Tag: 03.29.21
Morris Dickstein, Cultural Historian And Literary Critic, Dead At 81
"A self-described 'freethinking intelligence yet a child of the ghetto,' … a public intellectual who examined such topics as the cultural ferment of...
How A Gang Of Wall-Climbing, Web-Slinging Rare Book Thieves Was Brought To Justice
In January of 2017, a group of skilled, acrobatic robbers began a series of daring break-ins — climbing walls, breaking through skylights and barriers,...
Podcasts By Retired Sports Stars Are Becoming Big Business
"If athlete-driven podcasts were once shoestring affairs, they've now been absorbed into the sports-media economy. Last year, The Ringer was acquired by Spotify...
How We’ll Know If An AI Develops Consciousness
Clearly, asking questions about consciousness does not prove anything per se. But could an AI zombie formulate such questions by itself, without hearing them...
Researchers May Just Have Reconstructed The Long-Unknown Face Of The Pharaoh Akhenaten
Intact depictions of the world's first known monotheist, husband to Nefertiti and father of Tutankhamun, are rare (subsequent rulers of Egypt tried to erase...
The Pandemic Is Showing Us Plays Can Work Without Intermissions
Lyn Gardner: "Often an interval is only there to give audiences the opportunity to go to the lavatory and spend more money. It destroys...
Western Ballet Is (Just) Starting To Catch On In India
"Western classical ballet is still a very unfamiliar art form in India. But in the last few years, promising talent has begun emerging, often...
Massive Amounts Of Money Intended To Help South African Artists Through Pandemic Are Missing
The South African government allocated 300 million rand (roughly $20 million) to a rescue fund for artists who lost their livelihoods due to COVID-related...
Movie-Viewing Habits Have Changed. Will Audiences Return To Theatres?
“Cinema-going will inevitably initially be at much lower levels, the question is what level will they return to,” says Richard Broughton, research director at...
New Memoir Dishes On Iran’s Fabulous Art Museum Created For The Shah
The museum was conceived by the Empress Farah Diba Pahlavi, wife of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, and opened to international acclaim in 1977. Just...
Regional UK Museums Say They’ll Return Benin Bronzes
This, of course, in contrast with the country's national museums, which have declined to repatriate the art. Evidently, the regionals have more flexibility in...
Italians Bristle At The Suggestion Dante Was “Less Modern” Than Shakespeare
A German newspaper had made the claim and Italian readers and Italy's leaders pushed back vociferously. - The Guardian
Want To Visit The Louvre? Its Collection Is Now Viewable Free Online
The French museum has released an online platform featuring all of the museum's artworks, consisting of more than 480,000 pieces, the Louvre announced Friday...
The Royal Albert Hall At 150: A Strange History
Way, way beyond the Proms: To mark the sesquicentennial of the hall's opening (Queen Victoria was all verklempt), the Beeb recounts some of the...
Will Hollywood Boycott Georgia For Filming?
Some of those outspoken industry figures have even gone as far as to call for a boycott of the state, a movement that's waxed...
First Plays From Modern-Translations-Of-Shakespeare Project To Be Published
"A project, called Play On! Shakespeare, launched in 2015 by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, … commissioned 36 playwrights from diverse backgrounds … all...
The Artists Making Money On Crypto Digital Art
“NFTs have been a thing for years, but recently it's been exploding,” says Seattle-based digital sculptor Sam Clover, aka Planttdaddii. Clover started selling her...
Documentary About The World’s Last Blockbuster Soars On Netflix And Makes Store A Celebrity
In the backroom, staff members have been busy packaging thousands of online orders for Blockbuster T-shirts, hats and face masks, which are all made...
Paul Laubin, Master Oboe Maker, Dead At 88
"In a dusty workshop near the Hudson River, lined with machines built as long ago as 1881, Mr. Laubin crafted his oboes and English...
Extraordinary Times Call For A Different Kind Of Philanthropy
"Our field is rich with expertise and is ripe for bountiful partnerships. As we move through recovery, it will be critical that we center...
In Hong Kong, Fears That Beijing Is Coming After The Arts
"Decisions in Hong Kong not to display a politically sensitive photograph in a museum exhibition and not broadcast the annual Academy Awards for the...
HarperCollins Buys The Trade Division Of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Narrowing Publishing’s Ownership Again
And, in this case, narrowing it to give more power to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. "The acquisition will help HarperCollins expand its catalog of...