Art and Culture

Reviewing my new novel “The Disciple: A Wagnerian Tale of the Gilded Age,” the British critic Clive Paget writes in “Musical America” that it’s “a richly detailed depiction of at the apogee of the Gilded Age and its embrace of all…
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Imagine a world where an artist is considered an essential worker. The government commissions murals and sculptures for schools, libraries, and hospitals. Taxes fund free classes in pottery and printmaking at a community art center.…
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Portland State University faces one of the largest academic programming cuts in its 80-year history, utilizing its new PIVOT plan to lead restructuring efforts. Portland State University is moving forward with sweeping academic cuts…
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“Dalí prescribes this very method, deeming zinc white the color with which ‘you will achieve the most absolute whites in your picture.’ But chemically speaking, this approach causes problems.” – Artnet Source link
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Also, what’s that board going to look like once the president gets finished with it? “Smithsonian officials declined to comment on the appointment process, and offered no explanation for the delays.” – The New York Times Source…
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<!-- Melvin Edwards, Sculptor Who Welded The African Diaspora, Has Died At 88 | ArtsJournal …
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The Writers Guild has a new deal — four years, notably longer than the three-year contracts that have been Hollywood’s norm since the 1940s (The Hollywood Reporter). What the guild is really buying is time to figure out how AI…
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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Twenty years ago, I stumbled across a book that would change the course of my career. Donald…
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Now, let me begin by saying: stealing is bad. I don’t think you should steal things. It is a good way to get yourself sent to prison and it is morally wrong to take things that don’t belong to you. Cargo theft? Bad. Stealing priceless…
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The Writers Guild of America has reached a tentative four-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers group representing studios and streamers. The writers’ union and the AMPTP officially confirmed the…
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