Pew Research Center’s just-published findings from its examination of hundreds of local and regional public radio and TV stations, as part of its bi-annual “State of the News Media,” show that public radio’s audience trended down in 2022, part of a steady decline since 2017, although local station and NPR revenue continued to grow. “On…
Not many documentaries about families are truly able to get into the unkempt reality of home life, without tidy explanations and dramatic beats. In the touching and funny “Charm Circle,” Nira Burstein films her parents in their shambolic house in Queens with a persistent, loving curiosity about their relationship with each other and with their…
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines DOWN UNDER. A report commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia did not find evidence that paintings slated for a show of work by Aboriginal artists from Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) had been interfered with by white assistants, the Australian Associated Press reports. “Without exception, the artists…
In 2021, as the world slowly emerged from pandemic lockdown, perhaps the biggest cultural phenomena to rise from the ashes of COVID-19 was the craze for digitally animated projected light shows based on masterpieces by art-historical greats such as Frida Kahlo, Gustav Klimt, Claude Monet, and, of course, Vincent van Gogh. Now, Lighthouse Immersive Inc.,…
D. Smith never set out to be a filmmaker. For years, the Florida native enjoyed major success in the music business as a producer and songwriter, collaborating on projects with Lil’ Wayne, Katy Perry and other artists. All of that changed, however, when Smith came out as a transgender woman in 2014. Suddenly, she says,…