The dean of the school said, “It is in the times that are most challenging that we, as artists, must engage the world with our greatest passion, clarity and forward-thinking vision. … To be an artist in an uncertain future, you must be brave, you must be bold, and you must strive for excellence.”
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Wes Anderson’s Aesthetic Has Taken Over Our World
The director of (most recently) Isle of Dogs has affected not only other movies but also everything about our visual world, including Instagram and much more: “He has had a boggling influence over the rest of pop culture, too, on fashion, design, pop and social media. It ranges from Gucci’s billion-dollar renaissance, trading on various elements of Tenenbaum-chic, to the recent video for SZA’s Broken Clocks, where the singer and friends cavort in a very Anderson-like US holiday camp. And where there isn’t homage, there is downright parody.”
Molly Ringwald, Now An Adult Who Deeply Understands The Me Too Movement, Revisits The Problematic Teen Movies That Made Her A Star
This is a fine, nuanced, complex piece of writing. For example: “How are we meant to feel about art that we both love and oppose? What if we are in the unusual position of having helped create it?”
Ursula K. Le Guin Explained Why Dictators Aren’t Usually Into Poetry (And Definitely Not Poets)
From an interview published this year: “Dictators are always afraid of poets. This seems kind of weird to a lot of Americans to whom poets are not political beings, but it doesn’t seem a bit weird in South America or in any dictatorship, really.”
What’s Up With The Casual Colonialism Of Major Movies?
Are Indiana Jones and Lara Croft really meant to inspire kids to go into archaeology? “Although the character of Indiana Jones arguably raised the profile of archaeology as a whole, and Lara Croft could inspire young women to go into the field, both figures have little regard for the cultures whose histories they collect.”
Will London’s ‘Hamilton’ Set Records In The Olivier Awards Today?
The London version of the smash hit already raked in a record-breaking 13 nominations. Can it beat last year’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which broke records with nine wins last year?
What In The World Is Hollywood Doing With A Star Like Sandra Oh?
The lead of this piece sums up the issues, really: “For four years after she left Grey’s Anatomy, Sandra Oh waited. She waited for offers to come in, juicy scripts that could come alive in the hands of her Golden Globe–winning talent. Sure, she did acting work here and there, … but there was nothing on the scale of Cristina Yang, the sarcastic surgeon she played on Grey’s for nearly a decade – a standout performance that turned the Korean-Canadian actress into a household name, and earned her five Emmy nominations in a row.”
Maya Angelou: Poet, Memoirist – And Godmother Of Hip Hop?
She mentored Common, inspired Kanye West, and won three Grammys for her own spoken word poetry. “Angelou saw hip-hop’s innate connection to the tradition of poetry. When asked whether she thought of using students’ interest in rap to lead them to poetry, she replied: ‘Absolutely.'”
After Protests, The Brooklyn Museum Defends Its Hiring Of A White Curator Of African Art
Who can afford to be an art historian, or a curator? “The Brooklyn Museum job was advertised as a part-time position for a limited period. ‘It goes without saying that for many, this kind of employment is not practical.'”
High Special Exhibition Fees Spark Debate About UK Museum Policies
General admission to the main sites of all the UK’s national museums has been free since 2001, and has helped make Britain’s museums and galleries some of the most visited in the world. But it means they rely on government funding or special exhibitions to survive. Critics say this has created a two-tier system, whereby only tourists and higher spenders can afford the special exhibitions.