Tag: 03.31.21
Why Is Shakespeare Still Such A Big Part Of Our School Curriculum?
This has serious consequences for what ought to be the primary function of high school study: developing a love of reading that will last...
Latvia’s Huge Body Of Traditional Poetry Is Finally Appearing in English
The verses, typically four lines long and metrical, are called daina. Thanks to an effort to transcribe them in the 19th and 20th centuries,...
Does The Identity Of A Translator Matter?
Lawrence Venuti’s watershed book, The Translator’s Invisibility (1995), argued that the practice of ignoring the identity of the translator, to the point of being...
While We Wait For The Oscars, Ranking The Best Picture Nominees From The Past...
With 43 to choose from, which movie will win? And which one can best be described as "self-conscious Scorsese imitation"? - Los Angeles Times
AI Pioneer: People Are Mistaking What Ai Is
“People are getting confused about the meaning of AI in discussions of technology trends—that there is some kind of intelligent thought in computers that...
Authenticity As An Ideal? Really?
Is authenticity fading away as a personal ethic or is it something everyone wants to be? In fact, both are true – because the...
Reckoning: The Treatment Of Women In Ballet
Ballet is often seen as the glorification of women -but, wherever it stands now, it condoned and encouraged the sexual trafficking of women for...
She Was The First Englishwoman Ever To Earn A Living Writing. She Was Also...
She traveled to the Low Countries and Suriname on missions for King Charles II, and she took up writing to support herself because he...
‘Follies’ At 50: Why Sondheim’s Musical May Be The Most Important Flop Ever To...
"It was supposed to be a murder mystery: two couples, four motives, one gun. What it became was a different kind of mystery entirely:...
UK Theatre Returns To Stages, Having Learned Some Things During Lockdown
Shakespeare’s Globe has announced a mid-May reopening, albeit with a capacity of up to only 500 in a popular auditorium that can hold as...
Experimental Film Captures Dance In The Wild
“We were demonstrating that we were still there, that we were still dancing, that we still wanted to dance, that we were still those...
Big Claims For The Kind Of Art AI Will Make
Miller argues that AI-fueled art gains independence from its algorithmic parents and takes flight in works that bear the hallmarks of creativity and genius...
In Search Of Classical Music From Africa
Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber writes about his colleague Rebeca Omordia, a pianist of Romanian and Nigerian parentage who, since 2013, has been pursuing a...
Now Clear: How Brexit Is A Disaster For UK Artists
“It is being slightly masked by Covid, but we are already seeing individuals losing their jobs because they don’t hold an EU passport. People...
How Big New Money Is Ripping Up The Art Market
The traditional hierarchies of the art market, where values, both monetary and aesthetic, were established and policed by art historians, curators and museums, are...
What If Elena Ferrante Is Really A Man?
Over the past few years, a series of stylometric analyses, employing both human brains and AI software, has found that the true identity of...
London’s National Gallery Creates First Exhibition Designed For Mobile Phones
The mobile experience will allow people to zoom in on the details. It will include six poems in the voice of Balthasar, the black...
Is The Corps De Ballet Going To Become A Relic Of The Past?
In most places, the pandemic has put a stop to large-scale corps dancing. Yet, even when the virus is finally under control, there's reason...
Smithsonian Holds Off On Reopening Its Museums
"Despite the reopening of most private museums in Washington, the Smithsonian and the National Gallery of Art have no set date to reopen from...
Live-Streamed Stand-Up Comedy Might Just Outlast The Pandemic
"Many are skeptical, including fans who badly miss being surrounded by echoing laughter and stand-ups who are exhausted by performing for screens and who...
France Gets Another Nationwide Lockdown, But Arts Venues Could Open By Mid-May
With COVID caseloads on the rise again, President Macron announced a new set of restrictions, less strict than the first set introduced last year,...
Irreplaceable Mills College Historic Music School To Close?
It has been an astonishing run. The school’s faculty over the years has been practically an index of maverick artists, including Darius Milhaud, at...
The Perfect Summer To Visit UK Museums?
“The visitor experience this year will be phenomenal. It will be culture without crowds. You will be up close and personal with animals or...
What Algorithms Choose For You (Your Responsibility Too)
This sifting and ranking process results in a News Feed that is unique to you, like a fingerprint. But of course, you don’t see...