Tag: 04.01.21
The Black Violinist Who Premiered Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata
"Born in 1778, in Biała Podlaska, Poland, Bridgetower started playing the violin at an early age. His father John Frederick Bridgetower (probably of...
Manfred Fischbeck, Who Built Audience For Avant-Garde Dance In Philadelphia, Dead At 80
"For more than 50 years, was an indefatigable contributor to the contemporary experimental dance scene in Philadelphia and around the world. … Mr....
They Tell Aspiring Writers To Read Read Read. What If That’s Wrong?
"Now that I am a published writer, it is against this backdrop, of limited exposure to books in my adolescence, that I find the...
Ken Burns Does Hemingway
Let’s talk about the Burns Method: the frowning pan across the blotchy manuscript page, the dreamy plunge into the old photograph, the smatters of...
Zaha Hadid’s Influence Has Only Grown Since She Died
Her presence continues to be felt across the contemporary design and architecture worlds. With around 1.2 million Instagram followers, Zaha Hadid Architects is now...
For Some Artists, Quarantine Has Been A Gift
The open secret among anyone who enjoys the pleasure of their own company, however, is that the public health strategy of sheltering-in-place to combat...
Why Withdrawing Dr. Seuss Books Is Just A Distraction
"Given these serious—and growing—problems, it’s not whataboutism to wonder why these old books get so much attention. Is it because attacking old books is...
People Love Their Physical Music
Or at least, a Hollywood record store shuttered for many months by the pandemic: "'We’ve been waiting for a year,' said Silver Lake resident...
Can The Huntington Change Its History Of Inequity?
Like most Gilded Age institutions, the Huntington has a lot to figure out. "Certainly, getting to a more equitable version of the future is...
Riz Ahmed Explains How His Character In ‘Sound Of Metal’ Paralleled Life During The...
His character is a heavy-metal drummer who becomes deaf - very quickly. "You've got a character who is very focused on his daily grind....
Nike Wins A Restraining Order Against Artist Collective Selling Satan Shoes
Hello, freedom of artistic expression? Nope. Trademark protection - for both Satan and, perhaps, Jesus shoes: "MSCHF asserts that just like an earlier...
We Invented NFTs To Help Artists. It Hasn’t Worked Out That Way
"The idea behind NFTs was, and is, profound. Technology should be enabling artists to exercise control over their work, to more easily sell it,...
Theatres Leave LA Theatre Alliance After Awards Show Mis-identifies Asian Award-Winner
"More than 25 Los Angeles area theater companies, including the Geffen Playhouse, the Pasadena Playhouse and the Deaf West Theatre, have revoked their memberships...
You’re Teaching Dance To Incarcerated Men. COVID Locks Everything Down. How Do You Keep...
Good old-fashioned letters, it turns out. Choreographer and educator Suchi Branfman has been running her Dancing Through Prison Walls project with inmates of the...
A Find In The Middle Of The Kalahari Desert Shows A Remarkably Innovative Culture...
The conclusion from these finds is that people in the African interior weren’t lagging behind coastal cultures at all. Some of the most important...
140 Filmmakers Blast PBS For Over-dependence On Ken Burns And Lack Of Diversity
"The decades-long interdependence of PBS decision-makers, philanthropists, and corporate funders with one white, male filmmaker highlights the racial and cultural inequities perpetuated by this...
What A Raga Is, And What It Is Not
"I should say that a raga is not a tune. It's not a note, not a scale, not a composition — although the raga...
Ian McKellen On Playing Hamlet At Age 81
"I can't pretend I'm 20. No one's going to believe it. But I can feel that I'm 20. … One advantage is, when I...
Maybe Public Radio Stations Should Cut Two-Thirds Of Their Weekend Programming
Eric Nuzum: "The average number of unduplicated shows aired over Saturdays and Sundays is 25. Do all those programs help build audience? Station listeners...
Where The Candidates For Mayor Of New York City Stand On Arts And Culture
"New York City is heading into one of its most consequential elections in decades. … For the purposes of this inquiry, we asked eight...
It Was Inevitable: New NFT Of ‘Salvator Mundi’ Holding Fistful Of Benjamins
"It sounds like an April Fools joke, and it both is and isn't. Author and art historian Ben Lewis has created a real non-fungible...
Venice Finally Bans Big Cruise Ships From Lagoon And Historic District
"For years, campaigns to oust cruise ships from the lagoon have been gaining traction, with locals claiming that the ships' massive structures erode the...
What Music Festivals Could Look Like This Summer
Certainly with international travel likely to be restricted in some form for a while, the chances are that international and local demand for festivals...
Web Streaming and Book Publishing: Two Bright Spots for the Cultural Sector During COVID-19?
Compared with the average annual growth rate of arts and cultural industries as a whole (+3 percent), web streaming and web publishing surged by...
Syracuse Musings: Words of Wisdom (or not) from Panelists at the Deaccession Symposium
Here are some lessons from old-school conference speakers who acknowledged the need for progress, but defended what former Metropolitan Museum director Philippe de Montebello...