Trump Will Pull US Out Of UNESCO For Second Time
“’Continued involvement in UNESCO is not in the national interest of the United States,’ State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a statement. (She)...
People Keep Eating Maurizio Cattelan’s $6.2 Million Banana
The notorious banana-duct-taped-to-a-wall, titled Comedian, debuted in 2019 at Art Basel Miami Beach, where a visitor walked into the gallery and ate the fruit....
Report: Arts Programming Is Difficult To Find On Media Platforms
The report notes that "programmes about the arts, international issues, religion and belief were not readily available, prominent or discoverable, particularly on the platforms...
The Difficult Birth Of The Fokine/Ravel “Daphnis et Chloé” At Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
Mikhail Fokine’s idea for a ballet on the Greek myth was summarily rejected at Russia's Imperial Ballet. Sergei Diaghilev, however, was happy to take...
So Far, While The US Government Is Cutting Arts Funding, States Are Maintaining Theirs
“We’re in an uncertain fiscal environment for state governments overall, but it is encouraging to see that 29 states increased their funding for their...
Senate Hears Authors Protesting Wholesale Ingestion Of Their Work By AI Companies
“Today’s hearing is about the largest intellectual property theft in American history,” Sen. Josh Hawley said. - Washington Post
Universal Music Files For A $500M Public Share Offering
UMG and Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square have an agreement that Pershing Square can request UMG to list in the U.S. if it sells at...
Britain’s Oldest Working Theatre To Get $41 Million Renovation
St. George’s Guildhall, located in the Norfolk town of King’s Lynn and dating from 1445, and the surrounding buildings and courtyards are to undergo...
As Broadcast Audiences Decline, Should Broadcast Shows Be Easier To Find On YouTube?
The UK government should intervene to make public broadcaster (PSB) content easier to find on YouTube, the regulator has urged, as it gravely posits...
What To Make Of Dave Hurwitz’s Classical Music Schtick?
Who knew that it was possible to talk in this educated but roughhouse way about Mozart, star sopranos, Herbert von Karajan? Or that the...
Easy To Assume What Happened At CBS With Colbert
“I believe this kind of complicated financial settlement with a sitting government official has a technical name in legal circles—it’s big fat bribe,” he...
New Release Adds PoemsWhat AI Has to Say About Shadow Words
According to AI: "Jan Herman was inspired to create these deformed sonnets by a desire to challenge conventional notions of poetry and to express himself under what he saw as 'duress and necessity.' Their uniqueness lies in the evocative and sometimes elusive content where the poems become reflections on selfhood, transience, and perception, This approach allows him to use the sonnet label while subverting expectations, making his work feel both familiar and radically new."
UK’s Broadcasting Regulator Says Public Service TV Is Becoming An “Endangered Species”
“A report by Ofcom warns that UK-focused programming made by the British public service broadcasters (PSBs) – the BBC, ITV and Channels 4 and...
We’re Living Longer. But Our Living Hasn’t Caught Up
Our lifespans have expanded, but our health spans—the number of years we live with mental sharpness, physical independence, and emotional well-being—has not kept pace....
The Enduring Notion Of Libraries
What made libraries so exciting? They were hardly novelties. Roman writers like Cicero and the two Plinies assembled rich collections of books in their...
Why Is Everything Around Us So Ugly?
Despite more advanced manufacturing and design technologies than have existed in human history, our built environment tends overwhelmingly toward the insubstantial, the flat, and...
Los Angeles Times Owner Plans To Put The Newspaper On The Stock Market
Patrick Soon-Shiong, the pharma billionaire who bought the L.A. Times in 2018 (and was seen as a savior at the time but no longer),...
98-Year-Old Conductor Herbert Blomstedt Gets The “CBS Sunday Morning” Treatment
“Herbert Blomstedt is still conducting major symphony orchestras around the world at the age of 98. And as correspondent Martha Teichner reports, he plans...
Nonprofit Files International Criminal Court Case Against Russia For Plundering Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage
“For Ukraine, For Their Freedom and Ours!, a French nonprofit, has filed a case with the International Criminal Court (in the Hague), accusing Russia of the ‘systematic,...
Lyricist Alan Bergman, Who Co-Wrote Hit Songs, TV Themes, And Film Scores, Has Died...
“Blending Tin Pan Alley sentiment and contemporary pop, the Bergmans” — Alan and his wife, Marilyn (who passed in 2022) — “crafted lyrics known...
San Francisco’s Flagship Art Museums Lay Off 5% Of Staff
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, umbrella organization for the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor, is eliminating 12 positions. A statement explained...
Donald Trump Sues The Wall Street Journal And Rupert Murdoch for $10 Billion
“Donald Trump sued Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal reporters on Friday over an explosive report that the president wrote...
Minnesota Orchestra’s New CEO: Isaac Thompson Of Oregon Symphony
“Isaac Thompson has been named president and chief executive officer of the Minnesota Orchestra, returning to his home area after two years of holding...
The Visa Process For Artists To Enter The US Is Capricious And Unpredictable
This summer, five artists — Yumzhana Sui from Buryatia, Michel Lafleur from Haiti, Boluwatife Victoria Lawal and Samuel Olayombo from Nigeria, and Patrick Ruganintwali...
Our Obsession With “Wellness” Has Gotten Seriously Distorted
There’s the softer version of wellness, one characterized by some combination of smoothie consumption and aspirational TikTok videos. Then there are the more hard-line...
