Monthly Archives: May 2024
Photographers Go To War Over Adobe’s AI Suggestions
Adobe marketing materials seemed to suggest it could replace photographers with AI outraged many customers, further igniting an ongoing battle between tech companies and...
The Arts In Toronto Are Contracting. What To Do?
The closure and diminishment of so many arts institutions in our city should concern us all. The significant economic threat aside, it makes life...
Investigation Into Competition-Fixing In Irish Dance Is Dropped, And Everyone is Angry
Because one key witness is ill and has stopped cooperating, the investigation has collapsed, the accused get no chance to clear their names, reformers...
The Art Of Reacting To Bad Reviews
Certainly, a clever riposte like this one written by composer Max Reger from his bathroom after a very negative one, has a satisfying feel...
Co-Producers To Be Barred From Crowding Onstage To Accept Tony Awards
Co-producers meaning, in this case, the many individuals who provided or raised money to run the production — and these days, it takes a...
Why Dance Companies Should Be Transparent About Their Finances
There is one immediate step with broad impact: real transparency throughout the dance economy. How can dance organizations do that? By making their annual...
Jaap Van Zweden’s Strange, Abbreviated Tenure At The New York Philharmonic
He departs this month after only six seasons, three of those cut short by the COVID pandemic. And, while proud of his work there,...
TikTok Places Limits On Reach Of State-Affiliated Media Outside Their Home Countries
As part of an effort to control interference with elections, "state-affiliated media accounts will not be put on the 'For You' page, which is...
What Is This About A TikTok Dance Cult?
A three-part Netflix documentary titled Dancing for the Devil looks into a Southern California management company called 7M and its affiliate Christian church, Shekinah....
Over 600 Looted Artifacts, Worth $80 Million, Returned To Italy From The US
"Ranging from life-sized bronze statues to tiny Roman coins, from oil paintings to mosaic flooring, the pieces span the 9th century BC to the...
Someone Tells The New York Times He’s The Guy Behind The Foreclose-On-And-Auction-Off-Graceland Scam
Little about this matter has turned out to be what it first appeared, and there's little independent confirmation besides the email address that messages...
Conductor Jan Latham-Koenig Given Suspended Prison Sentence For Attempting To Solicit Sex From A...
"(He) had admitted arranging sex acts with someone he thought was a teenager, but was in fact an undercover police officer. … On Tuesday,...
One Of Every Four Ancient Rock Art Sites In Wyoming Has Been Vandalized
There are over 1,100 such sites known in the state; most have been discovered during preparation for coal and oil projects. Vandalism to the...
Netflix’s Plan To Keep You Watching
We define quality from the perspective of the audience. So if the audience loves the movie, it’s great. That’s quality. “Irish Wish” maybe didn’t...
Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum Staff Walks Out Over Exhibit On Hate
The walkout, which involved about half the museum’s staff, has shut the museum down for several days (a reopening date has not been set),...
Yuja Wang’s Fashion Forward Art
What would happen if a male pianist chose to highlight his body in a similar way? Some boundaries have yet to be tested. -...
Why Songwriters and Publishers Are Fighting With Spotify
Their dispute stems from SPOT’s controversial decision to reclassify its Premium tiers as ‘bundles’ by combining music and audiobooks, which has resulted in Spotify paying a lower...
We Desperately Need A New Copyright Law For AI
In the new, global media ecosystem, AI and user-generated content will interact in a symbiotic cycle of information and transformation. The U.S. should therefore...
Weeping And Wailing On Broadway (And This Is Good News)
Critic Elisabeth Vincentelli reports that audiences being moved to actual tears (and, yes, even wailing on occasion) has become surprisingly commonplace this season —...
AI In The Arts? It’s A Labor Issue
If you think a poem made like a hot dog of stolen words sounds interesting, that’s fine, but no one should lose their job...
Missy Mazzoli Is Composing An Opera About The Opioids Crisis
The Galloping Cure, with a story and libretto by Karen Russell (author of the novel Swamplandia!) and Royce Vavrek (possibly America's busiest librettist), will...
At NYCity Ballet, Audiences Are Getting Younger
In 2023, 53% of ticket buyers were under age 50, and people in their 30s made up the largest age segment by decade. Five...
How An Antiquities Dealer On A Small Danish Island Discovered The British Museum Thefts
"In 2020, Danish antiquities dealer Dr. Ittai Gradel began to suspect an eBay seller he had been buying from was a thief who was...
Ransomware Hackers Claim Responsibility For Christie’s Attack
A hacker group called RansomHub said it was behind the cyberattack that hit the Christie’s website just days before its marquee spring sales began, forcing the...
At New York City’s Public School For Dance
"Ballet Tech … isn’t just a dance school; it’s an academic one, too. A collaboration between the New York City Department of Education and...
