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Genre, Improvisation, And Romantic Comedies
Natasha Rothwell in conversation with Samara Joy: “Improv saved my life. You have to trust your instincts; you have to abandon the need for...
Oscar Wilde’s Grandson Excoriates A New London Sculpture Of The Playwright’s Head
“A huge sculpture of Oscar Wilde’s head lying on its side, his face sliced into segments, has been condemned as ‘absolutely hideous’ by the playwright’s...
The Arts Collective Building Community In Rural Minnesota
“We like the feeling of the collective and not pushing one person as a front for something. … So, we’re really working together with...
How Design Transformed Dundee
“This year’s festival will mark 10 years since Unesco designated Dundee a design city, alongside Berlin, Montreal, Istanbul and others. The accolade is given...
The French Neoclassical Painter Nearly Lost To History
Guillaume Lethière “was one of the most prominent and influential figures in French painting during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, captivating international...
A Love Letter To The Chicago Manual Of Style
To some, the book “isn’t merely a guide; it’s a testament to the art of textual precision. Its presence on the desk of the...
The Micro-Galleries Of Long Beach
“An archipelago of 10 micro-galleries stretches around neighborhoods in Long Beach as well as in San Pedro and Lomita. Two more, also in Long...
AI Memed A Dead Dad, But Whom Does The Daughter Sue?
“I’m guessing an image generator scraped a photo of my dad from somewhere online (maybe the wedding pictures I posted in 2007?) and then...
On Leonard Cohen’s 90th Birthday, One Of His Most Important Collaborators Pays Tribute
“There could be no sweeter-sounding bird on the wire that leads back to Cohen’s 50-year legacy in music than Batalla, who along with...
Why Cai Guo-Quiang Has Decided To Use AI
“'It’s similar to why I use gunpowder,' Cai told me. ‘Because using gunpowder, there’s always surprise and unexpectedness. You want to control it, but...
For The Children Of Architects, Filmmaking Can Be Therapy
“The particular qualities of architecture as a creative pursuit (as opposed to, say, novel-writing) lend themselves to the screen, big or small. This can...
What Happened To Tupperware Can Remind Arts Organizations To Stay Nimble
Being first - and transforming everything - is great. But it’s just not enough. - The Atlantic
The Impressionists Weren’t Sweet And Pretty – They Were Radical
“These painters buttressed one another during the lean months, the haves tending to the have-nots, united in their distaste for the Salon’s stale, imperious...
Meredith Monk’s Deep Desire To Help Humans Connect Through Performance
Meredith Monk, in her 60th year of performing: “We are all on this plane. … We’re all born, we’re all going to die, and...
The Robbery Of The Century Made Mexico, And The World, Reconsider Artistic Heritage
On Christmas Day, 1985, two veterinary students broke into Mexico City’s National Museum of Anthropology and stole more than 100 “archeological pieces from...
In The Era Of Deep Doubt, How Do We Know What’s Real?
“Deep doubt is skepticism of real media that stems from the existence of generative AI. This manifests as broad public skepticism toward the veracity...
The Era Of Sweeping Television Sagas Is Making A Bold Return
“Gorgeous production values, but with a particular court intrigue kind of momentum, punctuated by violence and driven by ambition. Very tangible, exciting stakes that...
The Producer Who Shaped The Sound Of Modern Music But Never Got To Hear...
Sophie, who died in 2021, started young, going to music festivals with her dad and brother as a child. "One day, a friend of...
Sally Rooney Isn’t Worried About The Thinkpieces On Her Literary Growth
“The amount and intensity of both the praise and the criticism of her output can feel a little outsize, a little confusing — including...
A Museum, Outside, In Utah’s Snowy Mountains
When you want to see the next land artwork, you just keep skiing (or hiking). The curator of Powder Mountain: "This is such a...
The Drag Queens Of France, Internationally Derided By Right-Wingers, Come Back Strong
France was late to American-style drag, but as at the Olympics, it’s now prominent. So: “Answering hatred with glitter is a time-honored drag tradition,...
Indie Publishing, But For The Super-Rich
“‘Don’t call us publishers; we are a luxury brand,’ said Alex Assouline. … A special edition on Versailles, presented in a velvet clamshell, and...
A Painful Gesture Toward Opera On New York’s Little Island
"The opera’s three-and-a-half-hour running time has been cut to ... ninety minutes, and the exquisite Italian libretto is being projected in internet-speak English subtitles...
Some Welsh Folks Called The Police On A Gallery’s Front Window
The complainers, and the police, said the painting of a naked woman could be pornographic. The artist: "I don’t know what kind of pornography...
Ellen Armstrong Was Segregated Black America’s Preeminent Magician And Performer
The act of the only Black woman magician touring during Jim Crow “was fun, full of 'marvelous, mystifying magic, music and mirth,’ as her...