How Much Does Jeff Hiller’s Emmy Win Mean To Him?
First of all, it was a surprise - to HBO. “It was very clear that they had been having meetings for Phase 1, and...
Actors, Dancers, Other Performers Worry They’re Being Replaced By Their Own Bodies
“A friendly assistant director who is already known to you, who brings you tea and holds your phone while you’re acting, says that the...
After Funding Cuts, A DC-Area Book Vending Machine Provides A Small Boost For Local...
The founder: “I had friends who wrote award-winning books and couldn't get their books into D.C. bookstores because they were smaller presses, or they...
Why This Young Copywriter Left The Kennedy Center
“Just as Trump is trying to legally redefine what it means to be ‘American,’ he is also attempting to redefine which Americans can make...
Why Thousands Of People Are Converging On A Museum In Germany
Museum Wiesbaden is seeing an uptick - a rather large uptick - in visitors thanks to none other than Taylor Swift. - BBC
Thieves Break Into The Louvre, Steal Napoleonic Crown Jewels
“The thieves used a basket lift to access the room directly, forced a window and broke display cases to steal the jewels, before escaping...
How To Watch The ‘Olympics Of The Piano World’ From Home
Participants in the International Chopin Piano Competition “train as if they were elite athletes, with superhuman focus and skill, preparing hours of music, even...
What AI News Slop Is Doing With Forgotten URLs
“For readers, the sloppified news churned out by many of the sites is a reason to be wary of a confusing media landscape. And...
As Ireland Institutes Basic Income For Some Artists, Canadian Artists Wonder If Their Country...
Canadian artists aren’t just advocating for themselves, but for everyone in Canada to have a universal (hence the name) basic income. - CBC
Broadway Actors Have A Tentative Deal, But Musicians Still May Strike
The musicians’ local president: “We are thankful that our brothers and sisters in labor at Actors’ Equity have reached an agreement. … Local 802...
How Jafar Panahi Keeps Making Films In Iran, Despite Censorship, Official Harassment And Even...
The “triple crown”-winning (Cannes, Venice, Berlin) writer-director has developed both coping strategies and outright tricks. For instance, sending one version of a script to...
How The Atlantic Magazine Is Flourishing While Others Are In Decline
A publication that began in 1857 is defying the trends of a troubled media industry. The Atlantic is returning to publishing monthly two decades...
Miami City Ballet’s New Artistic Director Dives Right In
Gonzalo García is only the third artistic director in the company’s history, after founder Edward Villella and predecessor Lourdes Lopez. He only started in...
Why There Was A Surge Of Art Heists In The 1970s
According to art historian Tom Flynn, the surge in heists in the 1970s "coincides with the boom of the art market". - BBC
UK Drama Schools Are Under Severe Stress
“The cost of undertaking higher education courses is increasingly a barrier for people from less well-off backgrounds. This will lead to even less diversity...
New Tax Could Be “Devastating” To London’s Music Venues
Labour’s plans are designed to target Amazon-style warehouses, with the cash raised going to lower the business rates for smaller high street businesses. But...
How Do You Convince Newcomers To Try Seeing An Opera? Ask The Dallas Opera’s...
“(Her) infectious creativity has made Amy O’Neil’s work for The Dallas Opera a must-watch. From her fun, punchy synopses of upcoming productions to her award-nominated series...
UK’s Opposition Greens And Reform Parties Are Running On (Very Different) Culture Issues
Support for both parties is defined by cultural issues. In the case of Reform, by the culture war around immigration and national identity; in...
How Artists Are Mobilizing A Resistance
Among them is The People vs Project 2025, a new nationwide movement to mobilise artists and cultural workers through co-ordinated live and streaming performances. -...
Just How Do We Measure The Complexity Of AI?
How do we assess whether AI is “reasoning” like humans do? Is it “truly intelligent”—but what does that mean? Even if we don’t understand...
The First Orchestral Venue Built According To Modern Acoustical Science: Boston’s Symphony Hall At...
Businessman Henry Lee Higginson, who founded the Boston Symphony and was lead funder for its then-new venue, made what was then an unprecedented decision:...
The Rise Of France’s Private Art Foundations
‘Luxury needs this link to the world of culture, because that is what gives it its nobility, its legitimacy, its roots,’ says Jean-Michel Tobelem,...
Data: Humanities Graduates Do Very Well In The Job Markets
Humanities majors in Minnesota are as likely to be employed as are engineering or business majors, according to the American Academy of Arts and...
British Library Returns Oscar Wilde’s Library Card — 125 Years After His Death
On June 15, 1895, the Irish poet and playwright was excluded from the British Museum’s Reading Room, the precursor to the British Library. The...
One Of Britain’s Major Foundations Restricts Its Arts Fund Despite Its Endowment Growing Past...
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation — whose endowment has grown steadily since 2020 and now stands at £916 million ($1.28 billion) — has closed its...
