Yes, Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reshaped Television, But Now What?
“It's the kind of television writing that you can see in the blueprints of everyone’s favorite shows nowadays. There’s a reason why Whedon was...
Britain, Like Many Other Places, Has Serious Gender Disparity Among Songwriters And Composers
Nominations for the Ivor Novello songwriting awards: “reveal the gender disparity in British and Irish music: there are more than twice as many male...
City Ballet Won’t Perform At The Kennedy Center
Add it to the long, long list of cancellations. - The New York Times
AJ Chronicles: Why Tech Infrastructure is the Most Important Arts Story of the Year
The infrastructure carrying culture to audiences — legal, technical, financial, corporate — was not built for the creative sector. It was built by and for technology companies, telecommunications firms, and entertainment conglomerates.
Sidney Jackson talks about the unique role of the Chicago Sinfonietta
Sidney Jackson, President & CEO of Chicago Sinfonietta, talks about their unique role and impact regionally and nationally.
Wagner’s “Tristan” at the Met — Then and Now
I am in Ann Arbor, participating in a Mahler project with Ken Kiesler and his fervent University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra – the group with which I memorably toured South Africa a year ago (and about which I blogged and broadcast). Addressing a class of young conductors this morning, I
Officials Seize Property Worth $23 Million Allegedly Embezzled From Actress Ursula Andress
Italian authorities said Thursday they had seized €20 million of assets in Tuscany, including property, vineyards. and artworks, allegedly bought with money embezzled from...
Manitoba Considers Banning Algorithmic Pricing
Once firms get consumers used to being sorted, profiled, and priced differently, the practice starts to feel inevitable. But it is not. It is a choice...
A New Theory About Where The Book Of Kells Was Made
It’s been widely assumed that the 8th-century manuscript was copied and illuminated at St. Columba’s monastery on Scotland’s island of Iona — this despite...
Why Destroying Cultural Sites In War Is Bad Strategy
Ignoring cultural property protections runs counter to a lesson many military forces, including the United States, have come to recognize: that safeguarding cultural heritage...
Why Trump Is Going After Cultural Institutions
One thing that has really struck me is that ordinary Americans are far less interested in fighting about history than it might seem. -...
AI Is Forcing Us To Grapple With Meaning
When Wittgenstein referred to the “beginning of the end of humanity,” he was not envisioning sci-fi cataclysms... He was referring to what he called...
Making Dance Into A Professional Team Sport, Like Basketball Or Football
“In its first official season, starting May 2 in New York City, the International Dance League is offering contracts to top-level dance teams and...
New School Plans To Cut 15 Percent Of Its Faculty
Amid a projected $48 million deficit largely attributed to enrollment decline, the New School’s upcoming layoffs come as the newest development in the university’s...
The Progress Paradox: Are You Coal Or Are You A Horse?
Searches for the phrase job apocalypse are spiking. Polls show that voters are beginning to freak out. But there’s a better question for white-collar workers to ask...
Reality Is Breaking Down
Insulating yourself from inconvenient facts is not an effective long-term life strategy, even for someone powerful enough to externalize the costs of most of...
What Has Surprised The New York Times’ Lead Reporter On Trump’s Culture Wars
Jennifer Schuessler: “Ordinary Americans are far less interested in fighting about history than it might seem. People who work at historical sites, whether government-run...
An Ethical Path For AI Art?
There is understandable fear among artists that artificial intelligence will plunder their work and render already-difficult careers impossible. This sets up the question: Is...
Despite War, Middle East Art World Seems “Normal”
As the US-Israel war on Iran enters its fourth week, neighboring Gulf states, a hub of much of the region’s contemporary art production, are...
Why Are London Theatre Tickets So Much Cheaper Than Broadway’s?
West End theater tickets are regularly less expensive than on Broadway, even for the same shows. Last year, the average West End ticket price was...
PBS To Launch YouTube Documentaries Channel
“The channel will distribute more than 100 new videos annually, including feature-length and short documentaries from the PBS series Independent Lens, POV, Reel South and Voices as well...
Han Kang And Arundhati Roy Among Winners At National Book Critics Circle Awards
Nobel laureate Han Kang won the fiction category for We Do Not Part, while Karen Hao took nonfiction honors for Empire of A.I. and...
New American Operas Do Not Have To “Challenge” Audiences: John McWhorter
“One thing that could help turn things around is if opera companies offered audiences works in the language they speak (and) a musical language...
Boston Lyric Opera Has A Permanent HQ At Long Last
“The BLO has been something of a nomad after ending its relationship with the Shubert Theatre a decade ago. ... While the company steadily...
Salzburg Festival Fires Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser
“An Austrian pianist who turns 68 on Monday, Hinterhäuser became artistic director on Oct. 1, 2016. The festival announced in April 2024 that he had...
