Yearly Archives: 2023
A Major Ancient Cave Art Discovery
“Once we began the proper systematic survey, we realized we were facing a major cave art site, like the ones that can be found...
Report: Majority Of US Museum Workers Want To Quit
Two-thirds of museum workers are thinking about leaving their jobs, if not the field altogether, according to a survey out this month. The top...
Another US Regional Theater Company Drops The Traditional Directorship Model
"Crowded Fire is taking what might be its boldest step yet by dissolving its traditional hierarchical management in favor of a seven-person shared model...
No More History Musicals From Lin-Manuel Miranda
“I’ll give you a scoop: I don’t think I’m writing another history musical ever f - - - - - g again. You think...
A Call For Public Radio To Step Up Their News Operations
The paper, which has been endorsed more than 120 leaders across public media, calls for “bold investment” by local organizations to expand their newsrooms...
“Disaster Was My God” — The Short, Wild, Obnoxious Life Of Arthur Rimbaud
"One hundred and fifty years ago this week, holed up at his family's farm in the Ardennes, 19-year-old Arthur Rimbaud … had reached the...
Hollywood Stars Working On System To Manage AI Versions Of Themselves
Metaphysic claims that this system could effectively help actors to use generative artificial intelligence algorithms to create their own face, voice and performance data over time,...
Julie Kent, Houston Ballet Co-Director, On Beauty In Dance
"(It's) the artist's willingness to be completely vulnerable on a stage. … Tutus and tiaras — that's a very, very dated and small idea...
Placemaking? – Is That A Typo?
I have a confession to make: I have no idea what "placemaking" is. The more I hear the word, the less I understand it....
Sculptor Fernando Botero, 91
Botero’s paintings of Colombian governmental officials and clergy are now known the world over. He said that when he first started making them, in...
Jann Wenner Defends The Rock Generation
As befits a man who has been held up as an avatar of his generation’s achievements and failings, Wenner has left behind a complex...
The “Severe” Financial Crisis At Sacramento’s Public Radio Stations Isn’t Just About Listenership And...
"CapRadio's problems are much deeper than a shifting media landscape, former employees and current management say: three costly construction projects combined with falling revenue...
For Years Saudi Arabia Waged War On Video Games. Now They Want To Be...
For years, this kingdom’s Islamic clerics waged a war on videogames, banning popular titles such as “Pokémon” for promoting blasphemy, violence and laziness. Now,...
Kazuo Ishiguro’s Next Book Will Be A Bunch of Song Lyrics
"The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain: Lyrics for Stacey Kent will be published on 7 March 2024 by Faber, featuring 16 sets...
David Adjaye’s London Office Will Reportedly Lay Off Half Its Staff; Former Employees Describe...
"Allegations of sexual misconduct against David Adjaye ... sent shockwaves through the profession and led clients to cancel a string of projects. Now, his...
Ireland Slaps TikTok With $367 Million Fine
"TikTok has been fined €345 million — about $367 million — by (Ireland's Data Protection Commission), which ruled the app violated the EU's data-privacy...
Three Works By Egon Schiele Seized By Manhattan D.A. From Out-Of-State Museums
"The artworks were all previously owned by Fritz Grünbaum, a cabaret performer and songwriter who died at the Dachau concentration camp in 1941. (They...
“A Breathtaking $500 Million Gamble”: The New Perelman Performing Arts Center At Ground Zero
"A lot of what drove the programming decisions was where there was that emotional hook," said artistic director Bill Rauch. "What does it mean...
In “Precipitous” Move, Spoleto Festival USA Replaces Music Director
Mena Mark Hanna, who became the festival's general director in 2021, has replaced longtime chief conductor John Kennedy with a new music director, Timothy...
Why Were Two Medieval Stained-Glass Panels From Notre-Dame Auctioned Off At Sotheby’s?
That's what French authorities are investigating. The two medallions were taken from the Paris cathedral during its last renovation, in 1862, and were sold...
Museum of Modern Art Raises Admission Price To $30
For nearly a dozen years, the adult ticket has been $25. But the museum has since dramatically expanded its footprint in Midtown Manhattan, adding 47,000 square...
A German Town Creating An Artwork That Won’t Be Finished
Wemding’s citizens are assembling at a rate of one six-by-four-foot block every decade. There are 116 more to add before the “Time Pyramid” will...
The Art Inspired By The Webb Telescope
“We designed the telescope to wow the scientists,” Mike Menzel agreed. Now, he said, “We’re here in an art show, watching some images that...
The Dangers Of Storytelling As A Learning Device
Historians have an increasingly strong incentive to tell dramatic stories which gain attention and make ‘impact’. But anyone in the business of reporting on...
George Benjamin On The Art Of Writing Opera
Every note, every rhythm, every dynamic, every timbre, every expression, every slur: you must imagine it all to perfection in your inner ear. That...
