The artists' collective APY has warned the Australian federal and South Australian state governments that certain outside art dealers, referred to as "carpetbaggers," have been manipulating …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:03AM[SHARE]Last week, controversy broke out when Nigeria's first-ever submission for what used to be called the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar was ruled out because a large majority of the dialogue i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:03AM[SHARE]It was a coincidence that could not have been more welcome if it had had been planned; One day, the mailwoman brought two new albums that feature pianist Bill Mays. " Doug Ramsey
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54AM[SHARE]Given the emphasis on increased diversity of representation for artists featured in the permanent collection " female artists, in particular, are more abundantly represented in the current h…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54AM[SHARE]To my ears, Porgy and Bess is the highest creative achievement in American classical music. Conrad L. Osborne is not convinced. A crucial sticking point is the anomaly my book exposes: it is…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54AM[SHARE]"Potter Nathan Youngblood says it can take a lifetime to learn his craft. Youngblood, whose pottery balances traditional forms with innovative technique, learned by watching his grandmother …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"Chicago, for all of its demographic diversity, isn't immune to the racism and (not so blissful) ignorance that plagues American theatres more generally. Many artists see the theatrical expe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"A gathering last month in Georgia lifted up the work of Sharrell D. Luckett and Tia M. Shaffer, and their mentor, Freddie Hendricks, in developing empowering approaches for Black actors." "…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"Mark Larson's new book Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater (Agate Midway), tells the stories of the town's theatre in the words of its makers, from Steppenwolf to Second City to Go…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"The Goethe-Institut has partnered with the Los Angeles Poverty Department in organizing Worlds of Homelessness, a weeklong interdisciplinary series of events featuring artists, architects, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"Twenty years of her works will come together for the first time in Miami, where she was born after her parents emigrated from Cuba. … The artist has never wanted to limit the interpretati…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits, an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, [is] one of several major exhibitions in the nation's capital that celebrate women " from the batt…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"Over the decades, the artist has only become more confrontational, exploring such themes as gun violence, racism, police brutality and corporate greed." " The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"Thomas Jefferson, Architect: Palladian Models, Democratic Principles and the Conflict of Ideals … at the Chrysler Museum, in Norfolk, Va., is one example of how some museums are working t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"Bright, colorful murals are turning up all over town on the walls of office buildings, warehouses, condos, corner stores, laundromats, and even public schools, sports stadiums and a police …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"The Baltimore Museum of Art doesn't wish to renovate American art history by placing more black artists in leading roles. The BMA wants to take a wrecking ball to American art history, rebu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]On playing Willy Loman: "I knew that it would challenge me like no other role. It is the American Hamlet. And now that I've done it, I'm going down the list of all the roles that I want to d…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"Hank Willis Thomas is making some of the most urgent, timely art in the US. With a knack for adopting popular icons and signs, whether in the form of sporting imagery or memorable photograp…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"Every year, families from across the country gather for a heritage camp where adopted Indian and Nepalese children come to learn about their roots. Mudra Dance Studio has been part of the a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) is a city department working within a large bureaucracy, but we can use that to our advantage, and we have. We are small and nimble, and we a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"At this moment, when the US is deep in the throes of an impeachment investigation, it is startling and bracing to be immersed in the debate over the country's founding principles, however s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]Morgan Williams: "The purpose of my research was to shed light on some of the complexities, nuances, and challenges of putting DEI theory into practice within foundation funding for arts and…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]Antonio C. Cuyler: "In this article, I explore three research questions: What role should foundations play in achieving creative justice? What behaviors do foundations practice that might un…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"On Thursday, October 24, 2019, the Afro Yaqui Music Collective took the stage on Pittsburgh's North Side for an evening of jazz-fusion fueled activism in the name of unjustly forgotten or s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"[Ann Hobson] Pilot played with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for four decades before retiring from the orchestra in 2009. She is one of four African-American musicians who broke the color b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"'The [Every Voice] project, in a way, seeks to kind of un-straightwash and un-whitewash music history, especially in the classical sphere,' said [countertenor Reginald] Mobley, a native of …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]Thomas Morton came to Massachusetts with the Puritans in 1624, but he was there strictly on business. What's more, he didn't fear the surrounding landscape as the devil's dwelling place, he …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PM[SHARE]Scott first became (in)famous 30 years ago with his installation What is the Proper Way to Display the American Flag?, which has incited controversy virtually every time it has been exhibite…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PM[SHARE]Colin Dunne doesn't wear the Celtic-ized costumes or hold his torso and arms rigid; he frequently dances in sneakers or barefoot; he sometimes improvises, which is almost unheard-of in tradi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PM[SHARE]Arifa Akbar, who will succeed Michael Billington in the new year, has been a contributing reviewer and reporter for The Guardian for several years; she's currently arts editor at Tortoise Me…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:04PM[SHARE]The Stage senior reporter Georgia Snow talks to women working as directors, designers, and administrators in opera in the UK " who tell her that things are getting better, but not fast enoug…
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