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The Stunt Doubles Of The Art World
When museum staff are preparing for a show, they need maquettes, like an actor's stand-in, to represent the works themselves. But they can't be...
During The Last Decade, Women’s Representation In Music Has Not Improved At All
Discouraging news from a USC study for International Women's Day. - The New York Times
This Woman Has Narrated More Than 600 Audiobooks
Here's how to be good at it: Plan ahead. "What’s really important when you’re listening is to be able to know who’s talking. One...
Will European Theatre Bounce Back?
Basically, the pandemic has changed the performing arts audience. "Fans have had access to virtual theater from all over the world. Some venues have...
At The Critics Choice Awards, Nomadland Retains Its Shine
And The Crown's season four, which concerns Princess Diana's difficulties with the Royal Family, won Best Drama Series even as Prince Harry and Meghan...
Amy Sherald’s Portrait Of Breonna Taylor Will Find A Home In Louisville
Sherald, who painted the portrait for a Ta-Nehisi Coates-edited edition of Vanity Fair, decided that she wanted to sell the painting where Taylor lived...
How To Write A Second Novel When Your First Wins The Pulitzer
Viet Thanh Nguyen says it wasn't as easy as writing The Sympathizer, his 2016 Pulitzer-winning novel: "I would write in 50-page chunks – I...
Was WandaVision A New Hybrid TV Model?
Or was the entire series - spoilers abound throughout this article, by the way - yet another Marvel tease? "It was intentionally meta and...
Chadwick Boseman Could Make Oscars History, Posthumously
He wouldn't be the first actor to have been nominated for an award after death, but if he were nominated both for Ma Rainey's...
The Coronavirus Has Become An Inspiration For Visual Artists
Some of it might seem tasteless as the pandemic rages on, but as one artist points out, there aren't exhibitions now - and artists...
Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman Followed By A Security Guard, Who Said She Looked Suspicious
The poet, who is 22, "wrote on Twitter that a security guard 'tailed' her while she was walking home Friday night. 'He demanded if...
How Do Independent Book Presses Make It?
Ask Melville House. Or perhaps don't: "We did what you would tell your children to never do. Not just having a business, but funding...
There’s No Hollywood Ending For Movie Theatres Yet
Studios are fighting with movie theatre chains; not enough people have been vaccinated yet to feel comfortable going to theatres; and, well, there's streaming....
Melbourne Theatre Company Starts Rehearsals With Hope
The director of a play in tech rehearsal says of the theatre building, abandoned a year ago as the pandemic swept the world, "I...
French Culture Workers Occupy Odeon Theatre In Paris
The occupation began Thursday; on Saturday, Culture Minister Roselyne Bachot went to visit the out-of-work culture and tourism workers, who want to know when...
After Investigations, Hollywood Foreign Press Association Promises Change
Does anyone believe them? Hm. The Time's Up Organization tweeted a reaction: "On behalf of the many artists who look to us to hold...
American Academy Of Arts And Letters, Static For More Than A Century, Makes An...
Here's the deal: "Founded in 1898, the institution had capped membership at 250 since 1908; members are elected for life and pay no dues."...
The Planned V&A Restructuring Will Take Away Most Of The National Art Library’s Librarians
The details of what appears to be an outrageously short-sighted plan: "They are guardians of some of the nation’s most valued treasures, including Dickens’s...
Math, Music, And Moby Dick
Three great tastes that taste great together. But seriously: Literature is replete with math (and music), and here's a professor who can talk about...
Margaret Atwood Wrote The Words For A New Song Cycle About Murdered Women
The song cycle, with music by Jake Heggie and sung by baritone Joshua Hopkins, was inspired by Hopkins' sister, who was murdered by her...
Pandemic Inspires 1200 New German Words
This truly seems to delight English speakers. "For example, Coronamutationsgebiet is an area where coronavirus mutations are widespread. A Geisterveranstaltung (ghost event) is an event with no people...
In Japan, ‘Disaster Art’ Is Saving People’s Lives
While dealing with emotional turmoil after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, artist Kyohei Sakaguchi made a decision to merge his art and...
Some Are Vaccinated, And Very Ready To See A Movie In The Theatre Again
As New York cinemas open with precautions in place, "what movies are even playing in theaters these days? For those in attendance, the film...
Long Before This Year’s Announcement, Read Across America Was Turning Away From Dr. Seuss...
Conservatives heard that Loudon County had banished Dr. Seuss and started a backlash about "cancel culture." But that wasn't reality. "In fact, the Virginia...
Lockdown Repainting In The Louvre Leads To A Lawsuit
Cy Twombly designed an Aegean sea-colored ceiling mural in the Salle des Bronzes at the Paris museum, which is undergoing various renovations while closed...