Recent Rulings On AI And Copyright Leave The Issue More Confused Than Ever
On certain key points, the two judges disagreed with each other—so thoroughly, in fact, that one legal scholar observed that the judges had “totally...
1,700-Year-Old Mayan Royal Tomb Uncovered In Belize
“The tomb is the final resting place of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of (the) ancient Maya city (of Caracol) and the founder...
Artnet Staff: Our Favorite Art Books Of All Time
The books that made impressions on people who care about art. - Artnet
What Brain Scans Reveal About Humans Seeking Revenge
Recent neuroscience discoveries reveal a chilling picture: Your brain on revenge looks like your brain on drugs. Brain imaging studies show that grievances—real or imagined perceptions...
How Women From The Former East Germany Are Shaking Up The Museum World
What these women offer isn’t nostalgia. It’s clarity. A resistance to simplification. A belief that history is not a finished room. In Kathleen Reinhardt’s...
Philadelphia’s Newest Art Museum Is Also Its Smallest
It holds only six paintings. It’s free, though reservations are required. And it’s an unlikely spot for a museum: the Green Room of the...
Praemium Imperiale 2025 Winners: Marina Abramović, András Schiff, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Peter Doig,...
It seems the categories for the $100,000 arts prizes this year were made a bit flexible: performance artist Abramović won the prize for sculpture...
Hackers Commandeer Elmo’s Account (Yes, From “Sesame Street”) And Tweet Offensive Messages
“The account was compromised over the weekend and instead of the usual posts of encouragement and kindness, Elmo’s 650,000 followers were given antisemitic threats...
Social Prescription — When Doctor’s Orders Are Art, Music, Dance, Nature, Or Group Exercise
“It's the idea of health professionals ‘literally prescribing you a community activity or resource the same way they'd prescribe you pills or therapies.’ ......
Milwaukee Ballet Will Use Live Orchestra For “Nutcracker” After All
Less than two weeks after the company announced that, due to financial troubles, it would use a recording of Tchaikovsky’s music for the next...
SUMMER RERUN: Art Doesn’t Need to Be Served. People Do.
From 2024: The Mellon Foundation almost got it right for nonprofit arts leadership in the 2020s. ...
Unreleased Music By Beyoncé Stolen From Car In Atlanta
“The theft of the materials, stored on five thumb drives, … along with footage, show plans and concert set lists, … happened on July...
“Gorky Park” Author Martin Cruz Smith Dead At 82
“(He) had just published Hotel Ukraine, the 11th and final installment in his Arkady Renko detective series, three days before he died. The novel...
Hollywood Bowl LA Phil Season Opens On A Down Note
One of the highlights of this season has fallen victim to a baffling Venezuela travel ban. Gustavo Dudamel can no longer bring his Simón Bolivar...
Historic Documents Stolen Ten Years Ago From Dutch National Archives Are Found In Attic
A decade ago, an employee stole 25 priceless documents from the Netherlands’ National Archives in the Hague. The trove included 16th-century records of clandestine government affairs, a...
AI Slop Is Swamping Publishing
Creative professionals have long found themselves amid an existential crisis in a market where profits are slim and the vast majority of them will...
Bronx Museum Picks A New Director
Shamim M. Momin is, most recently director of curatorial affairs at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle and co-founder of Los Angeles Nomadic Division, succeeds Klaudio Rodriguez, who...
First Look At LACMA’s New Home
Created to house the museum’s permanent art collection, the David Geffen Galleries increase the total museum space from 130,000 square feet to 220,000 square...
Columbia University In Discussion To Pay Trump Administration $200 Million
Part of the money would be paid to the government, people familiar with the matter said. White House officials said the deal also includes...
Kennedy Center’s Director Of Jazz Joins Long Line Of Leaders Quitting
He is the latest administrator to leave the performing arts center following the Trump takeover. Other administrators who also left included Renée Fleming, Shonda Rhimes and...
Restaurants Consider Ditching Recorded Music Because Of Higher Licensing Fees
The National Restaurant Assn. said its members pay an average of $4,500 per year to license music, or 0.5% of the average U.S. small...
The Harvard Linguist Who’s Figured Out How Algorithms Have Shaped Our Language
“I want to balance being a ‘ha-ha funny’ TikToker with academic credibility. It’s a little hard to strike that balance when you are talking...
La Scala To Ticket-Buyers: No Flip Flops! (We Mean It!!)
The venue is stepping up the enforcement of its dress code this summer, reminding patrons via signs in the foyer to dress “in keeping...
Is It An Honor Just To Be Nominated?
These shows, and actors, may find out tomorrow at the Emmy nominations. - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
It Might Be Time To Revive This Forgotten Pulitzer Prize-Winner’s Plays
“Gale didn’t coin the term ‘think global, act local,’ but that’s what Sodality does: Gale’s stories imagine an anti-capitalist vision of ‘sodality’ that could...