Monday, February 8, 2021
At least in the 18th century. “Wherever they were writing, these women had dared to move out of the conventional female role of service and self-sacrifice to pursue their own needs and dri…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:03AMSunday, February 7, 2021
One suggestion: 43, aka painter George W. Bush. – Hyperallergic
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMWell, on Instagram, actually. Yes, another InstaMuseum. Did Spanish people invent something to make life easier, better, more comfortable? Into the “museum” it goes. Part of its goal: �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMWith joy. No, truly: “We must now work urgently, with purpose, centered in joy. … This is not joyful expression solely for the purpose of joy; they are the tools that work in community …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMSome furloughed workers says they can’t make rent, can’t buy food, can’t make it in general, at 80 percent of their pay – and of course, that means the workers weren’t being paid m…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PMYeun, who got the job as Glenn on The Walking Dead five months after he moved to Los Angeles, is starring in Minari right now – the movie famous at the moment because the Hollywood Foreign…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PMThe mural, which also depicts women including Nina Simone, was the result of a popular vote four years ago. But “the far-right party Vox had called for the mural in the Madrid neighborho…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMAt least, that’s what one emoji-loving CEO proposes. “Millennials and post-millennials now make up at least 65% of the workforce in the U.S. Emojis are an essential part of how most of t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMHollywood, in search of the next Shtisel, a hit show for Netflix. Apple TV+ and HBO Max are also trying to cash in, both by buying shows already in existence and funding new Israel-focused s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMA book critic considers. “Relative to the amount of space it takes up in the collective and capitalist imagination, the internet has had less of an impact on contemporary fiction than one …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMNearly two years after screenwriters fired their agents in a fight against agency actions that were costing TV writers quite a bit of money, the Writers’ Guild Union approved a new deal wi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMJones dropped out of college, and yes, started his career working in the shipping room at 20th Century Fox. “The Los Angeles native scored Academy Award noms for his work on comedy film se…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMLook … “He wasn’t just a pro. If there were a fabulous comic-book A-team of character actors — an Expendables, a Wild Bunch, an Avengers Initiative — Christopher Plummer would have…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMOr from bad development, anyway. Now it’s up for bids not for sale but for “sustainable longterm uses.” The fight against a luxury hotel development galvanized Edinburgh preservationis…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMYes, Black Panther is returning to comics, but also, so very much more than Black Panther. Here’s a guide for newbies. – The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMYes, it’s devastating all kinds of careers in the arts. One TV director: “The big question is ‘will I ever work again?’ And if not, how can I best say goodbye to an industry I have b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMThe last big film festival from 2020 had its virtual tryout this year. It wasn’t terrible, but, says one critic: “I’m usually whiny and cranky about Sundance. Why are we in the snow? W…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMThe Wallace Collection “is in internal consultation” about closing the library and archive that was left to the country in 1897. Is that even legal? Will anyone notice during the pandemi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMThis is not a democratic move: “The Muslim comic [was] thrown in a Madhya Pradesh jail on January 1, 2021 with four others on suspicion that he might make some jokes about Hinduism.�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:03AMA lot of science fiction and fantasy predicts the future – so why not a well-researched movie about a pandemic? (It’s worth noting that Britain’s vaccine response has been one of the f…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:03AMThe Met’s director, Max Hollein: “Every museum in the U.S. is having these conversations. … For us not to discuss this now would be irresponsible.” – The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:03AMThe director of Meek’s Cutoff and First Cow is also feeling, well, a bit cynical. “There’s so much celebration of women and people of color this year and I’m thinking ‘that’s gre…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:03AMPeter Yarrow said Feeney was “joyous and fiery in her determination to use her music to elevate those who are most marginalised and to move towards greater justice in the land.” – The …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:03AMGorman: “I love Black poets. I love that as a Black girl, I get to participate in that legacy. So that’s Yusef Komunyakaa, Sonia Sanchez, Tracy K. Smith, Phillis Wheatley. And then I lo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54AMIf Instagram is about selling your moves – and your clothing line, your toe shoe line, your skin care routine, etc. – then TikTok is about being yourself. Kind of. “Casual, confessiona…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54AMMonday, February 1, 2021
“All in all, the oracular quality of these lines, their sheer wisdom, makes of Beckett, much against his will, no doubt, something of a sage.” – The Irish Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:30AMSunday, January 31, 2021
Avian co-choreographed A Chorus Line with Michael Bennett, and choreographed Miss Saigon and Sunset Boulevard. He “directed a 2006 revival of A Chorus Line that ran on Broadway for almost …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:25PMThe artists of the Place du Tetre are feeling squeezed out by restaurants, and then there’s the emptiness. One of the artists: “It’s a hard time for everyone, but it’s especially dep…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:25PMPoet Lavinia Greenlaw, who chaired the committee for the T.S. Eliot prize, said of Kapil’s How to Wash a Heart, “This is a unique work that exemplifies how poetry can be tested and remad…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:25PMSomeone hire her, quickly. “Lockdown, I fear, is not the life Dench was born to. She used to practically eat and drink on the stage, but the theatres have closed, who knows for how long. S…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:25PMThose who have seen One Night in Miami will appreciate that the actor, singer, and star of Hamilton made a different choice, especially with his movie-closing performance of “A Change Is G…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:25PM 
