New York’s Iconic Symphony Space To Get A Makeover

When the venue reopens in 2028, after a 15-month closure that begins at the end of this year, an updated version of its signature...

On Set, Seeing How Microdramas Get Made

“As opposed to a traditional set, there are no luxury trailers for the stars, no furnished dressing rooms or green rooms for the execs....

Trouble At Chicago’s Theater Awards, The Jeffs

“A week after boos rained down in a ceremony honoring Chicago’s top storefront theater companies, the Joseph Jefferson Awards — known as ‘the Jeffs’ — are...

Reconsidering Morton Feldman In His Centennial Year

“In his time, many composers were preoccupied with structural rigor. His quietly sensual works were humanist, exploring the common yet profound experiences of distorted...

Eurovision Song Contest Is Expanding Into Asia

The Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026, with finals scheduled for November in Bangkok, has confirmed at least 10 countries as contestants: Thailand, South Korea,...

The World’s 100 Most Visited Museums In 2025: Some Surprises Among The Perennials

The Louvre is still no. 1, with the Vatican Museums a distant second; the National Museum in Seoul surpassed the British Museum to take...

Choreographer Ben Stevenson, Who Brought Houston Ballet To Prominence, Has Died At 89

"Known for the organic beauty, narrative drive and humor of his productions, (he) became the most famous ballet choreographer in Texas, and one of the...

Is There A New Rembrandt At The Art Institute Of Chicago?

A portrait, currently on loan to the Institute, in a UK collection that has long been dismissed as a workshop copy of an almost...

Financial and Administrative Officer – Cincinnati Opera

Cincinnati Opera is in Search of Chief Financial and Administrative Officer.

Big Art Heist In Italy

Four hooded thieves forced their way through a first floor door in the museum’s Villa of Masterpiece overnight between March 22 and 23, but...

Meet The Voice Of Romantasy

He's the voice of some of the genre's most famous MMCs: aka male main characters, aka the internet's favorite "book boyfriends." His deep, resonant...

Flush With Cash, Universal Music Announces Share Buyback Plan

“Our strong balance sheet and cash generation gives us the flexibility to repurchase shares, while preserving ample capacity to invest in our growth strategy,...

Bringing Indigenous Culture To The Billboards Of Times Square

By bringing this ancestral dance to Times Square’s glowing billboards, Jeffrey Gibson turns a space of mass consumption into one of visibility and spiritual...

When Art Meets Pantone: The Science of Seeing Red

What happens when something as intuitive as color gets the full industrial treatment? Turns out defining 'blue' requires lab coats, corporate committees, and aesthetic...

HBO Max UK Launch: Meet The New Boss

Streaming's rebel phase is officially over. HBO Max's confused British debut—complete with licensing tangles, bundling mysteries, and consumer bewilderment—proves digital platforms have become everything...

Bridgerton Finally Gives Its Diversity Some Actual Drama

After seasons of pretty faces in period costumes, the Netflix hit discovers that meaningful representation requires more than just colorblind casting—it needs actual storylines...

Artists Developed Nuclear Photography (Results May Vary)

Slow War Against the Nuclear State excavates the visual complicity between art and annihilation. These cultural archaeologists prove that the camera didn't just capture...

Artists Cast Themselves As Humanity’s Last Stand

A flamenco guitarist and juggler explain why they're the antidote to our tech-flattened souls. Because apparently what civilization really needs is more passionate strumming...

The Design Errors In Trump’s White House Ballroom

The hurried reviews, with construction cranes already swiveling above the White House grounds, are an abrupt departure from how new monuments, museums and even...

The Gen-Z YouTubers Of Ballet

Two Canadian sisters make polished, professional, joyous ballet breakdown videos every week - and they have won over ballet scholars and ballerinas alike. “The...

Thieves Steal Renoir, Cezanne, Picasso Works In Three-Minute Raid In Italy

“The Magnani Rocca Foundation, a private museum, lies in the heart of the countryside 20 kilometres from Parma. Local media reported that the thieves were able to nab the paintings in...

The Oscar-Winning Documentary Has Been Banned In Russia

To no one’s surprise, A Russian court banned the Oscar-winning documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin from several streaming platforms .., alleging it promoted ‘negative attitudes’ about...

The Accidental Creation Of Project Hail Mary’s Breakout Star

No, we’re not talking about Ryan Gosling. We’re talking about puppetry, and voices. - The New York Times

South Africa’s Daring Anti-Apartheid Theatre Turns Fifty

“Even the fact that audiences were made up of Black and white South Africans mingling together was unheard of in a city where...