3,336 stories by "Artsjournal2"
As K-Pop and Spanish rappers start to climb the charts, the utter stranglehold of English over pop is starting to relax a little. "The idea that the [English-speaking] public would listen on…
Is Bob Fosse one of your artistic heroes? Perhaps it's time to join NPR host Scott Simon in letting go of that idea, in learning more about Gwen Verdon, and in understanding how creative par…
The Chinese media company is way more than "The Spotify of China" " it's "a mash-up of music streaming and social networking, enabling users to listen to music, sing with friends, and buy di…
The extension came right before the original deadline of 12:01 am on April 7th, "after a Saturday afternoon meeting with a small group of talent agents, at which the agencies said that they …
At the Sugar Hill Restaurant & Supper Club, owner Eddie Freeman and his family have seen every kind of music and dancing from disco to house music to whatever the white hipsters now gent…
The dance of translation can be difficult and sublime, but the author and translator(s) can never forget (or sometime forgive) the fact that "translation is not only a two-way but a three-wa…
At Madrid's Film for Women Festival, three directors agree that quotas aren't ideal, but they might be necessary right now. "At least until there is some equality. 'Or better, let's talk abo…
What does it mean for the deposed monarch in the Globe's new production to see the face of a Black woman? " David Jays
The book Flesh Film is as much the artist's creation as the author's. " Jan Herman
Other than a fun lunkhead, Shazam " who, let's just go for maximum confusing here, used to be called Captain Marvel " is one of comic books' most important superheroes, historically speaking…
A strenuous program of dances may have pleased the choreographer " if she only could have offered minor corrections. " Deborah Jowitt
Whoa: "An out-and-out plug on Rifftides is rare." " Doug Ramsey
Robbins " who just died at 93 " changed the relationship of the average, at-home painter to abstract art through his homely scenes that, reduced down to color shapes with numbers in them, in…
Moving to Norway can focus the mind, or so says former Houston Ballet star Melissa Hough: "I had quite a few life revelations that took me by surprise. I began to ask myself a lot of hard qu…
What's up with the terrible representation, TV? Of course, "the sexually manipulative bi character is not so unique," but Villanelle, Frank Underwood, and Annalise Keating's characters shade…
Maybe. Australia seems to have prizes for everything in art, but none is a big national prize like the Turner in the UK. "A major, national contemporary art prize therefore needs two things:…
Linford Hudson worked at London's Palladium Theatre for more than 50 years, and he just got a special Olivier award for his skill. "I was born to do the followspot," he says. 'A lot of peopl…
Until very recently, you could start a Netflix video on your phone and then "cast" it to your Apple TV. Then, boom, it just … stopped working. That's "a change Netflix says is due to "tech…
For years, they were a secret of Finnish literature, guarded by those who loved them fiercely. Then the author died, the books were reissued, and the absolute flood of character consumer opp…
It's been a long time coming for Coronation Street. "To many observers, the addition, while welcome, came astonishingly late for a show, known as 'Corrie,' that debuted in December 1960 and …
After four seasons, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is ending, but it began at a time when critics declared the TV musical utterly moribund after the decline and fall of Glee (and, earlier, Smash). But …
The Nebula and Hugo-award winning McIntyre was a good friend of Ursula LeGuin's, and founder of the Clarion West writers' workshop in Seattle. She wrote feminist science fiction, including a…
While an awful lot of art and architecture folks are asking what (the hell) happened to the original LACMA redesign, Michael Govan, as he must, defends the plan: "I'm just going to say, for …
What is this sci-fi word salad? The underground park will have a ventilation system and a year-round garden, "thanks to remote skylight technology that filters sunlight underground through f…
Bookstagram " that is, reviewers and other book people on Instagram " are addicted to book covers, and book cover posting challenges. One fashionista/book lover: "I got out all the books I h…
