A New Festival Exploring AI In Opera
Planned for its first edition, set to run from June 4 to 7 next year, is a symposium exploring A.I. and opera-making, followed by...
Hope For Humanities Studies?
In my own classroom, I’ve encountered surprising signs of renewed life in the humanities, which suggest that a renaissance could be possible, at least...
Daniel Day-Lewis Says He Didn’t Mean It When He Said He Was Retiring
“It just seems like such grandiose gibberish to talk about. I never intended to retire, really. I just stopped doing that particular type of...
Protests Dog Powell’s Books After Company Uses AI-Created Designs
Perhaps the biggest takeaway from this whole snafu—which alas seems likelier to be the beginning of a trend, rather than the end of one—is...
Does AI Defeat The Purpose Of a Humanities Education?
While the two of us disagree on whether there are any valid uses of AI in the research process, using AI to “improve” one’s...
Return Of Renaissance Altarpiece To Slovenia Sparks Political Uproar In Italy
Vittore Carpaccio’s Madonna and Child Enthroned with Six Saints (1518) was painted for a Franciscan church in Piran, a seaside town then ruled by...
Here Are The Best Architectural Installations From This Year’s Burning Man
Volunteers, artists, and designers came together to create massive works to be enjoyed alongside the music, cultural activities, and other offerings of the festival,...
Are Colleges Making A Mistake In Their Approach To AI?
Teaching students how to use AI tools in fields where they are genuinely necessary is one thing. But infusing the college experience with the...
A Year Ago The Bellevue Arts Museum Closed. Are Its Days As A Museum...
Court documents and records obtained through public records, as well as reporting and interviews, shed more light on what could be next for the...
A Crowdsourced Archive Of Video From The 9/11 World Trade Center Attacks
The footage was taken on the day of the disaster by over 100 people who then responded to an ad in The Village Voice....
Kennedy Center Fires Its Chief Of Jazz Programming
The victim of the latest staff defenestration (a frequent phenomenon since Trump took over the arts center in February) was Kevin Struthers, whose title...
East London To Get A Big New Two-Theatre Venue
Troubadour Theatres, which already has locations at Wembley Park and Canary Wharf (opening next month), is building the Troubadour Greenwich Peninsula Theatre, which will...
Vancouver To Get A Third Ballet Company
Choreographer Joshua Beamish is the founding director of Ballet Vancouver, which, like Ballet BC and Goh Ballet, will focus on contemporary choreography. The company...
Cultural Olympiad Of L.A.’s 2028 Olympics Is Way Behind Schedule
“Arts leaders in Los Angeles say that, three years out, (there is) no cultural plan yet announced, just two people assigned to the effort...
Ojai Music Festival Names Teddy Abrams Artistic And Executive Director
The composer/conductor/pianist — who will remain in his main position as music director of the Louisville Orchestra — succeeds Ara Guzelimian at the southern...
Metropolitan Opera Extends Peter Gelb’s Contract Through 2030
The news comes shortly after Gelb, who has been the company’s general manager since 2006, announced a $100 million deal for the Met to...
How Salvador Dalí Got Thrown Out Of The Surrealists’ Group, Got His Nickname, And...
André Breton’s official reason for expelling Dalí was that he was racist and fascist, but Breton also despised the Spaniard’s flamboyant bravado and unapologetic...
Big Dance Grant Program Ends. Now What?
Earlier this year, the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), which administers the grant, announced that a lead funder, the Mellon Foundation, would...
Latest Banksy Mural Will Be Removed From London Courts Building
"The Royal Courts of Justice is a listed building and HMCTS are obliged to maintain its original character," it said in a statement. Listed...
How Film Festivals Are Thinking About AI
A key aspect of what’s being negotiated across culture industries is how the public, fans, media commentators and creative professionals understand responsible AI creation and how...
Choreographer Trajal Harrell On Working In A Subsidized European Theater
“I was at the Schauspielhaus Zürich … as the new artistic director. I didn’t have to write a proposal for a piece, and I...
So What If Media Companies Aren’t Interested In Culture Criticism Anymore?
Part of the problem is that reviews now float amid millions of other pieces of similar content on the web instead of being part...
What Really Do Cuts To Public Radio Mean?
A crucial development often left out of this conversation is how “journalism” itself has changed. Increasingly, local news is citizen-driven, curated, and disseminated through...
Rufus Wainwright On Seeing His Musical Become A Notorious West End Flop
Opening Night (based on the John Cassavetes film) was directed by Ivo van Hove and starred Sheridan Smith — yet it tanked so badly...
Is AI The End Of Movie Creativity?
“You could imagine a world where a movie would come out on a Friday, with alongside it, day-and-date,” the CEO said. By Sunday...
