The internet has made the pace of language change much, much faster. “Now that every English speaker in the world can talk to every other English speaker in the world, the virus is mutating vociferously. The modern grievance airer must keep pace.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
As One Might Expect, The iHeart Radio Awards Are Just About The Opposite Of The Grammys
These awards happened this weekend, and yes: “If the Grammys are out of touch, the iHeartRadio awards are almost too in touch, celebrating the most popular of popular music and rejecting stuff that’s unnecessarily hip or cool.” (Er … unnecessarily?)
Do You Want To Spend Hours Reading Essays And Thinkpieces About ‘Black Panther’?
Well, the Los Angeles Times has you covered, with what they’re calling “the Pantherpedia.”
A New, And Much More Hopeful, Genre Is Emerging: Solarpunk
Instead, of, say, No Country for Old Men, this genre pulls from a different strand of thought. “Solarpunk prioritizes hope and resilience in the face of the climate crisis. The stories in each collection are typically set in futures where solar energy takes center stage. Many are utopian. Others are post-apocalyptic, and these articulate a Solarpunk attitude in their portrayals of humanity’s battle to renew the Earth.”
Director Of Ghent Museum Suspended For ‘Controversial’ Exhibit
The company in charge of the museum suspended Catherine de Zegher after months of mounting criticism and pending the results of an internal audit. Did she lie to the city’s cultural committee? Did she claim art historians had authenticated Russian avant-garde paintings when they had done no such thing – and then refuse to turn over any documents that would have supported her? Very, very possibly.
When Russia Banned This Director’s Movie, He Got All Kinds Of Congratulatory Emails – But He Says That’s Not The Right Reaction
Armando Iannucci: “This act of censorship gave me no joy; the overwhelming emotion has been one of sad disappointment that in the world of instant communication, and the anarchic dissemination of information, people still think it’s O.K. to ban stuff they don’t like. That they should ban a film making fun of repression is wonderfully ironic, I know, but I still don’t get any kick out of it.”
An Artist In Residence At The Tate Has Resigned After Remarks From The Director About Sexual Harassment
Liv Wyntner was one of four teaching artists-in-residence at the Tate for 2017-2018, but when Tate director Maria Banshaw made what seemed to many dismissive statements about harassment and abuse survivors, she wrote in an open letter, “I cannot describe to you the personal shame I feel as a survivor of domestic violence, to work for someone who could think so little of me whilst simultaneously profiting off of my ‘survivorness’ and the work I dare to make about it.”
For Hilary Mantel, Critical Success Came Quickly, But Everything Since ‘Wolf Hall’ Has Gone Popular At Breakneck Speed
Mantel, who works during and through quite a lot of pain, her sudden but last popularity has been unexpected. “The books are not for all readers, and some complain that they’re too complex, too allusive. Yet, there they remain, the unicorn of the publishing world: thorny masterpieces that sell like iPhones.”
This First Soloist At The Royal Ballet Had Ten Minutes To Warm Up Before He Replaced The Injured David Hallberg
Matthew Ball “was asked to rush back to the Royal Opera House and dance a key role in Giselle, a part he had performed only once before, after the American star David Hallberg injured himself during the first act. It had been Hallberg’s long-awaited comeback, almost three years after a devastating foot injury.”
The Little Publisher That Could Get Comic Books From, And For, Everyone
The comic book publishing company Lion Forge is based in St. Louis, but is finding success with digital comics, including one about eating disorders that just won an award as one of the best graphic novels for teenagers. David Steward II, the founder and CEO: “For everybody to participate, you have to have representation that looks like everyone in this country. We’ve been careful to make sure that it is an inclusive line of characters. Kind of like the United Colors of Benetton [laughs], but it feels natural and organic.”