Monthly Archives: May 2024
Philadelphia’s University Of The Arts Is Closing For Good In One Week, Says Its...
The school, which has seen a big drop in enrollment over the past five years, had not notified staff or students as of this...
How Helen Vendler Pressed Meaning Into Poetry
Helen insisted that it was the poem’s shape—its form, the thing that made it look unlike any other type of utterance—that gave it meaning....
Writing A Memoir? Maybe Reconsider?
Before you start yours, consider this: What you think is riveting about your life might not seem so to others. As one publisher put it,...
Our Culture Needs More Contrarians
Music writers of 2024 have achieved a remarkable synchrony with consumers, such that, for the first time in living memory, the most popular musicians...
US Audience Demand For Foreign Language Shows Cools
In Q1 2024 the share of audience demand in the US for foreign language shows was 13.6%, which is smaller than the share of...
Monet Destroyed As Many As 500 Of His Paintings
Dissatisfied with his paintings, he took knives and his own boots to them rather than send them to hotly anticipated Paris exhibitions, including one...
A First: All Of This Year’s Stratford Festival Directors Are Women
That women directors are leading all three Shakespeare productions at the festival this season signifies an important shift for the company, which for decades...
Getting British Orchestral Musicians To Play Pakistani Sufi Music Is Easier Than You’d Think
Rushil Ranjan of Orchestral Qawwali Project: "I find it astounding how much (they) can draw from 90 minutes of repertoire with just a three-hour...
Opera, Careers, And Jealousy
I am a jealous opera singer. When I’m in the audience of any opera production, at least once I’ll think to myself, “It could...
“I Still Can’t Look At My Nonfiction Shelf Without Flinching A Little” — Ed...
"When you’re searching for excellence, even books you might have enjoyed under normal circumstances start looking mediocre, and the process quickly becomes a slog...
Report: When Listeners Move To Podcasts, It Becomes Their Primary Source
Edison Research’s Share of Ear data shows podcast listeners spent a third (32%) of their audio listening time with podcasts. That beats out AM/FM...
When Art Institute Of Chicago Students Put Henri Matisse On Trial
"In 1913, on the last day of the history-making Armory Show, … displeased with ... Matisse’s Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra), the students accused...
Hollywood’s Number Of “Blue Collar” Workers Declines
Combined, the “white collar” class of creatives, managers and specialists accounted for eight out of ten jobs in Hollywood in 2022, up from seven...
Want To Know Why There’s Really No Oscar For Best Stunts?
Critic Bilge Ebiri, who's been advocating for such an award for years, walks through, and takes down, the arguments that have for decades been...
Report: AI Threats To The Art World
Both art institutions and artists face existential challenges in negotiating this AI universe and its emerging financial model. Art-world experts consulted by The Art...
Audience Member Sues Madonna And Live Nation For Ambushing Him With “Pornography”
While he's also angry that the concert started late, the arena was hot, and Madonna was lip-synching, his legal complaint says, "During the performance...
The Fight To Save Louisiana’s Only French-Language TV Programming
With funding from the state, Télé-Louisiane has been airing, on Louisiana Public Broadcasting, a weekly news-and-culture program called La Veillée and a children's cartoon,...
How A Self-Help Book With No Publisher And No Brick-And-Mortar-Bookstore Presence Sold Over A...
TikTok, that's how. With The Shadow Work Journal, Keila Shaheen has become "perhaps the first self-published nonfiction author to break out in a big...
Colombia Bans Bullfighting
"The bill calls for ... making the tradition illegal by the start of 2028. The new law now needs to be signed by President...
Canada’s National Ballet School May Be Forced To Rescind Offers To Overseas Students
"Canada’s National Ballet School says it may be forced to rescind or defer offers for its competitive teacher-training program because its status as a...
Foundation Plans A 100,000-Square-Foot Arts Campus In A Working-Class Philadelphia Neighborhood
"The Forman Arts Initiative, an arts organization that awards grants to local creatives and arts nonprofits, plans to renovate four buildings on American Street...
Edinburgh Int’l Book Festival Also Gives Up Baillie Gifford Sponsorship (Also Under Pressure)
The decision comes just a week after the Hay Festival cut funding ties with the investment firm. Both festivals cite "intolerable pressure," referring to...
Jonathan Haidt’s Alarming “Anxious Generation”
No media consumer is an easier mark than the guilt-ridden parent, whose perseverations about not paying enough attention can be amplified a millionfold by...
Modern Architecture Through A Horror Lens
By interpreting buildings in horror mode, the authors unveil the systemic greed, unsustainable growth, and unchecked power embedded in their foundations. - LA Review...
Theatre’s Video Revolution
There are several factors behind the proliferation of live video in theatre. Partly, it is just because directors have been excited to explore the...
