Yearly Archives: 2023
Our Concert Hall Will Reopen In 2024, We Promise, Says San Diego Symphony
The $125 million redesign/renovation of Copley Symphony Hall, begun in late 2021, was supposed to be done this fall, but the scheduled Nov. 4...
The Unholy Mess At Peoria’s Public TV Station
In September, the CEO resigned and then commited suicide. Two weeks later, the board announced that an audit found "questionable, unauthorized or improper" expenditures,...
New York City Has A New Law Banning Employment Discrimination Due To Body Shape....
"In theory, it will be a useful legal tool for all job seekers — and particularly powerful for artists. But in practice, it is...
Masha Gessen Stripped (Sort Of) Of Hannah Arendt Prize After Comparing Gaza To Jewish...
The much-honored Russian-American journalist, who is Jewish, made the comparison in a December 9 New Yorker essay criticizing Germany's unequivocal backing of Israel in...
Cleveland Ballet’s Artistic Director Is Under Investigation And Suspended. Now The Interim Artistic Director...
Cynthia Graham, a principal with a previous incarnation of the company who retired from the stage in 1992, stepped in last month to direct...
One Of France’s Greatest Living Actresses Is Sentenced For Tax Fraud
Isabelle Adjani — who has won five Best Actress César awards and gotten two Oscar nominations (in French-language films, no less) — was fined...
Oprah Lands In The National Portrait Gallery
The oil painting by Chicago artist Shawn Michael Warren presents the iconic talk show host-turned-media mogul in virtuosic detail, wearing a dramatic purple dress...
Arts Relief Funding Was Massive. Here’s Where It Went. Now What?
Now that the pandemic relief funds have stopped, many arts organizations are scrambling to balance their budgets. The new report says "the duration" of...
Will AI Turn The Web Into Fodder?
If ChatGPT reproduces news updates, what reason is there to click on the original? How many times have you Googled for more information after...
Ben Sasse: The Moral Decline Of Great Universities
Today, free will, individual agency, forgiveness, personal improvement, and healthy cultural cross-pollination are all obliterated by omnipotent determinisms. - The Atlantic
Teachers In France Strike To Protest Controversy Over Renaissance Painting
Housed at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the display of the 1603 canvas Diana and Actaeon reportedly “disturbed” some students, according to the...
Stephen Sondheim Was One Of America’s Great Classical Composers (Yes, Classical)
Joshua Barone makes the case. - The New York Times
Argentina’s New President Puts Ministry Of Culture On The Chopping Block
On the chopping block is the Argentine Ministry of Culture, along with the ministries of Health, Labor, Social Development, and Education (which Milei had previously...
The 15 Best Art, Design And Archaeology Discoveries Of 2023
"Whether lost at the bottom of the ocean, tucked away in a library’s archives or hidden behind a kitchen wall, this year’s arts, archaeology...
How Big Brands Use Christmas Music To Sell Things To You
How does music support these brands, and what subconscious effect is this having on our shopping behaviour? - The Conversation
How Subtitled Foreign Films Have Finally Entered The American Mainstream
When Parasite director Bong Joon-ho accepted his Oscars in 2020, he told the audience, "Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you...
An AI Art Installation That Insults Viewers
The installation, “AI & Me,” was first shown this summer at the Metropolink #09 Festival in Heidelberg, Germany, as an experiment into how far humans are...
This “Choreorobotics” Engineer Will Be Dancing An Eight-Hour Duet With Her Robot
"(Dr. Catie) Cuan has performed with robots for many years at venues such as the Smithsonian and Brown University, but her first public performance...
Big Streamers Promised They’d Invest In Canadian Content. Now Canada Wonders How?
As 2023 ends, the country’s TV and telecom regulator is at odds with American streamers over how much cash they are now obligated to...
The Long Partnership Between An Indigenous Amazonian Chief And A Belgian Filmmaker Has Fallen...
"For five decades, Amazonian tribal leader Raoni Metuktire and Belgian director Jean-Pierre Dutilleux enlisted presidents and royals, even Pope Francis, to improve the lives...
This Week In Newly Discovered Ancient Roman Mosaics: “Luxuria” In A 2,000-Year-Old Home
"The luxurious residence, dating back to the latter half of the 2nd century BC to the conclusion of the 1st century BC, has been...
Has The Job Of Artistic Director Of A Theatre Company Simply Become Impossible?
"This year has seen several high-profile exits from that position, often after unexpectedly brief stints in charge. Questions have been raised about the viability...
Arguments And Cancellations Over The Israel-Hamas War Are Roiling Germany’s Cultural Scene And Hurting...
"Recent cancellations, … and growing fear that artists may lose funding and opportunities due to political views on Israel-Palestine ..., are casting a shadow...
First Woman To Accuse Gérard Depardieu of Sexual Assault Has Committed Suicide
In a 2019 Facebook post, Emmanuelle Debever alleged that Depardieu groped her on the set of Andrzej Wajda's 1982 film Danton. On Nov. 29,...
Debut Author Who Review-Bombed Competitors On Goodreads Loses Her Publisher And Agent, Checks Into...
"Cait Corrain admitted that she had created six profiles on ... Goodreads in order to boost the ratings of her forthcoming debut sci-fi novel,...
