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As The Olympics Showed, Women Can Break
“Some observers view breaking’s evolution as most apparent in the development of its female athletes, a far cry from the early days when male...
Artists And Activists Both Have A Purpose, But Not The Same One
“We seem to be torn between two approaches to the role of the arts in American life — whether we need a narrowly political...
AI Music Production Is Getting Easier, But Is It Getting Better?
“Music appears so much earlier in human history than money, let alone the music industry. We’ve found all sorts of other reasons to make...
A Remodel Gets The University Of Texas’ Art Museum Back In The Thick Of...
A new director came in 2011, and has “since helped shape a museum that stands out on campus, in the city, and in the...
Despite Huge Cash Infusion, Australia’s Most Prestigious Arts Festival Loses Money
“Adelaide festival management confirmed on Friday it will post a deficit, just a week after the unexpected departure of its artistic director.” The good...
The Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s Dancers Joined A Union – And Then The Organization...
The most recent post on DBDT’s Instagram is an audition call. “All of it comes after filed unfair labor practice charges last weekend...
The Knockdown, Drag Out War For Laughs On Streaming
“Before the rash of streamers elbowed in, the landscape had been dominated by HBO and, later, by Comedy Central.” Then Netflix opened its bankbook. - The...
The Chicago Artist Who Believes Art Can Help Communities, And Individual Artists, Heal
For vanessa german, “one of the threads that connects her varied interests is a belief that art can restore our capacities to love ourselves...
The Voynich Manuscript Is A 500-Year-Old Mystery
“Why riddle a puzzle? And yet that’s what the Voynich did, over and over again. The moment you felt you were getting somewhere, it...
The Paris Olympics’ Hostile Architecture Is Just Another Way That Cities Hate Unhoused Folks
And Paris isn’t trying to hide it. “'I haven’t seen anything quite like this,’ says Jules Boykoff, a professor and former professional soccer player...
All The News That Was Fit To Inscribe In Babylon
It wasn’t good news - or rather, it wasn’t good astronomical divination. “The futures foretold were almost uniformly bad news for the empire, though some...
One Of The Best Dance Exports From The United States Is Having Its Spotlight...
"Hip-hop first landed in France in 1982, when an elite group of ambassadors from New York City, including ... popular breakers the Rock Steady...
How Michelangelo’s Dome Has Survived For Centuries
He had some (postmortem) secret weapons at St. Peter’s Basilica: A team of mathematicians … and the Pope. - Hyperallergic
How Norway’s Public Broadcaster Figured Out The Algo
If you build it (in this case, climate coverage), they will come. “In 2023, stories produced by the organization’s climate teams outperformed the average...
Theatre Artists Make So Little Money, It’s Nearly Nonexistent
How can we fix this? Gloucester, England, has one (extremely dreamy) idea - give artists money, and tell them you don’t expect an outcome....
Mary Wings, Who Led The Way In Queer Comics, Has Died At 75
Wings was the first known US comic artist to produce work by a lesbian about lesbians. “After publishing her three comics, Ms. Wings turned...
Classic Films, Hard To Find On Streaming, Are Making Their Cinematic Comebacks
Perhaps surprisingly - but perhaps not, if you’ve ever tried to figure out what to watch from 12 different streaming services - “there...
How Small Towns And Rural Areas Can Keep The Arts Going
Collective action is the key: “A rural community may not necessarily receive the art it deserves, but it certainly gets the art it is collectively...
But What Exactly Is Banksy Doing In London?
When’s the big reveal after the surprise five animal appearances this week? Is the artist protesting far-right rioters, climate change, or … what? -...
The Message Of Recent Broadway Successes
“At a time when costs for Broadway shows continue to rise … the necessity is producers so committed to projects and their potential to...
Banksy Confirms A Fifth London Piece This Week
This one, hungry pelicans playing with fish, is appropriately located above one of London’s famous chip shops. - Euro News
The Salzburgians Who Hate Sound Of Music On Its 60th Anniversary
“The story was too romantic. It was tears cutting out of your eyes. And the von Trapp, they left their home. For the others,...
Warner Bros-Discovery Takes A Huge Financial Writedown
Shares of the merged company dropped to their lowest point since they began trading in 2022. CEO David Zaslav said, “This better aligns our...
Art For Change Partners With Michelle Obama To Increase Voter Participation
Artists are “constantly engaging with these ideas around family, community and relationships, so I think that we look to artists, not necessarily on how...
What’s The Right Name For New Music?
“The goal of LOUD Weekend is to imagine the world that’s yet to exist — one where composers and musicians work on equal footing,...
