Horchow was the first retailer to sell high-end goods by mail-order catalog " without first opening a bricks-and-mortar store on the street to establish its reputation with buyers. He was so…
The web has its own culture, it's own language, its own ethos. Putting facsimile arts experiences online won't cut it. And yet, we need to develop a hybrid model that includes the online exp…
"As it currently stands, the publishing industry largely serves the interests of the wealthiest higher-ups, and that is the entire reason for any financial strain on publishers without the c…
Closing a museum is not just a matter of shutting the doors and turning off the lights. Institutions with significant collections have ethical and sometimes legal obligations to make sure th…
Why is it in the UK we are afraid of expressing big thinking, challenging the government to a discussion about the indispensability of the arts and making the case that its practitioners are…
Iceland has tested its population widely for virus, and has had few cases so it could be safe for shooting. The country, with its sparsely populated but spacious North Atlantic geography, ad…
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Leonard Susskind argues that we don't. He says that "dating back to the Ancient Greeks, what's often been perceived as elegant simplicity was almost always a fiction or an approximation cove…
Online platforms are not equally useful, and the class options are dizzying, especially when the "I don't want to humiliate myself" barrier is gone. (Who's looking?!) " Dance Enthusiast
Street artists get their juice from the urban landscape. But performers don't have crowds to perform for. And while street painters have plenty of urban canvas, there's not many out to see i…
The coin shows an artist's rendering of the coronavirus overlaid on a world map, and reads (with characteristically Trumpian capitalization), "World vs Virus: We Fought the Unseen Enemy. …
While much of the future is uncertain, one thing is clear: The industry will be gutted without major federal help. Arts nonprofits have already suffered $4.5 billion in losses as a result of…
"We are the literary magazine for Taco Bell literature. I also say celebrating the Taco Bell arts and letters. We're not a gimmick, we're not a viral sensation. We are real fiction, real ess…
More than 50% of malls anchored by department stores could close permanently by the end of 2021. Of the roughly 1,000 malls still in operation throughout the U.S., 60% are anchored by depart…
The LA Times looks at what a new Hollywood might look like when it reopens. On the table: everything. How movies are shot, how they open in theatres (if they do), what movie theatres might l…
On paper, the practice of logging on to a video-conferencing site to sit with strangers for an hour without communicating may hold limited appeal. In practice, silent Zooms have become a lif…
"It turns out that being in a dangerous situation with others fosters a new social identity. Boundaries between us, which seem so salient when things are normal, disappear when we perceive w…
The city's mayor: "I say in all firmness that it is out of the question that we allow ourselves to be invaded by cars, and by pollution. It will make the health crisis worse. Pollution is al…
With its relief funding, the NEA is switching tack from supporting individual art projects to ensuring that non-profit institutions and organisations are able to reopen. "We want to preserve…
Guided by pins on a digital map and a downloaded soundtrack " featuring songs, poetry, a couple of old voicemail messages and mysterious clues " ticketed audience members drive through the c…
Dave Voorhees estimates that the store's chockablock bins hold half a million recordings of rock, R&B, jazz, classical, country and other musical genres " an inventory his business manag…
"Pictures which are interpretable, and which contain a meaning, are bad pictures." A good picture "takes away our certainty, because it deprives a thing of its meaning and its name. It shows…
The 10-day "We Are One: A Global Film Festival" will feature content curated by the Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Sundance, Toronto and Tribeca film festivals, among others, starting on May 29, or…
Will the current pandemic change human attitudes to death? Probably not. Just the opposite. Covid-19 will probably cause us to only double our efforts to protect human lives. For the dominan…
Comfort has won, and most formality is gone. But the freedom of informality comes at a cost. Formality is the bulwark against some of the nastiest human impulses, and acts as a vaccine again…