A San Francisco Museum Will Sell Its Large, Well-Located Building
The Contemporary Jewish Museum, which temporarily closed in late 2024 and laid off 80% of its staff, will sell its 63,000 square-foot building in...
Kevin Spacey And Three Accusers Settle Civil Lawsuits For Sexual Assault
“The Oscar-winning U.S. actor has reached a confidential settlement with three British men who had filed civil lawsuits at London's High Court accusing him...
BBC World Service Gets Funding Lifeline From UK Foreign Office
“Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, has agreed an additional £11m a year for the next three years on the government’s grant to the service...
The Cecilia Chorus of NY, Carnegie Hall, April 17.
The Cecilia Chorus of NY, Carnegie Hall, April 17. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein, guitarist David Leisner. Premieres by Robert Sirota; Mark Buller, Leah Lax, Beth Greenberg.
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Adds Another Artistic Partner: Violinist Alina Ibragimova
The Russian-British violinist joins five current artistic partners: harpsichordist and conductor Richard Egarr, pianist Richard Goode, cellist Abel Selaocoe, conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy, and violist Tabea Zimmermann. Ibragimova’s term begins...
A Sea Change In Australian Orchestra Programming
Overall, works by women made up 14.6 percent of programming in 2025, an increase on 2024’s 11.9 percent after a dip from 13.2 percent...
Gen Z Is Returning To The Movie Theatre
Gen Z is buying up a higher percentage of movie tickets, rising from 34% of the overall box office in 2019 to 39% last...
The Weathermen Who Have Left Broadcast TV For Streaming
“From New Jersey to California to Louisiana, weather journalists are leaving traditional TV newsrooms to form all-digital platforms. … The Digital Weather Network, … which started in 2022, now has...
Inclusivity And The “Elitist” Problem
Many advocates of culture today would proudly describe themselves as anti-elitist. They argue that art should be inclusive. They promote the doctrine of diversity. The...
Can Wisdom Be Taught?
The study of wisdom dates to antiquity, but only in the past 40 years have researchers begun to apply the scientific method to probe...
Reconsidering Dopamine’s Effects On The Brain
Where once there was a simple model that explained how dopamine works in the brain, now there are challenges that seek to amend the...
Now That We Know Who Banksy Is, The Price Of His Art May Soar
“The art world’s reaction: Go ahead and be known. Rather than undermine any mystique, the revelation could actually give his market a much-needed boost,...
What Is Philosophy In The Age Of AI?
Understanding language as something defined by public use—rather than private intention—helps us grasp how simply scraping text from around the web and finding patterns...
LA Theatre Is Ailing. What To Do?
Lofty and pragmatic in equal measure, these leaders are reconstituting Los Angeles’ theater culture, fighting for the survival of nonprofit theater in America and...
The State Of Dance On TV and Film
Four prominent dancemakers working in film and television discuss the current state of the industry. - Dance Magazine
The Leaking Problems At Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater Have Finally Been Fixed
Well, so we hope. “Almost 90 years after the house’s completion, conservators are still working on stabilising Wright’s experimental design — including endemic leaking...
Man Causes $240K Of Damage To Chihuly Glass At Museum
A security guard found the man damaging colorful glass plant sculptures around 11 p.m. in an outdoor area on the museum’s grounds, according to a...
Meet The Three-Time Champion Of Native American Hoop Dancing
“Josiah Enriquez (Pojoaque and Isleta pueblos, Navajo Nation) has been distinguishing himself on what is widely considered to be the most prominent stage in...
Len Deighton, Bestselling Author Of Spy Thrillers, Has Died At 97
He wrote more than two dozen novels, from The ICPRESS File (1962) through Billion-Dollar Brain and the trilogies Berlin Game/Mexico Set/London Match (1980s) and...
SXSW Never Fully Recovered From The Pandemic. Have The Times Now Passed It By?
After the financial hit the organizers took in 2020 and 2021, they sold a controlling interest to Penske Media — which, after last year’s...
There’s Now An Official BookTok Chart
“(The) chart is set to launch later this year in the UK, offering a monthly rundown of the most popular titles on (the) social...
Major Off-Broadway Theater Settles Discrimination Lawsuit Over Discount For Ticket-Buyers Of Color
“’Playwrights Horizons regrets that Mr. Lynch felt excluded because of his race,’ the theater said in the six-sentence statement issued by both parties. The...
Retired Lead Detective On Gardner Museum Robbery Gives Current State Of The Case
The 1990 theft of 13 artworks, collectively worth over $500 million, from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has never been solved. Former FBI agent...
UK Culture Secretary Promises To Give BBC Something It’s Never Had: A Permanent Charter
For its entire history, Britain’s public broadcaster has had to have its charter renewed by Parliament every ten years; in effect, the BBC must...
Jack Kerouac’s 120-Foot-Long Typescript For “On The Road” Sells For $12.1 Million
“It’s one of the most mythic icons in American letters — and now the most valuable. The 120-foot-long scroll on which Jack Kerouac hammered out the...
