15,321 stories by "Artsjournal"
When the idea and the office of the president was regarded with a sort of reverence, presidential representations were more heroic, historian Dean J. Kotlowski writes, pointing to the "schma…
In a research lab at Penn State, "four pigs " Hamlet, Omelette, Ebony and Ivory " were trained to use an arcade-style joystick [with their snouts] to steer an on-screen cursor into walls.  
An international team of researchers was able to achieve real-time dialogues with people in the midst of lucid dreams, a phenomenon that is called "interactive dreaming," according to a stud…
Usher is a variant of the French huisier, from the Latin ostiarius, a custodian of the doors. The role comes from early modern theater, where Randle Cotgrave's 1611 dictionary also has them …
It was during the Running Fence project that Christo and Jeanne-Claude took me to meet the Charles Schulz, the late creator of Peanuts, who had a home in the county capital, S…
Ethan McSweeny has served as artistic director of the American Shakespeare Center since 2018. He announced his resignation effective Feb. 11, 2021. " Washington Post
"It's a further confirmation of the parochialization of British music and the arts," said Jasper Parrott, a co-founder of HarrisonParrott, a classical music agency, in a telephone interview.…
"The problem with writing is it's just another screen, and that's all there is … I can't connect with my imagination. I can't connect with any creativity. My whole brain is tied up with pr…
"This present moment places us in an exciting crossroad between former traditions and the emergence of technical and multi-platformed storytelling. I do not believe we are in a purgatory unt…
Says managing director Sarah Hopwood, "We are determined to present a festival this summer in whatever form is possible. We consider this essential to protect the livelihoods of our staff an…
"After a renovation of a storied gallery at the Louvre Museum in Paris, the Cy Twombly Foundation has claimed that a monumental ceiling painting by the late artist has been permanently alter…
Yes, it's because of Brexit: a statement from a company spokesperson said that "the potential additional costs for visas and current uncertainty around social security contributions mean reg…
"For the last year, Michael Phelan " a contemporary artist who has lived in Marfa full time since 2014 " has been quietly planning another destination within miles of both [of Donald Judd's]…
"Museumgoers took to social media to complain about the institution's failure to implement effective social-distancing measures in some of its most popular spaces last weekend, in particular…
As the chaos and confusion of the global pandemic shows distant glimpses of something less chaotic, the question of "strategy" is emerging once again. Now that arts organizations are making …
The Technical Director is responsible for all aspects of operations and implementation for the 4-day NFA Virtual Convention, Aug. 12-15, 2021.
"We are sorry. We have made mistakes. We have let you down. We are ashamed of Newfields' leadership and of ourselves," the board said in a statement announcing the departure of Charles Venab…
"There is a certain visceral quality about being in the same location together and experiencing art. I'm giddy with anticipation at the thought of reconnecting with that important part of ou…
"When the first COVID-19 lockdown rippled across the Bay Area last March, the dance community reeled. … But as the pandemic unfolded, the crews adapted: leveraging technology to rehearse r…
His city"our cities"aren't empty now. They're just pretty much shut down. There's a social media campaign attached to the Jazz & Heritage Foundation's new outreach efforts, asking for po…
"Comic creators have been wrestling with contemporary Australia and its identities in a series of publication coming out this year. What they show is a nation divided by racism and on a coll…
"Your poem was meant to be a complex double portrait of both the Black caregiver and your white grandmother, and the racist logic and history that bound them both. Did you, a young white per…
"Our data consists of digital editions of 200 works of prize-winning fiction, divided into four subcorpora of equal size: U.S.-American, French, German, and a collection of novels drawn from…
"The phenomenon of the historian traumatized by history remains unstudied and is not widely known. Yet anyone who has documented depravity knows the symptoms. After writing a book on the Arm…
Just as some computer scientists seem oblivious to ethical concerns, others appear to be trigger-happy with their moral outrage. " The New Yorker
