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Artists, Writers, And Musicians Experiencing Despair As Generative AI Collides With Art
“Musicians, artists and writers generally possess something AI does not, which is the lived human experience out of which they create. That experience includes...
What Will Win At The Tonys, And What Should Win
At least, according to The New York Times’s Helen Shaw. For instance: “When I think about the sheer old-fashioned ebullience of Cinco Paul’s Schmigadoon!...
The Story Of The Community College Prof Who Suddenly Found Out Her Novel Was...
Stacey Levine’s Mice 1961, published by a very small press in Oregon, is "a deeply weird book, a kind-of coming-of-age comedy with no easy...
The Plight Of Hollywood Has Become A Key Issue In The Los Angeles Mayoral...
“For decades, elected officials have not had to focus on the film and TV business, let alone turn it into a campaign issue. It...
Documentary Filmmaker Brian Lindstrom Has Died At 65
“Lindstrom, until the end of his life, was committed to portraying stories of trauma overcome. Though he possessed an exceptional grasp of cinema’s tools...
For No Reason The Artist Or Anyone Else Knows, FIFA Destroys A Huge, Beloved...
The massive whale mural is “'gone forever,’ Wyland told me, ... sounding at turns shattered and furious.” But why? Could be for some...
Fifty Years Later, A Documentary About The Harlem Renaissance Gets Its Debut
“The documentary centres on a cocktail party Greaves hosted at Duke Ellington’s townhouse in Harlem in August 1972 – an attempt to capture the...
The Egyptian Mummy Buried With The Iliad
Was Greek literature a “cheat code” to the afterlife for Egyptian royals of Roman-era Egypt? - The New York Times
Our Feeds Are Products Of Stealth Marketing — And Thus, Mostly Fake
The head of one viral marketing firm says 90 percent of what we see online is advertising. And of course, “the point of this...
Seth Rogen Says If You Want To Use AI To ‘Write’ Your Scripts, You...
"Every time I see a video on Instagram that’s like, ‘Hollywood is cooked,’ what follows is the most stupid dog shit I’ve ever seen...
Taking Broadway On The Road, But In Baseball
This Tony-nominated actor is finding more theatrical work - and, let’s face it, likely better pay - as a member of the Savannah Bananas,...
The Problem With Venice
If you go to the Biennale, including this year’s intensely controversial edition, “Do you marshal skepticism or let the feelings flow? Whatever your preference,...
A Forgotten Medieval Book In Rome Was Hiding A Copy Of The World’s First...
“Prior to the discovery of the Rome manuscript, the earliest one was from the early 12th century. So this is three centuries earlier than...
What Happens When The European Fine Art Foundation Comes To Town
“The pursuit of beautiful things is still a magical aspect of our world. … It is much more than finding the right art for...
Police Find Stolen Skull Of Czech Saint Encased In Concrete
The suspect was about to throw the concrete, and the 800-year-old relic inside it, into a river. - Agence France-Presse (The Guardian UK)
A Playwright Turns Movie Director
Aleshea Harris: "It felt natural and inevitable because I am a very particular playwright. … I already have strong ideas and impulses about not...
Why Is Hollywood Avoiding Cannes?
Basically? It can’t take the heat: “In theory, attending Cannes should be a no-brainer for major U.S. studios. Talent loves it because of the...
When This Young Soprano Died, The Role Of The Queen Of The Night Fell...
“That sprint of a succession of high notes in such a short time is legendary, which adds a layer of difficulty not only to...
How Tamara Rojo Is Remaking The San Francisco Ballet
“Ballet can be a pretty conservative artform, with many companies trundling out Swan Lakes, Nutcrackers, and Cinderellas year after year. Every now and again, though, someone like...
A Popular Pre-Print Publication Will Ban Anyone Who Sends Papers With Evidence Of AI...
“If a paper has ‘incontrovertible evidence that the authors did not check the results of LLM generation,’ such as hallucinated references or “meta-comments” left...
Racists Can’t Handle Having Helen Of Troy Played By One Of The Most Beautiful...
Wait, Lupita Nyong’o is not beautiful enough for some? Sounds like a them problem. Or, as Claire Willett said on Bluesky, “Woman: *Minds her...
Why Are Public Media In Trouble All Over The World?
“The second century of European public media looks less certain than its first as its original competition – from private broadcasters – is eclipsed...
Newly Discovered Portraits of Cy Twombly Add Texture To The Life Of The Artist...
The Twomblys’ granddaughter, Maia, discovered the negatives - and she has a new appreciation of the photographer: “I remember her now not as an...
Lost Your Ability To Enjoy Reading?
Try returning to some things you cared about as a kid. - The Atlantic
It Took Way Too Long For Art From The Asian Pacific Rim To Gain...
Why? For one thing, “conservation specialists ... have been navigating the practical challenge of safely transporting the works across the globe.” - The Guardian...
