The core function of the documentary is a highly debated one — Scottish filmmaker John Grierson’s definition of the art form as the “creative treatment of actuality” is commonly referenced. When it comes to articulating Black stories, however, the function of the documentary extends past recounting and veers into correction, adding texture and giving structure…
Every public library is an exception. The world outside is costly and cordoned off, but here no one is charged, and no one is turned away. People browse for books and go online. They learn English, meet with friends, dawdle, nap, and play. For children, the public library is a place to build an inner…
Suzan-Lori Parks wrote one play a day for 13 months during the pandemic. Those stories come to life onstage in the form of monologues, dialogues and songs at Joe’s Pub. Source link
The Orlando Museum of Art in Florida has named Cathryn Mattson as its new interim executive director and CEO, signaling a hopeful return to stability following the dramatic FBI raid of its Basquiat show last summer. The Florida institution has fought to regain its credibility after a police investigation determined the dozens of paintings were…
If at first you succeed, try and try again to fail. This is the perverse lesson that has emerged from Boris Eldagsen’s attempt to refuse a prestigious photography award he won with an image he created by using A.I. image generator DALL-E 2. Concerned by the unchecked proliferation of A.I.-generated images, Eldagsen, a veteran Berlin-based…