A “Hamilton”-Style Hip-Hop Musical About Scottish Hero William Wallace (Yes, Braveheart)
“Hip-hop, (songwriter Dave Hook) argues, has never blandly replicated itself, but always adapted to new circumstances. … By giving hip-hop a Scottish voice and,...
What Does It Really Mean The “Reasonable” People Can Disagree?
To say that “reasonable people can disagree” can encourage suspension of judgment in response to important matters of personal and social concern. - 3...
The Last Days Of Arts Criticism?
Arts criticism has been vanishingly difficult to break into for ages, no one’s idea of a growth industry. But publications have managed to make...
Rethinking Where Broadcasting Is Now
Broadcasting no longer conveys a geographic monopoly on the distribution of content. It’s becoming clear that a business model based largely on the broadcast...
Chicago Reader Saved From Closure By Owner Of Seattle Alt-Weekly The Stranger
The 54-year-old paper, one of the US’s oldest alt-weeklies, made major layoffs and narrowly avoided shutting down in January. The Reader has now been...
So What Really Does The Edinburgh Fringe Do For Theatre?
If it works for the few but not more widely – in particular, if it doesn’t work for global-majority artists or those breaking with...
How Are We Defining Art Movements In The 21st Century?
Gone for the most part are the -isms that defined artistic movements in the 20th century: Cubism, Surrealism, Fauvism, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism. Manifestos too are increasingly...
Claim: Elimination Of Government Funding To Rural Public Broadcasting Will Push Stations Left
Instead of toppling our radio towers, the funding cut is just likely to make them lean further left. Was that the White House’s and...
Starling Lawrence, Editor With A Nose For Bestsellers, Dead At 82
“For more than five decades at W.W. Norton, (he) waded into the so-called slush pile ... to discover unsung authors and to help fashion...
Anthropic Settles Class Action Copyright Suit Brought By Authors
Anthropic has reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by a group of prominent authors, marking a major turn in of the most significant ongoing AI...
AI Music Generator Suno Lays Out Its Defense
"No Suno output contains anything like a ‘sample’ from a recording in the training set, so no Suno output can infringe the rights in...
Giles Havergal, 87, Longtime Artistic Director Of Glasgow Citizens Theatre
Havergal, with his co-directors, the designer Philip Prowse and the playwright and translator Robert David MacDonald, ran the beautiful jewel of a Victorian theatre on...
Simon & Schuster CEO Is Stepping Down To Launch New Imprint
Jonathan Karp became CEO in 2020 and steered the publishing house through COVID, an antitrust case and a change in ownership. He’s moving on...
A New Artistic Director At Louisville Ballet
Anthony Krutzkamp, a Kentucky native, is currently both artistic and executive director at Sacramento Ballet, where he achieved record ticket sales, formed a second...
Philadelphia Is About To Suffer Massive Transit Cuts. What Will That Mean For The...
With funding stalled in the state legislature, transit agency SEPTA instituted a 20% service cut in the city last week and will make drastic...
Van Gogh Museum Says It May Have To Close Without More Money From Dutch...
“The museum … needs a refurbishment to preserve its more than 200 paintings and nearly 500 drawings by Vincent van Gogh, but two years...
South Dakota Public Broadcasting Cuts Its Workforce By 25%
Following Congress’s elimination of federal funding of public TV and radio and state-level finding cuts, SDPB is laying off 15 staffers and eliminating five...
Fired Trinity Wall Street Music Director Arrested For Possession Of Child Porn
Julian Wachner, who established Trinity Church Wall Street as a dynamic force in New York’s classical music scene, only to be dismissed following an...
Edinburgh International Festival Sees Best Ticket Sales In A Decade
“2025’s EIF season, themed ‘The Truth We Seek’, sold 88% of available tickets. The figure is up by 29% on last year, when EIF...
Did Three Malevich Paintings Really Turn Up Under A Retiree’s Bed When She Moved?
So says the owner of the works, Yaniv Cohen, who claims he was given them by his wife’s grandmother, whose father acquired them secretly...
YouTube’s Sneaky AI Processing
“They’re training us, the audience, to get used to the AI look and eventually view it as normal.” - The Atlantic
Rethinking The US Art Market
In the space of just a few weeks, four prominent U.S. galleries announced they would cease operations in their current forms. - Artsy
Egypt Changes The Visitor Experience Around The Pyramids
In April, the government announced the pilot launch of the pyramids area development project, leading to changes at the world’s most famous archaeological site. -...
Glasgow’s Leading Theatre Reopens After Seven-Year Renovation
The Citizens Theatre closed in 2018 for what was supposed to be a three-year rehabilitation. The COVID pandemic, and the ensuing inflation, both delayed...
The Secret To Teaching Students To Read?
After a few Fridays, I noticed that one of the most inveterate nonreaders was not only listening, but also looking at his book, even...
