Tag: 01.30.21
How Did Zombie Figurative Art Become So Popular?
Such quirky, esoteric mash-ups feel less like stylistic innovations and more like branding exercises, reflecting a present in which one’s ability to market oneself...
Hermitage’s Major Fabergé Show Is Full Of ‘Tawdry Fakes’, Says Art Dealer
"The explosive claim was made in an open letter to Hermitage boss Mikhail Piotrovsky by Andre Ruzhnikov, who has been buying and selling Fabergé...
Matthew VanBesien Talks Presenting
Matthew VanBesien, President of the University Musical Society of the University of Michigan, as he talks about the role of presenters in the arts....
People Are Hungry For Their Hometown Museums After This Very, Very Long Year
Is it still March 2020? What content are we watching? Who even knows? Well, your museum. The Walker Museum's public programs manager: "People are...
After The Storming Of The Capitol, Classical Music Feels More Vulnerable Than Ever
Of course, this feeling (and the lack of funding, and alarm about orchestras' survival) started long before the pandemic, and long before the assault...
SOPHIE, Innovative Music Producer, Electronica Musician, And Trans Icon, 34
She died in what her team said was a "terrible accident" in Athens while celebrating the full moon. "SOPHIE was a trailblazer in almost...
The Dramatic Importance Of Club Dance To City Life
That's merely one thing that's missing right now, of course, but it is missing, and Dublin isn't going to let people forget the joys...
Beaming Music To Potential Extraterrestrial Life
The SETI Institute is ready to take music to Mars, or wherever. While it's a listening project, it's also now a beaming project. A...
The Forgotten Black British Writers That A Booker-Winner Wants To Bring Back
Bernadine Evaristo, author of 2019's Booker prizewinning Girl, Woman, Other, is launching, or relaunching, a series of Black British novels that didn't quite make...
Looking For Movies About Wall Street For, Well, Reasons?
You won't find them on the usual streaming suspects. - The Verge
Simon Rattle’s Departure From London: Sign Of A Post-Brexit Musical Exodus?
"At the darkest hour, with concert halls shuttered and musicians facing visa hell, Rattle’s defection is being regarded, rightly or wrongly, as a loss...