Sunday, September 8, 2019
Toledo's art met social activism at every turn. For instance, "in December 2014, from his studio in Oaxaca, Mexico, he made a series of kites adorned with portraits of the '43,' or the 43 co…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:33AM[SHARE]Goodreads is essentially a good listmaking app, a place where readers go to, well, make lists. Is it a community of readers? Um. "Goodreads lingers in the dustbin of the early aughts, doomed…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:33AM[SHARE]Truly they are, and it's probably because of humans. But in what way? "In a study last year that analyzed more than 1 million individual recordings of whale calls, scale shifts were fo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:33AM[SHARE]Or not. Ann Powers, NPR's music critic, published this piece about the singer Lana Del Rey, and Del Rey tweeted some of her displeasure on Twitter, and then her stans " super fans " started …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:33AM[SHARE]Monday, August 26, 2019
But, an opinion writer says, Nashville needs to remember what's important. "Independent bookstores don't operate according to the normal rules of capitalism. They aren't trying to beat each …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:33PM[SHARE]No. "The subject's brains were creating meaning from the words in the same way, regardless if they were listening or reading. In fact, the brain maps for both auditory and visual input they …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:33PM[SHARE]Well, let's be real: Susanna Sirefman wanted a better design for the "sidewalk shed" portion of scaffolding " that is, the part that people (say, New Yorkers) generally walk through. "The wi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AM[SHARE]What did it mean to be the daughter of two people who profoundly shaped the look of the 20th century " and today? "My father stepped into my beige-carpeted room and said, 'These old places s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AM[SHARE]Well, here's why " it's a numbers thing. "The authoritative Theatres Trust reckons there are currently 263 theatres in London. It's about the same number as Tokyo, whereas Paris has around 3…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AM[SHARE]Emily Nussbaum, TV critic for The New Yorker, is over the "false hierarchy" of TV shows, especially when they center men behaving badly. "It's not about creating a new hierarchy. It's about …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AM[SHARE]Not to mention the demands on the set dresser. No, really, this is how Succession works: "They decided it would be impractical to haul equipment and a crew to shoot in a hunting lodge near […
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AM[SHARE]How close do you need to be? Well, this exhibit tells you: In May, an artist "planted a patch of corn within the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and has surrounded it with large yellow megaphones th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AM[SHARE]Simon Starling, a Scottish artist who lives and works in Copenhagen: "I have occasionally made shows where I try to connect to two venues in a single exhibition, and I guess, because of what…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AM[SHARE]Yes, in terms of numbers, "the cassette is a needle in a haystack. … Nevertheless, it is there, flag of a community of aficionados in revolt against modernity and the music industry." "…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AM[SHARE]Wait, what? "In the first act, the principal presides over a 'Community Activated Conversation' with parents (also known as a Facebook Live chat) to talk about an outbreak of mum…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AM[SHARE]Sure, there are many political writers, and of course all writing is political in some way. "Much harder to find, however, is an example of what one might call the campaigning novel: that su…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:03AM[SHARE]O'Brien's new novel Girl is her 19th, and it's different from the rest. The veteran writer is now 88, and she says it may be her last. Her first three novels, in the 1960s, "articulated what…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:03AM[SHARE]Santore reached millions of people through his illustrations for the covers of TV Guide before he turned to classic literature for children. His TV Guide covers were legendary, and as a matt…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:03AM[SHARE]López, a Mexican director and writer, defied convention and expectations to create a new horror film that addresses the real-life horrors of drug cartels (with a side dose of fantasy alon…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:03AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 25, 2019
There's a brand of young straight men who are "relying on the gifts of biology to flesh out a personality. It works for a while, because viewers like to be complimented and to watch an attra…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM[SHARE]On Pose, the actors " whose characters are fully part of New York's ballroom scene " do a lot more than vogue and runway, though that's essential too. "The show has an undeniable commitment …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM[SHARE]School newspapers usually aren't independent from the schools they're trying to cover. And that's a big, big problem. "When professional pundits talk about dangers to free expression on camp…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM[SHARE]The basics: "Five years ago, the ex-boyfriend of a game developer posted a bitter rant about their relationship online"and video gaming and journalism and American political life are stil…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM[SHARE]Anna Torv, who plays a serial-hunting psychologist on Mindhunter, explains: "When you're an actress, you don't even realize that the majority of the time you end up carrying the emotional we…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:36PM[SHARE]What's going on in Britain? The claim: This is to provide more full-time jobs! But, like National Gallery educators who just experienced something similar and won their court case, the freel…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:36PM[SHARE]Ceramics clubs with annual membership programs are popping up all over. Why? Aside from literally not being able to touch a phone while you're working with clay, "pottery … challenges our …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:36PM[SHARE]Audible " the Amazon-owned audiobook giant " is being sued by the big 5 publishers. Why? A new feature that automatically generates "captions" for its audiobooks. Captions that … well, one…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48PM[SHARE]This is how the recently revealed program worked in Ireland: "Fixed-term workers in Cork were hired to listen to and 'grade' Siri recordings. …Staff then transcribed and 'graded' these rec…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48PM[SHARE]Yes, that little-known songwriter Eminem … er. But it's actually far bigger than the potential millions or billions Eight Mile Style claims Spotify owes. "Eminem's publisher is doing more …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48PM[SHARE]The company that's into just about everything else (well, not that company, the one that just announced a huge slate of movies and TV show for its new streaming service, but a different big …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48PM[SHARE]Téa Obreht took her time after The Tiger's Wife struck the bestseller list and stayed for many, many months. She says, "It was appropriate to let the wrong books go and wait for the right o…
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