Are These The Best Movies Of The 21st Century So Far?
To find out, we embarked on an ambitious new project, polling more than 500 filmmakers, stars and influential film fans to vote for the...
Why So We Find Silences In Conversations So… Awkward?
Confronted with a prolonged silence during conversation, most of us find ourselves ‘desperately thinking of something to say’. Silence makes us desperate. But why? -...
Philharmonia Baroque, US’s Only Full-Time Period-Instrument Orchestra, Names Its Next Music Director
Peter Whelan, a keyboard player, bassoonist, singer and conductor who currently directs the much-acclaimed Irish Baroque Orchestra, begins his initial term at Philharmonia Baroque...
A Test: Measuring Student Writing Against Those Who Use ChatGPT — It Doesn’t End...
The paper found that the process was better on the brain without tech tools: “internal attention and semantic processing during creative ideation” was highest...
Politicizing The Library Of Congress Is Defacing A National Treasure
What happens if, or when, the Emancipation Proclamation is “lost” because it promotes diversity, equity and inclusion? The Codex Azcatitlan disappears because it describes...
About 100 Years Ago The World Was Being Remade By Technolgy. There Was Fear....
The years between 1900-1914 have appropriately been called by historian Philipp Blom as the “vertigo years.” To find your footing in this dizzying period so...
Another Goodreads Problem: Authors Hit With Negative Reviews Before Anyone Gets Review Copies
“Authors are reportedly being hit by negative reviews on the book review site Goodreads before proof copies are even circulated, with the review site allegedly failing...
“South Park” Creators Accuse Paramount Global’s Buyer Of Illegally Meddling In $2.5 Billion Extension...
While purchaser Skydance has the right to approve any major contracts Paramount enters into before the acquisition is complete, “gun-jumping” — actively taking part...
Even C-SPAN Is Getting Hammered By Viewers’ Switch From Cable To Streaming
“The not-for-profit network … which reached around 100 million homes in 2015, is now down to 51 million households. The contraction has led to...
Chicago’s Contemporary Dance Hub, Links Hall, Throws Itself A Marathon Goodbye Party
“Artists were reaching out to us asking us if they would have one last chance to perform,” said executive director SK Kerastas. “We wanted...
Over Two Dozen Unknown Works By Satie Appear On New Recording
The pieces, for solo piano, were jotted down by the composer in the sketchbooks he carried with him everywhere. The recording, by pianist Alexandre...
Britain’s Tate Galleries Launch Campaign For US-Style Endowment
The effort, publicly launched on Wednesday at Tate Modern in London, has already raised £43 million of its £150 million goal. Meanwhile, the Tate...
A New International Arts Festival At A Superfund Site In Brooklyn
The three-month series, called Powerhouse: International, will take place at a former electricity station alongside Brooklyn’s notorious Gowanus Canal, whose neighborhood is gentrifying. The...
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Krystian Zimerman And New York Phil Tour South Korea This Week
The orchestra is performing in the Republic for the first time in 11 years. More notably, it’s the first time they’re playing with Zimerman...
Today’s Composers Have More Sounds Than Ever Before To Choose From
The developments in technology over the past 20 years have made it so that composers today can single-handedly (if they choose) record, mix, master...
1960s Teen Idol Bobby Sherman Is Dead At 81
“Sherman was a squeaky-clean regular on the covers of Tiger Beat and Sixteen magazines, often with hair over his eyes and a choker on...
Jeff Koons’ Giant Topiary Will Anchor New LACMA
The 37-foot-tall living sculpture, created in 2000, is designed to nurture more than 50,000 flowering plants and will be seeded in August with the...
This Year’s Venice Architecture Biennale Focuses On Building For A Changing Planet
"The Venice Biennale has long been a mirror of the profession. This year, we tried a different format: Could a biennale shift from being...
The Real Reason Why Men Should Read Fiction
The author Percival Everett is fond of noting that he considers reading to be a subversive act. “No one can control what minds do...
A Brief Travel Guide To Traditional Dance On Three Continents
“For those communities willing to share this with visitors (through ceremony or education at cultural centers), don’t neglect the opportunity. And if you’re asked...
Germany’s Thriving Small-Opera-House Ecosystem
Germany’s smaller opera houses allow up-and-coming artists to hone their craft, giving onstage experience to generations of performers. Smaller houses also allow audiences to get...
A Fire Destroyed Brazil’s National Museum. How Do You Rebuild That History?
Before the fire, the museum contained over 20 million items, including unpublished documents from Empress Maria Leopoldina, ethnographic objects from Indigenous Brazilians, significant specimens of...
The Future Of Human Creativity With AI
In creative fields such as design, writing and content, teams that paired AI with human input consistently outperformed those using either alone. "When the...
After Months Of Domestic Pressure, Italy’s Government Slashes VAT On Art By 77%
“On Monday, the Italian government announced it will cut the country’s VAT on art sales from 22% — the highest in the European Union...
Movie Execs: Traditional Move Experience Will Be Gone In 20 Years
More than 50% of exhibition executives polled in a new survey believe that the “traditional cinema experience” has less than 20 years remaining as...
