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...
“Math For Musicians” And “Exercise For Engineers”: Change Ringing In North America
People in chilly church towers pulling on ropes attached to sets of thousand-pound bells — that's usually considered (by those who even know the...
US Senator Proposes Anti Money-Laundering Bill For Art
The bill—titled the Art Market Integrity Act—would amend the Bank Secrecy Act to require art dealers and auction houses to comply with anti-money-laundering (AML) and...
One Of LACMA’s Greatest Assets Has Finally Been Pulled Out Of Storage And Put...
The museum’s collection of Buddhist painting and sculptures includes some of the greatest work in all of its holdings, writes Christopher Knight. It hasn’t...
Benedict Cumberbatch: Hollywood’s Epic Waste Problem
“It’s a grossly wasteful industry. Think about set builds that aren’t recycled, think about transport, think about food, think about housing, but also light...
Arvo Part At 90
Unlike many of his contemporaries, Pärt has found a way to speak across boundaries of culture, creed and generation. In the world of contemporary...
Are We Now Defining Ourselves By Who/What We Hate?
Descartes had a famous dictum about the constitutive powers of the thinking self: I think therefore I am. Could it be that, today, I...
Late-Night TV Talk Shows Are Probably Doomed — And US Networks Will Lose A...
As linear TV viewership plummets and online ad rates remain low, the economics of late-night talk shows no longer works. But there are consequences,...
New AI Tool Helps Researchers Fill In Missing Letters And Words In Ancient Roman...
Named Aeneas after the mythical Trojan hero, the program predicts where and when inscriptions were made and makes suggestions where words are missing. -...
Can Burning Man Survive Financial Hardship?
Despite its explosive popularity over the years, in 2024 Burning Man fell short of its fundraising goals and saw a reduction in ticket sales....
Maybe AI Slop Will Cure Us Of Our Internet Addiction?
Where going online once evoked a wide-eyed sense that the world was at our fingertips, now it requires wading into the slop like weary,...
In Putin’s Russia, Even Internet Searches Could Be Crimes
“Russian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed ‘extremist.’ … The official definition of extremist activity...
Nearly Half Of Freelance Workers In British Theatre Earn Less Than Living Wage
“The report shows 44% of freelancers earn less than the UK National Living Wage, up from 34% last year. ... The survey reveals high...
Joffrey Ballet Will Remain At Chicago’s Lyric Opera House For (At Least) Seven More...
“The Joffrey’s current lease was slated to end following the 2027 season, but this extension will keep the city’s top ballet company at the...
Is What Most Historians Have Believed About Sacagawea For A Century Actually Wrong?
Her tribe, birthplace, date of death — all those and much else from the journals and later testimony of Lewis and Clark had been...
Trump Administration Considers Removing Exhibits On Slavery From Independence Hall In Philadelphia
“The displays were flagged for review in accordance with a Trump administration order directing National Park Service staff to identify language and historical depictions that ‘inappropriately...
L.A. Times Owner To Keep Controlling Interest Even As He Puts Newspaper On Stockmarket
“Patrick Soon-Shiong will retain majority ownership of the Los Angeles Times in his planned public sale, which will be limited to $75 million after...
