Matthew Barney On The Point Of Art
"I’m not interested in participating in consensus culture. The way I understand art to function and the function that it carries out in culture...
Artists Protest Homeland Security Use Of Traditional Art Images
The images, bookended by posts cheering the administration’s deportation campaign, have been widely shared by conservatives and sparked alarm among the artists, their families...
There’s Been A Surge Of Movies About Metrics And Math Lately. Why is That?
Because, writes Bilge Ebiri, “everywhere we look, numbers reign supreme. Metrics determine our life and work in ways that were inconceivable ten or 15...
Why Tom Lehrer’s Satire Endures
One simple reason his songs endure is that, for all that they are written for their words, it’s hard to stop humming their tunes....
Schenkerian Theory Journal Editor Wins $725,000 Award Against University
The trouble started when Jackson, who was the founding editor of the journal, invited music theorists with expertise in Schenkerian theory to write rebuttals...
That Challenge Of Political Theatre
A play is political if its subject is taboo and its story mirrors, exposes, and critiques the suppression and repression that interferes with the...
It’s Fine, Go Ahead And Let Your Kids Watch TV, Argues TV Critic
New York magazine’s Kathryn VanArendonk knows it’s not tenable to prevent her kids from doing what she does all day. “But my (policy is)...
Picasso’s “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” Was Not, In Fact, Inspired By African Art, Says Researcher
The art world’s consensus has been that the painting was inspired by the African masks Picasso saw on a visit to Paris’s first ethnographic...
This Man Was One Of New York’s Biggest Young Arts Philanthropists. The Money He...
Remember Alberto Vilar? What Matthew Christopher Pietras did might have been worse. Or it might not, since the victims of the theft may not...
This Fall The Wanamaker Organ Will Be Heard Again, Thanks To Opera Philadelphia
The future of the world’s largest fully-functional musical instrument was in doubt when Macy’s vacated the Wanamaker space earlier this year. Now the building’s...
This Dalí Painting Was Bought For $200. It’s About To Sell For $40,000.
The 1966 watercolor-and-felt-tip painting was meant to be part of a series of illustrations for The Arabian Nights; Dalí never finished the project. When...
Can They Really Rename The Kennedy Center After The Trumps?
That depends on who’s doing the renaming. - The Washington Post (Yahoo!)
Dallas Morning News Fends Off Private Equity Firm That Eviscerates Newspapers
A favorite tactic of Alden Global Capital is, when someone else is about to buy a newspaper, to jump in with a higher bid...
The Crazy Costs Of Performing At The Edinburgh Fringe
“It has the potential to make careers, but it’s so expensive it’s not just the working-class comedians who are getting shut out – so...
When Libraries Were Quieter
Books are removed, and replaced with coffee bars and spaces for socializing. In case people don’t get the message, librarians now put up signs discouraging quiet...
Thomas Sayers Ellis, Percussive Poet, Is Dead At 61
“A poet, photographer and bandleader, (he) explored race, music, politics, academia and family in dazzling, erudite and often funkified verse — ‘percussive prosody,’ he...
Book Sales Slump
Sales of adult books dropped 9.6% in the month, with fiction sales off 8.3% and nonfiction falling 11.3%. For the first five months of...
The Unnerving Takeover Of Video Games By AI
Most experts acknowledge that a takeover by artificial intelligence is coming for the video game industry within the next five years, and executives have...
Site Santa Fe, The Indispensable Art Outpost
Site Santa Fe opened in 1995 in a former warehouse turned nonprofit gallery in the city’s art-filled Railyard District, but it stretches to museums...
Europe’s Current Hotbed Of New Classical Music? Iceland
“In the 21st century, no other country has reinvented the language of the orchestra on such distinctive and appealing terms. … Call it the...
How Classical Music Can Boost Sports Performance
A growing body of research suggests classical music can offer measurable benefits to athletes: helping regulate nerves, boost balance, reduce perceived effort, and even...
Thinking Is Becoming A Premium Subscription
The idea that technology is altering our capacity not just to concentrate but also to read and to reason is catching on. The conversation no...
Canada’s Arts Sector Produced $40 Billion In Revenue In 2024
Total revenues in the arts, using my imperfect and partial measurement, were $37.9 billion in 2024, representing 29% of all cultural products. - Hill...
A Custody Battle Over “The Sistine Chapel Of Romanesque Art”
The 12th-century Sijena Murals were moved from the monastery where they were created following heavy damage during the Spanish Civil War. Ever since, they’ve...
Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera Shrinkage Poses Warning/Challenge To City Arts Organizations
“We have to decide where does the art in our town that's made in our town sit versus touring productions, and what does it...
