National Constitution Center Gets Its Biggest Gift Ever
The $15 million donation from billionaire hedge fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin will support the creation of two new galleries focused on America’s founding...
Why America Needs The NEA More (Not Less)
We are in a cultural moment where critical thinking has become synonymous with cynicism. Our government and larger media have spent decades telling us...
What Gérard Depardieu’s Sexual Assault Conviction Means For France’s Movie Industry
“Young actors are calling out wrongdoing on set more and more, and (director Christophe) Ruggia received a four-year prison sentence for what he did...
College Students Are Using AI To Do Their Assignments. Is It Cheating?
When he started at Columbia as a sophomore this past September, he didn’t worry much about academics or his GPA. “Most assignments in college...
How Is It Legal That AI Can Appropriate Artists’ Styles?
The technology has given ChatGPT users control over the visual languages that artists have honed over the course of their careers, potentially devaluing those...
Has American Popular Culture Stagnated?
For what it’s worth, most Americans share this sense of declinism when it comes to movies, music, and TV, telling pollsters that these things peaked somewhere...
Major Restoration Project At Hagia Sophia In Istanbul
“The imposing structure ... is visibly uneven in places, particularly the grand dome, which for hundreds of years has sat atop four columns of...
Crisis At Hamburg Ballet As Dancers Publicly Criticize New Artistic Director
Demis Volpi succeeded longtime director John Neumeier only last summer. Now almost half the company’s principal dancers have resigned, and more than half signed...
Pussy Riot’s Founder Goes Back Into A Prison Cell — This Time At L.A....
Nadya Tolokonnikova, who spent almost two years in a Russian penal colony as punishment for a notorious performance at Moscow’s Orthodox cathedral, will spend...
Unknown Ian Fleming Story Is Published, And It’s Not About James Bond
“’The Shameful Dream’ … is a short story about a Londoner named Caffery Bone. Fleming’s protagonist is the literary editor of Our World, a...
Playwright Donates Thousands To Replace Berkeley Rep’s Canceled NEA Grant
“Tony Award-winning playwright John Logan is donating $40,000 to Berkeley Repertory Theatre — the same amount the company was set to receive from the federal agency...
Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration To Reverse Dismantling Of Institute Of Museum And Library...
The decision, issued in a case brought by 21 state attorneys general, ruled that Trump’s executive order to close the agency violates the separation...
Music Director Of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra Will Depart After Next Season
Alexander Shelley, who was just 35 when he succeeded Pinchas Zukerman in 2015, will leave Ottawa in the summer of 2026 and begin his...
Warner Bros. Discovery Revives The HBO Max Brand It Killed
“First it was HBO Go, then it was HBO Now, followed by HBO Max and ultimately just Max. But now, Warner Bros. Discovery is rebranding...
Dancers Sue Shen Yun Over Working Conditions
The complaint itself alleges that children as young as 13 years old worked grueling 15-hour training schedules at least six days a week, in exchange...
A Brief History of The Can-Can
“The identikit all-female spectacle we know so well is the opposite of how the cancan first began in the working-class dancehalls of Paris, where...
Canada’s Founding Document May Be Sold At Auction
Experts, historians, and Indigenous groups argue the item isn’t just surplus inventory but part of the country’s origin story. They are calling for its...
Artist Suppliers Struggle With Tariffs And Uncertainty
Some arts suppliers have been preparing to pass the costs of tariffs on to their consumers. Canal Plastics Center, a plastics fabrication company in SoHo,...
Trump’s Movie Tariffs Are More About Cultural Protectionism Than Money
Amid an ongoing tariff war, Trump’s proposal — which may ultimately remain an empty threat — goes beyond economic protectionism. It is cultural protectionism. It also...
“A Hot Mess” At Philadelphia’s Arts Magnet High School
Students, parents, staff and former staff at the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts say that a toxic atmosphere, worsened by allegedly...
Why Culture Has Always Been At The Center Of North American Trade
Free-trade agreements radically reshaped the economies and public understandings of the western hemisphere in the late 20th century. Political scientist Guy Poitras argues that North...
As The 300+-Year-Old Hudson Bay Company Dissolves, What Should Be Done With Its Art...
Some HBC records have provided a window into Canada’s climate history and ecology, offering valuable long-term data to environmental researchers. Others show evidence of Indigenous...
It Is, After All, The Library Of <i>Congress</i>: Lawmakers Push Back Against Trump Takeover
On Capitol Hill, Democrats said Tuesday they did not believe that Blanche was the acting librarian — and Republicans, who have repeatedly deferred to...
Yum! Espresso Made From Venice Canal Water Wins Architecture Biennale’s Top Prize
The project — “Canal Café” by Diller Scofidio + Renfro — filters water from Venice’s notoriously polluted canals and lagoon through a series of...
Trump Escalates Punishment Of Harvard
Harvard quickly responded Tuesday evening, filing an amended complaint in its lawsuit against the Trump administration, objecting to numerous actions federal officials have taken...
