6,111 stories by "Artsjournal1"
"The US dictionary … said that look-ups for 'they' increased by 313% in 2019 compared with the previous year, as the public investigated the word's shifting use [as a singular pronoun for …
"Stevens was known for her monumental paintings that dealt with social and political issues, as well as her activism, teaching, and writing. The artist used personal experiences and her resp…
"Mr. Auberjonois worked constantly as a character actor through several periods and forms, from the dynamic theater of the 1960s to the cinema renaissance of the 1970s to the prime period of…
"Jonty Bravery, who turned 18 in October, … told the police he had to prove a point 'to every idiot' who said he had no mental health problems … As well as having an autistic spectrum di…
"I felt like it was really time to move on. I could see myself doing the same thing for the next 20 years and I don't want that. … Music has never been my only interest and it's always bem…
The business school at Oxford has students try to conduct a choir. Carnegie Mellon uses a book club and art installations. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts offers courses to business types…
"Over a 40-year career, Luce … worked with the likes of Zoe Caldwell, George C. Scott and Claire Bloom as he wrote about the private lives of Charlotte Brontë, Lillian Hellman, Isak Din…
Visits by Chinese citizens to Russia have been growing by 20% a year, and that rate will likely increase in 2020, when electronic visas become available. The extra crowds have caused particu…
Controversy has raged over the awarding of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature to the Austrian writer, acknowledged as an accomplished author but accused by many observers of denying or d…
"Ana Subeliani arrived at the film premiere for And Then We Danced by foot, but left in an ambulance, blood running down her face. … Before screenings in November, far-right protesters and…
"Reports and photos of two women burning a pile of books outside the Zhenyuan county library in Gansu province emerged at the weekend. According to Chinese media, an article on the county's …
"Pointe spoke with these two young dancers" " Hortense Millet-Maurin and Vincent Vivet, both 15 " "to see what it's like studying inside the world's oldest ballet academy." " Pointe Magazine
The Vote, originally staged at London's Donmar Warehouse in 2015, will return in an updated form this Thursday. The 90-minute play depicts the final 90 minutes of voting at a polling place i…
"New York City's On Site Opera, known for staging works in non-traditional spaces, is presenting Amahl and the Night Visitors next month inside the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, which serves l…
"Education discourse has recently turned toward resilience and grit. This article critiques the neoliberalism embedded in resilience education and the manner in which a resilience focus enco…
"Current versions of local government artist-in-residence programs typically stop short of figuring out how to induce social change by focusing too much on the artists' narrowly defined art …
Bess Rothenberg, senior director of strategy and learning at the Ford Foundation: "The scale and momentum of the #MeToo movement compelled the Ford Foundation to take a long, hard look in th…
"As tertiary music institutions explore ways to increase the social orientation of their curricula, it is important that the student voice be present in research and scholarship. How do stud…
"Columbus conductor and clarinetist Antoine Clark wants women musicians and musicians of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds to be heard. Clark is bringing his vision to the McConnell Arts…
"It's funny to think of art that is so topical and of-the-moment having such a long history. It's a big deal when any regional dance company turns 30, but especially remarkable for one that …
"At a time when black creators are being celebrated as much as ever " from Hollywood to the fine arts " some are raising the question of whether black people are truly the main beneficiaries…
"Marie and Franz have a new guest at their Christmas Eve party this year. Emma Lookatch and Larke Johnson, both dancers in the Adaptive Dance Program at Joffrey Academy of Dance: Official Sc…
"Slaughter grounds thick with buffalo remains and a savaging of Thanksgiving myths are two of the highlights in the new wave of indigenous art heading for Britain." " The Guardian
"In the 1980s, during the Iran-Iraq War, Saddam Hussein became obsessed with the Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar, who is notorious for waging bloody wars to seize large swaths of current-day…
"From [his chemistry] studies came an idea that he could translate science into art by using polarized light to bring rainbow colors out of transparent plastic shapes. In the late 1960s he u…
