NY’s BargeMusic Loses Its Barge
Housed on a converted coffee barge moored at Fulton Ferry Landing just below the Brooklyn Bridge, the floating concert hall welcomed chamber-music cognoscenti and...
The Sad Sorry History Of Propaganda Art
There will never be an end to manipulation by image. All we can do is understand its past in the hope of being able...
Why Have Republicans Been Slamming LA After The Fires? Something To Do With Artists?
There is a particular ugliness, a virulent ignorance, to the reaction in this case that speaks to a broader sense of unease in the...
New Research On Circulation Of Audiobooks At US Libraries
"Digital audiobooks accounted for 70 percent of adult audio circulation and 56 percent of youth audio circulation in libraries queried in the time frame...
How The Getty Villa Survived The Palisades Fire: An Inside Look
"Getty Trust CEO Katherine Fleming described the scene on the ground and how she and her staff worked from a conference center-turned-war room at...
“Persepolis” Author Marjane Satrapi Refuses France’s Legion Of Honor
"I can't continue seeing the children of Iranian oligarchs come to spend their holidays in France, even become naturalised," she wrote, "while at the...
The National Dance Project Is Ending (At Least In Its Current Form)
Since its founding in 1996, the regranting program has played a crucial role, supporting the creation of new dance works, funding touring, and fostering...
Calder Gardens In Philadelphia Announces Opening Date And Lead Curator
"The long-awaited showcase for one of Philadelphia’s most famous artists is starting 2025 with two major announcements: plans for a mid-September grand opening and...
No, The Academy Is Not Considering Cancelling The Oscars
The Sun, one of Britain's downmarket tabloids, posted a story Tuesday night saying that, due to the Los Angeles fires, there's a contingency plan...
Des Moines Art Center Will Pay Land Artist Mary Miss $900K And Remove Her...
"A nearly year-long legal battle between the (museum) and a New York-based artist has ended. The center will pay artist Mary Miss $900,000 to...
The Moral Decay Of One Of Post-Soviet Russia’s Finest Novelists
"At a time when many of his literary peers have fled Russia for political reasons, (Victor) Pelevin’s descent from dazzling young writer to misogynist...
The Rise And Fall Of Greenwich Village’s Bohemia
The unique conditions of the Village produced an environment in which genius could make sense of itself and wheat could be separated from chaff....
Why Do Some People Seek Self-Insight More Than Others?
My colleagues and I have been looking into what we call the ‘self-insight motive’ and we’ve found it might be more accurate to see...
Founder Of Ace Gallery Gets Two Years In Prison For Embezzlement
"(Douglas) Chrismas, 80, helped build the Los Angeles art scene of the 1970s and ’80s through ambitious exhibitions at his gallery, Ace. But he...
The 2025 Grammys Will Proceed As Scheduled Despite LA Fires
The music industry was questioning whether the show would continue with its scheduled date, despite the fact that the Los Angeles wildfires have devastated...
What Will Canada Look Like Without The CBC?
In a time of streaming, the broadcaster’s prime-time share of 4.4 percent speaks to the end times of broadcast TV or the remarkable lack...
Ballet Memphis CEO To Step Down
Gretchen Wollert McLennon, a former student at the company's school who succeeded company founder Dororthy Gunther Pugh in 2020, will depart at the end...
What Shakespeare Has To Say About LA’s Devastation
Shakespeare helps me envisage the unimaginable, and a speech from “The Tempest” has been running through my mind since images of charred sections of Pacific Palisades...
A Dance Company For Neurodivergent Participants
Azara addresses a gap in the dance world: the need for spaces where people who have autism, A.D.H.D. or other conditions that fall under...
Warhol Museum Picks A New Leader
Mario Rossero is currently the executive director of the National Art Education Association (NAEA), a professional membership organization for visual arts, design and media...
“This American Life” Is Considering Layoffs
While the public radio favorite, which turns 30 this year, remains one of the most popular weekly audio shows in both radio and podcast...
Is London’s West End Dying? Not So Fast, Says Lyn Gardner
Writing theatre’s obituary based on misinformation or dismissing the entire art form as a turn-off on the basis of a single theatre visit (nobody...
Why Haven’t Claes Oldenburg’s Sculptures Found Permanent Home In New York City?
Incredibly, for an artist who made New York his home for nearly 70 years, none of the fanciful public sculptures like these — the...
US Book Sales Ticked Up In 2024
In 2024, sales gradually improved over the course of the year and saw a 1.6% increase in the fourth quarter. For the full year,...
Mohammad Rasoulof Explains How He Filmed “The Seed Of The Sacred Fig” In Secret
For example, the director himself was already persona non grata and anyone involved with him would be in danger, so the film was cast...
