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Scorsese Is Finished With Cinemas

And that’s thanks to us, the great unwashed movie audience: He "explained that he found himself too distracted by the chat and mobile-phone disturbance...

Misty Copeland, Whose Groundbreaking Career Was So Improbable, Is Retiring From ABT

“It’s never been about me. It should never have been about me. It should have been about a broader understanding that people from Black and...

Post-Apocalyptic Theatre

Performance, after the cataclysm, is a common theme in science fiction books and shows. That includes, in one of the genre's most literary forms,...

Why The Time Was Right For George Clooney’s Broadway Play To Get Broadcast On...

"The pressures that deformed the news in Murrow’s day have only grown more intense, and its defenses weaker. The last line of protection is...

Gertrude Stein Was A Self-Promotion Genius

Some of her PR tactics were terrific even by today’s standards, and she achieved a level of fame in America that’s astonishing, then or...

What Trump Learned About Book Banning From Florida

Since 2021, the Sunshine State has led the country in advancing the “parental rights” agenda. Contrary to its name, this agenda has used fuzzy, coded...

Bettie de Jong, Paul Taylor’s Factotum, Still Working At 92

For decades she has been Taylor's star dancer, muse, buddy, rehearsal director, and choreographic reconstructor.  (He was never particularly interested in the details of...

Just Whom Are We Calling A Genius?

You can tell what a culture values by who it labels a genius—and also what it is prepared to tolerate. The Renaissance had its...

Has Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Become Our Best Playwright?

 “Obviously, I’m very neurotic. I’m always trying to understand what’s happening and why. My friends every day talk about what they’re anxious about, and...

We’re About To Be Able To Translate Animal Languages. Then What?

The prospect of speaking dolphin or whale is irresistible. And it seems that they are just as enthusiastic. In November last year, scientists in...

Idris Elba Wants To Build An “African Odeon” Of Cinemas Across The Continent

“There’s a crazy number across the entire continent: less than about 3,000 cinemas, actual cinemas,” said the actor. “I would love to be able...

Ai-Generated Music Is Flooding Streaming Services

Fraudsters are flooding Spotify, Apple Music and the rest with AI-generated tracks, to try and hoover up the royalties generated by people listening to...

How Florida Inmates Incredibly Made A HipHop Album, Despite The Challenges

County jails are incubators for hip-hop, especially in Broward county, which cultivated “legends like Kodak Black and YNW Melly … but the diversity of...

Four Takeaways For Galleries From This Year’s ArtLogic Report

Even as technology opens new doors, the daily realities of operating a gallery have never been more daunting. - Hyperallergic

The First Authorized Stage Adaptation Of James Baldwin’s “Giovanni’s Room” Makes Its Debut

“There have been many efforts to adapt Baldwin’s works since he died in 1987, nearly all unsanctioned or unsuccessful in earning approval from his...

UK House Of Lords Rejects New AI Copyright Rules. Wants More Protections For Artists

The Lords, who are looking for more protections for artists from AI, rejected the latest amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill on...

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...
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