Monday, June 3, 2019
A new study says that, at 18 major U.S. museums, with 10,000 artworks analyzed, the numbers are overwhelmingly clear. "The study found that 85.4% of the works in the collections of all ma…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]Lemn Sissay says that the Pen Pinter prize, named in honor of playwright Harold Pinter, is welcome. "What I like about this award is that it is from a great writer and a great organisation. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AM[SHARE]The entire concept " and certainly the promise of human rights as a way out of suffering for millions, if not billions " appears to be disappearing. "The human rights idealism of the late 20…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AM[SHARE]"The ballerina's challenge is to hide how hard she's working, which is why behind-the-scenes ballet stories are always so appealing " it's satisfying to see the athleticism inherent…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AM[SHARE]So here's how Fox (successfully!) argued for putting the show in the variety special (live) category, after the broadcast turned out to be somewhat previously taped due to injury: "Although …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]This is a thorough takedown of tote bags, media people, tote-toting people, and New York, with a couple of arrows aimed directly at Brooklyn. "the tote is a stand-in for being in-the-know. '…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]Chase wasn't just a chef, thought "she would argue that there is no greater calling than feeding people. She spread her message through cookbooks, countless media interviews and television s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]This is what happens, the director says, "when you choose to take Elton John's story and turn it into a phantasmagorical dancing play rather than a standard biographical picture." Bring on t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]Haring died almost 30 years ago, but his art remains as fresh, and as relevant, as ever. "Haring did much more than provide cute cartoons. He was publicly minded. His art faced outwards. He …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]DeLap, whose finely finished pieces sit at the intersection of sculpture and painting, minimalism and abstract expressionism, was the first art professor hired at UC Irvine and influenced ma…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]What's up with all of the remakes, which shows get remade the most, and why is the BBC so good at writing about itself? No, but really: "Shows like Criminal Justice, The Office and Luther ha…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]Or they're put there by Chinese authorities: "It has been three months since Chinese rock musician Li Zhi disappeared from public view. First, an upcoming tour was canceled and his social me…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]The streaming wars, in which artists haven't made much off of their actual music, take a weird turn: "'Many artists sell clothes or shoes, some sell wine and beer, others advertise for fast-…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]She's in Booksmart as a mean but sexy love interest, and now she's got top billing with Octavia Spencer in a new horror movie. That's a lot in a short time for an actor who has had three mov…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]Our YouTube videos, Tweets, and other posts are public, but that can be hard to wrap your head around " and even harder to understand the long-lasting data-mining possibilities inherent in p…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 2, 2019
Carmen Bambach, a curator at the Met, says no. "In her forthcoming four-volume study of the polymath " a vast project spanning more than 1m words and 1,500 images " Bambach attributes most o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:42PM[SHARE]The paper that plays a major role in the series and new movie, The Black Hills Pioneer, is real, and it's still around … and you can read the archives. "The editorial voice of the paper st…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:24PM[SHARE]Advocates for net neutrality say it just needs a big push from the public " support is high, and no one believes the FCC. But on the Senate floor, Mitch McConnell says legislation restoring …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:24PM[SHARE]Or at least what we know about our history, and how we look at it. Check out two recent concerts that work as art, of course, and "as historical corrective, guided by a commitment to scrambl…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PM[SHARE]Kaling was initially embarrassed about that when she was on The Office, but she's over it. And now, as a 39-year-old movie writer, she says, "It does feel amazing to have done this, but I've…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PM[SHARE]The author of An American Marriage says she was 19 when she read Beloved, and it changed her life. "I hate to use such a chilly word to describe an experience that was spiritual, emotional a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:18PM[SHARE]The chair of the players' committee strode to the front of the stage and said, "We are stunned and grieve for our beloved B.S.O. … We will be making music with even more passion and purpos…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:18PM[SHARE]And who better to do that than generations of women, thinking and theorizing about those mind-body connections? "Fresh theories and findings about human cognition suggest that those feminise…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:12PM[SHARE]The museum, which opened on Staten Island in 1947 after the collector Jacques Marchais and a local Italian stone mason worked to find the right stone for a "traditional mountain feel," is in…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:12PM[SHARE]Taron Egerton wrote on Instagram, "'I, in no way, condone this decision and feel disappointed I wasn't made aware and given the chance to fight this move. Love is love. No compromises.' He a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:12PM[SHARE]Who needs another cover " a jazz cover! " of "June Is Bustin' Out All Over"? (We do.) " Doug Ramsey
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:12PM[SHARE]As theatre makers confront a rapidly shifting landscape " one of them, a professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, saw her entire department eliminated, all student productions ende…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:12PM[SHARE]The Erdogan government has become a nastily anti-art authoritarian regime, Shafak says. "'Turkey today is the world's leading jailer of journalists,' she told the Hay Festival. 'It's also ve…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:12PM[SHARE]Zabriskie's New York gallery started in 1954 and closed in 2010; her Paris gallery was so beloved that when she closed it after a 21-year run in 1998, the city awarded her a Medal of Honor. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AM[SHARE]Vinson Cunningham and Alexandra Schwartz have been staff writers at The New Yorker since 2016, and they "filled in on the stage beat while longtime chief critic Hilton Als was on…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AM[SHARE]In the planning for New York's Figment Arts Festival, moving from Governors Island to Roosevelt Island this year, "'Everything was fine,' Judith Berdy, a longtime resident said. 'And then ca…
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