Room For The Straight White Male Writer?
“Unwilling to portray themselves as victims (cringe, politically wrong), or as aggressors (toxic masculinity), unable to assume the authentic voices of others (appropriation), younger white...
Eight Paris Concert Halls Most Classical Fans Never Think Of
You’ve heard of several of them — the Musée d’Orsay, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Les Invalides — but probably had no idea that they host...
There’s Another Great American Novel Whose Centennial Is This Year
“F. Scott Fitzgerald was fulsome in his praise and Sinclair Lewis declared it the ‘first book to catch Manhattan”. … As Gatsby continues to be lionised,...
What Theatre Tickets Cost In 2025 London
Overall average cheapest ticket to a show in London’s Theatreland district now costs £30.55, up 24.29% from the year prior. In comparison, the overall...
Neuroscience Researcher On Music As Medicine:
"We now have ample evidence that music can help treat a variety of injuries and diseases, including both mental and physical disorders. And I...
UK Government Rejects Proposed Streaming Tax To Support UK Production
The U.K. government has firmly rejected calls for a 5% levy on streaming platforms and mandatory IP retention rules, instead emphasizing the benefits of...
The Revived London City Ballet: Director Christopher Marney Talks About Its Second Season
“It was fascinating to get to the end of year one and evaluate our successes and pitfalls. … We had a week of sold-out...
Band Accused Of Being AI After Racking Up 500k Spotify Plays
An account on X has emerged claiming to represent The Velvet Sundown. This account asserts that the band is not at all AI-generated, sharing in...
Did A Federal Court Just Open Our Libraries Up For AI Plundering?
Let’s call this what it is: a case about borrowed books and a legal system struggling to reckon with machines that never ask before...
Why The Music Industry Seems Better-Defended Against AI
As in other creative industries, AI music tools are poised to hollow out the workaday middle of the market. Even new engineering tools have...
In Defense Of Rachel Zegler’s Balcony Scene In The New West End “Evita”
Many people who paid exorbitant prices to see the show in person are miffed that they’re watching “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” on a...
Report: Stressed UK Theatres Are Increasingly Playing It Safer
Local theatres are increasingly “playing safe” with their programming, resulting in more one-night events, fewer week-long runs and a significant drop in opera, ballet...
Gallery Powerhouse Blum Will Lay Off Staff And Close, Citing Market Downturn
Founded as Blum and Poe in 1994 in Santa Monica, Calif., by Tim Blum and Jeff Poe, the gallery represents some of the most...
Warner Creates $1+ Billion Fund To Buy Rights To Music Catalogs
Warner Music Group and private investment giant Bain Capital are launching a $1.2 billion joint venture to acquire “legendary” music catalogs across both recorded music...
The Benin Bronzes: Who Created Them, Who Has Had Them When, Who’s Returning Them...
The Netherlands turned over 119 objects to the Nigerian government, while the MFA Boston gave their two directly to the Oba of Benin. “As...
Peter Phillips, 86, Britain’s Pioneer Of Pop Art
“He became one of the originators of the British Pop art movement in the 1950s and ’60s. … Phillips layered mundane images of consumer culture and...
What Worries “60 Minutes” Staffers About The Paramount-Trump Settlement
“(Many) believe weeks of leaks about Paramount’s legal machinations and of the 60 Minutes staff’s aversion to any kind of settlement have already undermined...
Milwaukee Ballet Drops Live Orchestra For Two Of Next Season’s Productions, Including “Nutcracker”
Citing “operating costs (which) continue to rise while revenue earnings have not kept pace,” company management announced that it would use recorded music for...
Will America’s Polarized Politics Derail Next Year’s 250th Anniversary Celebrations?
Will the occasion underline the country’s divisions, as with Trump's military parade and the No Kings protests? Or can Americans come together over the...
SUMMER RERUN: “The Planet Will Be Fine. It’s the People Who Will Be F**ked.”...
From December 2024 (just after the election): the comedian’s late-career epiphany and the nonprofit arts sector begs the question: what ...
Paris’s Asian Art Museum Sued For “Tibet Erasure”
“Four pro-Tibetan groups in France have filed a legal complaint against Paris’s state-run Musée Guimet, accusing it of attempting to erase Tibet’s cultural identity...
Average Ticket Price In London’s West End Up By Nearly One-Quarter
What’s more, the difference between the shows with the highest and lowest average ticket prices is narrower than one year ago. - The Stage
The Last Of The Vatican’s Raphael Rooms Has Now Been Restored
“A decadelong project to clean and restore the largest of the four … spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace … uncovered a...
Should we subsidize arts consumers, art producers, or neither?
My friends Joanna Woronkowicz and Doug Noonan have started a new venture, Arts Analytics, where they hope to bring more extensive, and shared, use...
How Sondheim’s Collection Came To The Library Of Congress
The Library announced this week that it has acquired more than 5,000 items from Sondheim's collection, which will be available to the public on...
