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How Frank Stella Kept Abstract Expressionism Alive
"Today, in our era of figuration and socially conscious painting, Stella’s 60-year devotion to abstract art might sound academic or even antediluvian. By his...
UCLA Faculty Protest At The Hammer Museum Gala
The faculty "protested Saturday night outside the UCLA Hammer Museum’s celebrity-heavy gala, calling for amnesty to be granted to pro-Palestinian students arrested on campus...
In Britain, Bristol’s Floating Music Venue Turns 40
The Thekla "started life as a cargo ship transporting timber around the Baltic Sea,” but now it’s had four decades of hosting music -...
When Kim Godwin Was Hired To Head Up ABC News, She – And Disney...
But that history has ended. Godwin, in her goodbye note to her staff: “I understood and appreciated the profound significance of being the first...
What One Author Thinks About The Way A Movie Changed The Ending Of Her...
This may not shock you, but The Idea of You author Robinne Lee agrees that the movie of her book fundamentally alters the ending....
The Issues With Translation Technology
In short: A human is better, but live translation programs are already pretty great (if the world you want is machine learning, “universal” translations...
Meet The Boston Symphony’s Newish President, A Guy With A Plan For Transformation
Chad Smith: "The critical decisions we’re going to make will set us up for the next 50 years.” - Boston Globe (MSN)
Barbara O Jones, Whose Acting Led A Generation Of Black Filmmakers, Has Died At...
"Budding filmmakers like Charles Burnett, Julie Dash and Haile Gerima eschewed polished scripts and linear narratives in search of an authentic Black cinematic language....
Dear Kids, AI Is Not Your Real Friend
The teens know it. Still, “‘sometimes it’s nice to vent or blow off steam to something that’s kind of human-like,’ agreed Hawk, a 17-year-old...
Bollywood Increasingly Toes – And Broadcasts – The Ruling Party Line
"Since Mr Modi first came to power in 2014, the Hindi film industry has produced several films referencing government policies. But in the past...
Canada’s Top Documentary Festival Keeps Sending Increasingly Dire Emails About Its Survival
The chaos is "just a symptom of wider uncertainty and a quiet but growing panic in the feature-length documentary world." - CBC
Laura Linney’s Favorite Part Of Central Park
"Bethesda Fountain was one of the first major commissioned works by a female artist . And it was built to commemorate fresh water that was...
Vulture’s Nominees For The Phonys
Welcome to the theatre awards for things like “The I’ve Seen Fire and I’ve Seen Rain.” - Vulture
The Crafts Of Making Kilts, Bagpipes, Cricket Bats And Balls Are Dying In Britain
"There’s less support for training, and government-funded apprenticeships are very hard to access in the UK. They’re not set up for our sector –...
The Company Behind The Coming Army Of Voice Clones
It’s all too “easy to imagine the potential carnage: scammers targeting parents by using their children’s voice to ask for money, a nefarious October...
CJ Sansom, Mystery Writer Who Created The Tudor English Detective Shardlake, Has Died At...
"He died just days before the May 1 streaming debut of the series Shardlake, on Disney+, an adaptation of his novels starring Arthur Hughes...
SAG-AFTRA Strikes A Deal With Nielsen For Streaming Data
How else could the union hold the producers to account? The streamers, but … er … “The Nielsen deal suggests that the union wants...
Is Los Angeles Ready For Meow Wolf?
“'We are undefinable in so many ways, and it makes people think, ‘It’s just entertainment,’’ says Meow Wolf curator Han Santana-Sayles, 31, sitting...
In Surprise Action, Activists Take Over Whitney To Decry Museum Funders’ Ties To Israeli...
"During the Whitney’s 'Free Friday Night' event, which offers pay-what you-wish admission between 7pm and 10pm, around 100 activists distributed custom-printed imitation brochures using...
Directing Is ‘Angry Sex Between Art And Commerce,’ Says Director Jane Schoenbrun
Schoenbrun, who directed I Saw the TV Glow, says, "I worked really hard to make this film weird, like a provocation. … I’m structuring...
After Agonizing Months, A Map For The Future Of LA’s Center Theatre Group
Snehal Desai: "It’s not that CTG doesn’t have folks coming; we have tens of thousands of folks, it’s just that we’re not necessarily getting...
Behind The Scenes At Manchester’s New, Deeply Troubled Co-Op Live Arena
For instance, “construction staff at the venue warned others back in February that works were as much as 35 weeks behind schedule.” Thirty-five. Weeks....
So Nicolas Poussin’s ‘Birth Of Venus’ Probably Isn’t Venus
“What makes such debates unusually exciting in the case of Poussin is not only the Frenchman’s unrivaled reputation for philosophical richness but also …...
Pitches To Save The Literary Internet
In the spirit of the Joanna Coles profile in New York Magazine, some ideas:“• 7,000 typos that somehow made it into the finished copy...
The Fans Who Saved The Original Star Wars
“If you want to see the original Star Wars trilogy — as they were shown in theaters, a bit softer and grainier (and with Han Solo definitely shooting...