How Small Museums Are Going Viral
Small museums, looking to raise their profiles and educate the masses, are turning their paintings, sculptures and tapestries into the unlikely stars of TikTok...
After 14 Years, Libya’s National Museum Reopens
“The National Museum of Libya – housing Africa’s greatest collection of classical antiquities in Tripoli’s historic Red Castle complex – had been closed for...
Corporate America Is “Desperate To Hire Storytellers”
While the heyday of technology gurus, developer ninjas, SEO rockstars and at least one digital prophet have long since passed, calling salaried communications professionals...
Study: 87 Percent Of Musicians Are Using AI In Their Work
It found that 87% of artists have incorporated AI into at least one part of their process. AI is powering a new era of self-sufficient...
Time For The Art Market To Be “Right-Sized”
There is another way of looking at the shake-ups and shutdowns that have defined the art trade in 2025. Instead of a collapse, the...
Russian Government Officially Declares Pussy Riot An “Extremist Organization”
“The judgement means that Pussy Riot’s activities are now banned in Russia. Any individual or organization found to be supporting the group’s actions or...
Emanuel Ax Is Musical America’s Artist Of The Year For 2026
Gabriela Lena Frank was named Composer of the Year; Jakub Hrůša, music director of London’s Royal Opera and music director-designate of the Czech Philharmonic,...
Humphrey Burton, BBC’s First Head Of Music And Arts, Dead At 94
In the 1960s, he was producer and then host of flagship arts magazine Monitor before supervising all music and arts programming. He co-founded London...
Poetry Foundation To Discontinue All Public Programs
The organization announced on December 1 that it intends to phase out all public programming, beginning with the discontinuation of its Forms & Features...
Yuval Sharon To Depart Detroit Opera By Mutual Agreement
While the company broadened both its repertoire and its audience during Sharon’s six years as artistic director (he departs at the end of this...
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Board Rejects Paramount Skydance’s Takeover Bid, Calling It “Illusory”
“For Warner, what was missing was a clear declaration from Paramount that the Ellison family” — Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison and his father,...
England’s Arts Funding Agency Needs A Major Overhaul, Finds Government Report
The Hodge Report, as it’s called, recommends that the agency, Arts Council England, not be abolished but that its procedures and strategy need thorough...
Hallmark Adds A Third Pillar To Its Business — “Experiences”
Combining, after a fashion, its two main businesses, greeting cards and television, the company has begun offering branded cruises and seasonal theme parks —...
The Re-Rise Of The Middlebrow?
Whereas the modernists and postmodernists tended to use low culture as a vast reserve of references, tropes, and stock characters to be deployed as...
After Ravaging By ISIS, Mosul’s Religious Landmarks Are Being Restored. Can The City’s Religious...
“It remains to be seen whether rebuilding churches and mosques will encourage social cohesion and religious peace in a still-fractured society. There are fewer...
The 56 Artists Chosen For The 2026 Whitney Biennial
Guerrero said the biennial—which is the longest-running survey of contemporary art in the US—will interrogate themes such as kinship and infrastructure to try and...
Get The Popcorn: The Battle To Buy Warner Bros. Is Pure Entertainment
You couldn’t avoid the irony: The drama for how traditional Hollywood will be devoured is now as entertaining as anything Hollywood could ever come...
Study: Australian Theatre Pay Lags
Drawing on data from 92 Australian performing arts organisations with annual turnovers of between $250,000 and $4 million, the survey charts the persistently lagging...
Rob Reiner’s Son Nick Struggled With Addiction For Years As His Parents Grew Desperate
Now 32 and being held without bail as a suspect in the murder of his parents, Nick was 15 when he entered drug rehab...
Two Generations Of Rothschilds Battle Over Their “Mini-Louvre” Art Collection
The lawsuits centre on the family’s extensive collection of furniture, priceless historic objects and paintings held at the baronial domain, the Chateau de Pregny...
AI Is Causing Havoc With Recipe Bloggers
The AI had taken elements of similar recipes from multiple creators and Frankensteined them into something barely recognizable. In one memorable case, the Google AI failed to...
North Carolina County Dissolves Library Board Over Decision On Book About A Transgender Boy
Kasey Meehan, director of the Freedom to Read program at free-expression advocacy group PEN America, said Randolph County’s decision to dissolve its library board...
Berlin Film Festival Works To Make Up For Its Inherent Disadvantage — Timing
“It takes place in the dead of winter, ... when the awards season race … is nearly over. Perhaps as a result, the festival...
Virtually No Support In UK For Government’s “Opt-Out” Plan For AI And Artists
Only 3% of people backed the government’s initial preferred tech company-friendly option, which was to require artists and copyright holders to actively opt out...
Critics’ Consensus: This Year’s Best Shows On Broadway
“Liberation” was the only clear-cut consensus choice among the professional critics, as you’ll see below. - New York Theatre
