Ivan Klíma, Most Prolific Of Czech Dissident Authors, Has Died At 94
“Over a career that spanned more than six decades, Mr. Klíma emerged as one of Central Europe’s most distinctive literary voices, chronicling what it...
Did The Postwar Modernists Ruin The Whole Idea Of New Classical Music For Everyone...
Countless casual classical listeners will tell you they hate the “new stuff.” When asked for an example, they’ll cite some highly dissonant music written...
Bari Weiss Is Now Editor-In-Chief Of CBS News
“Paramount said Monday that it has bought the news and commentary website The Free Press and installed its founder, Bari Weiss” — a long-controversial...
AI Creations On Screen Is Not “Acting”!
The contrast could not be clearer. On one side is Day-Lewis, embodying a role that carries the weight of decades of human experience and...
Alex Ross: The NY Phil’s And Met Opera’s Seasons Of Politics
Two things struck me about the launch of the Philharmonic season. First, the orchestra is embracing pluralism and diversity in the face of a...
How The US Government Shutdown Is Affecting Museums
Smithsonian–run institutions remain open using funds from previous years through October 11. Should the shutdown last beyond that date, the Smithsonian will also close....
Martha Graham’s Work Is Finally Getting Serious Attention In Britain
“I was thinking, she’s the mother of modern dance,” said English National Ballet artistic director Aaron S Watkin. “She’s so iconic and famous, but...
What The LA Fires Taught The Art World
While the scope and scale of the art losses are still being determined, claims may take years to resolve. - ARTnews
How Taylor Swift’s Marketing Machine Guarantees Success
At time of writing, over 24 different versions of the CD and vinyl have been released. These include different colour vinyls, different cover images,...
Here Are The Finalists For The 2025 National Book Awards
Fiction by Rabih Alameddine, Megha Majumdar and Karen Russell and a memoir of family tragedy by Yiyun Li are among … five nominees in each of five competitive...
Francis Fukuyama: Why Populism Has Been On The Rise
After pondering these questions for nearly a decade, I have come to conclude that technology broadly and the internet in particular stand out as...
Universities Respond To Trump Proposal Of A “Compact”
“This action targets funding for things like cancer research, Pell Grants for students from low-income backgrounds, and criteria for hiring faculty. This displays a...
AI Seems To Be Homogenizing Our Thinking
Of course, a writer can in theory always refuse an A.I.-generated suggestion. But the tools seem to exert a hypnotic effect, causing the constant...
How The Museum of Moden Art Store Became A Big Brand On Its Own
The MoMA Store has become a brand in and of itself to the point where there are shoppers who know the acronym and logo...
Broadway Shows Have Started Choosing Baltimore To Launch National Tours
“There are various reasons why, including Baltimore’s proximity to New York, the city’s revered venues and history as a theater town. ... More recently,...
One Of Georgia’s Biggest Opera Stars Is Leader Of Protests Against Government
Paata Burchuladze, a 70-year-old bass who had a major international career, has become a leader of mass opposition to the government of the pro-Putin...
With No Warning, Cleveland State Univ. Hands Its Student-Run Radio Station Over To Local...
WCSB, which opened in 1975, had offered an extremely wide range of programs (classical, reggae, jazz, talk, hip-hop, etc.) typical of student-run university stations....
Unknown Music By Henry Purcell Discovered
“A team of musicologists has unearthed the printed score of a previously unknown Purcell song, as well as the original manuscript for various keyboard...
Louisville’s Speed Art Museum Closes Education Department
The move, attributed by management to financial challenges, comes as the museum is set to open a $22 million public sculpture park this week....
National Gallery Of Art In D.C. Closes Due To Government Shutdown
“It is the first major museum in D.C. to shutter because of the shutdown. The Smithsonian Institution, which runs an array of museums in...
Megahit Novelist Jilly Cooper, 88
“The novels were robust, and full of comic observation – she had a caricaturist’s eye for telling contrasts of detail, a handsome sleek horse...
How “Tilly” Is Dividing Hollywood
There have, of course, been AI actors before. Carrie Fisher was famously resurrected for The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. James Cameron used background “actors” to...
The Biographer: Data Mining? Or Something Else?
“How can you write in a way that shows somebody working day after day on a piece of work?” asks Richard Holmes, with the...
Maureen Dowd: In The Forest Of The Uncanny Valley
Human connections have been eroding for some time. We’re all dwelling in Uncanny Valley now, staring into our personal screens, not sure what’s real...
Theatre As Narrative? Why?
“I have a real problem with the idea that theater is meant to achieve narrative fluidity, as if it could somehow resolve the world’s...
