Also, to keep you away from the world of crowded bars or restaurants. Seriously, don't do it. Instead, why not start a series like the many, many-volumed Discworld of Terry Pratchett? (Yes, …
A lot of movies are delayed, awards ceremonies postponed, movies (including the new Bond movie and the live-action Mulan) put off until later … and a lot of places are now closed "indefini…
In an act of generosity to millions stuck at home with no entertainment options during the rest of the month (or longer), the Met "will stream a title from its Live in HD series each night t…
This isn't a small issue: "The Met is the largest performing arts organization in the nation: It is a $308 million-a-year operation, but a fragile one. The high costs of mounting opera, coup…
Shakespeare apparently wrote King Lear while the Globe was shuttered because of the bubonic plague (a trope that echoed heavily on Twitter over the weekend). Then there's the economic opport…
The work, a photograph of a figure in a rock, had disappeared, "loaned out to curator Rebecca Ballenger for a traveling exhibition from 1983 to 1984, but allegedly not returned. A Georgia ma…
Indeed, cartoonist Chris Riddell thinks younger artists should follow their passion by "bunking off" school, if necessary, to get their true arts education. " The Observer (UK)
And just in time " a lot of the "dream cast" for the documentary is aging, with at least one collector/vendor/devotée dying before the documentarians could get to work. "The profession is d…
Though bars, restaurants, and gyms remain open, as long as managers can guarantee that people remain at least three feet away from each other at all times, the country's entire cultural capi…
Author Rachel Vorona Cote: "Despite my best efforts, I am not chill, and will never be chill"I possess only meager crumbs of that coveted asset. So, I muddle on as best I can. Reading is a s…
What if you just looked away instead? Another radical idea from Great Britain. "The Guardian (UK)
Guess that's "appropriate social distance." (For more about how hard the book fair cancellation is hitting Germany's, and the world's, book industry, click this link.) " Süddeutsche Zeitung…
Lyn Gardner takes a look at history. "Shakespeare's fellow thespians toured out of London, far away from the plague's more deadly ravages. But that is not an option for theatremakers in the …
Why is Leeds University a hotbed for feminist art and artists? Well, it's down to one woman: "Griselda Pollock, professor of social and critical histories of art at Leeds University. With a …
One theory about why: "Pandemic fiction is about how people behave in response to acute, sudden-onset helplessness. When we're confronted with that helplessness in real life, watching some v…
The Djoser pyramid (built under the famous ancient architect Imhotep) was damaged in an earthquake in the 1990s, but restoration didn't begin until the early 2000s. Interrupted by the "Arab …
Why? Because they're in city-owned buildings, and "San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Friday, March 6, that War Memorial and Performing Arts Center venues, including the Lou…
After Hachette canceled its original secretly arrived at plan to publish Allen's memoir, the horror writer tweeted "The Hachette decision to drop the Woody Allen book makes me very uneasy. I…
That's partly because of a craze for exploring abandoned buildings " and partly because the buildings were abandoned in the first place, attracting people who have done everything from kick …
There's a lot of plastic in the ocean " and a lot of demand for the nonprofit group Washed Ashore's large-scale art, including at the Oregon Zoo, the Florida Aquarium, and the Oakland Zoo. T…
Artists who fled the 1979 revolution with their families " especially if they were young " are seeing a renewed interest in their work from British and US buyers. But there's "a growing gap …
The neighborhood response is not going well for the museum. "Preservationists and community members called the proposed changes 'cultural vandalism.' 'Why buy a church if you don't like the …
Seriously, this book has a lot of endings. " Sri Lanka Mirror
As everyone who's glanced at anything Guerrilla Girls-related knows, collections across the U.S. are less than welcoming to women and nonbinary artists. A new initiative seeks to change that…
Basically, access to tech could become more equitable if the conferences go online. "There are developers across the U.S. and around the world who get shut out when the conferences get sold …