Amid Worries Over Budget Cuts, Welsh Arts Orgs Get An Eight Million Pound Injection
“The Arts Council of Wales has called for statutory funding for the sector from the Welsh government, saying funding cuts could mean the sector does not...
As Terry Riley, The Father Of Minimalism In Music, Turns 90, What’s He Doing...
Riley’s “In C launched a maximal musical journey and one of the most remarkable in American music. If he was the father of Minimalism...
We Need To Talk About Ms. Rachel And Media Literacy
Ms. Rachel is best known “for her enthusiastic and approachable ditties on key subjects, like potty training.” But recently, she’s been using her big...
Jim Jarmusch Unexpectedly Wins Golden Lion At Venice
His movie “had not been a favourite for the top prize, with many critics instead tipping the Voice of Hind Rajab, a harrowing true-life...
A Fire Engulfs Part Of The BBC’s Former Television Headquarters
“Smoke was still billowing from the rooftop rotunda late on Saturday morning as crews used a drone to help tackle the blaze and crowds...
The New Announcements New Yorkers Will Hear In The Subway Are Truly Performance Art
Each of the brief snippets “will end with the words ‘If you hear something, free something,’ which is also the title of this ambitious...
How Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs Actually Work (A Brief Guide)
For instance, before the Rosetta Stone, scholars had assumed the symbols were ideographs or pictographs. Were they, in fact, phonetic symbols? Turned out that...
Anthropic Settles Class Action Suit With Writers And Publishers With $1.5B Copyright Deal
The settlement allows Anthropic to avoid going to trial over claims that it violated copyrights by downloading millions of books without permission and storing...
California Shakespeare’s Former Home May Soon Have A New Tenant Putting On Shows
The landlord of the Bruns Amphitheater, where Cal Shakes performed from 1991 until it closed last year, is negotiating a 15-year lease with a...
Update On Top US Funding Agencies
Work at cultural funding agencies in the United States—the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library...
What Latin American Literature Tells Us About How Authoritarian Takeover Happens
"To me, the greatest danger that Latin American literature foretells for higher education is the insidious way capitulation to authoritarians changes both individuals and...
Cranach Portrait Of Salome, Decapitated 88 Years Ago, Has Been Re-Capitated
By 1937, the 16th-century portrait of King Herod’s stepdaughter with the head of John the Baptist was considered “unbearable for refined people,” so a...
Scientific Objectivity Is A Myth. Here’s Why
Scientist Ludwik Fleck is credited with first describing science as a cultural practice in the 1930s. Since then, understanding has continued to build that scientific knowledge...
16-Hour Waits To See Shakespeare? Ah, It All Makes Sense…
Blame it on the excitement over the $85 million renovation of the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, or the yearlong hiatus that it prompted....
Downsizing? Powell’s Books Lays Off 18 Staff
The Portland company laid off 18 employees in July, August and September, according to a Powell’s spokesperson. - The Oregonian
Sculptor Robert Grosvenor, Who Helped Pioneer Minimalism And Then Moved Beyond It, Has Died...
“Grosvenor gained acclaim in New York during the 1960s when he showed his work alongside famed Minimalists. … But the sculptures made by Grosvenor...
An Arizona School Board Tried To Prohibit Arts Educators From Renewing Professional Memberships. Kids...
Arts educators and advocates successfully killed a proposed move in Arizona's Peoria Unified school district to bar arts educators from renewing memberships in their...
Smithsonian Museum Director Attacked By Trump Gets a New Job Running Milwaukee Museum Of...
“When I left the Smithsonian, a number of organizations reached out, and they were all different types,” Sajet told The Washington Post, adding that...
Kennedy Center Dance Ticket Sales Crater. Only Four Percent Of The House Sold??
Ticket sales are so poor, the Stuttgart Ballet will be performing for an Opera House between 4 and 19 percent full when the German...
Startup Will Use AI To Reconstruct Orson Welles’s “The Magnificent Ambersons”
“Amazon-backed (firm) Showrunnner announced a new AI model designed to generate long, complex narratives — ultimately building toward feature-film-length, live-action films — for its...
PBS Has Cut 15% Of Its Staff Positions
The job losses, totaling nearly 100, include the layoff of 34 current staffers and the elimination of more than 60 vacant positions. The move...
Barnes & Noble To Acquire Bay Area Mini-Chain Books Inc.
“Books Inc. is seeking bankruptcy court approval to be acquired by Barnes & Noble for $3.25 million. The privately held company, which filed for voluntary...
Trump Wants Federal Takeover Of 9/11 Museum And Memorial
“(Two White House) officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the discussions have been preliminary and exploratory, and it was unclear exactly...
San Francisco Symphony Musicians Authorize Strike
“(The move) escalat(es) a bitter contract dispute just weeks before the orchestra is set to open its new season. The vote, announced Thursday, Sept. 4, allows...
St. Louis Symphony Musicians Ratify New Four-Year Contract
“The contract, ratified a year before the current one expires, includes a $10,000 salary increase in the first year and at least 3% raises...
