The Market And The Rise Of “Red-Chip” Art
“What is red-chip art? … (It) comes in many guises, but certain visual patterns predominate: super-flat cartoons, a street art/graffiti aesthetic, and multi-colored chrome....
Miami Beach Mayor Threatens To Evict Cinema For Showing Best Documentary Oscar Winner
Mayor Steven Meiner has asked the City Council to terminate the lease of, and end a $40,000 grant to, nonprofit movie theater O Cinema...
South Dakota Lawmakers Reject Gov. Noem’s Bid To Cut State’s Public Radio & TV
The Legislature’s appropriations committee voted unanimously to reject the line in the Governor’s budget cutting $3.61 million — 65% of the network’s total general...
Eugene (Oregon) Symphony Appoints Alex Prior Music Director
A 32-year-old Briton (and a direct descendant of Konstantin Stanislavsky), Prior became assistant conductor of the Seattle Symphony at age 17 and music director...
What’s This About A New Frank Lloyd Wright House?
A house called RiverRock, based on the design plans that were on Wright’s drawing board when he died, was completed early this year in...
John Feinstein, Star Sports Commentator And Bestselling Author, Dead At 69
A full-time sportswriter for The Washington Post for 14 years and steady contributor thereafter, he became known to national audiences through regular appearances on...
Playlists For Your Plants (Yes, Really)
While it’s been clearly demonstrated that plants respond to sound, the evidence about whether they’re affected by music, let alone which genres, is far...
What Cancellation Of Big Bird Tells Us About The State Of Our Public Good
The cancellation of Big Bird and co. would be a loss, but there’s something bigger going on. Sesame Street’s fate is symptomatic of a larger...
At Angkor Wat, A Buddha’s Head Gets Its Torso Back
“Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country’s centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso of a statue of Buddha that matches a head...
Italy’s Politicians Fight Over Protecting Heritage
The Italia Nostra heritage group warned that “downgrading interest in landscape” posed a “serious risk to the heritage of the widespread community”. - The...
Understanding Music Editing
Like a page turner for a pianist or a sheet music librarian, music editor is the kind of job that only the idiosyncratic structures of...
Actors Unions Frustrated In AI Negotiations With Video Game Industry
According to SAG-AFTRA, a recent proposal submitted by the major video game makers was filled with “alarming loopholes that will leave our members vulnerable...
No American Play Is More Affected By The Shadows Of Its Previous Actors Than...
And that doesn’t mean only Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh, though their shadows are the longest. Ben Brantley revisits some of the other prominent...
Consolidating Culture To Death
he past several decades have seen rampant consolidation via mergers and acquisitions across creative fields, all of it backed by rivers of Wall Street...
How Conquering Other Nations Came To Be Seen As A No-No
It is rare to find anyone who will openly support the idea that annexing territory from another state, after forcibly conquering it, could be...
Imposter Syndrome Is Systemic
Competency checking—whether intentional or unconscious—undermines those who challenge traditional norms of leadership and success. Imposter syndrome, however, masquerades as an internal failing, leading women...
Despite A False Start, Philadelphia Ballet’s New HQ Is Getting Built
Wednesday saw the troupe visiting the construction site for a topping-out ceremony, at which the highest steel beam for the building’s roof was hoisted...
How To Spot A Fake Masterpiece? Little Things Count
The divergence of opinion between the museum's experts and those who doubt the work's authenticity opens a curious space in which to reflect on...
Authors Mock Meta For “Bob Dylan Defense” In Copyright Case
The authors mocked Meta for raising what they call "the Bob Dylan defense" of its torrenting, citing song lyrics from "Sweetheart Like You" that...
Spotify Is Paying Record Royalties. So Why Are Artists Unhappy?
Streaming’s payment system, devised back when it generated so little money that the difference between 13% and 15% was almost irrelevant, is in dire...
French Authors And Publishers Sue Meta Over Its Use Of Their Material In Training...
“Three trade groups said they were launching legal action against Meta in a Paris court over what they said was the company’s ‘massive use...
They Thought It Was A Canaletto. Turns Out It Was Painted By His Teenaged...
The Grand Canal with San Simeone Piccolo (1737), housed at the Wallace Collection in London, has been reattributed to Bernardo Bellotto, who studied in his...
Composer Sofia Gubaidulina, 93
“(She) believed that it was Soviet repression which made her so powerful and distinctive a composer, though it was only after the fall of...
At The Rehab Center With Puzzlemaster Will Shortz
The New York Times crossword editor and Sunday-morning NPR stalwart suffered two strokes a year ago. He came home from the hospital last April...
Unpublished Ravel Work Gets Premiere From Dudamel And New York Phil
“On Thursday, Dudamel and the Philharmonic will give the world premiere of the five-minute piece as part of a program celebrating the 150th birthday of Ravel....
