Brooklyn Museum Plans New $13 Million Galleries For African Art
“The institution’s new Arts of Africa galleries, … a 6,400-square-foot home for its 4,500-piece African art collection, … will open in Fall 2027, presenting 300 African...
Gibney is Searching for a Chief Operating Officer
Gibney Dance is seeking a strategic Chief Operating Officer to join our leadership team.
“A Fiasco And A Miracle”: An Oral History Of The COVID Oscars In 2021
“It’s the story of an awards season unlike any other — one that stretched over 14 months and came to an end in, of all places,...
Using Tango As Therapy For Parkinson’s Patients In (Where Else?) Buenos Aires
“Once a week, about a dozen patients come to Ramos Mejía Hospital to dance — a session that uses the movements of tango to...
Report: Most Galleries Are Now Using AI
According to the AI in Galleries report by the art industry network First Thursday, 84 percent of galleries surveyed say they are using AI tools in their...
Is Time Just Something We Made Up?
An emerging scientific picture is that such “clock time” isn’t a standalone, physical phenomenon at all. It’s a mathematical tool or book-keeping device –...
Dance Competitions Are Thriving. It’s Brutal
Dance competitions offer significant business opportunities. Yet visible profitability can invariably lead to exploitation. Is there a danger that competitions are at risk of...
Chile’s New Conservative President Cuts Culture Budget, Avoids Cultural Policy
Reversing the pro-culture stances of his predecessor, left-leaning former president Gabriel Boric, new president José Antonio Kast has ordered a 3% reduction of the...
Why AI Can’t Write Well
What I learned is that modern LLMs are built in a way that is antagonistic to great writing; they are engineered to be rule-following...
How Should Schools Teach In A Post-Literate Society?
If they are to survive America’s post-literate era and serve society in the future, colleges need to invest in programs that answer the question, “Why read?” They must also...
Is Dance’s Obsession With Feet Discriminatory?
The industry still has an obsession with “perfect” feet. High arches have traditionally been praised in ballet, and some dancers today use farches (fake...
The “Turandot” Problem — Can A New Ending By Asian-Americans Solve It?
Puccini died without finishing the opera, and the standard completion by Franco Alfano is widely considered unsatisfactory. Not to mention, of course, that the...
New York Theatre Settles Case Of “Ticket Discrimination”
Theaters have experimented with “Black Out” nights intended to attract patrons of color. At issue in the lawsuit was whether a discount offered as part of...
The Movie Industry Has Been Leaving California. So What Are State Leaders Doing About...
Los Angeles County lost more than 42,000 entertainment jobs from 2022 to 2024; and Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery made just 15 theatrical...
A Major Chinese Tech Hub Now Wants To Be A Major Culture Hub
Though it has long been one of the country’s most successful technology hubs, Shenzhen has always been on the margins of the global cultural...
A Court Ordered Voice Of America To Be Revived. Will That Actually Happen?
It certainly won’t happen fast. “Restoring the physical infrastructure is going to take a lot of money and some time but it can be...
Czech Culture Minister Fires Director Of National Gallery
“Within the Czech Republic, the dismissal has been viewed by some as a politically motivated gesture. (Alicja) Knast took up the position in 2021,...
Steppenwolf Theater Can Finally Restart Its New Play Program
“(A) grant (from the Stephen Sondheim Foundation) will go toward rebuilding Steppenwolf’s Scout program, which supports new works by emerging writers and was shuttered...
After 99 Years, CBS News Is Shutting Down Its Radio Network
“Today, CBS News Radio provides material to an estimated 700 stations across the country and is known best for its top-of-the-hour news roundups. The...
Merriam-Webster And Encyclopedia Britannica Sue OpenAI
“The lawsuit (by the American dictionary publisher and British encyclopedia) incorporates both the ‘mass-scale copying’ of their copyrighted content for training AI models and...
Jury Finds Bill Cosby Liable In Another Sexual Assault Case, Awards $59 Million
“After a nearly two-week trial in Santa Monica, jurors found Cosby, 88, liable for the sexual battery and assault of Donna Motsinger. They awarded...
Actress Valerie Perrine Dead At 82
“(Her) memorable film roles included a porn actress abducted by aliens in Slaughterhouse-Five, Lex Luthor’s secretary in two Superman films and an Oscar-nominated performance as the wife...
Alex Ross: Saying Goodbye To The Kennedy Center
Tempting as it is to blame Trump for the Kennedy Center’s fate, he does not bear sole responsibility. The idea of a national arts...
Journalists Sue Kari Lake Over VOA Propaganda
"The Voice of America has been breaching the Constitutional and statutory rules that require that outlet not to push propaganda or censorship," one of...
Preservation Groups File Lawsuit Against Closing Of The Kennedy Center
The lawsuit seeks to have the White House and the Kennedy Center board comply with existing historic preservation laws and secure Congress' approval before...
