Why Are Arts Workers Who Make Things Work Not More Appreciated?
According to the report, employee confidence is low (scoring 51.2 out of 100), reflecting “growing concerns about job security and advancement opportunities”. Hence around...
The Tortured History Depicted In “The Brutalist”
Pointing out its solecisms and caricatures is also a way of trying to find something concrete to hold on to in this gas giant...
Emergency Action: Brooklyn Museum To Cut Ten Percent Of Staff
In addition to the layoffs, officials said that senior leadership will take salary cuts of 10 to 20 percent; the annual number of exhibitions...
David Edward Byrd, 83, Designed Iconic Broadway And Rock Posters
"(His) swirling, psychedelic, instantly entrancing illustrations gave the rock mecca Fillmore East its signature look and contributed at least two of the greatest, most...
UK Artists Had High Hopes For New Arts Policy From Labour Government. What Happened?
"There is no sense that Labour has yet grasped the delicate interconnected forces that underpin the arts. It is not OK to shove everything...
France Slashes Its Culture Budget
The embattled French prime minister, François Bayrou, is struggling to limit the budget deficit to 5.4% of GDP this year. Museums and cultural heritage...
Time To Start Charging Admission At UK Museums?
"We charge tourists to visit Westminster Abbey, a West End musical or the National Theatre. What’s so different, morally or culturally, about charging for...
One Of Luis Barragán’s Greatest Buildings Will Reopen As Cultural Center
"Architect and philanthropist Fernando Romero purchased La Cuadra San Cristóbal, a historic, hot pink estate on the outskirts of Mexico City last year though...
Digital Subscriptions Will Soon Pay For Entire Newsroom Of Le Monde, Says CEO
"Digital subscriber revenue is expected to cover the costs of Le Monde’s entire editorial staff within the next two years, according to chief executive...
Classical Music Is Good For Babies, Even Before They’re Born: Study
A team of researchers in Mexico worked with 36 pregnant women, playing them "The Swan" from Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals and Arpa de...
NEA To Shift Funding Priorities Toward U.S. 250th Anniversary
"The National Endowment for the Arts said Thursday that it will alter its 2026 grant guidelines, eliminating a fund for underserved communities and prioritizing...
Fulton County, Which Encompasses Atlanta, Cuts Arts Funding By More Than Half
County commissioners on Wednesday rejected calls to undo their reduction of their arts and culture budget from the previous $3 million to $1.3 million....
Christie’s Pulls El Greco From Auction At Request Of Romanian Government
The painting, which depicts the martyrdom of St. Sebastian, had been in the collection of the Romanian monarchy. The country's postwar government "allegedly" had...
Karla Sofia Gascón Says She Will Sit Out Awards Campaigning
Following criticism from Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard (who called Gascón "self-destructive"), she posted on Instagram, "I decided … to let the work talk...
All About Screen Savers (Remember Those?)
"Today’s Tedium ponders the screen saver, including how we got it and what it represents today. The toasters are flying." - Tedium
This Opera Company Is Devoting Its Entire Season To An Accordion-Playing Lesbian
That would be the late Pauline Oliveros, great American maverick and pioneer of "deep listening." The company: Long Beach Opera, for which an all-Oliveros...
Six Reasons I’m Giving Up On Vinyl And Going Back To CDs
If vinyl is supposed to be the best-sounding format, then why are so many modern pressings disappointing right out of the sleeve? Many modern records...
What’s The Real Story About Vinyl Records’ Comeback?
Realize that some of the statistics you’ll see online are nonsense, and vinyl sales are likely much bigger than the announced estimates. Ignore the...
As New York’s Larger Galleries Struggle, There’s A Surge In New Small Galleries
A range of tiny galleries have opened in Downtown New York since the onset of Covid, filling basement spaces, dingy storefronts, and one-room units...
Trump’s Tariff Tantrum Roils Canadian Film Industry
Trump’s 25 percent tariffs threat, while paused for 30 days, has left uncertainty looming over a domestic film and TV production sector inextricably tied...
Restoring 20-Foot-Tall Rubens Paintings Is Quite A Workout
They can't even bring paintings that size to the conservation studio; the studio has to be brought to the paintings. So the conservators are...
Louisiana Court Ruling on Copyright Termination Stirs Chaos In International Copyright System
The court concluded that a termination under US law applies globally – or, at least, in all the countries that participate in the Berne Convention,...
Architects’ Growth Business: Data Centers
It’s a subset of the architecture business that has surged in recent years. During the Covid pandemic, the demand for cloud-based online services from...
How Bluetooth Speakers Have Ruined Music
How we listen has shrunk. Not in every instance, but often enough to be worthy of attention. The culprit is the single speaker—as opposed...
Arthur Miller Wrote Six Comedies. And They’re Funny.
What's more, the four Miller tragedies that usually get performed have some funny parts as well (at least if the production is good). Yet,...
