ABC Explores Evidence Classical Music Is Thriving
As Australians vote for the greatest classical music of all time, we look at who is listening, how classical music is evolving, and how...
The Met Gala Proclaims Fashion As Art. Is It?
So, is fashion art? And if so, at what point do clothes transform from something practical to something artistic? - The Conversation
Boston Globe Editorial Weighs In On Boston Symphony Mess
The memo insisted that “business as usual will no longer suffice,” and that to maintain “the BSO excellence and artistic stature requires that we...
So Maybe That AI Bubble Wasn’t Real After All
The worry that the country is building too many data centers now coexists with the fear that we won’t have enough of them to...
MIT Releases New Software Tool For Design Of String Instruments
It’s a computer simulation tool that can capture the precise physics of the instrument and even reproduce a realistic sound of a plucked string,...
3-Alarm Fire At Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre This Morning
It is unknown if the fire has had or will have any affect on the production or future performances. No one was inside the...
Anish Kapoor Says The U.S. Has ‘Politics Of Hate,’ Should Be Banned From Venice...
Kapoor called the jury’s decision to resign courageous, and he added, “I would hope that they might have also excluded the United States for...
They Became The First Viral Dance Prodigies As Kids
But the career path post-Dance Moms or TikTok fame isn’t exactly clear. - The New York Times
When AI Surrounds Us, What’s The Point Of Human Minds?
“As great as humans are, we can still be impressed by how birds navigate, how ants cooperate, and how spiders hunt. Each of these...
A Bay-Area Artist Let A Filmmaker Follow Her For Six Years
“When (director Khai Thu Nguyen) chose me as a subject, I don’t think she knew how squirrely I would be in front of a...
This Musician Returned From Two Strokes To Two Decades More Of A Highly Successful...
“Returning to music wasn’t even among the most optimistic goals of his recovery plan, but this week the artist kicked off a 10-date tour...
Slightly Too Early Tony Awards Predictions
“Lincoln Center Theatre’s revival of Ragtime will likely lead the nomination field, with the possibility of six performers getting nods, mirroring its season-leading eight...
The New Workplace Surveillance Wants To Keep Your Emotions In Check
“It is not that hard for me to imagine a near future in which workers in all industries are pushed to work not only...
Classical education will not turn students into virtuous adults
We would not have our Guardians grow up among representations of moral deformity, as in some foul pasture where, day after day, feeding on every poisonous weed, they would, little by little, gather insensibly a mass of corruption in their very souls. Rather we must seek out those craftsmen whose
On May Day Weekend, Looking At Fifty Years Of Labor Documentaries
“Some scenes in union documentaries are almost guaranteed: organizers rallying the rank and file at meetings, workers expressing concerns about the strike’s impact on...
Is This Mystery Holbein Sitter Actually Anne Boleyn?
That’s what AI thinks, anyway. - The Guardian (UK)
Goodbye, Golden Lion: There Will Be A People’s Choice Winner At The Biennale Instead
This seems totally fine; no issues at all. In addition, Russia and Israel are back in the running. - Hyperallergic
Dictators Always Want Their Big Triumphal Arches
This is not what democracy looks like. - Salon
All The President’s Men Is Now Fifty
Why does that matter? Robert Redford, for one, “insisted that fearless owners were every bit as important in preserving democracy as the reporters he...
Irish Actor Gary Lydon, Of Banshees Of Inisherin, Has Died Suddenly At 61
"Gary had honed his craft as one of the finest actors in Ireland on the Wexford Arts Centre stage in many of Billy Roche's...
The Performance Art Mall Walkers Of (You Guessed It) Portland, Oregon
One, er, artist: “It's such a fun way to just get exercise, do something really silly, builds community. And I just love a shenanigan.”...
Bet You Didn’t Know Sylvester Stallone ‘Rescued’ The First Rambo Movie
And not by starring in it - by cutting it, from more than 3 hours down to 93 minutes. - Open Culture
AI Slop Is Flooding Streaming Music Services, But Who Wants It?
Very few, though “fully generative AI music will continue to be a threat to working musicians, session artists, library music composers, and the like....
Oh God, What Happened To The New Animal Farm, And Why?
Oh God, indeed: "A family of Latter-Day Saints heads up Angel Studios, and a fair share of its titles across both television and film...
TSA And Lufthansa Lost The Oscar Of The Director Of Mr. Nobody Against Putin
But after an international outcry, Lufthansa managed to find it. The blame, though, rests with certain U.S. security forces: “A TSA agent stopped him...
