NYU Offers A Class In Taylor Swift 101
In class, they re-examined the time Mr. West, the rapper who recently changed his name to Ye, jumped on stage and interrupted Ms. Swift’s...
Philosophers On TikTok (Yes, It’s A Thing)
Search the hashtag #Philosophy and you could find a tenured professor discussing Aristotle or Hannah Arendt, Plato or Peter Singer. If you're lucky, you...
Love At First Write
A great first line can spur intense readerly attraction—provoke a compulsion to know more. Let’s call this: love at first sentence. Such a reading...
Ballet-Class Pianists Fess Up
"It's better now. Back in the day, I might as well have been a radio in the corner." "Sometimes I see a dancer who...
L.A.’s Underground Museum Closes Indefinitely As Co-Directors Step Down
The free-admission space, founded in a minority neighborhood in 2012 by a prominent Black artist family, had reopened only a month ago following its...
This Public Library Was Unlocked And Unstaffed, But Patrons Checked Items Out Properly And...
You've got to hand it to New Zealanders. The main public library in Christchurch was closed for the national holiday on Feb. 6, but...
Hiring And Pay Equity In US Theater Did Improve In 2020, But Just Barely:...
The union's third annual Diversity and Inclusion Hiring Bias Report found that just under a quarter of contracts went to actors and state managers...
Gender Equity Seems To Be Better At Dance Festivals Than In Other Parts Of...
Among the statistics in this report are that, in 2021, two-thirds of US dance festivals studied were headed by women, almost two-thirds of the...
Taking Kids To Museums, Plays, Or Concerts Does Not Improve Their Grades: Study
"There have been persistent theories that wealthier children may be given an advantage in their school careers by being pressed into visits to art...
Restoration Workers At Notre-Dame In Paris Unearth Medieval Tombs
"Several tombs and a leaden sarcophagus likely dating from the 14th century have been uncovered by archaeologists at Paris's Notre-Dame cathedral following its devastating...
Artists In Russia Are Chafing Under Sanctions
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, shocking much of the world, Russians working in creative spheres have found themselves squeezed from within and without. - The New...
This Year’s Pritzker Prize Winner Breaks Ground
Francis Kéré has made a name for himself with a series of schools and medical facilities in Africa that appear grown out of their...
Long Beach Opera Cancels Productions After Director, Two Others Resign
According to the statement, Gedeon was among three staff members who announced plans to resign during a December 2021 board meeting, after expressing concerns...
Explaining The Manuscript Thief
It’s not just that he lied––told tales––to people in the business of telling (and selling) tales. It’s that, in doing so, he touched up...
Reconciling Awful People With Wonderful Art
There are a range of moral questions surrounding how we should respond to the immoral acts of artists whose work we love. But, for...
Sophie Calle Squatted In The Musee d’Orsay Before It Became A Museum. She Scavenged…
Calle set up camp in room 501. “It was a place where I could go and be alone to do what I wanted.” When...
The Oldest Form Of Jewish Theater Takes New Shape
Purim spiels, retelling the story of Queen Esther, are documented back to the 14th century and doubtless happened for generations before that. New versions...
Touring Musicians Press For Assistance
We are migratory birds, and our migration routes have been disrupted. Touring musicians—triply impacted by global venue closures, obstacles to travel and Covid-19 itself—have...
Nobel Laureate Peter Handke’s Fans Say His Support Of Milošević Has Nothing To Do...
"Rather than a departure from his literary work, Handke's position on Serbia may be of a piece with it — a logical consequence of...
UK Charity Supporting St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre Shuts Down
The charity was set up by conductor Valery Gergiev, a high-profile friend of Vladimir Putin, with the main goal of supporting St Petersburg’s Mariinsky...
Read These Letters That Freed Black Folks Wrote To Their Former Enslavers
"Some are exquisite condemnations from learned and accomplished men who escaped their enslavement. Some are brief queries, shots in the dark, dictated by...
How City Downtowns Will Have To Change
While employers rethink office buildings on the micro scale, cities and regions need to grapple with how to efficiently use their office-dominated downtowns, which are their...
$1.23 Billion Redevelopment Of Melbourne’s Main Arts District Approved
The Southbank district already has three concert halls, an outdoor music venue, five theatres, three museums (including the National Gallery of Victoria), an arts...
The Power Of Ukraine Through Music
Similar to the way patriots might brandish the flag of their country in solidarity, Ukrainians in bomb shelters and bombarded cities or citizens living...
Conductor Paavo Järvi Explains Why He Stayed In Moscow To Finish His Gig After...
"These young people should not and cannot be punished for the barbaric actions of their government," said the Estonian maestro, who was there to...
