5,874 stories by "Artsjournal"
"Slow things drive us crazy because the fast pace of society has warped our sense of timing. Things that our great-great-grandparents would have found miraculously efficient now drive us aro…
"Today, with the pollution that new technologies have brought to our information ecosystem, this distinction is no longer so easy to make. And this is the real problem, and danger, of satire…
Martin Colthorpe, director of ILFDublin : "The pressure for festivals to evolve beyond the readings-and-discussion format is a hot topic right now, with the sheer portability of words allowi…
There is, of course, the economic argument. Overall, arts and culture contribute more than $760 billion a year to the US economy"4.2 percent of GDP. But there's an awful lot of "soft" power …
Several Inuit singers quit the awards, accusing a Cree singer of appropriating Inuit culture. "Respect for different traditions shouldn't be impediment to cultural exchanges. That's how cult…
Justin Davidson: "The idea of a building that could be dismantled, rearranged, and reassembled has not generally fared well in the world of building codes and construction trades. The Fire D…
"More and less sophisticated arguments and argumenters are mixed and with plenty of idea exchange between them. Add anonymity, and knowing people's intentions becomes harder, knowing what th…
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California has done a study on recidivism rates, trying to determine whether arts programs make a difference. Evidence is that they may not. But is this the right measure? " Washington Post
Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google are waging a war of all against all"a war for all of your time, all of your money, all of your worldly interactions and desires. They want to be your o…
The city's ability to invent and reinvent itself over and over again is no accident. Yes, the location is wonderful. But the city's layout and design have conspired to serve as a template th…
After the intervention, working memory in the older adults improved to match the younger group and the effect appeared to last for 50 minutes after the stimulation. Those who had scored wors…
There is something undeniably glamorous about their story"the prince and princess of American dance"and something undeniably magical in the work they crafted together. In 2019, this story sh…
Electronic books are becoming increasingly popular for storytime, but the researchers found the bells and whistles, such as sound effects and animation, can sometimes distract young children…
How? Like micro-blocks " short ad breaks that are short enough -15-60 seconds that the networks hope viewers won't fast forward through them. " Variety
So far the Shed has raised an astonishing $500m. As is traditional in the US, where public funding for the arts is minimal and institutions rely on philanthropy, the names of the biggest don…
"To be a perennial adjunct professor is to hear the constant tone of higher education's death knell. The story is well known"the long hours, the heavy workload, the insufficient pay"as acade…
Zachary Small: "The answer is a thumping no. The cultural keystone of the Far West Side development is a haughty hybrid-performance venue in a city already overflowing with them at places li…
Many of the best young players coming out of music conservatories aren't headed for orchestra jobs (there aren't many of those). Instead they're forming ensembles with hip names, and explori…
People who think they're giving solely to this massive, illustrious arts institution by buying a ticket are actually giving some of their money directly to dozens of other, smaller cultural …
The Shed is unconventional. Unusual building, unusual spaces, and a different way of engaging with artists and audiences. The opening weekend was a first chance to see what all the unusuals …
"The basic criteria should always be to not confuse what happens mechanically with insight, to not needlessly use statistical tools for far simpler operations, to present inferences that are…
In the 1920s, with the creation of the record industry that followed the development of recording technology and the pre-Depression economic boom, genre began to shift from function to demog…
It goes without saying that Fosse and Verdon are far from the only people ever to struggle with internal conflict and resort to self-deception. It's by virtue of their inner landscape, rathe…
Academia being what it is (a place where everything is contested), there has been considerable debate over what exactly qualifies as bullshit. Most of that debate centers on the question of …
