Is Poetry Just About The Words? (Not Really)
While what’s lost in translation is admittedly enormous, to conclude that poetry is therefore untranslatable is to fundamentally misrepresent both what poetry is and...
In New Fiction, The Subject Of AI Has Moved Beyond The SciFi/Fantasy Genre
“Artificial Intelligence (AI) has long been a staple of science fiction, but editors are seeing a change in how novelists are exploring the subject...
Frederick Forsyth, One Of The World’s Best-Selling Thriller Novelists, Has Died At 86
“A mega-selling British novelist of political thrillers, cunning spy craft and globe-trotting intrigue, (he) used his own background as a foreign correspondent to inspire...
Former Director Of Kahlo And Rivera Museums Alleges Missing Artworks And Mismanagement
Hilda Trujillo Soto, who was adjunct director and then director of the Mexico City museums from 2002 and 2020, alleges that the trust overseeing...
Federal Judge Rules That Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Independent And Trump Cannot Unilaterally...
While the U.S. District Court didn’t explicitly and directly reverse Trump’s removal of three CPB board members, it affirmed that Congress created CPB to...
Smithsonian’s Board Confirms That Its Chief Executive, Not The U.S. President, Has Hiring And...
While the Board of Regents (which includes the U.S. Vice President and the Supreme Court’s Chief Justice) didn’t directly address Trump’s attempt to fire...
After Two-Year Struggle, Disney Buys Full Control Of Hulu (For Far Less Than Comcast...
In December 2023, in an initial payment toward the Hulu purchase, Disney agreed to give Comcast/NBCUniversal $8.61 billion — one-third of the $27.5 billion guaranteed...
Art Historian Claims To Have Identified Caravaggio’s Oldest Known Painting
“Gianni Papi — one of the world’s leading experts on the artist — announced the discovery of what he believes to be the earliest...
Rural America Will Be The Loser If Congress Defunds Public Broadcasting
“This would disproportionately harm rural areas and smaller communities, where public media really is a lifeline,” said Tim Richardson of PEN America. - The...
Judge Rules Trump Can Dismantle Institute of Museum and Library Services
In Friday’s ruling, the judge wrote that as much as the “Court laments the Executive Branch’s efforts to cut off this lifeline for libraries...
Now That Taylor Swift Owns Her Music, What Happens To Her Re-Recordings?
Some fans are disappointed that we may never see the last two rerecordings, though Swift has hinted that she might be willing to release...
Tracing Back Where All Our Languages Came From
There are about 7,000 languages spoken in the world today; they can be divided into about 140 families. Nevertheless, the languages most of us...
What To Make Of Damien Hirst At 60?
Ever since Hirst burst on the art scene in the 1990s with his macabre readymades (or “objets trouvé”) of dead animals in vitrines, he...
In The Era Of Algorithms, Roots Music Is Getting A Boost
Algorithms, which sort the listening public into ever-more-individualized niches, can cut both ways: They can introduce you to new artists, but they can also...
Trump Takes Over Arts Institutions. But Can He?
Trump may not have the formal capacity to shape the leadership of any of the Smithsonian’s museums, but if others treat him as if...
Why Are There So Many TV Shows Now About Rich People?
Lately, most of television seems stuck in the same mode. Virtually everything I’ve watched recently has been some variation of rich people pottering around...
Fired Librarian Of Congress Speaks Out
The first woman and African American to serve as the US librarian of Congress before Donald Trump fired her in May has not heard from the...
The Kennedy Center Begins Its Repurposed Life
Across the country, arts leaders say the Kennedy Center’s transformation—complete with a CEO firing, board overhaul and unprecedented political involvement in its programming—has become...
What Set Marc Maron’s Podcast Apart
Sure, now everyone (and their annoying friend) has a podcast, but not in 2009, when Maron got his start with WTF. "The podcast made...
The Smithsonian Rejected This Artist’s Portrait Of Trump In 2016
But as the president tries to push out the director of the National Portrait Gallery, Julian Raven wonders if his painting now has a...
The National Library Of Wales Appears To Be Missing A Couple Thousand Items
“Missing sound recordings include the satirical song ‘Carlo’ by Dafydd Iwan which was written for the investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales in...
Why Hollywood Left Los Angeles
“As the labor of making movies and shows splinters across far-flung cities and countries, Hollywood has become dislodged from its physical home.” - Vulture
A Studio Visit With One Of New York’s Most Influential Downtown Artists
Agosto Machado “has been a witness to decades of cultural moments in New York: the experimental theater of the early sixties, Warhol’s factory, the...
These Fragile Quilts By Black Artists Desperately Need To Be Preserved
Guess who pulled the funding? - NPR
The GSA Oversees 26,000 Public Works Of Art, But Trump Cuts Leave Everything At...
This administration slashed the staff of 30 to about 10, an impossible number to track the government collection, which “has been placed in federal...
