Should we subsidize arts consumers, art producers, or neither?
My friends Joanna Woronkowicz and Doug Noonan have started a new venture, Arts Analytics, where they hope to bring more extensive, and shared, use...
How Sondheim’s Collection Came To The Library Of Congress
The Library announced this week that it has acquired more than 5,000 items from Sondheim's collection, which will be available to the public on...
In Wartime Ukraine, Shakespeare Is Booming
“A King Lear and two Othellos are in repertoire in major Kyiv theatres; there is also A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the capital, a...
Cultural Vandalism: Alberta’s Book-Banning Project
“This isn’t about banning books,” Premier Danielle Smith posted on X. “It’s about protecting kids from graphic, sexually explicit content that has no place...
Canada Debates What Qualifies As Canadian Culture
The outcome will shape who gets to tell Canadian stories and what those stories are, and also which ones count as Canadian under the...
New Project Reveals 700 Years Of Irish History
The Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, a global academic collaboration led by Trinity College Dublin, deployed historians, computer scientists and other specialists to digitally recreate...
Why Alicia Graf Mack Left Juilliard To Run The Ailey Company
“I’ve always been aligned with the mission and values of Ailey. So when I heard they were searching for a new artistic director, given...
Hollywood Takes On AI Copyright Rules In Washington
America’s creators are mounting a campaign to push back on any use of their work without permission or compensation, seeking to head off potential abuses of...
Director of São Paulo’s Museu Afro Brasil Out After Less Than Two Years
Hélio Menezes is no longer the director of the Museu Afro Brasil, a key São Paulo institution founded by sculptor Emanoel Araújo that is known for...
Warner Music Announces Layoffs, Cuts
In the memo, reviewed by The Hollywood Reporter, Kyncl wrote that WMG is looking to reduce costs by about $300 million to “future-proof” the company...
“Performative Reading” And The Cynical Young’uns Making Fun Of It
“It’s called performative reading not just because someone might be pretending to read, but rather that they want everyone to know they read. The presumption is...
Florida Governor Cuts Funding For Public Radio, TV
Gov. Ron DeSantis cut nearly $6 million in recurring funding to the state’s public radio and TV stations, one day before the state’s 2025...
Study: What Makes A Person “Cool”?
A new study suggests that there are six specific traits that these people tend to have in common: Cool people are largely perceived to be extroverted,...
A New Ballet Company For Venice, A City With A Glittering Dance History
A successful Irish barrister with a long dedication to the arts, she and co-founder and artistic director Alessio Carbone are on an ambitious mission...
Revisiting The Birth of Ms. Magazine
In the early 1970s, when many American women still couldn’t open bank accounts in their own names and the terms (and concepts) “domestic violence”...
Milwaukee Symphony Musicians Accept New Three-Year Contract With Annual Pay Increases
“The (agreement), which continues through the 2027-28 season, extends a long history of harmonious labor relations at the symphony. For more than 30 years,...
Dutch Catholic Group Protests 200-Year-Old Condom On Display At Rijksmuseum
The prophylactic in question, on view as part of an exhibition titled “Safe Sex?”, is printed with a pornographic illustration of three priests and...
Frederick M. Nicholas, L.A.’s “Mr. Downtown Culture,” Has Died At 105
“A war hero, attorney and real estate developer, … (he) led the design and development of major L.A. landmarks, including the Museum of Contemporary...
San Francisco Opera Orchestra Signs Two-Year Contract Which Expires Next Summer
That is to say, the new agreement is retroactive to August 1, 2024, which is when the previous contract expired; the orchestra had been...
Ford Foundation Names Dean Of Yale Law School Its Next President
“Heather Gerken has been the dean of the Yale Law School since 2017, and is currently serving her second term, which was scheduled to...
Paramount/CBS News Settles Trump’s $20 Billion Lawsuit For $16 Million
“Paramount said the $16 million sum ‘includes plaintiffs’ fees and costs,’ and will not be paid to Trump directly, but instead will be allocated...
Australia Has A New National Funding Body For Literature. Will It, Can It, Make...
“Writing Australia, Creative Australia’s new literature body, launches today, bringing the history of Australian cultural policy full circle: writers were the first artists in...
Brooklyn Museum Cancels Layoffs After City Comes Through With More Money
Facing a growing deficit, the Brooklyn Museum announced its intent to cut around 47 full- and part-time workers — more than 10% of its staff —...
Mark Brokaw, Award-Winning Broadway/Off-Broadway Director, Dead At 66
“A prolific director of Off-Broadway, Broadway and regional productions, beginning in the 1990s (he) worked with some of the brightest emerging playwrights, including Douglas...
Inside Egypt’s New Grand Museum (The Opening Is Still In Question)
The museum, which allegedly cost $1 billion dollars, funded largely through Japanese loans and contributions from the Egyptian government, was first proposed by Hosni...
