Tag: 06.24.21
How Charleston Is Finally Reckoning With Its History In The Slave Trade
From the Old Slave Mart on Chalmers Street to historic plantations and downtown mansions to the new International African American Museum to walking tours...
What Might Have Been — A Plan For NPR To Be An Arts Powerhouse
Once upon a time, kids, NPR was to have taken its place among other national broadcasters around the world to become the standard for...
Painting Falls Off Wall, Turns Out To Be Lost Rembrandt
The Adoration of the Magi hanging in a country house near Rome was assumed to be a copy. But, five years ago, the owners...
The Art Of The Biden White House
The Obamas borrowed 142 pieces from the Smithsonian and the National Gallery of Art, the other recent occupants 12. The Bidens haven't started borrowing...
Halo Wines, Eminence Of Washington-Area Theatre Scene, 81
Wines was an actress and director who was enrolled as a child in acting lessons to help her overcome shyness. She "brought consummate artistry...
William Randolph Hearst Bought A Medieval Spanish Monastery And Shipped It To California
But then the 1175 monastery of Santa María de Óvila wasted away some time in crates on a San Francisco pier. - El Pais...
Recording Academy Settles With Its Former CEO Deborah Dugan
The move is the latest in a series led by Recording Academy chief Harvey Mason, jr. that reflect an effort to at least calm...
How Abstract Ideas Shape Our Practical Perceptions
They are imbued with grandeur precisely because of their superb indifference to mundane human concerns. Having knowledge is practically useful, but why would we...
Taking A Turn At The Culture Of Trees
It feels as if there has been a dendrocentric turn in culture recently; a new sensitivity to the arboreal and, more broadly, the botanical....
Why Do People Feel Compelled To Correct Others’ Mispronunciations?
Why do people pronounce words differently, why does pronunciation change, and why does so-called mispronunciation upset some people to the point of making it...
What You Get When You Cross Opera With Prestige TV
"Desert In is an operatic experiment. Co-produced by Long Beach Opera and by Boston Lyric Opera, which commissioned the work, the eight-episode streaming miniseries...
The Market Economy Is An Illusion — Why Neo-Liberalism Is Heavily Subsidized
In reality neoliberalism has depended on huge levels of government support for its entire existence. The global neoliberal economic order could easily have collapsed...
It Seems Philosopher John Locke Was Kind Of A Jerk
"John Locke is regarded today as one of England's greatest philosophers, an Enlightenment thinker known as the 'father of liberalism'. But a previously unknown...
Jersey City Residents Question Pompidou Plans To Build Jersey Outpost
“Everyone agrees that the Pompidou is an extraordinary asset for Jersey City. But we just raised a levy on homeowners because we didn’t have...
Meet Recycler Joe Rush, The Outrageous Outsider Artist
“My life has been about reclaiming that nomadic spirit. All the festivals we’ve taken part in over the years are really just an echo...
Yes, There Will Be A Cultural Olympics In Tokyo This Summer — Sort Of
"The Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage has unveiled plans for the inaugural Olympic Agora, an exhibition and series of art installations that celebrate...
West End’s Top Producers Sue UK Government To Get Results Of COVID Pilot Events
"Andrew Lloyd Webber and other impresarios said on Thursday they had started legal action to press Britain's government to publish research into the safety...
Banksy Decides To Own — Files For Trademarks On His Work
The trademarks apply to the use of the images on a huge range of goods including posters, handbags, umbrellas, bedsheets, clothing, rugs and many...
Survey: Scots Ready To Attend Arts Events Again
The audience attitudes survey for national arts agency Creative Scotland has found that outdoor events currently have much more appeal to potential audiences than...
The Extraordinary Musician And Teacher You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
I sat in on some of his lessons, and was mesmerized. What a mind! What profound, probing musicianship! And what a strange man… -...
Reset: The Visual Artists’ Impact In Shaping Hip Hop Culture
Jean-Michel Basquiat was part of a constellation of young graffiti artists who used New York City’s streets and subways as their canvases before going...
Using Design Thinking As A Process To Solve Bigger Problems
In fact, while design thinking is not exactly the same as the scientific method we learned in school, it bears an uncanny resemblance. -...
Once A Rarity, Broadway Will Have Seven Plays By Black Writers This Season
These plays arrive at a time of intensified attention on racial inequity in many corners of society, including the theater industry. - The New...
Biden’s Picks For Replacement Members On National Council On The Arts
President Biden's planned nominees for the National Council on the Arts are wildly diverse in their experiences and artistic disciplines. - NPR
Study: Virtual Concerts Are Here To Stay
Of those who participated in a virtual event, 88% said they plan to do so again even when in-person gatherings return. - Los Angeles...