Tag: 02.02.21
Polish Region Loses $2.25 Million European Cultural Grant After Declaring Itself ‘LGBT-Free Zone’
The money was to go toward developing a Carpathian "heritage" trail" in Poland's Podkarpackie region. After a local activist brought to funders' attention a...
Canadian Artists Debate Universal Basic Income
“If we artists had a basic income, that stress and fear over basic necessities would no longer weigh over our heads and we could...
Why Quarterbacks Say ‘Hut’ And ‘Hike’
Back in 2009, the NFL itself was wondering about that very question. So they asked Ben Zimmer, America's most famous lexicographer, to look into...
Intimacy Coordinator Says She Gets More Resistance From Female Actors And Directors
"'My hunch is that, for some women, having me present means they have to examine their past experiences on set without an intimacy coordinator,'...
‘Salvator Mundi’ May Be by Leonardo, But Its Hand May Not Be
Two different studies — one by the Louvre, the other by an independent art historian and her AI researcher husband — find that the...
The Pandemic Has Brought Out The Medieval In Us
"Was there a connection between the sudden relevance of medieval anecdotes and an apparent increase in blackletter fonts on leftist social media? If plague...
A “Unique Addition” to the Whitman Repertoire
When PostClassical Ensemble undertook our world premiere recording of the 1944 radio play Whitman, we did so believing that Bernard Herrmann's Whitman setting is...
America Needs A Creative Intervention
With misinformation and disinformation (here’s the difference) flourishing unchecked online, being able to discern fact from fiction is especially crucial. We witnessed the fatal...
Was Philadelphia’s Leading Classical Radio Host Just Fired?
Gregg Whiteside, who for 17 years hosted weekday morning programming and the Philadelphia Orchestra concert broadcasts at WRTI, abruptly disappeared from the air last...
Stunning Aztec Eagle Carving Unearthed In Mexico City
The 42"-by'28" bas-relief of a golden eagle, carved from a reddish volcanic rock called tezontle, was found by archaeologists at the Templo Mayor, the...
You Love Classical Music But Spotify Isn’t Cutting It. Here’s A Comparison Of Streaming...
Two of them, Idagio and Primephonic, have been created specifically for classical music listeners. The other four, Apple Music, Qobuz, Spotify and Tidal, cover...
When Artworld Value Is About Economic Value, We All Lose
Converting "qualities to quantities”, replacing “critical evaluation with economic, technical evaluation”, making “the price system” the ultimate judge, turning institutions into markets and individuals...
Key Lesson For Theatres In The Pandemic? Adapting Is Key
“Are we going to come out of this moment with a new model or new models? No. But what if we were in a...
Journalists Are Coming To Terms With Their Relationships With Tech Companies. How About Academics?
Just as journalistic embargoes aren’t universally bad or unprofessional, academic embargoes might not be either. But conversations about the ethics of “access scholarship” are...
Taking Ballet Class Outdoors In The Middle Of A New York Winter
"Across the city, amateur and professional dancers are donning sneakers, masks and lots of layers to carry on with a familiar ritual that, for...
Scientists Are Trying To Determine The Basis Of Beauty
There is no shortage of theories about what makes an object aesthetically pleasing. Ideas about proportion, harmony, symmetry, order, complexity and balance have all...
Staging Theatre In A Row Of Empty Miami Beach Storefront Windows
"The pandemic closed the city on March 13, the eve of the opening of Miami New Drama's first musical. To keep the 5-year-old company...
Mexico Makes Legal Claim To Collection Of Pre-Columbian Art About To Be Sold At...
"The National Institute of Anthropology and History, a division of the Mexico government dedicated to the preservation of cultural artifacts, has filed a legal...
Arts Donations Down By 13% In North America And A Third In Britain —...
Yes, 2020 was a no-good-very-bad year for the arts (and most everything else), but a new study from TRG Arts and Purple Seven has...
UK’s Art Dealers Don’t Like New Anti-Money-Laundering Rules, But They’re Practicing Acceptance
"The new regulations … mandate that dealers must conduct specific checks on clients and report suspicious transactions that may suggest money laundering to the...
An Analysis Of How Colorado Arts Organizations Have Survived During COVID
“I’d say that size, discipline, history of percentage split of earned/contributed revenue, and dependency on partnerships and fee-for-service have all played a role in...
UK Parliament Told Festivals Could Be Safe This Summer
"The idea that the festivals can't go ahead and be socially-distanced is inaccurate," one festival director told the House of Commons Culture Select Committee,...
America’s Leading Black Classics Scholar Says The Field Needs A Complete Overhaul. Is That...
Dan-el Padilla Peralta came to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic at age 4 and grew up extremely poor; it was his childhood fascination...
Tony Bennett, Age 94, Has Alzheimer’s — But He Can Still Sing
In fact, he recorded his new album of duets with Lady Gaga in sessions spanning 2018 to 2020, and he was first diagnosed with...
Actor Hal Holbrook, 95
In a long career spanning stage, film, and television, he was known for roles ranging from John Adams to Abraham Lincoln to Deep Throat...