Playwrights Are Breaking Theatre’s Fourth Wall
These writers create an environment in which characters can enter or exit the main storyline as if from a magic door. Audiences are cognizant...
The Golden Globes Are Back (And Still Problematic)
So, yes, for all intents and purposes, the Golden Globes are back. But regarding ethical practices, today’s for-profit Globes may well be worse than...
Gertrude Stein Knew She Was A Genius — And That The World Would Only...
“‘Those who are creating the modern composition authentically are naturally only of importance when they are dead,’ Stein once wrote. Accordingly, she spent a good...
Producer: AI Is Inevitable In Music. Time To Have A Strategy
“Everybody should be selling or licensing their voice and their skills to these companies,” Stewart said. “Otherwise they’re just going to take it anyway.”...
Louvre Leak Causes Water Damage To Art Work
“Between 300 and 400 works” were affected by the leak discovered on 26 November, the museum’s deputy administrator, Francis Steinbock, said, describing them as...
Solving An 800-Picture Art Heist In Slow Motion
Some 800 paintings have been taken from the collection since 1945, in one of the most devastating spates of art theft in Germany’s postwar...
Professors Are Giving Lectures In Bars — To Capacity Crowds
At Lectures on Tap, “attendees hear thought-provoking talks from experts on wide-ranging topics such as Taylor Swift's use of storytelling in her music, how...
The End Of Residuals? Netflix’s Purchase Of Warner Bros. Could End Up Costing Creatives...
“The streamer has set new parameters for making content, providing rich upfront fees, but diminished profit participation or residuals for producers, directors, actors and...
DC’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Appoints New Artistic Director
“Reggie D. White, whose résumé spans acting, directing and playwriting in addition to in-office leadership, will (succeed) Maria Manuela Goyanes, (who) announced her departure in...
Philadelphia Will Host A Five-Week Arts Festival For America’s 250th Birthday
“Dozens of Philadelphia artists across disciplines will present more than 30 original works, staged from late May to July 2026 in venues around Philadelphia,...
Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Released From Custody In Japan
“The Tony-nominated playwright and actor (was) released after spending three weeks in custody on suspicion of attempting to smuggle illegal drugs into the country....
Workers At Louvre Vote Unanimously To Strike
“The museum is in ‘crisis,’ with insufficient resources and ‘increasingly deteriorated working conditions,’ said the unions’ strike notice to Culture Minister Rachida Dati.” -...
Eight Matisse Prints Stolen In Brazil
“In a daylight robbery on Sunday, two armed thieves stole eight prints by Henri Matisse and at least five engravings by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari from the...
Struggling To Define Intelligence: What Does It Take?
We are running out of intelligence tests that humans can pass reliably and AI models cannot. By those benchmarks, and if we accept that intelligence is...
Spotify Wrapped Is Everything That’s Wrong About Our Outsourced Musical Taste
It nudges listeners away from deep consideration and towards accepting a corporate-branded scorecard reflecting a very specific perspective on musical value. It encourages music...
Architecture Is Shifting From The “Lone Genius” Model To Collective Activism
Architects are expanding their boundaries into other fields such as gastronomy, music, design, and the corporate world, applying spatial thinking to address challenges of...
Inside The Enormous New Grand Egyptian Museum
Located on a desert plateau formed by the Nile thousands of years ago, the Museum's geological setting was integral to the design. Beginning at a focal...
Why Small Publishers Are In Crisis
There’s a sense that big publishing has stopped investing in people, authors, and good writing, and is just producing huge amounts of product, which...
Trump’s FTC Might Block The Netflix/Warner Deal. That Wouldn’t Be A Bad Thing
From a competition standpoint, Warner Bros. going to Netflix is sharp a step in the wrong direction. It’s turbocharging the runaway market leader, leaving...
How An Ex-Actress Created Tilly, The AI Actress
Eline Van der Velden toiled with her 15-person team to nail down the look of her leading lady, creating 2,000 iterations of an actress...
How Netflix Swallowed Hollywood
Piece by piece, Netflix has disrupted a more-than-century-old industry, from the way consumers rent movies and TV shows, to the cadence at which new...
Another Big Departure At The George Lucas Museum
“There are no immediate plans to replace Pilar’s role as Chief Curator and Deputy Director of Curatorial and Collections,” wrote interim Chief Executive Jim...
Are Indie Studios Dead? Not According To The Golden Globes Nominations
A24 and Neon absolutely dominated the best picture nominations, leaving predicted nominees like Wicked: For Good and Jay Kelly out in the cold. -...
Now Paramount Has Launched A Hostile Bid For Warner Bros.
What will the president, who is chummy with the (new) Paramount owners, do? - CNN
The EU Fined That Site Formerly Known As Twitter 120 Million Euros
“Elon Musk responded with his trademark tact and professionalism by posting ‘Bullshit’ on X in response to the announcement.” Then “Nikita Bier, X’s head...
