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The Art Of Artificial Intelligence
The truly interesting questions concern curating AI art - and that starts with the words a curator feeds into the program. - Wired
How A Small Town Near Liverpool Got A Shakespeare Theatre For The North
It's been a quarter-century of ideas, fundraising, failed plans, failed lotteries, failed trusts - and a lot, lot, lot of donations. - The Observer...
At Cambridge, Changing 350 Years Of Tradition
Outwardly and proudly sexist tradition, that is, as the Boys' Choir of St. John's College becomes simply "The Choir of St. John's College" —...
Theatres Go Through A Sea Change With Fight And Intimacy Choreographers
"I think back to when I was her age, and I wonder how many terrific fight choreographers we missed out on because we had...
Inside The Inventive, Intense Animation For Marcel The Shell’s Big-Screen Debut
"The danger, when you’re dealing with a bigger budget, is that in polishing it up, you might sand down all the things that made...
The Unintended Side Effect Of A Grammy Nomination
For those who don't win, it kills creativity and experimentation. - BBC
A Jukebox Opera Makes Its Debut
"Francesca Zambello, the artistic and general director of the Glimmerglass Festival, came up with a novel idea. 'I just said, ‘Let’s do a Rossini comedy...
Netflix Rests Its Hopes On Ryan Gosling And The Former Captain America
No, this isn't a return of an early meme. This is an action film, by the brothers who made Marvel zillions of dollars with...
How To Save Britain’s Hazardous Houses Of Parliament Palace
Rowan Moore says let the details go and save the monument by killing its Victorian darlings. "Think the unthinkable about heritage. For a feature...
Dancer Sheema Kermani Has Spent Decades Infusing Her Art With Activism
Kermani, 71, is a leading dancer and choreographer in Pakistan. "Over the decades, Kermani has defied rising Islamic conservatism in her country to perform...
Charlotte Church Says Her Worst Job Ever Was Being On A Major Label
The singer, who became famous at 11, says, "It was a double-edged sword, but being a major-label artist, I felt like a commodity, a...
Forsooth, Actors At Medieval Times Hath Formed A Guild
What is Medieval Times? Well: "Queens, knights, squires and stablehands at the Lyndhurst castle voted on Friday to unionize." Audience members get rowdy; horses...
The Grisly Way Leonardo Learned The Beauties Of Human Anatomy
Through dissection, of course. "By late 1510 he was in Pavia, a university city south of Milan. ... Pavia is cold in winter, ideal...
The Metaverse Is Coming To Hollywood, Probably Starting With Disney
"When we think about the virtual plane of existence where the impossible is possible, it's likely that many of us are going to want...
The Academy Museum Doesn’t Want To Fight With Its Workers Union
The voluntary recognition of the union from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures comes less than two months after employees organized. Now for a...
Rhiannon Giddens Picks Out And Reweaves The Threads Of The Silkroad Ensemble
Former leader Yo-Yo Ma "saw the classical footing he brought to Silkroad as 'a starting point,' and classical music itself as 'a form of...
Jerome Eisenberg, Antiquities Expert, Has Died At 92
Eisenberg was "a leading New York antiquities dealer who in the murky world of tomb raiders and smugglers held himself up as a guardian...
A Life Skills Coach And A Gallery Conspire To Get Black Canadians To Write...
The group founder: "I don't hear about romance novels taking place in Alberta — with Black people. There are Black people in Alberta, Edmonton...
Why Theatre Twitter, TikTok, And Instagram Absolutely Lost It Over Funny Girl Cast Changes
And yes, theatre folks on social media absolutely lost it. "All of this getting out so soon made what could have been a...
When Lofi Girl Disappeared, YouTube’s Issues With False Copyright Claims Reared Up Again
YouTube isn't protecting its smaller artists (or any artists) from false claims. Says one producer, "A lot of the legal practices are going towards...
Crazy Rich Asians Star Constance Wu Says She Attempted Suicide After Social Media Backlash
Wu wrote that during the backlash to a tweet, "I started feeling like I didn’t even deserve to live anymore. That I was a...
The San Francisco Symphony Has Hired Its First New Principal Cellist In 45 Years
"Rainer Eudeikis, currently the principal cellist with the Atlanta Symphony, ... will succeed the late Michael Grebanier, who led the cello section from 1977...
After Baltimore Museum Of Art Staff Unionize, The Walters May Be Next
The BMA final vote was 89 to 29 in favor of joining the union, and the vote happened as workers at other Baltimore area...
A Toronto-Based Filmmaker Uploaded A Movie Poster, And Is Getting Thousands Of Threats
Leena Manimekalai shared the poster, of the Hindu goddess Kali smoking a cigarette and holding a Pride flag, on Twitter. "Any artist would expect...
Why Can’t Filmmakers Learn How To Cast Dakota Johnson?
Only Maggie Gyllenhaal has worked well with her in the past few years, in Lost Daughter. Dare we even address the travesty of the...
