"Many viewers " even some who love The Shining " find Duvall's acting strangely cartoonish with its wild expressions of anxiety and fear. … Stephen King himself … was downright offended …
"In many Asian countries, hip-hop rose to popularity as a form of self-expression and resistance, sometimes in the face of colonialism and oppressive regimes. … But the contemporary boom o…
"Amazon Crossing, Amazon's publishing imprint focused on literary translation, … has published more than 400 books, from 42 countries and in 26 languages … Crossing has also produced som…
Several independent presses tell PW that the mega-retailer's weekly orders have fallen since late October; one publisher says the most recent order was down 75% from this time last year. The…
"Flemish Culture Minister Jan Jambon … envisages cuts of up to 6% in the subsidies given to cultural institutions to cover their operating funds and 60% in the subsidies given to cover the…
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 …
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…
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
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…
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…
"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 …
"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…
"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…
"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." "…
"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, …
"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…
"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…
"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
"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…
"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 …
"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…
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…
"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…
"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…
"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…