Yearly Archives: 2023
Pianist George Winston, 73
"Selling more than 15 million albums worldwide, Winston became synonymous with a distinctive, highly imitated flavor of solo piano: warm, melodic and pastoral. His...
West Virginia Symphony Appoints A New Music Director
Maurice Cohn, a 27-year-old native of rural Illinois and an Oberlin graduate who's currently assistant conductor (to Fabio Luisi) at the Dallas Symphony, begins...
AI Is Going To Change Music. Until Then, We Have Issues…
“How do you search? Who are the creators? How do you attribute labels to them? What do those revenue splits look like?” he says....
The Problem With Thinking About Misinformation As A Virus
We do not actually have an immune system for misinformation, and there is good reason for this. Unlike viruses, there is nothing inherent in...
Quiet Tragedy: Sale Of The Whitney Breuer Building To Sotheby’s
There is an important difference between a building that is “open to the public” and a public building, and that distinction may explain the...
Annie Ernaux: Winning The Nobel Ruined Me
“So I’m going to be brutal and say that I obtained a prize I never wanted. The Nobel prize fell upon me. It fell...
Measuring “Wellbeing” After Visiting A Museum
According to the final technical report, more than 95% of participants reported some benefits to their well-being after visiting a museum and 85% indicated positive...
When Adrienne Kennedy Turned John Lennon’s Book Into A Play For Olivier’s National Theatre
The Black American playwright was inspired to adapt Lennon's In His Own Write by her son's Beatlemania. To her initial surprise, Kenneth Tynan picked...
Sorting Out What The Research Says On The Benefits Of Music On The Brain
In recent decades, numerous studies have shown that kids who study music outperform their peers in a variety of realms. The problem is it is...
Insults Through History (They’ve Changed Less Than You Might Think)
"Despite the different time periods and languages used, the content of insults hasn't evolved: They're still highly personal barbs about people's courage (or lack...
How Actors’ AI-Generated “Digital Doubles” Are Already Being Used
"So are we on the cusp of major studios forcing Meryl Streep into a sequel by casting her digital double? Not quite. It's not...
The Artists Rebuilding Beirut
The Lebanese creative scene has never been more prosperous and vibrant: it has kept on blooming like an unlikely flower on a volcano’s crater....
“Nobody Dances In Prison.” But In This One, They Do.
Dance is far rarer than other art forms in prison arts programs: it "goes against prison-culture codes of masculine behavior." But two inmates decided...
Italian Court Rules Against Magazine For Using Image Of Michelangelo’s David Without Permission
An Italian court has ruled in favor of Florence’s Gallerie dell’Accademia in its lawsuit against the publishing house Edizioni Conde Nast, which used an...
A Safeway Blasted Classical Music At Top Volume Nonstop For Days, Driving The Neighbors...
A Safeway in San Francisco has been playing classical music from a speaker in a parking lot security tower for months in order to...
The Job Of A Museum Director Has Changed Enormously
In addition to knowing art history and being a good administrator and fundraiser, a museum director these days may have to address diversifying her...
London’s Donmar Warehouse Names A New Artistic Director
"Tim Sheader …, who currently runs Regent's Park Open Air theatre, will take over from Michael Longhurst in March 2024 and will also be...
A Big, Multicolored Outdoor Artwork Near San Francisco Bay Has Vanished
"A colorful collection of wooden slats woven into a fence along the Richmond Parkway near the Chevron refinery, titled 'Fencelines: A Collective Monument to...
Lincoln Center Plans To Renovate Its Western Edge So It No Longer Looks Like...
The Amsterdam Avenue façade of the campus has always seemed sterile and forbidding, the tall, blank walls of the building giving the feeling of...
Marin Alsop Has A New Job: Artistic Director Of The Polish National Radio Symphony
She first conducted the orchestra, based in Katowice, a bit over two years ago; since then, she's led them in 15 concerts at home...
Françoise Gilot, The Only Lover Who Dumped Picasso And An Accomplished Artist Herself, Is...
"She also published graceful, incisive memoirs and poetry collections, even as she spent decades battling with those who sought to define her by the...
New Report: Diversity Study Across American Orchestras
Commissioned by the League, the report covers the ten-year period from the 2013-14 season through the 2022-23 season and presents analyses by orchestra role...
Bizarre: A New Genre Of AI-Generated Movie
The Frost is a 12-minute movie in which every shot is generated by an image-making AI. It’s one of the most impressive—and bizarre—examples yet of...
Has The Podcast Boom Crested? Spotify Lays Off Podcast Workers
Spotify is laying off 200 workers from its podcast division, or about 2% of its total global workforce, the company said in a memo...
Barbican Artistic Director Will Gompertz On The Greatest Challenges To The Arts
"The purpose of the arts is to question, challenge, reflect and enlighten. Great art reveals a truth, and debate and disagreement about the nature...
