Yearly Archives: 2023
Washington Post Launches A TV Channel
On May 6, Washington Post Television will go live with continuous coverage of King Charles III’s coronation. - Washington Post
The Ancient Buildings Built To Withstand Earhquakes
The buildings stand free of any mortar or metal, which makes them more capable of shifting and flexing along with torques in the ground....
Post-Pandemic, Theaters In Boston Find Their Way Toward The New Normal
"Audiences have been slow to return. National conversations about race put the internal practices of local theaters under a microscope. Many theater artists moved...
Why The San Francisco Conservatory Of Music Bought Two Management Agencies And A Record...
In just over two years, the school acquired Opus 3 Artists, Pentatone Records, and the major London agency Askonas Holt. SFCM president David Stull...
Will Viewers Even Notice The Writers Are On Strike?
The dramatically changed landscape that inspired the walkout — an industry that’s focus-shifted to streaming content — is also going to make it tougher...
France’s Economy Minister Publishes An Erotic Novel. Mockery And Anger Ensue.
As inflation persists, the country is roiled by protests against President Macron's pension reforms, and Fitch downgrades French bonds, Bruno Le Maire has drawn...
The Essential Role Of Memory In Creativity
Over the past decade, our understanding of memory’s role in creativity has only grown. Researchers have linked false memories and forgetting to creative performance. And earlier this year,...
Considering Cancellation Comedy
"Cancellation comedy permits comedians to recycle their controversies into a staged performance. A distant cousin of reality TV, the genre lets celebrity humorists reflect...
Art Of Tomorrow: The World’s Problems And The Role Of Art
What about the central question of whether the arts could be a way to confront some of the world’s many challenges? - The New...
When Jerry Springer Met The Creator Of “Jerry Springer, The Opera”
Writer-composer Richard Thomas (not to be confused with the actor) remembers how he forgot to ask for Springer for rights clearance, how the host...
This Radio Station Tried AI-Generated Programming For A Day. The Audience Did Not Go...
On April 27th, Switzerland's Couleur 3 aired all-AI programming for 13 hours: the music was selected by algorithm, the scripts written by chatbots, the...
After Choreographing Broadway Musicals And Winning Tony Awards, Christopher Wheeldon Comes Back To Abstract...
"Returning to New York City Ballet now, after working on Broadway and on Like Water for Chocolate for the more theatrically oriented Royal Ballet...
Two Miami City Ballet Alums Start Up Southwest Florida’s First Professional Company
After they left MCB, Iliana Lopez and Franklin Gamero launched a school in Fort Myers, training dancers and then watching them leave for elsewhere...
Could Studios Use Chat-GPT To Produce Scripts And Get Around The Writers’ Strike?
"If half the internet can be tricked by an AI-created Drake and The Weeknd collab, could that same tech write scripts and enable studios...
Austria Prepares To Return Two Parthenon Marbles To Greece
"Museums in Austria and Greece are discussing the potential return to Athens of two ancient Greek sculptures, a move which could have a knock-on...
Renzo Piano’s Latest Museum Building, Istanbul Modern, Is Opening
"The building boasts a footprint of 110,000 square feet, with dedicated space for temporary and permanent exhibitions, educational programs, film screenings, and a café....
Zaha Hadid Architects Say They Are Developing “Most” Of Their Projects With AI
Zaha Hadid Architects is using AI text-to-image generators like DALL-E 2 and Midjourney to come up with design ideas for projects, studio principal Patrik Schumacher has revealed. - Dezeen
The Meaning That’s Lost As Handwriting Fades
"I have never subscribed to the strained idea that the characteristics of one’s handwriting provides a subtle indicator of one’s personality... but I do think there...
Opera About Drone Warfare Clarified After Online Criticism
Anger erupted online, with critics accusing Washington National Opera of serving as a mouthpiece for the defense industry. A think tank that advocates military...
Survey: Audience Shifting To Podcasts From YouTube And Streaming Music
Half of those surveyed said they were spending less time with YouTube in order to spend more time with podcasts. That is twice as...
Post-COVID: New Realities For The Performing Arts
“There is a massive shift there in terms of interests, what millennials consider relevant and find exciting. It will impact more than just what...
The Sheeran Copyright Case: A Threat To All Music
To complete the metaphor, the lawsuit and its implications are the musical version of saying to a painter: You’ll have to pay to use...
Another Step To A Well-Deserved Pritzker Prize? Yasmeen Lari Wins The RIBA Royal Gold...
Her country's first female architect, Lari, now 82, gave up a career building high-profile landmarks to design simple, inexpensive structures of bamboo and mud...
What It’s Really Like To Live In A House By Frank Lloyd Wright
"Actually living in a work of art affects how you see and feel details on a daily level." says one of the seven homeowners...
Art World Discussion: What’s The Role Of Art In These Uncertain Times?
As artists and the public at large become ever more engaged in tackling world problems, and social media pushes everything to new levels of...
