Not Surprisingly, Ukrainian Standup Comedy Was Completely Transformed By Russia’s Invasion And War
Also unsurprisingly, the humor tends to be much darker than before 2022. And there’s a sense of purpose: “We get a lot of feedback,...
Columbia University’s Capitulation To Trump Is A Threat To Universities
Some say the settlement is unlawful, pointing to the quick investigation, vague allegations and unprecedented way federal funds were retracted before Columbia had a...
AI Programs Love To Cite Reuters, Financial Times, Forbes, Axios
The researchers tested two models each from ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, and found that journalism was by far the most common source for composing...
How Literature Explains The Attraction Of Public Shaming
This spectacle raises a deeper question: why does infidelity, especially among the powerful, provoke such public outcry. Literary tradition offers some insight: intimate betrayal...
What Powers (Almost) Everything We Do
North America’s electric system is a miracle, but also kind of a mess. - The New Atlantis
French Government Creating a Digital Twin Of Notre Dame
The French government has teamed up with tech giant Microsoft to create a “digital twin” of the 862-year-old treasure. This virtual version will be...
Race To Preserve Archives Of Now-Defunct San Francisco Art Institute
“When the San Francisco Art Institute shut its doors in 2022, even the turtles in the campus's courtyard pond were evicted. But deep below...
Artist Cancels Smithsonian Show Over Censorship Fears
Amy Sherald, the celebrated painter best known for her official portrait of Michelle Obama, has canceled an upcoming exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, citing...
Trump Dismisses Concerns Over Copyright And AI
“You can't be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book, or anything else that you've read or studied, you're...
Publishers Worry Trump Will Gut Copyright For AI
"You can’t be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book, or anything else that you’ve read or studied, you’re...
How AI Is Changing The Art (And Business) Of Acting
“Plenty of actors I’ve worked with have had that moment where they see what’s possible and realize, ‘Oh my God, this is so much...
Former Philly Pops Organization Abandons Its Lawsuit Against Philadelphia Orchestra/Kimmel Center
Encore Series, the parent organization of the now-defunct incarnation of the Pops, said it “wants to make clear that POKC did nothing wrong and...
Will A Wave Of New Online Age-Restriction Laws Chill Free Speech?
Around the world, a new wave of child protection laws are forcing a profound shift that could normalize rigorous age checks broadly across the...
Paramount’s Big “South Park” Problem After The Trump Penis Episode
The episode did not hold back on crass jokes aimed at Trump, showing him with a “teeny tiny” penis both in animation and as...
Jazz Singer Cleo Laine, 97
“With astonishing green eyes and a mop of frizzy auburn hair, … a voice that could soar easily from a throaty C below middle C...
Layoffs Coming At Minnesota Public Radio Following Funding Cuts
“American Public Media Group (MPR’s parent organization) plans to cut 5% to 8% of its 500 staff members over the coming weeks, citing a...
L.A. MOCA Loses Another Director
When Johanna Burton came to MOCA in 2021, the museum was still recovering from the contentious firing of curator Helen Molesworth and resignation of...
Chuck Mangione, Smooth Jazz Hitmaker, Dead At 84
His biggest hit, “Feels So Good,” has become so familiar that many people know it without realizing it has a title. He developed a...
Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre Has A New Artistic Director
Paolo Santalucia, 35 and a native Torontonian, is a director, playwright, and actor known for both stage and television work. A co-founder of Toronto’s...
SUMMER RERUN: Advocacy for the Nonprofit Arts Sector is Currently Meaningless
Lost amid a string of inside-baseball phrases and ideologies, officials have little idea as to why they would possibly fund ...
US Federal Regulators Approve Merger Of Paramount Global And Skydance
“The stamp of approval from the Federal Communications Commission comes after months of turmoil revolving around Trump’s legal battle with 60 Minutes. … With...
Difference In Arts Funding Between London And North Of England Remains Huge: Study
While the gap has narrowed from that of previous years, the north of England still receives only £28 per capita in arts and culture...
The Quest For The Ancestor Of All Chinese Typewriters
Adapting an alphabet-based machine to produce the thousands of different brush-stroke characters used in Chinese was a seemingly impossible challenge. But, in the 1930s...
The Essentialness Of The Traditional Arts Review
Reviews are rooted in the most fundamental unit of the art business—the personal encounter with individual works (or exhibits of many works)—and in the...
France’s Culture Minister To Go On Trial For Corruption
Rachida Dati, 59, who has publicly outlined her ambition to become mayor of Paris in 2026, was charged in 2019 on suspicions she lobbied...
