Signs Of London’s Steep Decline
On any measure you care to look at, London’s economy — though still the most productive in Britain —is, at best, stagnant, and, at...
The Post-Covid Trend That’s Killing Restaurant Culture
Whatever you order, it will come from a business that operates a bit differently than it once did: less like a restaurant and more...
King Tut’s Tomb Is Structurally Unsound And Could Collapse, Warns Study
“One of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, the tomb of the young Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, is showing alarming signs of damage...
A New $50 Million Charitable Fund Will Support Indie And Nonprofit Publishers
“Citing a chronic shortage of financial backing for independent publishers and nonprofits dedicated to writing and reading, a coalition of seven charitable foundations has established a Literary...
Picasso Painting That Went Missing From Truck Has Been Recovered
Still Life with Guitar (1919) was supposed to be in a shipment of artworks from Madrid to Granada for an exhibition, but it didn’t...
The History Behind France’s Now-Stolen Crown Jewels
“Before the shocking theft of the French Crown Jewels from the Louvre on October 19, most had all but forgotten the ruling women who...
What-All Is In The New Actors’ Equity Contract With Broadway Producers?
There’s an immediate pay increase well as 3% annual raises for the next three years, increased producer contributions to Equity’s health insurance plan, and...
Voice Of America, Despite Trump Administration’s Efforts, Isn’t (Yet) Gone For Good
Federal courts have ordered the administration to release funds for and resume news broadcasts at Voice of America and its sister networks such as...
Prunella Scales, Star Of “Fawlty Towers,” Is Dead At 93
In addition to her role in what many consider the greatest British sitcom in history, Scales’s 60-odd-year career ranged through TV series from Coronation...
“Hamilton’s” Schuyler Sisters Get Their Own Story
The musical, which depicts Eliza Schuyler, Hamilton, and Angelica Schuyler as emotionally entangled right from the get-go, catalyzed Amanda Vaill’s earlier feeling that there...
Literary Fiction Is Always Going To Die. But Doesn’t
What I am about to say on this matter may seem perverse, but I think a look back at the instances where great works...
As Hollywood Ponders The Louvre Heist Story, A Dapper Dan Walks Out Of The...
It is because we are surrounded by these kinds of A.I. images and tools that users are now also trained to be skeptical of...
Princeton’s History Museum Gets A Spectacular New Home
The collection’s history stretches as far back as the 1750s, to when the school was called the College of New Jersey, but its earliest...
AI Hasn’t Disrupted Hollywood Yet. But Hollywood Is Disrupted. And AI Will Change It...
While the panic in the trenches is real, and the concerns over copyright infringement grab headlines—three major studios are suing the AI company Midjourney—AI...
Why Piano Competitions Are So Controversial
Those in favour argue that they are essential for discovering new talent and launching international careers. The main arguments against them are that they...
In Praise Of… The Louvre Heist?
Surely, to everyone outside the republic, a pair of cat burglars cleverly robbing a museum in broad daylight and escaping—Beep! Beep!—on mopeds is very...
First Came AI. Now The “De-Skilling” Of Humans
Now that chatbots are going the way of Google—moving from the miraculous to the taken-for-granted—the anxiety has shifted, too, from apocalypse to atrophy. Teachers,...
The Hidden Gem Of A Concert Hall In The Library Of Congress
Perhaps the most famous commission became one of America's most iconic pieces of music. Aaron Copland's ballet Appalachian Spring, written for dancer and choreographer Martha Graham,...
Drummer Jack DeJohnette, 83
Able to bring dynamic, highly musical playing to open-minded free jazz, R&B-leaning instrumental grooves and everything in between, DeJohnette is perhaps best known as...
How Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkins Became All The Rage In The Museum World
Or rather, not just the museum world: “It’s Kusama’s pumpkin patch; we’re just living in it.” - Washington Post (Yahoo)
The Novelist Anne Enright, On Trying To Clean Out Her Parents’ House
“Everything must be seen and experienced before it can be recycled, shredded or, as a last resort, binned. We must honour and mourn. We...
Art Crime Is In The News Again, This Time Thanks To An International Art...
"German police say they've broken up an international art forgery ring that tried to sell works purportedly by Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Frida Kahlo and...
For The First Time In Two Hundred Years, You Can See The Parthenon Without...
Of course, “having been originally built in the fifth century BC, and come through most of that span much the worse for wear, it...
The Existential Angst Of Playing Bruce Springsteen
Jeremy Allen White “was at first reluctant to take the role, given that he didn’t play guitar and was not a confident singer. He...
Thinking About Misty Copeland’s Legacy
“Her journey shattered long-standing norms in an art form historically dominated by white dancers, challenging stereotypes about body type, ethnicity, and ‘who belongs’ in...
