Paul Taylor Dance Begins A New Era
The upshot of all this change is the emergence of a company that is more diverse, and more versatile, than ever before. Taylor dancers...
When It Was First Shown, Picasso’s “Guernica” Bombed (Ahem)
"Picasso, deeply apolitical, had shown little interest in the Spanish Civil War. ... Nor had he ever done a public mural, let alone one...
The War Between TV Studios And Their Creative Workers Over Pay Is Going To...
"In the 2023 round of negotiations with the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, the discussions are sure to...
Henry Louis Gates Is Editing A New Dictionary Of Black American English
"A new dictionary — the Oxford Dictionary of African American English — will attempt to codify the contributions and capture the rich relationship Black...
The New Yorker’s Archive Editor Accuses Editor-In-Chief David Remnick Of Inserting Errors Into Her...
In a 40-part tweetstorm, Erin Overbey argued that she was put under a performance review after complaining that female and male staffers at the...
Is Lincoln Center Edging Classical Music Out Of Its Summer Programming?
Lincoln Center president Henry Timms: "In terms of volume, probably, the amount of classical music being presented hasn't changed much. The nature of it...
2022 Kennedy Center Honors: Tania León, Gladys Knight, George Clooney, U2, Amy Grant
"The performing artists recognized for their lifetime contributions to American culture include actor and filmmaker George Clooney; contemporary Christian and pop singer Amy Grant;...
Baltimore Symphony Makes History Again, Appointing Its First Black Music Director
Jonathon Heyward, now 29 and chief conductor of the Northwest German Philharmonic, will be (after the late James DePreist of the Oregon Symphony) the...
Consuming The News Depressed Me. So I Quit. But Is There A Way To...
I went to a therapist. She told me (ready?) to stop consuming the news. That felt wrong. Wasn’t it important to be informed? Quitting...
India’s Most Influential Artist
He was the first Indian artist who successfully combined Indian iconography and subjects with Western techniques and styles. His art influenced Indian literature, music,...
What University Museums Have To Teach The Broader Museum World
Here are five ways college and university museums model a braver future for the museum field at large. - Artnet
Defining What Generative Art Is
The 2018 Chaos Machine by the artist collective Distributed Gallery is an early example of a blockchain sculpture where the use of randomness and algorithmic code...
How Scientists Are Using AI To Complete Unfinished Symphonies
Mahler and Beethoven left several tantalizing blueprints of their 10th Symphonies behind. Now, computer scientists are developing algorithms for artificial intelligence (AI) to lift...
The Obsessive Behind The Aix Festival
An experienced stage director as well as a renowned administrator, Audi doesn’t just work on grand strategy and schmooze with donors. He also gets...
Big Publishing’s Lawsuit Against The Internet Archive’s Open Library Is “A Trojan Horse”
The big-firm plaintiffs' brief accuses the Internet Archive of "mass-scale copyright infringement" and giving away "full-text digital bootlegs for free." (The Archive's Open Library...
Why Netflix Wants Traditional TV To Die
When you’ve basically got as many subscribers as you can currently, you need your competitors (linear TV, YouTube, TikTok, the great outdoors, etc.) to...
Teaching Refugees To Tell Their Stories Via Standup Comedy
"The award-winning British comedian Tom Parry ... led facilitators in Athens and Lesbos in teaching the infamously nerve-racking art of standup comedy. Speaking to...
Seattle Museum Cancels Microsoft Versus Amazon Art Show After Arts Community Objects
Greg Lundgren said that he heard “loud and clear” that the exhibition was not the way to have a conversation “around art, wealth and...
What’s The Most Watched News Publisher On YouTube? Vox
In number of subscribers, Vox is fourth, behind the BBC, ABC News, and CNN. But in average number of views per video, Vox racks...
Remembering Claes Oldenburg And Why He Mattered
“I am for the art that a kid licks, after peeling away the wrapper,” he once explained. - Los Angeles Times
“What If Arts Funding Was Honest And We Finally Admitted That It’s All Just...
"That beauty is subjective and all of our interests are conflicted. What if we replaced this arbitrary system that we pretend is rational, with...
Classical Music Is Getting Big On TikTok
“They don't care if Kate Bush was big 30 years ago, they're just like, this is the first time we've heard this and it's...
The Nine Best Operas Of The 21st Century (So Far): A Reader Poll
Popular new opera? Well, yes: the Met did four main-stage contemporary works just last season. (Also, we're talking the likes of Jake Heggie, not...
More Interesting Finds At Jerusalem’s Church Of The Holy Sepulchre
Archaeologists have announced that they've discovered rock layers from the quarry whose granite was used to build the Byzantine Emperor Constantine's original church in...
One Of Iran’s Most Famous Historic Mosques Has Been Damaged During Restoration Work
The 17th-century Shah Mosque in Isfahan, widely considered one of the country's most beautiful buildings, has suffered damage to the tiling and shape of...
