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Big Publishing’s New Editors
"By the time that America’s reckoning on race reached a fever pitch last year, publishing was months into a messy upheaval of its own....
How The Indianapolis Museum Went Wrong (By The Guy Who Used To Run It)
"Every decision made by Charles Venable over the past decade seemed to be in service of remaking a museum founded in the 19th century...
English National Opera Announces Return To Live Performances With A Bang
Some might say tackling Richard Wagner’s four-part Ring Cycle during a pandemic is folly. English National Opera, announcing the plan on Wednesday, believes the...
A Time Of Reckoning For Cultural Organizations
"For institutions that have historically enjoyed a certain level of prestige, these calls for reexamination of (and accountability for) their charitable purposes may be...
Why Should We Trust Smiles When They’re So Easy To Fake?
"The trouble is that smiling is easy to do. If flashing a smile can so easily convey good intent, it could be ‘hacked’ by...
Why Librarians Have Been Unsuccessful At Fighting Misinformation
"This failure has many roots: The low social status of teachers and librarians relative to those in other professions, the lack of consistent instruction...
Roberto Bedoya Talks About Place-Making
I was so surprised how “place-keeping” became such a sticky word across the country. I was offering a strong artist’s point of view about...
Why Literary Canons Are Important
"For those who view the very notion of the canon as inherently elitist, it’s worth noting that the phenomena mostly clearly implicated in its...
What Is Native American Comedy?
"I’ve debated different scenarios in my life about “What is Native?” And that is like the million-dollar question, at least within Indigenous communities at...
The Group Of Seven Has Defined Canadian Art For 100 Years. It’s Time To...
After 101 years of reproducing the Group of Seven’s art to the point of saturation, it feels like the time has come to give...
San Diego Cultural Advocate Larry T. Baza, 76, Of COVID
"For more than four decades, Baza used his voice advocating for San Diego’s artistic and cultural community at the local, state and national levels....
How The Smithsonian Is Celebrating Its 150 Years
“The Smithsonian was always about how it could help the country reimagine itself, understand itself,” said Bunch, a historian and founding director of the...
Governor: NYC Movie Theatres Can Reopen
Governor Andrew Cuomo said "cinemas in the city will be permitted to operate at 25% capacity, with no more than 50 people. Moreover, other...
Cuban Artists Demand Removal Of Culture Minister
The Cuban activist group 27N submitted a legal request for Alonso’s removal to the National Assembly of People’s Power on February 3 on behalf...
Getting At What Truth Really Is (Not That Simple)
"True seems to be that which is in accordance with the facts or reality, the way things simply are. But it is not as...
Star Soccer Star Touts Ballet Training For Performance
The images shared by the ballet company had soccer fans’ heads turning when they emerged. Such a sports star dabbling in ballet may have...
Long Beach Opera Hires James Darrah As New AD
During the pandemic, Darrah’s affinity for film allowed him to pivot to digital content with ease. Over the last six months, the director has...
Australia’s Restless Dance Company Faces A Funding Crisis
When the Australia Council announced its latest four-year funding winners in 2020, Restless was a shock omission, as were La Mama Theatre in Melbourne...
Inside What Makes Tom Stoppard Tick
Anthony Lane: "Many folk, less deserving than Stoppard, and with scarcely a whit of his charm, are greeted with godsends. What marks him out...
Defining The Struggle Inside to “Do The Right Thing”
"From the first-person stance, you navigate the world as an agent trying to realise your projects and satisfy your desires. From the second-person perspective,...
Think The Arts Stand Apart From Political Issues? They Can’t Be
As we are now experiencing in new ways with COVID-19, we cannot have a just arts sector within an unjust world. And moreover, we...
Philip Guston’s Daughter Speaks Out On Postponement Of Her Father’s Show
To Musa Mayer’s dismay, her father, an antiracist and the son of immigrants who had fled antisemitic persecution, was now having his complex images...
New Possibilities As Classical Music Explores Music By Black Composers
Somewhere, in an attic or a music library or maybe hiding in plain sight, are pieces by non-white-male composers that, with the right kind...
Jazz Is Dying During The Pandemic
The pandemic has wrecked an already vulnerable jazz industry by forcing live music shows to halt. Musicians and club owners have turned to online...
How Boredom Is Changing Us
Another way the pandemic has had an impact on the economy is by making people bored. By limiting social engagements, leisure activities and travel,...