Yearly Archives: 2021
Even Ancient Egyptian Relief Carvers Had Interns, And They Messed Up Sometimes, Too
"Scholars have long believed that apprentices learned their craft before they were allowed to carve reliefs for rooms like this one," the Chapel of...
Alumni Of University Of Utah’s Ballet Program Describe Body-Shaming, Intimidation, And Prejudice
A dozen graduates wrote letters describing abusive and sometimes racist language as well as body-shaming and authoritarian attitudes. The school's current director says progress...
More Than Half Of Arts And Heritage Jobs In UK Were Lost Due To...
"(A study) revealed the industry suffered a 60% decline in output because of restrictions. It said about 55% of jobs — 450,000 people —...
2021 National Book Awards Go To Jason Mott, Tiya Miles, Malinda Lo, Martín Espada,...
Mott's Hell of a Book won for fiction; Miles's All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack for nonfiction; Lo's Last Night at...
As Beirut’s Conditions Deteriorate, Its Orchestra Plays On
As the value of Lebanese money fell, the 100 or so musicians in the orchestra watched the value of their pay fall from $3,000...
This Time, We’re Really Anxious (A History)
Of course, anxiety never went away. Depression might have seemed ubiquitous, but people in the late 20th century hardly had less to be anxious about or more...
A New Model For Funding Art?
It pools 100 medium-sized donation of $1,000 each, with the total amount going to one not-for-profit project. Community projects apply and have their applications...
How Punk Rock Of The 70s And 80s Figured Out Safe Concerts
Venues for punk shows were numerous, encompassing everything from pet grooming stores to nonprofit community centers. The small-venue approach lent itself to the formation...
Theatre That Breaks Pre-Pandemic Rules
It's a musical experiment that questions the long-accepted rules of theatermaking and theatergoing, established and upheld before the pandemic. For example, a percentage of...
Hmnnn – UK Change Of Stance On Repatriation Of The Parthenon Marbles?
When Boris Johnson’s spokesperson was asked on Tuesday, he said: “I won’t pre-empt their meeting, obviously, but the possession of the marbles is a...
Many Of The Ancient Roman Stoics Were Proto-Feminists
Gaius Musonius Rufus wrote plainly, "If then men and women are born with the same virtues, the same type of training and education must,...
Harry Potter Cast To Reunite For 20th Anniversary TV Special
The release made no mention of Rowling when listing those participating in the retrospective. While Harry Potter remains a beloved franchise, Rowling sparked backlash from the trans community...
Former Ballerina To Get All Of €61,000 After Three-Decade-Long Case Against La Scala
Sabina Galasso was a member of La Scala Ballet's corps when, in 1991, the visiting Rudolf Nureyev picked her out for a lead in...
Of Course It Does: China Unveils New Five-Year-Plan For Film
The plan’s ultimate goal, however, is to build China into a “strong cultural power” by 2035 — one that can only be achieved, it...
Fifteen-Second Book Reviews On TikTok Have Amassed 26 Billion Views
BookTok, as it's known, is an unusually lively corner of the mini-video app's subculture: the most popular reviewers can get a couple hundred thousand...
Netflix Releases More Viewer Data, But…
Let’s be clear: Netflix’s bigger bucket of Top 10 lists, even if they’re independently verified, is ultimately self-serving — designed to promote its most...
Māori To New Zealand Anti-Vaxxers: Stop Using Our Dance In Your Protests
The haka is a traditional (and rather intimidating) pre-battle dance that's been made famous by New Zealand's national rugby team. Demonstrators who oppose vaccine...
Hong Kong’s Ambitious New M+ Opens, Built For A Different Time, Different Politics
The museum compares itself to Paris’s Centre Pompidou and New York’s Museum of Modern Art — but it has already moved to censor work as it...
Does Method Acting Have A Future In The 21st Century?
The Method's two main teachers in America, Stella Adler and Sanford Meisner, said in 1979 that they doubted it would outlive them. Well, it's...
Playwright Ed Bullins, Leader Of Black Arts Movement, Dead At 86
"Over a 55-year career in which he produced nearly 100 plays, Mr. Bullins sought to reflect the Black urban experience unmitigated by the expectations...
King Solomon’s Mines, Archaeology, And Arguments Over The Old Testament’s Historical Accuracy
New finds at a remote site that's been identified, dismissed, and re-identified as the Israelite monarch's fabled copper mines have reignited debates about whether...
Nobel-Winning Writer Orhan Pamuk Charged — Again — With Insulting Turkey And Turkishness
The particular crimes he's accused of this time are insulting Atatürk and making fun of the Turkish flag in his latest novel, Nights of...
4,500-Year-Old Sun Temple Uncovered In Egypt
A team of archaeologists working at Abu Ghurab, 12 miles south of Cairo, discovered this temple underneath the ruins of a temple that had...
Frida Soars Past Diego For Most Expensive Work Of Latin American Art Ever Sold
At an auction on Tuesday at Sotheby's New York, Frida Kahlo's self-portrait Diego y yo (depicting an image of her husband, Diego Rivera, on...
Spain Drops Post-Brexit Visa Requirement For British Musicians
"Spain's announcement means UK musicians and their crew will no longer need visas for engagements of less than 90 days, a change in policy...