New EU Regulations Will Hold Art Importers Accountable For Provenance
Importers will be required to identify an object’s country of origin and the date it left the country, as well as the hands the...
The Science Of Visual Learning
Feeling baffled by a work of art is similar to the experience of many chemistry learners. In both scenarios, viewers might ask themselves: What...
Will Ferrell Is Adapting His Eurovision Song Contest Parody For Broadway
“A stage musical based on the 2020 Netflix movie Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is under development with Will Ferrell, Harper Steele and Anthony...
With Their NEA Grants Rescinded, Nonprofit Publishers Contemplate Their Prospects
“Many of the grants were meant to partially reimburse nonprofit publishers for projects they’ve already paid for and completed, leaving them with surprise shortfalls....
Pompeii, Like Venice, Has Become A Victim Of Its Own Success
“Rising visitor numbers to the UNESCO site … have placed the archaeological park’s three entrances under growing strain. Now guides who make a living...
Dead Sea Scrolls Are Far Older Than Previously Thought, Say Researchers
“Researchers from the University of Groningen combined AI and carbon dating to find that many of the scrolls are older than scholars previously estimated....
The Old San Francisco Art Institute Will Reopen With A New Name And Purpose
It was one of the city’s oldest art schools when it went bankrupt in 2022. The campus — and its famous Diego Rivera fresco...
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty To Peddling Forged Picassos, Basquiats, Warhols
“Between 2019 and 2021, Carter Reese approached potential buyers with artwork from those artists and others that he described as authentic. … Reese’s real...
Kari Lake Wants To Reduce Voice of America’s Staff From Over 1,000 to 81
The former conservative media star and sore-loser Arizona candidate for governor and senator, who now heads the agency overseeing VOA, says Trump had directed...
Arizona Opera Finds Its New General Director Close To Home
“Arizona Opera took its search for a new leader international only to find the ideal candidate a few miles from its downtown Phoenix headquarters. The...
Who/What Should Win Tonys, Statistically Speaking
Every year, I run a statistical model based on precursor awards, which categories a show is nominated in, blended critic predictions, and betting markets to...
Doubts About Colleges?
The college wage premium is still high, which means that it’s still beneficial to get a degree. But for whom, exactly? - The Atlantic...
AI And The End Of The Notion Of Authorship
Technically speaking, an algorithm wrote the text, but a human had to prompt the algorithm. So who or what is the author? Is it...
Walt Whitman, The Original Self-Mythologizing Selfie King
“Unlike many of his contemporaries, the poet collected an ‘abundance of photographs’ of himself. And like many people today who snap and post thousands...
Trump Is Going To “Les Mis”. So?
Trump is a fan. At campaign rallies he would make his entrance to the anthemic "Do You Hear the People Sing?" blaring from loudspeakers. The U.S....
Opera’s Translation Debate
Like the qwerty keyboard, sitting through a three-or-more-hour performance in a language we don’t understand is a peculiar cultural phenomenon we accept only because...
Why Trump’s Tariffs Will Be A Big Pain In Ballet Companies’ Feet
“Compounding recent major cuts to arts funding, the footwear the ballet world relies on could be just one more unanticipated casualty of the current...
An Existential Crisis For The Smithsonian
If the president succeeds in removing a key leader who is not accused of any professional or personal misconduct, he will effectively gain control...
Brookings: AI Has Rendered Most Writing Obsolete
These are very substantial benefits, and it is true they are lost when we write using a keyboard or keypad. But on balance, far...
Piano Sales Are Sinking
Sales have held steady at around 31,000 a year for the past decade, but in 2024, fewer than 18,000 were sold, according to an...
Why “Requiem For A Dream” Still Upsets People After 25 Years
“The film-makers set out to deliver a sensory bombardment that would mimic the experience of addiction. But they ended up doing much more, touching...
The Art Model Beyond Galleries?
The aim is to organize experimental exhibitions created alongside artists that will surprise collectors and the public alike, via organizing exhibitions in non-traditional venues,...
A Change Of Generational Leadership In The Music Industry?
If the past tells us anything, it’s that seismic technological shifts have often served as a precursor for a changing of the guard at...
EU’s Highest Court Finds Hungary’s LGBTIQ Content Ban Violates Charter Of Fundamental Rights
“The non-binding opinion from the court’s advocate general … represents a comprehensive demolition of the arguments made by the Hungarian government defending its so-called...
Producers Can Make A Fortune Presenting Movie Stars In Broadway Plays. The Stars Themselves?...
Really famous stars anchoring and co-producing a show — George Clooney, Hugh Jackman, Bette Midler — can negotiate a good percentage of profit for...
