Williamstown Theater Festival Is Back From The Brink With A New Plan
“This summer, the ... latest leadership team has opted for a radically new and risky reboot: Instead of a summer-long season with two shows...
The Most Talked-About Director In British Theatre
“Theatre is controversial again and it’s happened, surprisingly, in an Andrew Lloyd Webber revival” — the Evita in which Eva Perón sings to the crowd...
How Italian Towns Selling Houses For €1 Changes Culture
The campaigns seemed to me to have been largely successful – some towns had sold all their listed properties. By attracting international buyers to...
The Latest Korean Pop Culture Phenomenon? Swing Dancing
“For a vintage American cultural practice to spread overseas and thrive there more robustly than at home is a story at least as old...
Rethinking Origins Of The Blues
What is original, real, and distinctive about black Southern culture is still often distorted or dismissed as primitive. And that is true not only...
An Ancient City Off The Coast Of Italy Re-emerges From The Sea
For centuries, Aenaria had existed somewhere between history and myth. Today, its rediscovery is reshaping Ischia's story – and offering travellers the rare chance each...
Why Putting Tariffs On Foreign Films Is An Idiotic Idea
The tariff idea arises from the worldview that treats international exchange as a threat — and cultural expression as just another import to tax....
Beetles Are Eating Their Way Through One Of Europe’s Oldest Libraries
At the Pannonhalma Archabbey, founded in 996, conservators are removing 100,000 books from the library shelves for disinfection from an infestation of bread beetles,...
The Frustrations Of Advocating For The Arts
Advocacy emerges from discontent. In the arts, it’s often borne of witnessing creative practice undervalued, institutions destabilised and public funding eroded. These grievances are...
Why We Choose To Ignore Useful Information Right In Front Of Us
If the saying ‘knowledge is power’ is true, then most people hold an indefinite amount of power in their pockets. And, in this light,...
Recent Rulings On AI And Copyright Leave The Issue More Confused Than Ever
On certain key points, the two judges disagreed with each other—so thoroughly, in fact, that one legal scholar observed that the judges had “totally...
1,700-Year-Old Mayan Royal Tomb Uncovered In Belize
“The tomb is the final resting place of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of (the) ancient Maya city (of Caracol) and the founder...
Artnet Staff: Our Favorite Art Books Of All Time
The books that made impressions on people who care about art. - Artnet
What Brain Scans Reveal About Humans Seeking Revenge
Recent neuroscience discoveries reveal a chilling picture: Your brain on revenge looks like your brain on drugs. Brain imaging studies show that grievances—real or imagined perceptions...
How Women From The Former East Germany Are Shaking Up The Museum World
What these women offer isn’t nostalgia. It’s clarity. A resistance to simplification. A belief that history is not a finished room. In Kathleen Reinhardt’s...
Philadelphia’s Newest Art Museum Is Also Its Smallest
It holds only six paintings. It’s free, though reservations are required. And it’s an unlikely spot for a museum: the Green Room of the...
Praemium Imperiale 2025 Winners: Marina Abramović, András Schiff, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Peter Doig,...
It seems the categories for the $100,000 arts prizes this year were made a bit flexible: performance artist Abramović won the prize for sculpture...
Hackers Commandeer Elmo’s Account (Yes, From “Sesame Street”) And Tweet Offensive Messages
“The account was compromised over the weekend and instead of the usual posts of encouragement and kindness, Elmo’s 650,000 followers were given antisemitic threats...
Social Prescription — When Doctor’s Orders Are Art, Music, Dance, Nature, Or Group Exercise
“It's the idea of health professionals ‘literally prescribing you a community activity or resource the same way they'd prescribe you pills or therapies.’ ......
Milwaukee Ballet Will Use Live Orchestra For “Nutcracker” After All
Less than two weeks after the company announced that, due to financial troubles, it would use a recording of Tchaikovsky’s music for the next...
Unreleased Music By Beyoncé Stolen From Car In Atlanta
“The theft of the materials, stored on five thumb drives, … along with footage, show plans and concert set lists, … happened on July...
“Gorky Park” Author Martin Cruz Smith Dead At 82
“(He) had just published Hotel Ukraine, the 11th and final installment in his Arkady Renko detective series, three days before he died. The novel...
Hollywood Bowl LA Phil Season Opens On A Down Note
One of the highlights of this season has fallen victim to a baffling Venezuela travel ban. Gustavo Dudamel can no longer bring his Simón Bolivar...
Historic Documents Stolen Ten Years Ago From Dutch National Archives Are Found In Attic
A decade ago, an employee stole 25 priceless documents from the Netherlands’ National Archives in the Hague. The trove included 16th-century records of clandestine government affairs, a...
AI Slop Is Swamping Publishing
Creative professionals have long found themselves amid an existential crisis in a market where profits are slim and the vast majority of them will...
