Inside The Courthouse Reshaping The Future Of The Internet
“While the FTC’s lawyers were calling witnesses against Meta in one courtroom, a nearby room was hosting arguments about whether Trump could fire two of...
Serious Summer Reading Lists From People Who Might Already Be On Your Serious Summer...
For instance, from David Nicholls: “I would recommend two books, 800 pages and a shade under 150, depending on what you can carry.” -...
What Brokeback Mountain Meant Twenty Years Ago, And What It Means Now
Director Ang Lee: “That movie made me feel there’s a movie God who loves me and wanted me to keep contributing to cinema.” -...
Authors Are Creating Time-Lapse Tik-Toks To Prove They Don’t Use AI
One young adult fantasy author “doesn't say a single word in the video, but her captions on the screen speak volumes. ‘Using GenAI to write...
This Book Cover Trend Is Starting To Get Annoying
Because these covers are everywhere. They "are the new signifiers of stylish literary fiction, telegraphing gravitas, wit and cool. They make a bid for...
World, Especially US, Politics Hang Over Art Basel
“'Many folks have asked specifically if we are OK,’ said David Kordansky, a Los Angeles dealer who felt the need to defend the image...
What It’s Like Watching The Evita Balcony Scene From A London Sidewalk
“‘We’re both interested in the accessibility of the arts,’ said 25-year-old Sian, who had come with her drama-school buddy. ‘I don’t know the show,...
Why Don’t The Emmys Have A Category For Outstanding Performance In Reality TV?
“The industry treats reality stars like the animals in a nature documentary: They can be compelling as we observe them in their habitat, but...
Can The Venice Architecture Biennale Use AI To Gain Popularity?
Architects "balked at having their voices clipped. The compromise was to let architects write the texts they wanted (which can be full of jargon...
The Music Industry Can’t Stop The AI Onslaught
But the industry has new tools to help companies track down what songs are ‘made’ by software, and what are human-created. The focus could...
Despite Anger From Industry Workers, FilmLA Gets Five More Years To Handle Film Permits
The industry group argues that "$900 permits are not what is causing productions to flee L.A. That is just a drop in the bucket.”...
Oops, Sorry, Authors – TikTok Doesn’t Actually Want To Publish Books
The news "came as a shock to authors who were swayed by the possibility that 8th Note could help engineer best sellers with elaborate...
Erin Harkey shares the critical role the arts play in society
Erin Harkey, CEO of Americans for the Arts, shares the critical role that the arts play in society and actions everyone can take to advocate for their public support.
Miss Manners Weighs In On Female Orchestra Musicians’ Concert Attire
A Gentle Reader complains about the seeming informality of some all-black women’s attire on orchestral stages. Miss Manners replies, “Surely women musicians can find...
Explaining The ABBA Phenomenon (In Retrospect)
In the wake of the nineties revival, ABBA’s music has come to seem so universal—pure, uncut, lab-grade pop, purified of any particularizing influences—that it...
Bringing Malaysian Shadow Puppet Theater Into The 21st Century
Like its better-known counterparts in Bali and Java, the wayang kulit of Kelantan in northern Malaysia tells the stories of the Hindu epics Mahabharata...
“Jaws” At 50 – Why It Became Iconic
Jaws has earned the “classic” epithet. It invokes certain nostalgia for cinephiles and original audiences, many of whom fondly remember their first viewing. Aside from...
The Long-Controversial Semi-Colon Is Falling To Neglect
Abraham Lincoln was one of the punctuation mark’s supporters: “I have a great respect for the semicolon; it’s a very useful little chap,” he wrote....
Two Years After The British Museum Thefts Were Revealed, Big Questions About The Curator...
What might have motivated a respected professional to allegedly take such high risks for such low rewards? Why is the police investigation taking so...
Why Is Velázquez’s “Las Meninas” So Important? Because Of The Tricks It Plays On...
“A deconstruction of the relationship between viewer and viewed, depiction and depicted, Las Meninas comprises a nesting doll of paradoxes that play with pictorial space to...
GAO Agency Finds That Trump Administration Withholding Of Library And Museum Funding Breaks Law
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a decision on Monday finding that the Trump administration‘s withholding of funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), appropriated by Congress,...
The Loneliness Epidemic And Its Link To Technology
Studies link loneliness and social isolation to increased mortality, dementia and stroke. Among adults, loneliness is linked to chronic diseases such as heart disease and obesity, and it...
Seventeen Years Later, Spain’s Publishing Industry Works Itself Back To 2008 Level
Spain was especially hard hit by the 2008 financial crisis, with a housing market collapse, credit growth in real estate, a fast-shrinking GDP, unemployment...
Ballet Shoe Company Faces One-Two Punch: Catastrophic Fire And High Tariffs
The pointe shoe manufacturer Virtisse, based near Philadelphia, saw its entire inventory — 25,000 pairs, worth over $3 million — literally go up in...
The Festival That Puts a Scientist In Every Pub
The Roving Scientist Bar thus became a flagship program of the Beaker Street Festival, this year returning to Hope & Anchor, Australia’s oldest continuously...
