Five YouTube Videos That Helped Change How We See Ourselves And Each Other
“As much as YouTube changed how we use the internet, it's had an equally significant impact on our offline lives. … Human nature itself...
The Trump Kennedy Center, Soft Power, And The Decline of America’s Global Influence
A nation’s “soft power” is “the ability to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion or payments” — foreign aid, public perception,...
National Ballet Of Canada Nominated For Two Of London’s Olivier Awards
The nominations, for Best New Dance Production and Outstanding Achievement in Dance, are for the Toronto-based company’s appearance last October at Sadler’s Wells with...
San Francisco Museums Are Caught In City’s Budget Crisis
With the city government facing an $876 million budget deficit, the mayor has asked all city departments to expect 15% funding reductions. The de...
U.S. Arts Groups And ACLU Sue NEA Over Trump’s “No Gender Ideology” Rule
The lawsuit argues that the new requirement — that grant applicants must affirm that their projects will not “promote gender ideology” — violates the...
Cache Of Ancient Egyptian Gold Jewelry Discovered At Temple Of Karnak
“Researchers were surveying the northwest sector of the site (at Luxor) when they unearthed a partially broken ceramic vessel that held the artifacts. The...
Ricardo Scofidio, Part Of A Starchitect Trio, Has Died At 89
As partner in Diller Scofidio + Renfro, he had a hand in designing numerous landmarks of contemporary public architecture, in New York — the...
Why Did Toni Morrison’s Only Play Disappear?
Dreaming Emmett, about the murder of Emmett Till, ran in Albany for four weeks in 1986 and then vanished; rumors had it that Morrison...
Uh-Oh, Get Your Knives Out: ARTnews’ List Of The 100 Best Works Of Art...
The joy of an epic list like this one is that it can’t encapsulate everything: we know we’ve left some artworks off, simply because...
Worried About Dwindling Grant Money, Philly’s Top Dance School Expands Into Retail
With local dance stores having closed, students at the Rock School were having to shop out-of-town for high-quality gear, especially pointe shoes. (Ballerinas go...
The Shocking Collapse Of The Iconic Technicolor
The stunning collapse of the iconic company and MPC – which was founded in the Soho section of London during 1970 and was one...
A New Chief For The Canada Council
Cheryl Hickman, artistic director of Opera on the Avalon, will start a five-year term in July as chairperson of the federal Crown corporation the Canada Council for...
What It Means To Be A Highly Sensitive Person
What I discovered after many years of studying this innate survival strategy is that high sensitivity means, above all, thinking deeply about everything. -...
29 Years Ago, Charlotte Had A Freakout Over A Play, And The City’s Arts...
The play was Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, produced in 1996 by the Charlotte Repertory Theatre. Here’s the story of the fight about it...
Behind The Move To Get Rid Of Book Blurbs
There’s been a bunch of authors and publishers lately saying, “Hey, this is hugely time-consuming. It’s an incredibly emotional process. What would happen if...
Baltimore Theatre Refuses To Comply With NEA’s New Anti-DEI Guidelines
Baltimore Center Stage, Maryland’s state theater, says it will refuse to comply with the NEA’s new guidelines — which state that applicants “will not...
AI Imaging Discovers Remnants Of 5000-Year-Old Civilization Below Dubai
The integration of AI and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) proved especially powerful. SAR technology provides high-resolution images of structures buried beneath the earth's surface,...
Philly’s No Name Pops Appoints A Music Director
Christopher Dragon starts on July 1; by that point, the No Name Pops will be called the Philly Pops. Dragon is currently resident conductor...
Why Do Orchestra Musicians Have Tenure?
In particular, tenure exists to ensure that orchestra conductors cannot “clean house” according to their personal artistic tastes. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Kansas City’s Master Of Vinyl
In a vacant church, he built a concert hall and studio where he recorded the Delta blues and Louisiana roots music. His latest acquisition...
What’s A Bookstore To Do When An Author Becomes Problematic?
What to do about art we admire that is created by people we don’t? Most bookstores leave it in the hands of patrons. -...
Seven Defendants On Trial For Death Threats Against Artistic Director Of Paris Olympic Ceremonies
“Thomas Jolly filed a complaint for death threats after receiving homophobic and antisemitic abuse on social networks. The online attacks erupted after Jolly’s acclaimed but...
Unknown Donatello Sculpture Turns Up In Museum Storeroom
The marble bust, depicting Mantua noblewoman Cecilia Gonzaga, was identified in a storeroom at the Spiš Museum in Levoča, Slovakia. It was previously thought...
Disney Cuts 6% Of Staff At TV Networks And ABC News
“About 200 employees are being let go at Disney’s ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Networks unit, people familiar with the matter said.” Among...
U.S. Book Industry Braces For Havoc Due To New Tariffs
“President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10% increase to tariffs on goods from China, went...
