Commentary
It behooves audiences to be aware of how workers in the arts organizations they frequent are treated and whether management is operating in good faith.
Fuse critics pay homage to Chick Corea performances and recordings that they found memorable.
Ferlinghetti was a truly Whitman-like figure who really had been through it all, traveled the world, and fought for what he believed in. I have yet to hear anyone say an unkind word said about him.
All four budgets that Donald Trump and his sycophants sent to Congress had nada for the arts and humanities.
Today’s increasingly heated argument about architectural preservation revolves around discerning which pieces of the past are worth saving, which buildings are valuable to our present and future.
It is difficult to think of a harder-working actor or one more devoted to his craft.
Variety is wrong and cowardly to give in to Cary Mulligan’s misguided, damaging accusations.
“The gallery system, publishing houses, and critical reviews — all that facilitates the production and criticism sides of art’s dialectic — need to be reconsidered.”
Those who admire Yang Jisheng’s distinguished career should pick up this book. Those searching for a solid, accessible history of Mao’s Cultural Revolution should look elsewhere.

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