Those Who Are Resisting Using AI
As the tech industry and corporate America go all in on artificial intelligence, some people are holding back. - Washington Post
American Wins The International Chopin Competition
Eric Lu, a 27-year-old pianist from Massachusetts, won the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, becoming the first American since 1970 to receive the top...
Iris Murdoch’s Unpublished Poems About Bisexuality Are Coming Out From Penguin Random House
“Poems from an Attic: Selected Poems, 1936–1995, to be published on 6 November, brings together decades of work that Murdoch largely kept private, stored...
Indie Filmmakers And Producers Say L.A. Has Become A “Hostile” Place To Shoot
As one producer said about the mandatory location inspection by a fire marshal, "As a resident, I understand the need for fire protection and...
The Crown Jewels At The Louvre Were Not Insured. Why Not?
There are actually some good, and even practical, reasons not to insure the Louvre or its contents. By law, in fact, such items are...
The Louvre Burglars’ Fluorescent Vests Were An Excellent Disguise
“(One expert) said that high-visibility safety jackets had become such a ubiquitous symbol of authority — like a clipboard or a reporter’s microphone —...
Aspen Music Festival CEO To Step Down After 20 Years
Alan Fletcher took the helm at the festival and school in 2006, oversaw the construction of the $80 million Bucksbaum Campus, and established several...
Misty Copeland Dances Her Final Performance With ABT
“Misty Copeland took one last spin on her pointe shoes Wednesday, showered with golden glitter and bouquets as she retired from American Ballet Theatre after a...
No Broadway Strike: Musicians’ Union And Producers Reach Contract Deal
AFM Local 802 announced that a deal with the Broadway League at 4:30 Thursday morning, saying in a statement that “this three-year agreement provides...
Here’s One Corner Of Music Where AI Can Be Legitimately Helpful
String player and early music specialist Kivie Cahn-Lipman writes about how — when given the right parameters and prompts — ChatGPT helped him decipher...
The Art Of Forgery Is Everywhere
We have faked historical bindings, fake manuscripts, and fake letters by famous people like the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther. We have books about impostors from...
The 90-Second Video Drama Series Has Become Big Business
“In just four years since the launch of these vertical dramas, the genre’s market has surpassed $8 billion globally. ... Once dismissed as a...
How Sacramento Artists Are Redefining The Creative Economy
Across the country, arts funding models are shifting. Where once large institutions absorbed the majority of public and philanthropic support, new approaches are emphasizing...
Why Have Movie-Makers Been So In Love With Apocalyptic New York?
More than elsewhere, New York “is a city premised on destruction,” said Dana Polan, the Martin Scorsese Professor of Cinema Studies at New York...
Chicago’s Latino Theatre Companies Make Plays About America As ICE Patrol Outside
“We unfortunately are operating with a little bit of fear, as we continue to be the prominent immigrant community theater company in Chicago, let...
Locked Inside “The Beautiful Rare, Fragile Cage” Of Lithuanian
“It would be hard to find another nation as serious about its language. In Lithuania, one misspelled word can turn a politician into a...
Survey: How Much AI Are Publishers Actually Using?
The most common qualms, BISG reports involve “inadequate controls around the use of copyrighted material (86 percent), hallucinations (84 percent), AI-generated books flooding platforms...
London’s Visual Art Scene Is Upside Down Right Now
“Outside, the headlines about Britain are all gloom and doom. Yet Frieze is more energetic than it has been for several years,” said Lars Nittve,...
Architects Raise Alarm Over Trump’s White House Demolition
The speed with which the president is moving ahead with building the ballroom, which is expected to cost more than $200 million and to...
Architect Terry Farrell, Who Went From Strict Modernism To Exuberant Postmodernism, Has Died At...
With then-business partner Nicholas Grimshaw, he rode Britain’s “high-tech Modernism” wave of the 1970s to prominence. But he tired of that movement’s austere aesthetic...
When George Orwell Became Just A Part Of The Landscape
Orwell’s name has too often been flattened into an adjective, and 1984 into mere speculative fiction. - The Atlantic
AI Video Is An Attack On Reality
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s leader, had proclaimed it “the most powerful imagination engine ever built.” The truth is that using it made me want to...
AI Slop Is Eating The Internet
Synthetic content is not exactly new, but lately it has become a load-bearing part of the internet. - The Atlantic
Finally, Some Real Data On US Artists Who Work Freelance Gigs Instead Of Steady...
“You hold a steady job in an arts occupation, (statistical) surveys … will find you. But if you’re juggling gigs, hustles, caregiving, and a...
Louvre’s Director Summoned Before French Senate As Stolen Jewels’ Value Estimated At Over $100...
“The museum’s president and director, Laurence des Cars, is expected to respond to questions from the senate’s culture committee on Wednesday afternoon, three days...
