Warning: Welsh Traditional Folk Music Could Die Out Within A Generation
The review into the traditional music scene in Wales found traditional music sectors in England, Scotland and Ireland benefited from a "wide range of...
Deaths Of A Thousand Cuts: Florida Gives Larger Grants To Far Fewer Arts Organizations
“Legislators have approved spending roughly $39 million for performances, exhibitions, operations and some building and expansion projects through multiple budget categories, but the money...
Financially-Troubled Vancouver Art Gallery Will Cut A Third Of Its Staff
There are currently 129 full-time staff, and 29 of the 90 unionized staff will be affected. The cuts come after the VAG’s annual general...
The Perils Of Thinking That Better Design Will Fix Things
Design works best when it knows what it can achieve and what it can’t; the history of design is full of utopian projects that...
Cutting Public Media Funding Means Rural Stations Closing. Here’s What That Means In Louisiana
"There are a couple of parishes in Louisiana that have nothing, not even any kind of newspapers. They're empty completely. And it's just like...
Australia’s Largest State Is Laying Off One-Quarter Of Its Arts Agency’s Staff
“The cutbacks to Create NSW were announced to staff on Monday, … (signaling) the end to a decade-long government-led building boom of new museums,...
So Just Why Did Prehistoric Humans Decide To “Start” Civilization?
Why did humans spend 50,000 years (or more) in seemingly uneventful prehistory — with hunter-gatherers living the exact same way across thousands of generations...
A Former Museum Director’s Cautionary Tale About Intimidation And Coercion
“There is a kind of performative sheen or a performative element that is not about just the fact of quashing opposition wherever it might...
Even The Most Resourceful Musicians Are Failing To Make A Living
The ongoing health of this ecosystem depends on working artists’ ability to create art. When musicians can afford to pay rent, put food on...
In Kenyan Refugee Camp, Kids Turn To African Dance As Funding Cuts Drain Everything...
“In Kakuma in northern Kenya, where more than 300,000 refugees’ livelihoods have been affected by funding cuts that have halved monthly food rations, the...
Evidence Of Cognitive Decline After Using AI
A.I. is a technology of averages: large language models are trained to spot patterns across vast tracts of data; the answers they produce tend...
How Manhattan Theatre Club Was Born
"There was a group of writers who were part of something called the New York Theatre Strategy; Sam Shepard and Lanford Wilson and Terrence McNally and Julia...
Chinese Graphic Artists Feeling The Pain Of AI “Averaging” Effect
Chinese graphic artists are rapidly experiencing the impact of image generators on their day-to-day work: the technology enables copycats and profoundly shifts clients’ perception...
One Of Bollywood’s Biggest Blockbusters Ever Is Back After 50 Years — With A...
“In a landmark event for film lovers, the fully restored, uncut version of Ramesh Sippy's 1975 magnum opus Sholay will have its world premiere...
After Five Years Closed, Johannesburg’s Flagship Public Library Finally Reopens
“The Johannesburg City Library ... had been closed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The city government claimed the building was...
There Are Dozens Of Nonprofits Concerned With Frank Lloyd Wright. Only One Helps Out...
“Owning a Wright original — the architecture buff’s equivalent of owning a Picasso — comes with headaches as manifold as they are esoteric. …...
Composer Lalo Schifrin, Who Wrote Iconic “Mission: Impossible” Theme, Has Died At 93
The Argentine-born musician, who had long performing experience in both classical and jazz, wrote memorable music for an impressive list of feature films and...
KQED, San Francisco Public Radio/TV, Faces Big Deficit, Buyouts, Possible Layoffs
The station’s current budget is predicted to end up $12 million in deficit. This latest round of cuts comes after workforce reductions in 2024, when...
After 53 Years, Manhattan Theater Club Director Lynne Meadow Is Retiring
“Meadow, 78, has served as artistic director of Manhattan Theater Club since 1972, and by her own count has produced or presented more than 600 shows”...
Bill Moyers, Dean Of American Public TV Journalism, Dead At 91
His career ranged from Baptist minister to LBJ’s press secretary to publisher of Long Island’s Newsday to a decade at CBS News, but it...
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What Was Van Gogh’s Thing For Sunflowers About? And He Was Hardly The Only...
“Unlike many other symbols in art history, the sunflower is relatively new. … (Yet it has) set aflame the imagination of countless artists and...
Apple Makes A Big Bet On Brad Pitt Movie
“F1” is one of Apple’s biggest entertainment bets since it leapt into Hollywood in 2019 and embodies its unusually lavish and meticulous approach to...
Jamie Lloyd, The Unorthodox Director Storming The West End And Broadway
He’s the guiding hand behind Tom Hiddleston’s offbeat Rome, Nicole Scherzinger’s revelatory, Tony-winning Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, and Rachel Zegler singing “Don’t Cry...
A First: BBC Will Start Charging US Users To Access Content
In the first scheme asking users outside the UK to pay a direct subscription for its news content, US users will be offered the...
