Maurizio Cattelan’s Banana Is Stolen From A Museum Wall, And That Museum Wants To...
The theft of the fruit from the jokester artist’s piece Comedian happened this past Saturday at the Pompidou Center’s outpost in Metz, France; the...
Ragazzi Boys Chorus seeks Artistic Director
Ragazzi Boys Chorus seeks Artistic Director. Salary in the range of $130,000 and $150,000. Please see the link for full details.
The Trump Administration Is Dismantling Support For Social Science Research
If the National Science Foundation does stop funding social scientists, experts told me, our 5,000-foot-view of American life will get foggier. The NSF, through...
The World Is Becoming Automated Around Us. Are Humans Losing Autonomy?
Computers talk to computers, producing information to train computers to sound more like humans or to better engage them. Humans type into the box,...
A Dancer Helping To Redefine What A Ballet Body Is
Ballet has a reputation for upholding rigid body standards. In recent years, though, the art form has been rethinking its relationship to diversity in...
How Alice Walton Culturally Transformed A Corner Of Arkansas
It’s impossible to miss the scope of transformation that’s happened in Bentonville, population 63,000. - Fast Company
Just What Does “American” Architecture Look Like In 2026?
A new book makes the case that when it comes to evolving forms and styles in American architecture, a new generation of firms is...
Not So Fast: Interior Secretary Won’t Commit To Removing Trump Name From The Kennedy...
Secretary Burgum’s hedging came as Trump attacked the decision and the judge behind it on social media Friday and Saturday. - Time
What We Need To Do To Get America Reading Again
Teaching people to read and building a world where they can do so are different problems. Throwing our phones in the lake can’t bring...
Facebook Whistleblower Forced To Stay Silent On Hay Festival By Meta
Sarah Wynn-Williams, whose bestselling memoir, Careless People, details her years working at Facebook, was due to appear in conversation with the investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr...
AI-Created Music Is Now Overwhelming Playlists
AI music has gone viral before and charted before, but song generators are now good and fast enough that they can flood the zone, creating tracks that slip...
A Trio Of Prominent Art Critics Has Just Retired. Here’s What We’ve Lost
The trio were not only the most influential, but also the most gainfully employed—two factors that have everything to do with each other. - ARTnews
Presidio Theatre seeks Executive Director
Presidio Theatre seeks Executive Director. Estimated base salary in the range of $200,000 to $220,000.
Dance Is Getting Its Moment – In Advertising
Why so much dance on TV lately? “Where the goal is to quickly get and then hold the viewer’s attention, energetic movement is a...
Newer Streamers, Even Ones From Well-Established Channels, Hope For An Emmy Boost
Peacock and Paramount+ have high hopes. “Emmy success can still bring tangible benefits. Even the commitment to campaigning can move the needle, especially for...
Ranking All Twenty-Two Films That Were In Contention For The Palme D’Or This Year
“The experience of watching so many movies over a twelve-day period coaxes your brain into a heightened state of pattern recognition, and you might...
Oakland Creatives Are Having A (Possibly Long Overdue) Heck Of A Year
“The Town has seen its homegrown talent reach new levels of success on the global stage, from figure skater Alysa Liu earning Olympic gold in Milan...
A Deeper Dive Into How That Book About The Problems Of AI Was Partly...
Um, ouf? “He doubled down on his personal commitment to AI, noting that he still uses it every day. … I asked him whether...
Over The Weekend, The British Museum Was Evacuated After Staff Found A ‘Suspicious’ Package
“The museum said it had also received what it described as ‘malicious communications’ before the evacuation.” - ARTnews
If We’re Really In A Reading ‘Crisis,’ Here Are Some Solutions
It’s not about the phones. Instead, as a society, we have to remove structural barriers - and build new libraries. "A democracy needs its...
Turns Out If You Let YouTube Turn Into Feature Films, Kids Will Go To...
Well, not kids, but youth, YouTube youth. “The success of two YouTube-native filmmakers at the box office indicates the growing power of the platform...
Sometimes, You Have To Turn Your Back On Your TBR Pile And Simply Reread
“You take yourself with you, right? The image becomes mirrored: Who you were and what you took from a book the first time is...
Even If Trump’s Name Comes Off The Kennedy Center, He Might Still Destroy It
“When the history of Trump’s second administration is written, the whole sorry Kennedy Center chapter will be key to understanding the chaos, cruelty and...
The Beatles Are Still Quite, Quite, Quite Big In The UK
“It’ll be like Barbenheimer,” says one biographer of Paul and John of the new wave of movies coming out this year, including four by...
A Billionaire’s Firm Just Tried To Buy Universal Music, But They Turned Him Down
OK: “The music giant said Pershing Square's $64.3bn (£48bn) takeover offer was ‘not in the best interests’ of the company, shareholders, artists, fans and other stakeholders.”...
