American Universities Under Threat As Government Uses Funding Threats
“If the federal government can show up and demand a university department be shut down or restructured, then we don’t have universities in this...
The Rise Of Legislation That Could Make Librarians Criminals
A wave of proposed state laws that would hold librarians criminally liable for the presence of any material in their libraries’ collections deemed “obscene”...
Meet The Man The Met Hired To Locate Looted Objects In Its Collection
“As the Met’s head of provenance research, a new position created last May, … (Lucian) Simmons (has) a job to correct earlier errors, to prevent new...
“Emotionally, Socially, Incredibly Stupid”: Re-Examining The Pharma Mogul Who Created The Barnes Foundation
Blake Gopnik: “I’m not sure that we really understood the contradictions at the heart of Albert Barnes, the fact that he could be just...
Staff Cuts At Britain’s Tate Galleries
“Tate is cutting 7% of its workforce as the British arts institution seeks to address a funding deficit left over from the pandemic. …...
The New Yorker Fires Art Critic Jackson Arn
The magazine parted ways with Arn, who replaced the late Peter Schjeldahl in 2023, after receiving complaints about his inappropriate behavior at the publication’s...
Public Radio Legend Diane Rehm Ends 52-Year Career At Her Home Station
The 88-year-old host has taken a buyout offer from WAMU, the DC-based NPR outlet where she started her radio career as a volunteer producer...
Trump Begins Shutdown Of Voice Of America
“A White House statement said the order would ‘ensure taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda’, and included quotes from politicians...
On Further Reflection, Was “Mona Lisa” A Vampire?
Looking again at how the myth of the Mona Lisa emerged, I believe that her fame is due not just to the painting’s display...
Fairy Tales Seem Like Common Culture. They’re Not
Folk tales offer a kind of fabular impersonality, where an author’s voice is lost in a wider fiction machine or culture of storytelling. That...
The Art World Is In Peril. How Do We Make It Better?
What do we talk about when we talk about the ‘Art World’ in 2025? It definitely doesn’t describe everyone who makes art, or buys art, or...
Forget Blue-Chip Art. We Live In A Red-Chip World
Red-chip art comes in many guises, but certain visual patterns predominate: super-flat cartoons, a street art/graffiti aesthetic, and multi-colored chrome. A crypto component is...
Human Cognition Worldwide Is Declining. Why?
Obviously, there's no single answer as to why people seem to be struggling with cognitive skills, but one key indicator is the sharp decline...
OpenAI Appeals To Trump To Let Its AI Feast On Copyrighted Work (Or We’re...
"If the PRC's developers have unfettered access to data and American companies are left without fair use access, the race for AI is effectively...
Trump Moves To Close VOA And Institute of Museum and Library Services, Which Funds...
One order signed Friday night calls for the agencies — some of which are focused on minority business enterprises, museum and library services, and homelessness prevention...
Disney’s Huge “Snow White” Mess
At the heart of the stunning decision appears to be Disney boss Bob Iger’s determination to avoid the wrath of Trump and the MAGA movement, which has put the entertainment...
Trump Canceled Marine Band Performance With Kids. Musicians Found A Workaround
This past Sunday, at the music center at Strathmore, near Washington, 22 students who had lost their chance to play tuned up with the...
AI Versus Copyright Just Got More Hard Core: Google Gemini Removes Watermarks
Gemini 2.0 Flash will uncomplainingly create images depicting celebrities and copyrighted characters, and — as alluded to earlier — remove watermarks from existing photos. - TechCrunch
Did This Irish Band Bring A Statue’s Decapitated Head On Stage Last Weekend?
"The solid bronze severed head of Melbourne’s decapitated King George V statue was reported to have briefly reappeared in public, gracing the stage during a performance...
Artists Who Left Everything Behind In Artsakh Strive To Create in Exile
"'Creating is my way of life; perhaps it’s a form of self-defense. Sculpting is healing, a form of struggle, and therapy all at once,’...
So, How’s The Frick Turning Out?
According to the NYT, all is well: “The expansion is about as sensitive and deft as one could hope for. At moments, as in...
Miami Beach’s O Cinema Responds To Mayor’s Threats
“Throughout the years, we've certainly had vocal audience members or community members who've questioned some programming choices. … But what we have never encountered...
Meet The Guy Who Chooses The Books In White Lotus
“It’s one of the more fun things for me on most jobs, because it gets right into either who people are or who they...
What Actor Gemma Chan Has Been Doing With Her Fame Since Crazy Rich Asians
Movies, music, cats, and … football. “I’ve supported Arsenal for nearly all of my life, since I was 4. I try to go several...
The Creative Fields Being Decimated, Fast, By Generative AI
Translators, photographers, illustrators: all are suffering, thoroughly. But some still say they use ChatGPT to help with work - and to help with personal...
