MOST RECENT AJBLOGS

The Complete Poems: 1965-2020 Michael Butterworth’s Radical Legacy in Verse

- Jan Herman

“Fashion Victim” (Part II): “Lagerfeld” Subverts the Met

- CultureGrrl

Christopher Sierra talks about culturally-responsive teaching

- Aaron Dworkin

On a Strategy of Indeterminacy: Or, the Value of Creating Pathways to the Unforeseen

- Diane Ragsdale

‘Shall we be lighthearted . . .’

- Jan Herman


 

DANCE

Black Dancers In Pacific Northwest Ballet Reflect On Their Careers

- Seattle Times

The Dancers Who Escaped Russia

- 60 Minutes

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Appoints Choreographer Aszure Barton Artist-In-Residence

- Chicago Tribune

Rennie Harris Has Created A Curriculum To Train Dance Teachers In Hip-Hop

- The New York Times

All Robots Should Dance — Just Like M3GAN Does

- Inverse

Dance Artists Of Color Are Getting More Chances To Lead

- Dance Magazine

Justin Peck Has Created New York City Ballet’s First Evening-Length Abstract Ballet In 55 Years

- The New York Times

Carlos Acosta And Birmingham Royal Ballet Launch A Second Company

- SeeingDance

Miami City Ballet Gets A New Executive Director

- Miami Today

IDEAS

Naps Are A Creative Canvas

- Nautilus

As Deepfakes Proliferate, Countries Struggle With What’s Real

- The New York Times

Arts Groups Must Innovate If They Want An Audience

- Seattle Times

What Gives Food Its Taste?

- Smithsonian

Dallas Paper Tries Replacing Its Architecture Critic With Artificial Intelligence

- Dallas Morning News

After Humans Come The “Trans-humans”

- American Scholar

How Did Anime Come To Be Everywhere In Culture?

- NPR



 

ISSUES

No, We Don’t Have Different Learning Styles

- Aeon

It Isn’t Just Humanities: Science Education Is Seriously Broken

- Nature

American Artists Are Worried About AI And Copyright.  American Policymakers, Not So Much.

- ARTnews

US Museums And Universities Have Thousands Of Indigenous People’s Remains, Three Decades After A Law Required Their Return

- ProPublica

Florida Governor’s Desire To Whitewash History Is Sparking Pushback

- Washington Post

It’s Not Just The Oscars Failing Black Women – It’s The Whole Ecosystem

- Los Angeles Times

After A Long Campaign, The UK’s Royal Opera House Cuts Ties With British Petroleum

- BBC

More Fallout From Images-Of-Muhammad Controversy: Hamline University Faculty Call For President To Resign

- ARTnews

Odesa’s Old City Is Now A UNESCO World Heritage Site

- AP

How The Arts Fared In New Zealand Under Jacinda Ardern

- The Big Idea (New Zealand)

The Academic Career Is Broken

- Chronicle of Higher Education

Maybe Ticketmaster Doesn’t Deserve All The Rage Directed At It.  (Some, But Not All.)

- Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)

They’re Not “Mummies,” They’re “Mummified Persons”

- CNN

What If Diversity Training Exercises Are Making Things Worse?

- The New York Times



 

MEDIA

The Sometimes Hazy Line Between Life And Art

- The New York Times

On That Viral Video Brawl Starring The Michelle Yeoh Of Waffle House

- The New York Times Magazine

Israel’s New Far-Right Government Tries To Claw Back Funding For Two Documentaries About The West Bank

- The Guardian

France’s Cesar Nominations Include Many For A Movie About An Injured Dancer

- The Hollywood Reporter

Rupert Murdoch Calls Off The Reunification Of News Corp. And Fox

- Variety

India Bans BBC Documentary About Narendra Modi And Deadly 2002 Riots

- Time

John Williams Is, Again, The Most Oscar-Nominated Person Alive

- The Hollywood Reporter

Hollywood Won’t Survive Without Actual Movie Theatres

- The Atlantic

The Nominations, Snubs, And Surprises For This Year’s Academy Awards

- Los Angeles Times

TikTok Is Experimenting With Podcasting (Well, That’s What They’re Calling It)

- Inside Radio



 

MUSIC

Soprano Julia Bullock’s Opera Star Rises

- Los Angeles Times

Popular Music Has Become An Asset Class

- Ludwig Van

“Opera Can Be Hip-Hop, and Hip-Hop Can Be Opera”: Figaro In A South Side Chicago Barbershop

- The New York Times

A Chinese Musician Is Working To Revive The Gehu

- The World

Fighting The Good Fight Against Focal Dystonia

- San Francisco Classical Voice

British Opera Singer Creates A Work Based On Music Of Enslaved Ancestors

- The Guardian (UK)

For John Adams, Revising “Girls Of The Golden West” Was Harder Than Composing It

- San Francisco Classical Voice

John Williams Is, Again, The Most Oscar-Nominated Person Alive

- The Hollywood Reporter

Could Music Therapy Help Ease Long COVID?

- Ludwig Van

Why Are British MPs Declaring War On Opera?

- The Independent (UK)

Who Was The Elise That Beethoven Wrote His Piano Piece Für?  She Didn’t Exist, Argues Norman Lebrecht

- The Observer (UK)

Lebrecht: Why I Hate Beethoven’s Pastorale Symphony

- The Spectator

Why Director Todd Field Employed Mahler And Elgar To Give His Film Tar Meaning

- The Guardian (UK)



 

PEOPLE

Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director of New York’s Primary Stages, Is Dead At 53

- Deadline

B.V. Doshi, India’s Most Prominent Architect And First Pritzker Winner, is Dead At 95

- CNN

Why Did Cate Blanchett Choose Her Role In Tar?

- El Pais

Victor Navasky, Editor Of The Nation And Voice For Progressive Journalism, 90

- NPR

Everett Quinton, Who Kept The Ridiculous Theatrical Co. Alive, Is Dead At 71

- TheaterMania

Dick Polich, Fabricator To The Stars Of Modern American Sculpture, Is Dead At 90

- The New York Times

Dick Polich, Whose Foundry Made Artists’ Visions Into Reality, Has Died At 90

- The New York Times



 

THEATRE

Artistic Director Of London’s Donmar Warehouse Announces His Planned Departure

- WhatsOnStage (London)

Broadway Is Really Into Drag, But Why?

- The Takeaway

Dallas Theater Center’s Renovation Plans Cause Sticker Shock On City Council

- KERA (Dallas)

DC’s Theater J, One Of America’s Leading Jewish Theater Companies, Appoints A New Artistic Director

- MSN (The Washington Post)

One Of Edinburgh’s Leading Theatres Could Close After Money To Complete Renovation Runs Out

- The Scotsman

If You Missed Broadway Musicals Last Year, Don’t Worry; Listen

- The New York Times



 

VISUAL

Corecore Is TikTok’s Interpretation And 21st Century Reinvention Of Dada

- Hyperallergic

Archaeologists Find 9000-Year-Old Stonehenge-Like Structure On The Bottom Of Lake Michigan

- The Archeologist

Do Not Send That Disputed Van Gogh Back, Federal Court Orders Detroit Institute Of Arts

- The Detroit News

Facial Recognition Software Helps Identify A Raphael

- ARTnews

Amsterdam Museum Finds Out Presenting ‘Nuance’ About WWII Isn’t Such A Great Plan

- The New York Times

Take A Look At Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unbuilt Mile-High Chicago Skyscraper

- Artnet

Complete Roman-Era City Unearthed At Luxor, Ancient Egypt’s Capital

- ARTnews

There’s An Inheritance Battle Over the Site Of Caravaggio’s Only Known Ceiling Mural

- Artnet

Why Is The Rebuild At The Glasgow School Of Art Taking So Long?

- The Guardian (UK)

Baltimore Museum Of Art Appoints Chief Curator Asma Naeem Director

- ARTnews

The Arts Collective Ousted In Vienna Speaks Out

- Hyperallergic

Orlando Museum Of Art’s Accreditation Is Now At Risk Over The Basquiat Show Fiasco

- ARTnews

Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Strike Again, And This Time It Sort Of Makes Sense (A Little)

- The Guardian

Sculptor Hank Willis Thomas On The ‘Strange’ Backlash To His MLK Sculpture

- The Guardian (UK)

British Artist Rachel Whiteread Says It’s Time To Hit Pause On Fourth Plinth Sculptures

- The Guardian (UK)

English Museum Finally Removes Skeleton Of Man Called Irish Giant

- The New York Times



 

WORDS

A Copy Editor Disavows Copyediting

- LitHub

Tales From The Road: The Book-signings/readings No One Comes To

- Seattle Times

Intriguing Questions About How AI Trains On Large Language Models

- The Gradient

Teachers In A Florida County Cover All Books In Their Classrooms, Fearful Of Felony Charges

- Sarasota Herald-Tribune

On Not Reading

- The Atlantic

Texas Library Board Chair Says She Was Removed Because Of Anti-LGBTQIA Bullies

- KERA (Dallas)

How Edith Wharton Foresaw 21st-Century America

- Literary Hub

Only Months After The Knife Attack, Salman Rushdie Has A New Novel Out

- The New York Times

The Joys Of Revisiting Edna Ferber

- JSTOR Daily

Books As Home Decor, With Professional Designers To Select Them And Lay Them Out

- Literary Hub

The Rise Of Queer Comics, And Why Bans Will Backfire

- MSN (Washington Post)

Rereading Russian Classics In The Shadow Of The War In Ukraine

- The New Yorker

Little Free Library Expands Its Work Into Indian Country

- Publishers Weekly

Kids Want Books. Increasingly Librarians Aren’t Allowed To Provide Them

- Washington Post