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American Cultural Institutions Are Tearing Themselves Apart Over The Israel-Hamas War
"The conflict is forcing leaders to navigate larger existential questions about the power and limits of arts institutions at this moment, including whether museums...
And The Oddest Book Title Of 2023 Is …
"Sound the trumpets, folks, ring the bells and most importantly crank up that old-fashioned noisemaker that goes 'a-rooo-gha', for Danger Sound Klaxon! The Horn...
What’s All This About AM Radio Being Eliminated From Cars And Ted Cruz Trying...
Automakers have been gradually leaving AM receivers out of their new-model cars, and they really want — for legitimate reasons — to drop AM...
Facing A $3 Million Deficit, L.A. Public Radio Station KCRW Is Cutting Staff
"KCRW, which has an annual operating budget of about $23 million, relies on member contributions and corporate sponsorships, including studios looking to promote their...
Limelight Was A Church, Then A Disco, Then A Mall, Then A Pizza Joint,...
The de-sanctified sanctuary was Manhattan's hottest nightclub for a while in the 1980s. Shifting fashion and excessive drug use eventually shut the club down,...
The Musée d’Orsay Has Set Up An AI-Powered Vincent Van Gogh To Chat With...
Yes, it's making some typical AI-powered factual mistakes. And yes, visitors keep asking it why it committed suicide. - The New York Times
Detroit Symphony Extends Music Director Jader Bignamini’s Contract To 2031
"The Italian conductor, whose upbeat energy and artistic acumen have galvanized musicians and audiences since his arrival in 2020, has signed a five-year extension...
With Crowds Coming For The 2024 Olympics, The Louvre Raises Its Ticket Price
"Admission will rise from €17 to €22, the first hike of its kind since 2017. Per a statement from the Louvre on Friday, the...
At 42, Not Only Is Alina Cojocaru Still Dancing, She’s Producing
She and husband Johan Kobborg left London's Royal Ballet a decade ago; she spent seven years at English National Ballet, then became a busy,...
Keeping Traditional Japanese Dance Alive In Mexico City
Naoko Kihara, the daughter of Japanese-Brazilian immigrants to Mexico, has been practicing hanayagi dance in the Mexican capital for nearly a quarter of a...
“Weird And Depressing”: Watching The Maria Callas Hologram Concert
"The hologram – which uses projectors and motion capture technology to create a 3D image of Callas – interacts with the audience without speaking...
Why On Earth Do So Many U.S. Prisons Ban Fantasy And Sci-Fi Lit?
"Is the banning of fantastical literature in prisons just carceral paranoia — or is it indicative of a larger cultural attitude that simultaneously denigrates...
When A Small, Underfunded Theater Company’s Show Misfires, Should A Critic Review It Honestly?...
"A year and a half ago, when I wrote a critical review of a show by (a) small company, a theater colleague asked me...
The Typewriters Of Legendary Authors, Now Up For Sale
"After 20 years of assembling what may be the greatest typewriter collection in the world," — owned by the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Maya...
Finding Ways For Researchers To Combine Science And Arts
"It’s not art-at-the-service-of-science. … It’s a collaboration of the two that can generate a vision for the future, to explain complex information, both theoretical...
Vera Molnár, A Pioneer Of Computer Art, Is Dead At 99
"Long before many others did so, Molnár embraced computers, which she used to create spare, minimalist drawings that were made according to sets of...
Yahoo Makes Major Job Cuts For The Second Time This Year
"Layoffs affected a number of verticals including the website’s 'Originals' teams, with affected staffers told of their status in a meeting with their manager...
Artforum, Noticeably Slimmer, Tries To Regroup After The Israel-Hamas Letter And The Top Editor’s...
"A skeleton crew of editors needed to take a hacksaw through the December issue of Artforum magazine. There were only a few weeks between...
Despite The Backlash, “Oppenheimer” Will Be Released In Japan
"The choice to have the film address, but not explicitly depict, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the U.S. — which killed tens...
Cleveland Play House Hires A New Artistic Director
"Michael Barakiva … is an Armenian-Israeli American director and writer whose work has been seen at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Syracuse Stage and the...
What U.S. Ballet Companies Go Through To Get And Maintain Visas For Foreign Dancers
There are two main types of visas for this purpose, but obtaining either is a complicated, time-consuming, expensive process. Here's a look at how...
The Carnage In The Podcasting Industry Isn’t As Bad As It Looks
"This constant stream of layoffs and show cancellations — not just at Spotify, but at other prominent shops across the industry — has made...
The Movie Biz Seems Surprisingly Interested In Classical Music Lately
In roughly two years, there've been Tár, Maestro, Chevalier (a biopic of Black composer Joseph Bologne), the documentary American Symphony, and upcoming Callas biopic...
DeSantis’s Handpicked Board To Govern Disney World Accuses Its (Disney-Approved) Predecessors Of “Corporate Cronyism”
The current board — installed following Disney's public criticism of DeSantis's "don't say gay" law — described the previous one as "the most egregious...
The $15,000 Rembrandt That Just Sold For $14 Million
When Christie's auctioned off Adoration of the Kings (1628) in Amsterdam two years ago, the house attributed it to "the circle of Rembrandt" and...
