Music Industry Projections For The Next Seven Years
After something of a boom year in 2023, revenue growth slowed to 4.3% in 2024. In fact, 2024 continued an oscillating growth pattern we...
How Journalism Is Using AI
I’ll upload sections of my book, along with interview transcripts, and ask whether everything I’ve written squares with what my sources have said. I’ll...
Paul Libin, For 67 Years One Of New York Theater’s Leading Producers, Is Dead...
“Libin produced more than 250 Broadway, Off-Broadway and touring productions. He led Circle in the Square Theatre for 62 years until his death, serving...
Peter Sellars And A Life Wrapped In Art
Among his collaborators, Sellars is cherished for this openness with his feelings. He wraps anyone and everyone in a bear hug. He releases sudden...
Trends In Painting In A Hyper-Imaged Culture
Recent contemporary painting trends suggest a widespread desire to slow down, distort, or even rupture the act of seeing. - Artnet
Universal Music VP On Copyright, Creativity, And AI
The UMG executive emphasized that “tech collaboration with the creative community, respecting the value of artists’ work and harnessing their innovation has produced enormous...
How Dr. Phil’s TV Network Fell Apart After Barely More Than A Year
“Phil McGraw‘s Merit Street Media is in bankruptcy court and is simultaneously suing its distribution partner, Trinity Broadcasting, for breach of contract that the company says...
Third Year Of A Slumping Art Market
Amid the geopolitical mayhem of a second Donald Trump presidency, 2025 looks likely to be the third year in a row that sales in...
Missouri Governor Vetos Arts Funding
“We're all kind of left reeling,” Craig said. “It does feel, for many of us involved in nonprofit fields, that we are being hit...
After Centuries Of Neglect, One Of Fra Angelico’s Earliest Frescoes Has Been Restored
“Hidden high in the chapter house of San Domenico (convent) in Fiesole, the quietly majestic Crucifixion — possibly the artist’s earliest known work — has...
California Legislators Save State Fund For Boosting Pay At Small Arts Orgs
“A series of budget bills (passed) on July 1 have restored the $11.5 million Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund, intended to help pay performers and...
Well, At Least New Hampshire’s Arts Funding Budget Is More Than $1
Yes, $1 was the figure being considered by legislators for the New Hampshire Council on the Arts in the new state budget. In the...
Doris Duke Theater At Jacob’s Pillow, Literally Risen From Ashes, Is Now One Of...
With an advanced acoustical system, plenty of fiber-optic cable, responsive lighting, spatialized audio capabilities, virtual/augmented reality infrastructure, and a trippy immersive exhibition called “Dancing...
Curtis Institute Of Music’s Newest Building Severely Damaged In Fire
Known informally as the Art Alliance building, the mansion on Rittenhouse Square was one of the University of the Arts properties auctioned off last...
For The First Time In Over 900 Years, The Bayeux Tapestry Will Be Seen...
The enormous cloth, which depicts the Norman Conquest of England, has spent almost all of its existence in France. Next year it will be...
Owain Park Of The Gesualdo Six Named Next Chief Conductor Of BBC Singers
The founder, director, and low bass of the much-admired vocal sextet is already principal guest conductor of the BBC Singers, Britain’s only full-time professional...
The Art Of Protesting Amnesty For The Jan. 6 Insurrectionists
The Wall of Shame is a 50ft-long, 10ft-tall outdoor mural featuring the pardoned Trump supporters, colour-coded to distinguish their actions: violent rioters appear in...
India’s Most Progressive State Is Arguing Over Zumba Classes
“Some 14,000 state-run schools in Kerala have been asked to organise daily Zumba sessions as part of an anti-drug campaign launched by the government...
Fully Half Of Our Global Audience Watches Anime, Says Netflix
“According to Netflix, more than 50% of its members — amounting to over 150 million households, or an estimated 300 million viewers — now...
Opera’s Colorful History Of Translation
Wagner expected his works to be translated into French when they were performed in France. Yet for purists, the idea of singing a famous Italian aria...
Hollywood’s Production System, Overturned By AI
What seems rather dangerous about Hollywood’s interest in generative AI isn’t the “death” of the larger studio system, but rather this technology’s potential to...
How Did Our Notion Of School Get Locked Into A Rigid Model?
Time in school is very structured around when you can do what. It instills the idea that kids have to memorize what the teacher...
La Scala’s New Rule: No Beach Wear
“Operagoers have been warned they will be banned from entering Milan’s prestigious La Scala theatre if they turn up wearing shorts, tank tops or flip-flops. Kimonos,...
3000-Year-Old Babylon Hymn Deciphered By AI
The 250-line hymn was created sometime around 1000 B.C.E. and faithfully copied onto clay tablets by scribes for hundreds of years. - Artnet
Barcelona’s Museum Of Forbidden Art Closes After Protests
The museum featured more than 200 works that had been censored for political, social or religious reasons. Some pieces depicted controversial figures, including dictator Francisco...
