Yearly Archives: 2021
Ancient Buildings At Palmyra, Destroyed By ISIS, May Really Get Rebuilt
"The ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, which was severely damaged by ISIS militants in 2015, appears to be heading toward reconstruction. In November,...
Gov. Cuomo Announces Plan To Revive New York’s COVID-Devastated Arts Scene
" announced on Tuesday a statewide program of indoor and outdoor shows over the coming months that will feature upwards of 150 performers —...
CNN Is Shutting Down Its Airport Channel
"The steep decline in airport traffic because of COVID-19, coupled with all of the new ways that people are consuming content on their personal...
San Francisco Art Institute Cannot Sell Its Diego Rivera Mural: It’s Being Landmarked
"The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday afternoon to initiate landmark designation for the 1931 Diego Rivera mural The Making of a...
Did Boris Lie About Post-Brexit Rules For UK Musicians Touring In Europe?
Britain's musicians are anxious and angry about the fact that they'll now have to get temporary work visas from every EU country they want...
More Shenanigans And Secrecy Around COVID Arts Relief Money In Australia’s Largest State
New South Wales was the last of the country's states to establish a rescue package for artists and organizations devastated by the pandemic-related lockdowns...
NEA Releases A Blueprint For Arts Organizations Reopening
"The NEA conducted in-depth interviews with nine arts organizations to identify common practices among those who have successfully reopened their doors to audiences or...
Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” Reimagined To Account For Climate Change
"Like the original music, some of the representation is fairly literal: Instead of hearing strings play what sounds like a thunderstorm once, you might...
The Subversion Of The Digital World
"I always go off of this dancing logic: for every system of control that establishes itself in a very direct and very antagonizing way,...
Frank Gehry’s Dream Of Turing The LA River Into A Vast Cultural Space
Architect Frank Gehry has unveiled a bold plan to transform the river into more than just a concrete flood channel and establish it as...
Conformers Or Weirdos? What We Know About How People Think
"Unlike much of the world today – and most people who have ever lived – Weird people are highly individualistic, self-obsessed, guilt-ridden and analytical...
Meet Someone Who Has Worked At ABT For 50 Years
" Jones was first hired by ABT co-founder Lucia Chase when the company needed a short woman for the corps. She spent eight...
Reconsidering The Benefits Of Hierarchies
"Similar to the related terms of bureaucracy and meritocracy, hierarchy is a concept rife with negative connotations. Common sense might suggest that it is...
Paris Mayor Approves €250 Million Plan To Green The Champs-Elysées
That doesn't just mean to make the boulevard more environmentally friendly. "Anne Hidalgo said the planned work, unveiled in 2019 by local community leaders...
Orwell Topped Book Bestseller Lists This Weekend. But…
“1984” rose to the top of Amazon’s top-selling book list over the weekend. On Monday, it reached the No. 1 spot. Not bad for a...
Derelict East German Amusement Park Will Become (Another) Berlin Arts District
"Some €45 million has been raised for the project, which was first proposed in 2014 after the city, through the government-owned company Grün Berlin,...
An Analysis Of QAnon By A Game Designer
"When I saw QAnon, I knew exactly what it was and what it was doing. I had seen it before. I had almost built...
Do Critics Shape The Theatre Of Their Time? Ben Brantley Says —
"Has it really happened that way, though? To go back to my paragon, Pauline Kael, she was perceived as shaping the course of Hollywood,...
How Governments Around The World Are Supporting The Arts To Survive COVID
Governments across Europe, as well as in Canada, Australia and some Asian countries, have held back the wave so far by moving fast at...
Author Ved Mehta, 86
Known for a 12-volume autobiography and more than a dozen more books, many of which got their start as New Yorker articles (he was...
Streaming Revenue In US Should Go Well Over $100 Billion This Year
"Total spending on streaming services and software is projected to reach a record $112 billion in 2021, an 11 percent growth over 2020, according...
Smithsonian Gives Up On Long-Planned $2 Billion Redesign
"When the Smithsonian introduced a futuristic plan for the 17 acres around its iconic administration building, the National Historic Landmark known as the Castle,...
Patricia Loud, Matriarch Of America’s First Reality TV Family, Dead At 94
"Ms. Loud was a California mother of five. She drank, she plotted her divorce, she adored, and accepted, her openly gay son. She did...
St. Louis Symphony Musicians Accept 15% Pay Cut
"Musicians will retain 85% of their base pay and 80% of other compensation, including career track and overscale … in addition to health benefits...
Some Good News From A Bad Year: US Book Sales Well Up In 2020
"With all major categories posting increases, unit sales of print books rose 8.2% in 2020 over 2019 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan....