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Claim: Virtual Reality Is Where The Internet Was 20 Years Ago
With VR evolving at its current rate, movie nights or game nights could eventually turn into cyber nights, a new norm for those under...
Gavin Larsen: The Everyday Ballerina
"I danced some fabulous ballets and fabulous roles. And yet there’s hundreds more like me — thousands maybe. We might be exceptional in one...
The Enduring Influence Of Midori
What might sound like general pep-talk fodder for the averagely scheduled person is actually just pragmatic paraphrase for Midori, whose prodigious musical talent was...
Manhattan Gets A Cool New Little Island
Mega-mogul Barry Diller’s $260 million, 2.4-acre pet project and civic mitzvah, near 13th Street in Hudson River Park, is the architectural equivalent of a...
New TRG Report: Arts Activity Increased In April
Currently the sales revival is uneven across venue types, with aggregate sales for symphonies and concert halls the lowest compared to the equivalent month...
The New Gehry Towering Over Arles
Until recently, it would have been possible to walk across town and replicate the experience with Van Gogh’s Starry Night Over the Rhône—to stand...
Will Audiences Return To Movie Theatres?
Like so many businesses, the movie theater industry has been ravaged by the economic effects of the pandemic. Theaters were starved of audiences when...
The Literature Professor Who Foresaw Neuroscience 100 Years Ago
It was a Cambridge professor of literature, almost a century ago in the aftermath of World War I, who pioneered a view of cognition...
A Strong Art Auction Season, Featuring Controversial Museum Sales
One work, Thomas Cole’s “The Arch of Nero” (1846) from the Newark Museum of Art, was a highlight, going for $988,000 with fees to...
The Arts’ Digital Era Has Just Begun
“I see this as a whole new game. Call me a Pollyanna, call me an early Christian, call me a Mormon going to Utah,...
All Arts Are Local? Not Anymore
What does it mean to talk about a cultural community when Theatre Rhinoceros Executive Director John Fisher can claim, “My audience now extends from...
Study: Aboriginal Memory Technique Improves Recall
The students who used the Aboriginal memory technique were three times more likely to remember the entire list than they were before they were...
The Case For Banning The Unvaccinated From Theatres
If universities, such as Yale, Stanford and UCLA, are planning to require returning students to be fully vaccinated, why can’t performing arts venues do...
How Tourism Is Killing Our Favorite Cities
While the number of visitors remains below the threshold, tourists use services and provisions designed for residents. Once this threshold is crossed, however, residents...
How Glyndebourne Didn’t Miss A Step
Throughout the pandemic Glyndebourne has been notably agile, putting on outdoor performances last summer and leading the brief UK return to theatres in the...
Study: BIPOC Arts Workers In LA Earn 35 Percent Less
On average, entry-level arts administrators in Los Angeles County earn $36,847 annually—a figure that’s higher than the $31,200 minimum wage in the area, but...
Amazon Makes Deal To Lend Books Through The Digital Public Library of America
The deal represents a major step forward for the digital library market. Not only is Amazon Publishing finally making its digital content available to...
Why People Hate The Sound Of Their Own Voices
The discomfort we have over hearing our voices in audio recordings is probably due to a mix of physiology and psychology. For one, the...
Still Burning: The Condition of Burnout
To be burned out is to be used up, like a battery so depleted that it can’t be recharged. In people, unlike batteries, it...
Critic And Comic: Sarah Silverman And AO Scott Talk About A Provocative Review
"This sounds corny, but that’s what I love about art, especially comedy. It’s not evergreen. It changes so much every time you return to...
Inside One Texas Museum’s Controversial COVID Response
Early on, positive press rolled in for the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, focusing on the MFAH’s safety precautions for guests, who would be...
Garth Drabinsky — Back On Broadway
"The show is produced by Garth H. Drabinsky, the Tony-winning producer behind Kiss of the Spider Woman, who was sentenced to seven years in...
Why Do Canadians Like American TV More Than Canadian?
How do you get Canadians to care about the homegrown equivalent of the Emmys or Oscars when they seem more interested in American content?...
How TV/Movie Costumes Shape Our Perceptions Of Royalty
In film and TV dramatisations of familiar royal tales, the audience is presented with a romanticised and glamorised vision of royal history. Sumptuous silks...
What The Pandemic Has Cost The Arts
"There is another thing the rest of us, the audience, do not fully appreciate: the crisis is rooted in the destruction that was visited...