The Real Failures Of Our Cultural Policies
"The hidden costs of socially engaged arts practice is inextricably connected to the crisis of social care and service provision. It is also a...
Why Do We Have Such Trouble Getting Monuments Of Women Right?
Consider, for instance, the new, widely derided "For Mary Wollstonecraft" monument in London. "Why couldn't a statue of Wollstonecraft, the individual woman, be seen...
Why “Noisy” Brains Are So Attractive (And More Difficult)
"The use of antidepressants has inadvertently left many of us less able to feel empathy toward others, laugh, cry, dream, and enjoy life just...
How To Spot A Forged Dead Sea Scroll Fragment
"In 2009, the Green family, owners of the Hobby Lobby chain of arts-and- crafts stores, began acquiring a series of weathered fragments advertised as...
Finally, The Obama Presidential Center Is Underway
"This month, in the wake of an appeals court decision favorable to the city and the recent completion of federal reviews, Mayor Lori Lightfoot...
Thousands Are Angry About New Bronze Doors For 800-Year-Old Cathedral
"Plans to mark the 800th anniversary of Burgos's magnificent Gothic cathedral with three enormous new bronze doors have ushered in an unholy row, with...
Could This Series Be The ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ For The 14th Amendment?
"The new Netflix series Amend: The Fight for America, produced by Will Smith and Larry Wilmore, seeks to not through song, but extended,...
What’s At Stake For Chicago With The Sale Of Second City (To A New...
Chris Jones: "The issue now is the future of an institution that is not just a major tourist draw to Chicago but one of...
Dolly Parton To Tennessee: Please Don’t Put A Statue Of Me In The State...
"I am honored and humbled by their intention but I have asked the leaders of the state legislature to remove the bill from any...
City Of London Abandons Plan For New Concert Hall
"An ambitious £288m concert hall that was supposed to be 'the Tate Modern of classical music' has been scrapped by the City of London...
New Concert Hall For London Was A Doomed Project
Martin Kettle: "Justifying the cost, the priority, the location and the uses to which the hall would be put were all delicate tasks in...
Arts Groups Get Snagged In Facebook’s Australia News Ban
As the Australian government pushed the social media giant, along with Google, to pay news outlets there for use of their material for links,...
ABT Alum Takes Reins At Uruguay’s National Ballet
In 2012, a different ABT alum, Julio Bocca, was named director of the Ballet Nacional del Sodre in Montevideo with the remit to raise...
Met Museum Director Defends Deaccessioning To Pay Expenses
“The Met has a responsibility to our field and our global community,” Max Hollein says in a long statement posted today on the Met’s...
Book Sales Are Up 20 Percent In Australia. And Book Subscriptions Are Booming
Among the winners of this literary resurgence is a micro-industry: book subscription services, which curate a selection for you and deliver them to your...
London’s Frieze Fair Will Rent Its Space For Pop-Up Galleries
The art fair leased a pair of converted townhouses in December last year, and it has now revealed that they will open as a new...
Nielsen Will Begin To Track Diversity Alongside Ratings Numbers
The initiative combines entertainment metadata with Nielsen’s audience measurement data. It’s designed to equip content creators, owners, distributors and advertisers with data around onscreen...
12th-Century Moorish Bathhouse Uncovered In Seville Beer Hall
There had always been rumors, and a few hints in surviving records, that there had been a hammam where the Cervercería Giralda now stands,...
Now: Better Theatre Than Yesterday
"This present moment places us in an exciting crossroad between former traditions and the emergence of technical and multi-platformed storytelling. I do not believe...
(Un)Daunted: Crystal Pite On Choreographing For The Paris Opera Ballet
"You feel the weight of the famous Palais Garnier opera house itself, and the history and legacy of the legendary dancers who have performed...
Charge: UK Government Has Forgotten Culture Post-Brexit
MPs at the digital, culture, media and sport committee hearing told DCMS minister Caroline Dinenage that her department was treated as an “afterthought” by...
The Woman Who Saved Samba, Back When It Was Outlawed
"A century ago, samba becoming synonymous with Brazil's cultural identity would have seemed impossible. In the early 20th century, Rio's ruling elite were ashamed...
How Big Tech Subverted The Public Square
"A functioning market required transparency, a mutual understanding of exchanges and a shared moral framework. And, as Rana Foroohar puts it in this brief...
Boston Symphony Finds Its New CEO At The LA Phil
More than a year after it began its search for a new president and chief executive, the Boston Symphony Orchestra is expected to announce...
Why It’s Important To Make Art With Your Kids
"When young children make art together with their caregivers, they share a new experience which can reinforce bonding. Creativity is an extension of babies’...
