Trump-Announced TikTok Sale Raises Questions
M2 appears to be an end-run around this issue, allowing ByteDance to pour in those ingredients but then step away to let Americans run...
The Company Making Big Operas Work In A Small Theater
Des Moines Metro Opera performs in a house with only 476 seats, yet it has a track record of successfully staging such large-scale works...
Abu Dhabi’s Enormous National Museum Will Open This December
The world’s oldest natural pearl and an 1,100-year-old Qur’an will be among the star exhibits at Zayed National Museum, in a new building, designed...
Barcelona’s Opera House Names Jonathan Nott Its Next Music Director
The 62-year-old Briton — currently music director of the Tokyo Symphony and Geneva’s Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and formerly at the helm of...
Turns Out It’s Hard To Convict A Celebrity In A #MeToo Criminal Case
Sean Combs was acquitted on the most serious charges against him; Kevin Spacey has prevailed in both criminal and civil cases. Even Harvey Weinstein...
Now That Trump’s “60 Minutes” Lawsuit Is Settled, Can Paramount Go Ahead And Sell...
“Is there a chance the fog surrounding the company’s quest to sell itself to Skydance Media is about to lift? So far, it’s not entirely clear — not...
Another Ohio County May Use Cigarette Taxes To Fund The Arts
Cuyahoga County, where Cleveland is located, has long used such a tax to fund arts and culture organizations. Ohio’s newly-enacted state budget includes permission...
SAG-AFTRA Formally Ends Its Video Games Strike
“The 11-month strike waged by the performers’ union was brought to a tidy end on Wednesday as members voted overwhelmingly to ratify a labor...
Training AI To Transcribe Cursive (Because So Many Younger Americans Can’t Read It)
It’s a particular issue for historians in and of Philadelphia, since so many 18th- and 19th-century documents are in that hard-to-read script used in...
Trump Administration Threatens Harvard Accreditation
The notification doesn’t remove Harvard’s accreditation—which would leave the school virtually unable to operate. Education Secretary Linda McMahon urged Harvard’s accreditor to work with the school...
Withdrawals Of Showings At Film Festivals Raise Questions
Festivals are also answerable to funders and to different stakeholders’ interests. Cancellations of planned films raise questions about festivals’ roles and accountability to community groups who...
Oscar Wilde’s Forgotten Play About Russian Revolutionaries
The 1879 play Vera; or, The Nihilists is about a young woman and her band of radicals who plan to kill the tsar. Its...
The Next Marketing: Influencing Without The Influencers
The brand’s voice is embedded in the content, as are its products, but there’s no overt pitch, no awkward energy of a sponsored partnership....
Music Industry Projections For The Next Seven Years
After something of a boom year in 2023, revenue growth slowed to 4.3% in 2024. In fact, 2024 continued an oscillating growth pattern we...
How Journalism Is Using AI
I’ll upload sections of my book, along with interview transcripts, and ask whether everything I’ve written squares with what my sources have said. I’ll...
Paul Libin, For 67 Years One Of New York Theater’s Leading Producers, Is Dead...
“Libin produced more than 250 Broadway, Off-Broadway and touring productions. He led Circle in the Square Theatre for 62 years until his death, serving...
Peter Sellars And A Life Wrapped In Art
Among his collaborators, Sellars is cherished for this openness with his feelings. He wraps anyone and everyone in a bear hug. He releases sudden...
Trends In Painting In A Hyper-Imaged Culture
Recent contemporary painting trends suggest a widespread desire to slow down, distort, or even rupture the act of seeing. - Artnet
Universal Music VP On Copyright, Creativity, And AI
The UMG executive emphasized that “tech collaboration with the creative community, respecting the value of artists’ work and harnessing their innovation has produced enormous...
How Dr. Phil’s TV Network Fell Apart After Barely More Than A Year
“Phil McGraw‘s Merit Street Media is in bankruptcy court and is simultaneously suing its distribution partner, Trinity Broadcasting, for breach of contract that the company says...
Third Year Of A Slumping Art Market
Amid the geopolitical mayhem of a second Donald Trump presidency, 2025 looks likely to be the third year in a row that sales in...
Missouri Governor Vetos Arts Funding
“We're all kind of left reeling,” Craig said. “It does feel, for many of us involved in nonprofit fields, that we are being hit...
After Centuries Of Neglect, One Of Fra Angelico’s Earliest Frescoes Has Been Restored
“Hidden high in the chapter house of San Domenico (convent) in Fiesole, the quietly majestic Crucifixion — possibly the artist’s earliest known work — has...
California Legislators Save State Fund For Boosting Pay At Small Arts Orgs
“A series of budget bills (passed) on July 1 have restored the $11.5 million Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund, intended to help pay performers and...
Well, At Least New Hampshire’s Arts Funding Budget Is More Than $1
Yes, $1 was the figure being considered by legislators for the New Hampshire Council on the Arts in the new state budget. In the...
