Tag: 03.26.21
Obtuse in Syracuse: How the University’s Deaccession Symposium Got Compromised by Conflicts of Interest
Although last week’s Syracuse Symposium was nominally about Deaccessioning After 2020, it was mostly focused on the new museum imperative — advancing DEIA (Diversity,...
How The Dance Student Convention/Competition Network Is Emerging From The Pandemic
"Now, against all odds, programs are rising from the ashes to bring you meaningful training and performance opportunities both in person and online. We...
Appeals Court Rules Against Warhol Foundation In Case Of Prince Portraits
"In a major loss for the Andy Warhol Foundation, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that the famed Pop artist did...
Truman Capote Heir Sues Over ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ Remake That Nobody Has Greenlighted Yet
"Alan Schwartz, the trustee of a Truman Capote charity, is advancing a new copyright claim that arises from how Paramount has circulated a screenplay...
Cambodia Nixes Theme Park/Resort At Angkor Wat
The $350 million development, called Angkor Lake of Wonder and planned for just beyond the temple complex's southern boundary, was to be "a Khmerfied...
The New Yorker’s Unionized Staffers Vote To Authorize Strike
"Union workers at The New Yorker, Pitchfork and Ars Technica said Friday they had voted to authorize a strike as tensions over contract negotiations...
Have We Been Traumatized By The Proliferation Of Therapy-Speak?
"Around every corner, trauma, like the unwanted prize at the bottom of a cereal box. The trauma of puberty, of difference, of academia, of...
A New “Golden Era” For The Arts When Things Reopen?
Antonio Pappano, music director at the Royal Opera House, said he expects “an explosion of desire” from audiences when they return to theatres, concert...
Alberta Badly Wants TV And Film Productions To Film In The Province
The province used to have a cap "that limited film and television productions to a maximum $10-million tax credit claim." That cap is now...
The Choreographer Behind Those Dancing Robots
Monica Thomas: "I spent time watching the robots move to get a sense of joint flexibility, etc. I then made a dance on my...
Will Lawmakers Finally Reconsider Conservatorship Laws In The Wake Of The Free Britney Movement...
It's not just the documentary, of course, but ... "Public scrutiny of the court-ordered guardianship has exploded with the #FreeBritney movement backed by fans...
Disabled Performing Artists Are Imagining New Worlds On – And Off – Stage
What has to change: "Disabled people may be artists, musicians, singers, or actors, our experiences and stories rarely find their way to the...
Hey Amazon, What’s Your Problem Admitting That Leonardo Was Gay?
Amazon Prime Studio's use of a fictional woman ("a complete piece of tosh, invented by a 19th century Romantic") to bring Leonardo and his...
Yseult Is A Chanson Singer Whose Very Existence Is Riling Up The French
The singer Yseult, a Parisian whose parents are from Cameroon, won the award for Best Newcomer at the French Grammys in February, and she...
New York Theatres Are Dark, But Their Windows Aren’t
While the interior is idle (or getting a revamp, in some cases), the windows to the street have a thing or two to say...
Hint To BAFTA: You Can’t Fix A Diversity Problem With Racist Casting Directors
Yikes: "India Eva Rae, who joined Bafta’s Elevate programme in 2019, told the BBC that a casting director told her she was an 'exotic talent,' and...
Hollywood Stylists Want Their Zoom Oscars Back
Some of the fashion world is really not happy with the guidelines for the in-person Oscars. One fashion writer, echoing many stylists who enjoyed...
Hollywood Has Failed Asian American Women For Decades
And, they say, it's past time for a change. Netflix has been particularly good at offering changing depictions this year, but the history of...
The Boom And Bust Of The TikTok Artist Life
The app is garnering millions of views, and some artists earn thousands (or more) for each short video they post. Some young artists are...
Leon Black Won’t Run For Re-Election As Chair For, But Will Remain On, MoMA’s...
Black, who is also stepping down both as CEO and chair of his private equity firm the Apollo Group, was facing "mounting pressure from...
Here Are The Winners Of This Year’s National Book Critics Circle Awards
The organization’s annual awards, which it typically gives out in the spring to works published the previous year, are unusual in that book critics,...
Director James Darrah: You Can’t Design Yourself Out of Something That Doesn’t Work
The new director of Long Beach Opera talks about making more with less. "There are people who are really comfortable with being very elite...
We Need To Stop Treating Literature As Self-Improvement Projects
"We experience art as a repository of our humanity, a representation that tries to capture the meaning we seek in our lives. Treating art...
Author Larry McMurtry Dead At 84
"Over more than five decades, Mr. McMurtry wrote more than 30 novels and many books of essays, memoir and history. He also wrote ...
‘It Was Bloody Cheek Of Me To Even Try’: The Musicologist Who Dared To...
Timothy Jones's completion of several fragmentary violin-piano sonatas by Mozart "is unusual, though, in its choose-your-own-adventure approach. Jones, testing different aspects of Mozartian style,...