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Did Brexit Move The Center Of The Art World Back To Paris?
One gallerist says, "The quality of the work is better, things are presented more thoughtfully. And collectors like spending more time here" (despite a...
Authors, Stressed About AI, Take Their Objections To The Courts
Authors are suing to get their work, and characters, out of AI programs. "OpenAI, for its part, has contended that training an AI system...
After A Massive Deal, Microsoft Is Now A Gaming Company
Microsoft "is collecting these infinity stones of game companies." Will this deal be as bad as the Warner Bros.-AT&T merger? - Slate
American Ballet Theatre’s First Woman Artistic Director Takes The Reins
Susan Jaffe has some questions to answer, like how can ABT reflect society, and attract younger audiences - "and how do you make a...
Indie Films May Have A Solid Chance At The Oscars
That's thanks to the writers' and actors' strikes. "If the strike continues without stars on the circuit, voters may be left to their...
The Philadelphia Orchestra Ratifies A New Contract
Two months after a strike authorization vote, the contract ratification means the musicians play on, with a much better deal than management press releases...
A WWII Soldier From The US Stole A Painting From A German Museum
But now it's back. A German curator: "Retrieving a long-lost painting 'is actually a very rare moment for us. ... It’s exciting.'" - Seattle...
Killers Of The Flower Moon May Be In Theatres, But Oklahoma Kids Are Barred...
Teachers are too afraid to teach the book or the reality. "If such policies continue, new generations of Americans will be deprived of the...
The Biggest Failure Of An Art Conservator’s Career
Hey, it wasn't as bad as the botched Ecce Homo restoration in Spain, right? Right? - LitHub
As The Actors’ Strike Reaches 100 Days, Talks To Resume This Week
"'I’m always saying to , you could be the heroes in this,' said Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA. ... 'The eyes of the industry...
Has The Great British Bake-Off Regained Its Mojo?
The first thing to do was to get rid of the deeply alarming "ethnic" bakes. - NPR
Portland’s Artists Rep Lays Off Its New Artistic Director
The grim news for Artists Repertory Theatre continues as the board lays off Jeannette Harrison "in a cost-cutting move." - Oregon ArtsWatch
Counter-Programming The Taylor Swift Movie With The Films Of Her Many Actor Ex-Boyfriends
Sheer marketing genius for Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. - The New York Times
The Streaming Music Revolution Began With A Demo Tape
Thirty years ago, The Ugly Mugs just wanted to get their music into people's hands. - Fast Company
Art Organizations Went On A One-Day Strike In Support Of Inhabitants Of Gaza
On Friday, October 20, "across New York City, Amsterdam, Santiago, Berlin, London, and beyond, dozens of art galleries, museums, and individuals their spaces...
92nd St Y Abruptly Pulls Event With Pulitzer Prizewinner Viet Thanh Nguyen
The author of the new memoir Man of Two Faces had signed a letter critical of the Israeli government's actions in Gaza. - The...
No Movie News, Only Rumors
Marvel has been mighty tight-lipped about where things are headed, so possibly dubious casting rumors are all obsessive fans have. - Washington Post
The Evolutionary Advantage Of Cuteness
Our hardwired love for "cute" may cause a few issues as "new robotic or artificial personas use cuteness to solicit our affection." - The...
The English Town That’s Been Part Of Every Disney Movie Since 2006
Walt visited an English village and heard a lot of tales about his purported ancestors - and thus, in Norton Disney, was the Disney...
How A Shakespearen Actor Prepares For His Roles
Patrick Page - the voice of Hades in Hadestown - loves being a villain, or, currently, all of Shakespeare's bad guys. - Slate
What The Kilroys Did With Their List
They destroyed it - or rather, transformed it, turned it into a web. Will that work in a world obsessed with rankings? - American...
What Do Book Censorship Advocates Actually Know About Libraries?
Weirdly: "People who do not know how librarians select material are much more likely to also believe librarians should be prosecuted for that material." - BookRiot
Martin Scorsese’s New Film Is Just The Start
If filmmakers want to tell the stories of the Native peoples of the U.S., well, there's a lot to choose from. - Los Angeles...
At The London Film Festival, An Eco-Drama From Japan Takes Top Prize
The film is director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to the Oscar-winning Drive My Car and "is on first glance a simple tale of corporate capitalism...
The Pilgrimage To Van Gogh’s Starry Night
One visitor to New York and MoMA from North Carolina: "I was in here for a long time. ... And I turned around and...
