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Men Still Don’t Read Women
This remains true, with big financial and other consequences: "Why does this matter? For a start, it narrows men’s experiences of the world." -...
Is This 51,000-Year-Old Giant Deer Bone Carving Art?
Depends on whom you ask. "Dr. Terberger prefers to call it a complex decoration, perhaps a precursor to art." - The New York Times
Chekhov, Munro, And Endings That Change It All
If you want to be surprised, to have everything recast for you in light of new information, read Alice Munro's stories to their ends....
Thomas Cleary, Who Translated Classic Works Of Eastern Philosophy, 72
Cleary "translated scores of Buddhist, Taoist, ancient Chinese and other texts into English, greatly broadening access to these works in the West." - The...
Will Indie Films Survive The Pandemic?
Independent film producers don't have studios' deep pockets - and "a loss of insurance coverage and a surge in production costs have created a...
How To Have A Massive Hit In England
Get your men's sports teams to play well, and the rest follows. - The Guardian (UK)
Are We In The Metaverse Now?
Have you played Animal Crossing during the pandemic? Zoomed into work? You're in it. (We're all in it.) - The New York Times
The NYer Short Story Cat Person Goes Viral Again
This time the discourse is about whether writers can, or should, use real-life details in their fiction. - The Guardian (UK)
Despite The Headlines, There Is No Debate Over Actual Critical Race Theory
CRT critics "aren’t arguing against anti-racist thinkers. They aren’t arguing against critical race theorists. These critics are arguing against themselves." - The Atlantic
Celebrating LA’s Spoken Word And Poetry Culture
Summertime tells the stories of "a diverse community of young artists who turned to poetry as a way of coping with hardship." - Los...
Making Dance More Visible At The Venice Biennale – And Always
Royal Ballet choreographer Wayne McGregor is out to change how we all see, and feel, dance, especially after living through the pandemic. - The...
One Of The Last Members Of Auschwitz’s Women’s Orchestra Has Died
Esther Bejarano played the accordion in the orchestra and then "dedicated her life to music and to the fight against racism and anti-Semitism." -...
Taking Photographic Inspiration From Ovid
The Metamorphoses is the classic work on nature and change, in both of which we've all been immersed for months. - The New York...
Four Years After Deadly Rally, Lee Statue Is Gone
Charlottesville removes Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson statues four years after white supremacists marched, and murdered, to keep them up. - Slate
We Will Soon Be Able To Fix Our Own Phones
Drop your phone? At long last, we'll all be legally allowed to repair it. - The Verge
A Famous Guitar Joins The Museum Of London
The Clash's smashed guitar isn't trash - it's treasure. - The Guardian (UK)
Cannes Away From Cannes Is Safer, And No COVID Tests
But a critic sees a lot fewer movies that way. - Los Angeles Times
Man Arrested For Trying To Peddle Fake Basquiats And Harings
The FBI said, "Mr. Pereda conned art buyers, hoping his victims wouldn’t see the difference between real art and a forgery." - The New...
Emmy Nomination Voters Shouldn’t Miss These Shows
If the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences wants to avoid a Hollywood Foreign Press Association-style meltdown, it really has to prove itself with...
Jon Hassell, Trumpeter And Composer, 84
Hassell blended modern technology with ancient instruments and traditions to create what he called "Fourth World" music. "Hassell’s music floated outside the genre boundaries...
The Art Of The Biden White House
The Obamas borrowed 142 pieces from the Smithsonian and the National Gallery of Art, the other recent occupants 12. The Bidens haven't started borrowing...
A Deal With The Artist Near San Francisco Allows The Flintstone Home To Remain
Not sure there's any way to explain this except to just ... well: "In a dispute that pitted property rights against government rules and...
Diverse Dance Companies Suddenly Have A Wealthy New Benefactor
MacKenzie Scott, ex-spouse of Jeff Bezos who was heavily involved in launching Amazon in the 1990s, gave generously to many pandemic (and perenially) cash-strapped...
You Might Not Have Heard Of A Big Hit Jesus Show
The show has just arrived on Peacock, but it was a hit before that, garnering about 750,000 viewers for its season 2 opener as...
Brussels Museum Backpedals A Bit From Plan Called Both Sexist And Nepotistic
The board of Kanal-Centre-Pompidou had decided to name a woman artistic director - and then added a male co-director. Nearly 800 European art dignitaries...
