Tag: 01.13.21
Discovery Of Oldest Cave Painting – Made 45,000 Years Ago – In Indonesia
Humans have hunted Sulawesi warty pigs for tens of thousands of years, and they are a key feature of the region’s prehistoric artwork, particularly...
Orange County Museum Of Art Chooses New Director
Heidi Zuckerman, who hosts the independently produced podcast “Conversations About Art” and who wrote the “Conversations With Artists” book series, was at the Aspen...
This Old Dutch Master’s Art Is Totally Homoerotic — How Did Everyone Miss This...
Powerfully muscled backs, piston thighs, meaty buttocks you could bounce quarters off for days. "In a flare of lusty creativity, from the late 1580s...
This Broadway Chorus Boy Is Dancing TikTok Duets With The Great Tap Stars Of...
"Cory Lingner … using the app to tap alongside some of the most iconic movie stars, including Gene Kelly, Gregory Hines, Ann Miller...
Atlanta’s High Museum Receives Major Gift Of 19th-Century French Art
"The gift, from Atlanta collectors Irene and Howard Stein, which includes sculptures, prints and posters, is part of a larger bequest made by Steins,...
Why You Can’t Stop Watching “Bad” TV
“Consolatory entertainment” is a better term for such programming. There is consolation in the simple pleasures of ordinary conversation, shared enjoyment and of laughing...
The Wrenching Realities Of Gentrification
Gentrification is one of the most pressing – and polarising – issues confronting cities today. In popular discussions, defenders of gentrification tend to paint...
COVID Is Killing American Indian Tribal Leaders And Their Culture
“It’s like we’re having a cultural book-burning,” said Jason Salsman, a spokesman for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in eastern Oklahoma, whose grandparents contracted the...
Trump, Insurrection And Classical Architecture
Before the attempted coup, architecture critics were debating the lasting impact of the president’s executive order decreeing that federal buildings should be in classical...
We Need A Moratorium On Comparisons To Orwell’s ‘1984’
Especially for some folks, writes former high school English teacher Rachel Klein. "'This is just like 1984!' the right-wing mob cries as it changes...
Riccardo Muti Speaks Out About Met Opera’s Treatment Of Its Orchestra Musicians
“My appeal is to give back to the musicians of the Met the dignity which we all deserve and the hope that they...
Negro Ensemble Company: A Brief History Of A Pathbreaking Theater Group
The NEC's roots lay in a drama workshop for Harlem youth that founder Robert Hooks ran in a makeshift theater in his apartment until...
Global Culture? It Won’t Really Ever Happen
"Populations across the globe today may devour Starbucks, KFC, and Coca-Cola. They may enjoy Italian opera, French couture, and Persian carpets. But no matter...
Why Horror Films Were So Popular In 2020, The Most Horrible Year In Recent...
"The past year … saw the horror genre take home its largest share of the box office in modern history. In a year where...
Needed: A Historic Plan For Rebuilding The Arts In America
The Biden campaign promised that America could “build back better,” and throughout 2020 the president-elect extolled F.D.R.’s New Deal as a blueprint for American...
Robert Cohan, Who Brought Contemporary Dance To Great Britain, Dead At 95
"A New Yorker who performed with Martha Graham's dance company, often partnering Graham herself, Cohan moved to London where, in 1967, he became the...
What We Need Is Artificial Intelligence That Explains Itself
A computer that masters protein folding and also tells researchers more about the rules of biology is much more useful than a computer that...
Here’s How A Few Other Countries Have Been Aiding Arts Workers Through The Pandemic
"In December, owners and operators of theaters and music halls across the United States breathed a sigh of relief when Congress passed the latest...
While He Was Being Impeached, Trump Gave Two People The National Medal Of Arts....
The awards to country music stars Toby Keith and Ricky Skaggs weren't even officially announced; word went out in a tweet from Bloomberg News....
45,000-Year-Old Painting, World’s Oldest Non-Abstract Art, Found In Indonesia
"Four years ago, scientists came upon the purplish pig adorning the walls of a cave hidden in a highland valley on the Indonesian island...
Concert Halls Can be COVID-Safe At 50% Capacity: German Study
The research, commissioned by and conducted at the Konzerthaus in Dortmund, used dummies that simulated breathing, with and without masks, placed at various points...
Dallas Symphony Hangs On To Fabio Luisi Through 2028-29
"The five-year contract extension comes amid Luisi's first full season as artistic head of the orchestra. … vision for his first full season...
Connect
The viability of our industry depends upon developing relationships — making connections — with many new communities. The bases for success are respect and...
Loose Lips Sink Ships: Nina Ananiashvili Loses New Job One Week After She Announced...
Last week the former prima ballerina of the Bolshoi, ABT, and the Houston Ballet told the Georgian-language service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that...
More Shenanigans And Secrecy Around COVID Arts Relief Money In Australia’s Largest State
New South Wales was the last of the country's states to establish a rescue package for artists and organizations devastated by the pandemic-related lockdowns...