The Emotional Impact Of Trump’s Arts Slashing And Burning
“Although some arts organizations appear poised to survive the loss of NEA money, they nonetheless feel existentially frightened by the general turn of the...
How And Why Did Guinea Bissau Decide To Host An Art Biennale?
The founding artists “could no longer sit ‘with their arms crossed and do nothing,’ about what they saw as a dire gap in their...
SoundCloud Faces Musician Backlash After Sneaky AI Incursions
The claim: “SoundCloud is paving the way for a future where AI unlocks creative potential and makes music creation accessible to millions, while upholding...
Sinners Is Being Shown In An Even More Exclusive Format Than IMAX
“In other words, daytime outdoors scenes pop with brightness, while darker, moodier scenes have deeper blacks.” - San Francisco Chronicle
More Layoffs, And Turmoil Around The Trump Fundraiser, At The Kennedy Center
“Several people characterized the reaction among the remaining Kennedy Center staff as a collective eye roll to the fundraiser and subsequent boycott, even as...
Why US Films Like Barbie Picked Britain For Filming
“Largely, it's cheaper to make films in the UK. That's thanks to generous tax incentives such as the Film Tax Relief, which offers a 25% tax...
How This Young Family Saved An Iconic Chicago Music Venue
“They appear to have succeeded. Today, the three-building campus in the western suburbs is bursting at the seams with a staggering variety of music,...
YouTube Shorts Is So Back, Baby
Will TikTok be banned? YouTube wouldn’t be sad about that. “Shorts is hoping that TikTok’s audience of almost 2 billion people will see it...
Broadway Musical Cancels Performance After Trump Fires Librarian Of Congress
“A brief statement from the show , which earned seven Tony nominations this month, said that it had decided not to perform at the library...
Some Italians Are Highly Offended By Estonia’s Eurovision Song Contest Entry
The Baltic nation’s submission this year is “Espresso Macchiato,” in which Estonian singer-rapper Tommy Cash (who bills himself as the “Kanye East” of Europe)...
The Met Gala And What It Reveals About The Unfairness Of Tax Breaks
The charitable tax deduction is distorting American philanthropy. It doesn’t just shape where dollars go; it also warps the way that nonprofits behave. Let’s...
Marina Harss Adds Another Dance Critic Gig To Her Portfolio
The well-regarded author, critic and biographer has been appointed dance critic for The Hudson Review, a quarterly journal focusing on literature and the arts....
Extraterrestrial Languages Could Be So Much Stranger Than We’ve Ever Imagined
The space of possible languages is vast, and full of exotic languages that are much weirder and stranger than any we have yet imagined....
Donald Trump, Broadway, And Fame: A Brief History
With the real-estate heir-turned-tabloid fixture-turned-reality TV star-turned-politician having taken over the Kennedy Center and now talking about what big-name musicals to present there, Jada...
Why AI Can’t Be Your Friend
Sycophancy is a common feature of chatbots: A 2023 paper by researchers from Anthropic found that it was a “general behavior of state-of-the-art AI assistants,” and that...
The Sheer Dopiness Of Thinking You Could Tariff International Movies
Today, international markets account for more than 70% of Hollywood’s box office revenue. Ironically, Hollywood is one of the few places where the US...
The Berlin Man Who’s Made Gallery Crashing A Performance Art
Every day Jambon spends a few hours compiling a list of gallery openings from websites such as Index Berlin and social media accounts. Then he begins...
How Europe Could Retaliate Against Cultural Products In The Trump Trade War
The ACI is a mechanism, introduced to prevent foreign countries from using trade policy to interfere with European democracy, that gives the EU broad...
Researchers Identify Author Of Ancient Scroll Carbonized By Vesuvius
“Traces of ink lettering visible in the X-ray images” — virtually unrolled and scanned for words by a specially-designed AI program — "revealed the...
How Our Brains Take On The Rhythm Of Music
Rather than passively perceiving music, the brain physically embodies it, synchronizing with musical patterns to produce sensations of timing, musical pleasure, and even the...
This Year’s List Of Most Endangered American Cultural Sites
This year, the list includes not only buildings, but entire communities, such as a smattering of islands off Florida's northwest coast. Cedar Key was...
Portland Center Stage Says It Will Close Without Emergency Funding
On Thursday, the theater company launched a $9 million emergency fundraising campaign, saying that unless it can raise the first part of the funds,...
Chicago Public Schools Unveil Revamped Arts Education Plan
“Chicago Public Schools officials on Wednesday announced a plan aimed at increasing the quality of arts instruction by establishing a comprehensive arts curriculum and...
Jazz Singer Andy Bey, 85
“Bey had a multiphase musical career, with peaks and valleys that had more to do with shifting tastes than any fluctuation in quality. But...
Leading Dutch Museum Worries That Lending Art To The US May No Longer Be...
“Martine Gosselink, the director of the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, whose collection includes Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring …, said the turmoil...
