Atlanta Journal-Constitution Demands Correction On Clint Eastwood Film by Artsjournal

The Clint Eastwood film looks at the media circus that broke out around Jewell, a security guard who came under suspicion for orchestrating the Centennial Olympic Park bombing before being e…

Serpentine Taps LA Art Star As Next Chief Exec by Artsjournal

Bettina Korek, who currently runs the Californian outpost of the Frieze art fair, will start work in March and team up with the gallery's artistic director Hans Ulrich Obrist in time for nex…

Why Buying Music On Physical Media (CDs, Vinyl) Is Growing by Artsjournal

Services like Spotify and Apple Music can't just upload whatever music they'd like. Legal disputes, sample clearance issues " when permission can't be obtained for the use of part of a song …

The Responsibility Of Intellectuals by Artsjournal

Intellectuals, in order to be able "to speak the truth and expose lies" must understand how ideology works in the form of official institutions and everyday life. Ideological analysis is not…

Ugly? What's That? by Artsjournal

Umberto Eco: "Are there universal ways in which people react to beauty? No, because beauty is detachment, absence of passion. Ugliness, by contrast, is passion." " LitHub

A Crisis Of Truth? by Artsjournal

It seems irresponsible or perverse to reject the idea that there is a Crisis of Truth. No time now for judicious reflection; what's needed is a full-frontal attack on the Truth Deniers. But …

That Art Basel $120K Banana " This Is Where We Are Now by Artsjournal

Sebastien Smee: "What happened to "Comedian" after it became a media sensation sums up our collective disorder " a kind of media-based bulimia " exquisitely. First, at lunchtime on Saturday,…

Protests As Peter Handke Collects Nobel Lit Prize by Artsjournal

The Austrian writer's win in October has proved highly controversial, with politicians and writers lining up to condemn his denial of Serb atrocities during the war in the former Yugoslavia,…

Peter Marks: America's Top Theatre This Year by Artsjournal

"This year will be remembered as a transitional one for American theater, as a new generation of leaders settled in at some of the nation's top nonprofits, including Washington's Woolly Mamm…

When Shakespeare Stands Up To Sing by Artsjournal

Giuseppe Verdi's last two operas, the Shakespearean diptych of Otello and Falstaff, together constitute my favorite case study in what happens when a play is made to stand up and sing. Both …

Why Are Ireland's Archeological Sites Disappearing? by Artsjournal

About 15,000 new archaeological sites have been discovered over the past two decades. But where are they? The truth is that most have been physically removed. Are we to believe, therefore, t…

Maggie Smith: Acting In Harry Potter And Downton Abbey Weren't Satisfying by Artsjournal

"I am deeply grateful for the work in Potter and indeed Downton, but it wasn't what you'd call satisfying. I didn't really feel I was acting in those things." " The Guardian

Elena Ferrante's Literary Success Has Changed The Role Of Women Writers In Italy by Artsjournal

Her ascent, and the rediscovery of some of the last century's great Italian female writers, has encouraged a new wave of women and shaken the country's literary establishment. Women writers …

Ailey's First Resident Choreographer Talks Disruption by Artsjournal

Ailey formed his company, in part, to give people of color a place to dance, Jamar Roberts said. It was also a place for him to to tell their stories. Mr. Roberts wants to continue that, but…

Prince Was A Meticulous Documenter And A Perfectionist. Is It Fair To Reveal His Incomplete Work? by Artsjournal

Would Prince have agreed to the release of this material in this form? Does the potential public good, and the contribution to the historical record, outweigh whatever uncertainties Prince m…

Vijay Iyer: Artist As Ally Of Adjacent Cultures by Artsjournal

"This can't just be about me sounding cool or looking awesome. It has to be in service of something larger. You want to actually open a conversation and activate people's imaginations, and a…

After 150 Years, Vienna State Opera Presents Its First Opera By A Woman by Artsjournal

"One hundred and fifty years is a long time. But I've always said it's never too late. So it's good that they finally have thought about it. And at least if you're the first, there has to be…

A First: Netflix Edges HBO In Golden Globe Nominations. Broadcast Networks Shut Out by Artsjournal

It was a crowning moment for Netflix, and not just for the jeweled one on Queen Elizabeth's head. The streaming service, which dominated the Globe nominations overall, edged out HBO to win t…

This Year's Golden Globe Nominations " Some Surprises by Artsjournal

Sacha Baron Cohen, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Killing Eve received nominations this chilly L.A. morning, as did the apparent final season of Amazon's Emmy-winning Fleabag and the first se…

How Dance Therapy Works On Parkinson's by Artsjournal

Unlike mainstream talk therapies, Dance Movement Therapy uses the entire body to approach the client primarily on a non-verbal and creative level. The body in motion is both the medium and t…

La Scala Gala Opens With 15 Minutes Of Applause For Italy's President by Artsjournal

For the second year, the performance opened with long applause for Italy's president, Sergio Mattarella, sitting in the royal box with four government ministers. As last year, the Italian go…

Who Was Thomas Edison? A Genius, Of Course, But Beyond That… by Artsjournal

"On a single day, when he was 40 and full of innovative fire, he had jotted down 112 ideas for 'new things,' among them a mechanical cotton picker, a snow compressor, an electrical piano, ar…

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The Creativity Artificial Intelligence Might Bring by Artsjournal

"In the future, we can expect computers to produce literature different from anything we could possibly conceive of. Our instinct is to try to make sense of it if we can. But when a new form…

Performance Art Of Intimacy by Artsjournal

That desire for usefulness has always been a knotty issue for performance art, since it is often both accessible (live and affordable) and inaccessible (challenging and unfamiliar). Intimacy…

How The Canadian Government's Increased Commitment To Culture Is Succeeding by Artsjournal

As many countries have continued to cut funding for the arts, Canada's government has gone the other way and embraced culture and the idea of getting it seen around the world. Had the Libera…

How Your Work Is Changing Under Governance Of Algorithms by Artsjournal

The hidden moments of reclaimed freedom that make any job bearable are being discovered and wiped out by bosses everywhere: That trick you used to use to slow down the machine won't work any…

A "Soft" Science? Philosophy And Its Search For Answers by Artsjournal

We can't escape the question of what matters and why: the way we're living is itself our implicit answer to that question. A large part of a philosophical training is to make those implicit …

Broadway Musicals In Paris? Yes! by Artsjournal

For English-speaking creative teams, there are obvious benefits to opening in Paris. The market is far less crowded than in New York or London, and star casting isn't much of a factor, since…

Who's Giving: Small And Medium Donators Are Disappearing by Artsjournal

Big donors have grown and small/medium-size donors have gone away. Empirically, this does not seem to have hurt total giving much in the recent past. However, what happens in the long run? W…

New Book: Albert Camus Was Killed By The KGB by Artsjournal

Camus had sided publicly with the Hungarian uprising since autumn 1956, and was highly critical of Soviet actions. He also publicly praised and supported the Russian author Boris Pasternak, …