The Art Of Forgery Is Everywhere
We have faked historical bindings, fake manuscripts, and fake letters by famous people like the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther. We have books about impostors from...
The 90-Second Video Drama Series Has Become Big Business
“In just four years since the launch of these vertical dramas, the genre’s market has surpassed $8 billion globally. ... Once dismissed as a...
How Sacramento Artists Are Redefining The Creative Economy
Across the country, arts funding models are shifting. Where once large institutions absorbed the majority of public and philanthropic support, new approaches are emphasizing...
Why Have Movie-Makers Been So In Love With Apocalyptic New York?
More than elsewhere, New York “is a city premised on destruction,” said Dana Polan, the Martin Scorsese Professor of Cinema Studies at New York...
Chicago’s Latino Theatre Companies Make Plays About America As ICE Patrol Outside
“We unfortunately are operating with a little bit of fear, as we continue to be the prominent immigrant community theater company in Chicago, let...
Locked Inside “The Beautiful Rare, Fragile Cage” Of Lithuanian
“It would be hard to find another nation as serious about its language. In Lithuania, one misspelled word can turn a politician into a...
Survey: How Much AI Are Publishers Actually Using?
The most common qualms, BISG reports involve “inadequate controls around the use of copyrighted material (86 percent), hallucinations (84 percent), AI-generated books flooding platforms...
London’s Visual Art Scene Is Upside Down Right Now
“Outside, the headlines about Britain are all gloom and doom. Yet Frieze is more energetic than it has been for several years,” said Lars Nittve,...
Architects Raise Alarm Over Trump’s White House Demolition
The speed with which the president is moving ahead with building the ballroom, which is expected to cost more than $200 million and to...
Architect Terry Farrell, Who Went From Strict Modernism To Exuberant Postmodernism, Has Died At...
With then-business partner Nicholas Grimshaw, he rode Britain’s “high-tech Modernism” wave of the 1970s to prominence. But he tired of that movement’s austere aesthetic...
When George Orwell Became Just A Part Of The Landscape
Orwell’s name has too often been flattened into an adjective, and 1984 into mere speculative fiction. - The Atlantic
AI Video Is An Attack On Reality
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s leader, had proclaimed it “the most powerful imagination engine ever built.” The truth is that using it made me want to...
AI Slop Is Eating The Internet
Synthetic content is not exactly new, but lately it has become a load-bearing part of the internet. - The Atlantic
Finally, Some Real Data On US Artists Who Work Freelance Gigs Instead Of Steady...
“You hold a steady job in an arts occupation, (statistical) surveys … will find you. But if you’re juggling gigs, hustles, caregiving, and a...
Louvre’s Director Summoned Before French Senate As Stolen Jewels’ Value Estimated At Over $100...
“The museum’s president and director, Laurence des Cars, is expected to respond to questions from the senate’s culture committee on Wednesday afternoon, three days...
Vanderbilt University Looks To Open A San Francisco Campus
“(The elite university in Nashville) has been evaluating the area around Fifth and Mission streets for its planned satellite campus, and the 5M mixed-use project —...
A For-Profit Art College Plans To Sell Part Of Its Huge San Francisco Real...
“The private, for-profit (Academy of Art University) has had a longstanding presence in the city's core with dozens of buildings ranging from housing to...
SoCal Public Radio Station KCRW Lays Off 10% Of Staff
The latest round of layoffs at the station includes several of its most popular music hosts. KCRW let go of 20% of its staff...
We Get A Deal By Tomorrow Morning Or We Strike, Warns Broadway Musicians’ Union
AFM Local 802 and the Broadway League (representing producers) go into mediation on Wednesday, and Local 802 is prepared to strike immediately if no...
Irish Dance’s Governing Body May Go Bankrupt Due To Cheating Scandal
“If all potential legal cases are to proceed against An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha, it may not be able to continue as a going concern...
Afghanistan’s Most Beloved Singer — And What She And Her Family Have Gone Through
Naghma, despite the popularity she achieved early in her career, faced many difficulties in conservative Afghan culture even before the rule of the Taliban....
Are Today’s Younger Generations More Narcissistic?
Is there really any truth to the idea that narcissism is on the rise or is it just a popular myth? - Psyche
Ticketmaster Says It Does More To Dissuade Scalping Than Anyone
Not surprisingly, independent venue and touring organizations were quick to criticize the claims made in the letter. - Variety
A Florida County Eliminates All Arts Funding Permanently, Blaming Drag Queens
No projects in the applicant pool in Volusia County (the Daytona Beach area) involved drag in any way. But unrelated rental events at two...
The Essential Theatre AI Can’t Mimic
No technological breakthrough will ever nullify the wisdom of these playwrights. The shadow of death sentences us to live in endless search of elusive...
