Tag: 01.01.21
Figures Are In: North American Movie Box Office Income Was Down 80% In 2020
"As predicted, domestic movie tickets sold between Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 came generated an estimated $2.3 billion (or $2.28 billion) compared to $11.4...
Sydney’s Reopening Theatres Say They’re ‘COVID-Safe.’ Are They?
The Opera House finally became the last of the city's major venues to require masks, but enforcing the policy is not easy, and most...
25 Dancers, Choreographers And Companies To Watch In 2021
Want to know where dance is going in 2021 as the world (hopefully) comes out of COVID lockdown? Here are 25 bright lights to...
Congress Passes New Controls On Antiquities In The Defense Authorization Bill
Regulators have long worried that the opacity of the antiquities trade, where buyers and sellers are seldom identified, even to the parties in a...
Star Museum Directors Talk The Future Of Museums
As the Ford Foundation’s president, Darren Walker, recently told me, “museums are in a crisis because America is in a crisis.” Museums shape narratives...
John Outterbridge, Sculptor Of Cast-Offs And Inspirational Arts Mentor, 87
Outterbridge, also an influential (and "magical") arts administrator and educator, was a master of the assemblage, using the sculptures to tell stories about history...
The Acts Of Art And Creativity Censored In 2020
The year was terrible for global pandemic reasons, but also for brutality against artists, journalists, writers, playwrights, cinematographers, and more. How bad was it?...
The Antiquities Trade Is About To Get Reined In
Or at least, that's the hope of the U.S. Congress. "Regulators have long worried that the opacity of the antiquities trade, where buyers and...
David Fincher Hates Hollywood
Or at least the "unhappiest auteur" hates happy endings. Manohla Dargis dives deep on the director and his "beautiful bummers," including, of course, the...
Joan Micklin Silver, Director Of Crossing Delancey, 85
Silver had to forge her own way in the 1970s and 1980s, including with her first feature, Hester Street. "The 1975 independent film ......
Creative Commons Is Truly A Great Resource, Until Scammers Pop Up
Kyle Cassidy uploaded a photo of Peter Sagal in 2013 to Wikimedia Commons, with the subject's permission, the correct attribution, and the correct info...
How To Reprise A Role 34 Years Later
Step one is to fight against 1980s racist tropes. Tamlyn Tomita: "I said I would love to, this would be so fun, but the...
The Busiest Composer In The Bleakest Year
Tyshawn Sorey has had numerous - as in, numerous - premieres and commissions this year. The composer, who straddles jazz and classical, "has been...