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Marina Abramovic Says She Thinks Often About Dying
As in, every single day. All the better to celebrate life, says the performance artist. "You have to think about what you’re going to...
Haile Gerima Rejected Racist Hollywood
But his 1993 classic Sankofa is finally coming into its own. - Los Angeles Times
Video Game Music Can Also Truly Be Symphonic
Consider the music of Final Fantasy at Royal Albert Hall: "The two worlds of gaming and classical music merged, and while some concertgoers wore...
If You’re An Artist Who Likes ‘Rugged’ Places, Social Media Might Be Ruining Your...
Ah, the (literally spilling over the hills, dales, glades, and coasts) humanity. - The Guardian (UK)
The Ugly Truths Of Hollywood
"I couldn’t help but think about how the approaching opening of the Academy Museum — a space that will celebrate the work of these...
The New York Times’ Tonys Live Blog
The awards, as they happen. - The New York Times
The Georgia Review Editors Explain The Point Of Literary Journals
"I'm really into thinking about the literary journal as a clandestine space for a community’s periodic meetings, a small public within a public whose...
Are NFTs A Bubble Or A Revolution?
Clearly, it's not just visual art that is part of this market: "Virtually any asset could be sold for an astronomical amount." - El...
The Tonys Are Part Streaming, Part Network, And After 27 Months, May Be Completely...
Buckle up, theatre buttercups: "There are several unusual aspects to this season’s Tonys race." Understatement of the year, NYT. - The New York Times
Karen Olivo Exits Broadway And Works For Something Better
Olivo, an alum of In the Heights, left the Moulin Rouge production over issues including industry silence about Scott Rudin's alleged abuse. She says,...
As Big Tech Gives In To Big Government, Everyone In Russia Is Harmed
Google and Apple opened offices in Russia. Then Putin pressured them to delete his opposition's Smart Voting app - and they caved. "This episode...
That’s No Rubens, Artificial Intelligence Says Of A 2.5 Million Pound Painting
Re that Samson and Delilah purchase, National Gallery, er. "IÂ was so shocked. ... We repeated the experiments to be really sure that we were...
Ireland Grapples With Seeing Its History In Color
Colorizing film might have gone out the window, but with two new books using the process to add color into black-and-white photographs of the...
Finnish Media Checks Itself On Diversity
Finnish media members say they've made progress, but not enough of it. Producers may complain they can't find actors from diverse backgrounds, and so,...
Remedios Varo, Painter Of Mystery And Magic
The NYT overlooked Varo (though anyone who's taken a 20th century art history course surely does not understand how) when she died. The Spanish...
Richmond Tries To Figure Out What Should Replace The Removed Confederate Statues
"Public art is widely viewed as a tool to tell a more complete and honest narrative of Richmond’s struggles with equality. And how the...
What’s Going On With Jagged Little Pill On Broadway?
Trans and nonbinary actors have recently made a range of claims about the show, including a claim from one actor saying that "multiple higher-ups"...
George Mraz, Sought-After Jazz Bassist, 77
Mraz's "deft, versatile work anchored the recordings and performances of generations of artists, from Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie more than 50 years ago...
Gatsby Is Meant To Critique The Rich, Right?
Great Gatsby seems to inspire something that isn't exactly critique of the wealthy. "I parted my hair in the middle and put on a...
In The Musical-To-Movie Pipeline, Is The Strong Dislike For ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Fair?
"How did a beloved Broadway musical — winner of six Tony Awards, including best musical — provoke one of the most widespread and united...
How Have Theatres Specifically By And For BIPOC Folks Weathered The Pandemic?
And not just the pandemic - all that the protests over George Floyd's death wrought, supposedly, in the world? Hm. One AD wonders, "What...
Decoding Opera With The New Populist Audio Form
The podcast Aria Code, now in its third season, is a collaboration between the Met and WQXR, and it's hosted by musician Rhiannon Giddens....
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Moves And Cancels Concerts
The BSO relocated one concert and canceled two at Strathmore Hall, and not for the first time - this decision was "once again to...
Disney Sues Artists Who Would Like Their Marvel Copyrights Back
But did the copyright ever belong to the artists who wrote and drew the characters? - The New York Times
The Battle To Change The Williamstown Theatre Festival’s ‘Broken’ Culture
Yikes: "Interviews with 25 current and former festival staffers, department heads, apprentices and interns reveal not a professional springboard but a development program that...
