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With Their NEA Grants Rescinded, Nonprofit Publishers Contemplate Their Prospects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...
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...
