San Francisco Symphony Is Intimidated Into Pausing Black Composers Project
“The San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Conservatory of Music have ‘paused’ the Emerging Black Composers Project, citing a memo from the U.S. Department of Education’s...
“Hamilton” Cancels Its Run At Kennedy Center In Wake Of Trump Takeover
Lead producer Jeffrey Seller: “Political disagreement and debate are vital expressions of democracy. These basic concepts of freedom are at the very heart of...
D.C. Will Paint Over Black Lives Matter Plaza Mural After GOP Threatens Transit Funding
“D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser signaled Tuesday that the city would paint a new mural at Black Lives Matter Plaza outside the White House...
How On Earth Did Reddit Become One Of The Nicest Places On The Internet?
For its first decade, Reddit was widely considered just a notch above 4chan: full of rage-filled prejudice, vicious verbal abuse and creepy sex stuff....
The Oscars Have Contorted Themselves Into An Unwatchable Mess
Just as tentpole movies are tested and managed to death, the Oscars have bent themselves into contortions to meet what executives have determined that...
At Last, New York City Schools Get An Increase In Arts Funding
After years of either cuts or stagnant funding, the New York City Council has allocated $4 million for arts instruction and programming in 239...
How Cities Are Developing Policies To Promote Support For Musicians
As the cost of living continues to skyrocket and spaces for musicians to perform become fewer, some say municipal music strategies are becoming increasingly important. A...
I’m A Professor. Now I’ve Become An AI-Cheat Detective
To judge by the number of papers I read last semester that were clearly AI generated, a lot of students are enthusiastic about this...
UK Is Increasing Arts Funding. But The Arguments For Where That Funding Goes Are...
Even beyond their economic potential, the cultural value of practices more traditionally associated with commercial activity has become more central to the national conversation....
Meet The Next Artistic Director Of The Dutch National Ballet
Ernst Meisner began his career with London's Royal Ballet before returning home to join DNB. When he left the stage in 2013, he became...
The Dangerous Notion Of Free Speech
Freedom of expression undermines authority, which is why it has no place in societies wholly based on the exercise of coercive power. The logic...
Is This Rubens Real? It’s Difficult To Tell
This is not the first time that claims against the authenticity of Samson and Delilah have made headlines. In 2021, the Swiss tech start-up Art Recognition...
What Cuts To Federal Funding (Small As It Is) For Public Radio Stations Means
Every nickel we get we use it to provide public service to the community. So what that 10% means is that we would have...
The Exotic Dancers Of Minneapolis Are Unionizing
“The Stripper Guild was created by the Sex Workers Outreach Project of Minneapolis, which received a … grant in 2022 to start building a...
How Do We Make Culture Visible? Who Controls Visibility?
Visibility is only part of the equation. Who controls it? How are cultural narratives shaped? What systems determine access? If we don’t ask these...
French Cinema Sees A Surge Of Patrons Returning To Theatres
In France, there has been a more celebratory feeling of late, with fresh statistics suggesting that its audiences are leading the way in returning...
Concert Tickets Have Become Eye-Poppingly Expensive. Fans Are Struggling
In recent years, concertgoers have paid eye-popping prices for tickets to see popular artists like Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Oasis on tour. But Gen Z fans...
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Is Moving To Los Angeles
The group’s primary concert venue has been in Glendale in L.A. County rather than in the city proper, but starting next season, LACO will...
M. Paul Friedberg, Landscape Architect Renowned For Urban Mini-Parks, Has Died At 93
In radical breaks from the traditions of his profession, “his playgrounds and landscapes emphasized abstract, elemental forms for play and exploration, inserted into gritty...
“Emilia Pérez” Had A Disappointing Oscar Night But Did Very Well At France’s César...
The unconventional movie musical only won two Academy Awards out of the 13 it was nominated for, but two evenings before that, in Paris,...
Missing Fragment Of Bayeux Tapestry Turns Up In Germany
The piece was removed from the tapestry’s underside by SS officers in Nazi-occupied France in 1941 and sent for remeasurement to the Schleswig-Holstein State...
Harper Lee’s Unpublished Short Stories To Appear In Print This Fall
“The Land of Sweet Forever compiles short fiction Lee wrote in the years before the 1960 release of her classic novel (To Kill a...
Pritzker Prize For 2025 Goes To Architect Liu Jiakun
“In China’s era of architectural excess, Liu has instead quietly thrived by letting each site — and the history, nature and craft traditions surrounding...
2025 Olivier Award Nominations: “Fiddler”, Imelda Staunton, Adrien Brody, John Lithgow, Romola Garai (Twice)
Garai received nods as best supporting actress (play) for both The Years and Giant, which led the dramas with five nominations each. A revival...
When The Bauhaus Took On Ballet
Revisiting Triadic Ballet, Oskar Schlemmer’s 1922 experiment with applying Bauhaus aesthetic and design principles to a very dissimilar art form. - Colossal
