Bill Dilworth, The Keeper Of Walter De Maria’s Earth Room, Has Died At 70
“From the beginning, the Earth Room drew pilgrims, like the woman who visited a few decades ago and would stand silently for a bit...
Why Derek Dixon Decided To Go Public With Claims Against Tyler Perry
“Everyone deserves to go to work and do their job without their boss trying to have sex with them. … My goal is to...
Sometimes, You Just Need A DVD
“Amid the streaming deluge, there are signs — small, tenuous and anecdotal, but real — of a rebellion.” - The New York Times
As The Kennedy Center Loses Subscribers, What Will This Mean For The National Symphony...
It’s not great: Subscriptions are down 36 percent. But “complicating things for a number of NSO supporters … is the energy surrounding the orchestra...
Music Law Is Not Keeping Up With Technology
Musicians dealing not only with tiny streaming payments but now software-created “musicians” that steal even that limited option say they need some legal support....
Two Longtime Jazz Hosts In San Francisco Say They Were Forced Off The Air
The tale is a wild, sad one, and what’s at fault? The California’s public employees’ retirement system. - San Francisco Chronicle
The New Zealand Men’s Rugby Team Had A Problem With Their Toes – Until...
The issue with “turf toe” (a ligament stress, or tear) was ending careers - until a coach visited the New Zealand Ballet and asked...
A Poet Reaches The Final Stretch Of Her Two Decades With Dante
One of the things Mary Jo Bang had to change: Rhyming. “I knew I could not maintain the rhyme scheme that he had invented...
How Videogames Became The Newest Battleground For Humans Vs AI
"We knew that this was the issue of most existential importance. … This is a medium that is fundamentally digitized.” - Wired
The BBC Fired A Presenter After Tons Of Allegations, But What Happens To The...
A former winner of MasterChef says, ""I can't imagine what it would be like for people who've waited all this time, biting their nails,...
When A Writer Becomes A Bestseller, She Longs Never To Be Recognized In Public
“Early in her career, she published five novels that were critically acclaimed but only moderately successful, while managing to avoid the industry pressure to...
Eric Idle, Embarking On A Post-Cancer Tour Of The UK, Has Some Choice Words...
The former Monty Python star: “I’ve had a green card for about 28 years. I’d be proud to be thrown out because I’d be...
How Is Winnipeg’s Music Festival Thriving While Other Events Are In Deep Trouble?
“Rising fees for performers, a punishing U.S. exchange rate, reduced consumer spending and higher insurance charges have combined to pose existential threats to Canadian non-profit...
The Multitude Of Ways Trump Is Preventing Musicians From Other Countries Getting To The...
It’s not pretty. Yet organizers persist. Why? "When you’re in the same room as the artist, when you feel the music move through your...
In A Tough Hollywood Job Market, YouTube And Other Social Media Provide Aa Rare...
Yes, it’s true: "That part of the industry, once dominated by amateurs making funny viral videos with smartphones has blossomed into a formidable entertainment force, where...
Did Shakespeare Really Smoke Weed? The Answer Is Yes.
Some clay pipe fragments dug up from his backyard garden in Stratford-upon-Avon and dating from the time he lived there were found to contain...
Does It Matter if That Art You Liked Was Fake?
I wondered what it meant if the Greek water jar I had been so moved by, depicting a woman who may have been Sappho...
The Bayeux Tapestry Was Too Fragile To Move. So Now It’s Visiting England? What...
The shift in tone may seem stark, but the Bayeux Museum said it had carried out tests – including a dress rehearsal with a...
The Avignon Festival Copes With Ever-Increasing Temperatures
Days over 100°F are no longer rare, with serious effects on audiences and workers. … Recent changes include eliminating performances between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m., the...
Scrappy Indie Publisher John Martin, 94
Martin, an adventurous independent publisher who brought out the raucous work of the poet Charles Bukowski, as well as the writing of other offbeat...
Casing The Joint: Homeland Security Descends On Chicago’s National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts
According to the museum, officers told staff that they were there in an attempt to assess places where undocumented immigrants might enter and leave...
Oakland Eliminates Its Top Arts Manager Position
The Oakland City Council passed a budget on June 11 that eliminated its Cultural Affairs Manager position, citing budgetary concerns. But critics say money-saving...
Remember The Collective That Sold Pieces Of A Damien Hirst Painting Dot By Dot?...
“Billed as a ‘financial trust fall,’ the project” — a sculpture of an infant, built to be taken apart and divided, which the collective...
How Ancient Water Clocks Changed Our Notions Of Time
As ancient civilisations began to need more reliable timekeeping mechanisms, the technology took an extraordinary leap forward with the advent of dependable water clocks,...
Museums Are Rethinking The Environmental Costs Of Collection Climate Controls
These decades-old guidelines determine the temperature and relative humidity at which museums maintain their collections, but implementing them comes with high energy costs and...
