The Unpredictable Power Balance Between Othello And Iago, And How Actors Have Pulled It...
“Othello is Shakespeare’s only major work in which the hero and antihero are given equal weight. … As the Shakespeare scholar Harold Bloom summed...
The Historic Buildings Lost In The LA Fires
It's been almost two months since the Eaton Fire destroyed thousands of homes in Altadena, including several noted historic and cultural landmarks like this...
UK TV Exec Warns That AI Companies Are Extracting £125bn From Creative Industries
Alex Mahon told MPs that if the government pursues its proposed plan to give AI companies access to creative works unless the copyright holder opts out,...
Small Nebraska Museum Says It Has Discovered Five Edvard Munches
Much like Munch’s iconic painting, this suite of five “never-before-seen” works made around 1893 all depict the main figure on a bridge alongside a...
BBC To Cut Spending On Content By Almost $200 Million
A plummet in international co-productions is one major factor that led to an expected surplus for the past year becoming a £33 million ($42.5...
Historic Landmarks Damaged In Myanmar Earthquake
“The most significant damage to cultural heritage sites appears to have occurred in and around Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city and the home of...
Now-Fired Kennedy Center VP For Social Impact Speaks Out
Marc Bamuthi Joseph: “Monday afternoon we began to construct a plan, because we engage with scores of arts organizations, and it’s not easy given...
Kennedy Center Employees Brace For More Cuts And Layoffs — But Are Its Finances...
“Staffers at the Kennedy Center are bracing for more cuts following the dismissal of several employees and a message from administrators that the performing...
Ozy Founder Carlos Watson, Convicted Of Fraud, Gets Prison Sentence Commuted By Trump
Just hours before he was due to surrender to Federal authorities to serve almost 10 years in prison, Watson received clemency from the Trump...
Former Director Of Santa Fe Opera Arrested For Soliciting Minors
Charles MacKay, who was general director of the summer company from 2008-2018, was arrested in March in Powell, Wyoming after having allegedly solicited two...
Entire Staff Of Institute Of Museum And Library Services Placed On Leave
“According to a statement from AFGE Local 3403, which represents IMLS workers, the agency's staff was notified by email about being placed on paid...
Canada’s Juno Awards Celebrates Canadian Music, Takes Digs At US
Michael Bublé handed Canadians a heartfelt dose of patriotism at the Juno Awards on Sunday, setting the tone for a night of not-so-subtle references...
Hollywood Workers Protested AI. Now Hollywood Is Using AI
It was only two years ago that actors and writers shut down Hollywood with strikes demanding protections from AI. Now the technology is controversially creeping...
Where Journalism Is Being Reinvented
What if this so-called “extinction-level event” isn’t the end of journalism but just the end of a certain kind of journalism? It’s a crisis,...
A Musical About The End Of The World
The End has more than one meaning. On the surface, the title refers to the end of civilisation. But “the end” can also mean...
Marina Abramović, Wellness Guru?
Want to learn to live like her? The Marina Abramović Institute offers €2,450 (~$2,600) five-day Cleaning the House workshops in various locations—Brazil, Thailand—taught by...
Let’s Take A Critical Read Of That AI-Written Story Sam Altman Was So Impressed...
Altman wrote that the model “got the vibe of metafiction so right.” But that’s like saying that Trump Tower gets the vibe of Versailles...
Why We’re Drawn To Apocalyptic Stories Right Now
Dystopian dramas are clearly in vogue right now, but films and TV dramas have often reflected the fears and anxieties of their times. - The...
Visitors: Isn’t The Smithsonian Already Telling The Story Of America?
“There’s no way this is anti-American if it’s showing everything we’ve been through and what our nation is founded on. How is it divisive...
Architect David Childs, 83
David M. Childs, an architect who crowned the New York City skyline with the tallest building in the Americas — a shimmering new 1...
GenX Creatives Have Been Screwed
If you entered media or image-making in the ’90s — magazine publishing, newspaper journalism, photography, graphic design, advertising, music, film, TV — there’s a...
What To Say To A Friend After A Rough Theatre Performance
Basically, lie (unless you’re a critic, in which case say nothing until the review). One actor: “It takes incredible amounts of bravery to be...
Beloved Los Angeles Landmarks Face An Uncertain Post-Fire Future
For instance, at the destroyed Zane Grey estate: “How to rebuild the site in a way that preserves Grey's legacy while protecting it from...
Roxane Gay And Debbie Millman Take Over Literary Magazine The Rumpus
Novelist and essayist Gay said, “The Rumpus was one of the first places where my writing found a significant audience, and it helped shape me into...
A Rising Star Conductor Makes Her Met Debut
Joana Mallwitz “did not come from a musical family. Her talent on the piano at home in Hildesheim was quickly apparent, but for three...
