5,874 stories by "Artsjournal"
"If the postmodernism of the 1980s considered the museum to be in crisis and contemplated its "ruins," today many see these same institutions as frustratingly intact, as bulwarks against cha…
The site, which the City of Federal Way annexed in 1994, has been lauded over the years for the pioneering way it intertwines building and landscape. Today, it is caught up in controversy ov…
As a nonsense word perfect for a doo-wop song. It's a video app that connects people and (sometimes) facilitates romance. " WBUR
What we haven't pulled out yet is a black ball: a technology that invariably destroys the civilisation that invents it. That's not because we've been particularly careful or wise when it com…
We live in a technopoly, a society in which powerful technologies come to dominate the people they are supposed to serve, and reshape us in their image. These technologies, therefore, might …
Sir Tom occasionally shades into Saint Tom, thanks to a notably ample collection of friends who remark on his generosity and kindness. He remembers birthdays, he lends money when others are …
The state has issued $750,000 to seven stations annually since 2019. The funding, which is divided evenly among the stations, supports technology needs and operating expenses. It also covers…
Its diameter of 110m is identical to the ditch that encloses Stonehenge, and it is aligned on the midsummer solstice sunrise, just like the Wiltshire monument. A series of buried stone ho…
"One of the things I wasn't thinking about, but which is very obvious to me now, is the great value of having each festival stage exactly what they would like to present. This has brought in…
In the face of complicated events, bewildering new technologies, and sometimes contradictory information, the explanatory power of some occult yet totalizing narrative easily overmasters mor…
"After Donald Trump made a flurry of hasty, last-minute appointments to the board that oversees the design of much of what is built in the capital, the CFA is once again all White and all ma…
Seattle Chamber Music Society (SCMS) presents outstanding chamber music in the Pacific Northwest with festivals in January and July and...
Understanding postcritique begins with understanding what has been the dominant mode of interpretation in literary studies for many decades: critique. Critique involves giving an account of …
The modern approach plays out in its new look, which patrons will see on everything from posters outside the box office to tickets to the website and social media. The static typeface of yes…
"Without visible exemplars, many queer women and non-binary people question their own place within the art form. "Growing up, I felt like I was the only one," says Kiara DeNae Felder, a quee…
If computers could do literature, they could invent like Wells and Homer, taking over from sci-fi authors to engineer the next utopia-dystopia. And right now, you probably suspect that compu…
Los Angeles, where the coronavirus pandemic has been particularly severe, is the largest city in the nation whose museums have yet to reopen even temporarily since the pandemic struck last M…
In a category that has historically overlooked female directors, this feels like progress. After all, only five women have ever been nominated for the best-director Oscar, and if Zhao, King,…
For several years in the 1950s, starting in 1952, Oscar night featured simultaneous gatherings in Los Angeles and New York. One can imagine something similar happening this year " maybe even…
Fundraising for the project has been at a virtual standstill for the past two years, since Vancouver's Chan family, headed by Burrard International Holdings founder Caleb Chan, committed $40…
"If we artists had a basic income, that stress and fear over basic necessities would no longer weigh over our heads and we could be much more productive. It would help grow the economy, beca…
Christopher Rudd's creation is the first romantic same-sex pas de deux in ABT's history, and one of the first"if not the first"to celebrate queer lust so explicitly in ballet. Such a feat, w…
"We are thinking that we will have a slate of work with both digital and in-person opportunities. Because digital is not going away. We're in a digital space. There's a lot to figure out fro…
"My name is Leo and I am 8 years old. I listen to All Things Considered in the car with mom. I listen a lot. I never hear much about nature or dinosaurs or things like that. Maybe you should…
Even though it has a little more flair, I hope we can accept the Turkish monolith as a normal part of life in 2021. It is not a mystery " even though we don't know who exactly put it there, …
