Thief May Manage To Avoid A U.S. Trial
Filippo Bernardini allegedly impersonated numerous authors, agents, and others in order to obtain unpublished manuscripts — for reasons nobody yet understands. Now his first...
Thieves Returned A Precious Medieval Chest Said To Contain Relics Of Christ To “The...
The ornate gold-and-lapis lazuli vessel, which houses vials said to contain blood that flowed from Jesus's body as he was crucified, was stolen on...
In Ukraine, The Phrase “Culture War” Is Not Metaphorical
"With Russia actively trying to erase Ukraine's national identity, this country's music, literature, movies and monuments are not recreations. They are battlefields. The true...
Angel Blue Withdraws From Verona Opera Festival Because Anna Netrebko Is Singing Aïda In...
The American soprano was going to make her Arena di Verona debut as Violetta in La Traviata — until a furor arose over Netrebko's...
Actor’s Equity Blacklists Broadway Producer Garth Drabinsky
"The actors and stage managers of (Paradise Square) asked for Drabinsky to be put on the 'Do Not Work' list due to 'outstanding payments...
Apparently, There’s A Rampant Violin Playing Scam In The United States
Scammers ruin everything, including violin skills: "At its most basic, it’s someone who is busking with a violin, apparently playing, while they’re actually faking...
Hollywood And Abortion Activism
Meetings, walkouts, subtle out of office notes - and representation: "Many in Hollywood have begun to think about how they portray characters receiving abortion and...
X-Rays Reveal A Hidden Van Gogh Self-Portrait
"Experts at the National Galleries of Scotland made the find when the canvas was X-rayed before an exhibition. The hidden self-portrait was covered by...
Meryl Streep’s One Weird Trick
You can never unsee this, so only click if you dare. - The New York Times
Real Objectivity Involves A Heck Of A Lot Of Subjectivity
That is, "being objective" means having the ability to identify with someone else's subjective experience. - Aeon
