Three Bids To Buy Warner Bros. Discovery
Netflix, Paramount and Comcast submitted bids to acquire the Hollywood colossus, which owns the Warner Bros. movie studio, HBO, and cable networks like CNN...
Frida Kahlo Painting Sells for $54.7 — Most Ever For A Woman Artist
The 1940 canvas, “The Dream (The Bed),” topped the previous record held by a $44.4 million Georgia O’Keeffe, “Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1” that sold...
We Think We Need To Get Bigger To Be Happy. That’s Wrong
We tend to believe that to be happier, we need to become bigger in our own mind, and in the minds of others. But that’s wrong....
Biosensors Could Transform Medical Care For Dancers
“Biosensors are devices designed to measure real-time processes and responses within the body, like a person’s heart rate, blood oxygen level, and sleep quality....
Kennedy Center Boss Pushes Back Against NYT Story Of Gross Mismanagement
The NYT and the Senator’s letter writer are going to be embarrassed. We have a balanced budget, we’ve raised a whopping $117 MILLION under @realDonaldTrump -...
At The Intersection Of Physical Dance And Virtual Reality
As VR becomes more widespread, a growing number of dance artists and companies are exploring—and, in some cases, redefining—what this technology can do. -...
How A Bach Scholar Figured Out That Those Two Unsigned Organ Pieces Really Were...
Peter Wollny, now director of the Bach Archive in Leipzig, discovered manuscripts of the two works in Brussels back in 1992. He was intrigued...
Home Of Defunct Cal Shakes Gets New Tenant, New Name, New Shows
The Bruns Amphitheater, formerly home of California Shakespeare Company, is slated to reopen in April 2026 under a new name, the Siesta Valley Bowl. The...
Nvidia’s CEO Is Making Huge Annual Contributions To San Francisco Opera
“(Jensen) Huang and his wife, Lori … are making a previously unreported donation of $5 million a year for multiple years to San Francisco...
Lawmakers Reject Proposed Nine-Figure Subsidy For Film And TV Soundstage In Las Vegas
“The Nevada Senate has again rejected a $120 million annual subsidy for film and TV production, which would have enabled construction of a new soundstage facility...
Data Backs Up The Stereotype: Visual And Performing Artists’ Lives In The US Are...
"We all know the trope of the starving artist," said researcher Gwendolyn Rugg, "But there's actually surprisingly little reliable data out there to back...
Kennedy Center Special Deals For Trump Allies Investigated By Senate Democrats
“Senate Democrats are investigating the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts over its spending practices and booking deals involving political allies, accusing its leadership,...
Secret To Code Of “Kryptos” Sculpture Sells For Almost $1 Million
“The long sought-after solution to the fourth passage of Kryptos, artist Jim Sanborn’s secret-code-bearing sculpture at CIA headquarters, sold at auction Thursday night for...
Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait Sets New Price Record For Female Artists
The 1940 self-portrait of the artist asleep in bed, titled El sueño (La cama) — in English, “The Dream (The Bed)” — sold for...
Resurrecting Fats Waller’s Lost Broadway Musical
Early to Bed (1943) is the only book musical for which Waller wrote all the music, yet no official score or even libretto exists....
A Messy Crisis At France’s Leading Festival Of Graphic Novels And Comics
Bande dessinée (comic strip) is considered the “ninth art” in France, and the Festival international de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême is its pinnacle. But...
Does “Sound Of Music” Still Hold Up After 60 Years?
“The filmmaking is, I think, up there with anything Hollywood's produced. And musically … there's not many musicals out there, if any, which have...
The Surveillance Workplace Is Coming For Us
For many workers, both remote and in person, the workplace has quietly shifted into a site of constant measurement—where every pause can trigger scrutiny...
What I Learned From The Difficult Book Club
None of us are academic philosophers, by any means; we have busy jobs and other pressing adult responsibilities. But the process has proved fruitful....
America’s Leading Medical Museum To Get $27 Million Upgrade
“The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, which runs the popular Mütter Museum, announced plans on Monday to expand its footprint at 22nd and Chestnut...
Warner Music Group Makes AI Rights Deal With Udio
The deals underline how AI is shaking up the music industry. AI-generated music has been flooding streaming services amid the rise of song generators that...
Seattle International Film Festival Bought An Iconic Theatre. It Didn’t Work So Well. Now...
Earlier this year, The Times spoke to a dozen current and former SIFF staff and board members, many of whom expressed profound concerns about both...
Why Is The New York Public Library Giving Away Books?
Usually you have to return books you get from a library. Today the New York Public Library will give books away — 1,000 books...
How New Motion-Capture Technology Might Affect Dancers And Choreographers
An exec at the firm Move AI insists that the combination of motion-capture and AI software isn’t to replace dance artists but to streamline...
New $234M Record Sale For Modern Art
The 71-by-51-inch painting, named after its subject, was sold at a Sotheby’s auction in New York on Tuesday evening for $236.4 million, including fees. It belonged...
