So An AI Has Just Declared A Painting By A Street Artist More Valuable...
What’s worth more—a Picasso or a painting by a street artist no one has heard of? According to the AI model we built, the...
How Short-Form Video Clips Took Over The Internet
Once you start looking, you realize that short video clips—not tweets, or posts, or static photos—have become the atomic unit of online content. Short-form...
Martha Graham’s Revolution Continues
Graham saw herself primarily as a dancer—she made dances, she said, so that she would have something to dance. It could be said that...
The New LACMA: Architectural Drama At The Expense Of Art
Carolina Miranda: "In some ways, this freeway-like building could not be more LA: messy, sprawling, too big to take in from a single vantage...
AI Can Make Anyone An “Influencer”
Across social media, an influx of A.I.-generated avatars is reshaping what it means to be an influencer. A Facebook group called Baddies in AI,...
Who Does Trump Want To Hire To Redo The National Mall Reflecting Pool? His...
Trump originally envisioned the pool being topped with turquoise so that it would look like the Bahamas, but was convinced by the contractor to...
Former LiveNation Exec Says He Was Fired After Raising Concerns Over Business Practices
In his new position, Rumanes said, he raised “serious and legitimate alarm” over the company’s business practices. As a result, he says, he was...
What Did It Take To Put Together The Met’s Epic Raphael Show?
The largest survey dedicated to the Renaissance master in the U.S. includes 33 of his paintings and 142 works on paper. About 60 public...
The Vegas Sphere Could Have Been An Epic Disaster. Instead It Sells More Tickets...
The venue that created a new type of live entertainment has become the highest-grossing arena in the world, with $379 million on 1.7 million...
The Secret Sauce Of Schmigadoon
It’s the sound. - American Theatre
Did Shakespeare Bring Down McCarthy?
Or was it Kit Marlowe, getting some long-delayed revenge on conservatives in government? - The Atlantic
Everybody Loves A Sea Lion
But not everybody is a Broadway star, wandering down San Francisco’s Pier 39 and singing to the assembled sea lions. - San Francisco Chronicle
The Art Of Writing An Opera Libretto
"As a librettist, I’m always aware that I’m serving the music. It’s a humbling experience. Coming from the world of theater is a good...
Instagram Commenters Went Wild When Boston’s Museum Of Fine Arts Posted Nudes Online
But the museum was expecting - even welcoming - the commentary. - Boston Globe
The Rocky Statue Has Entered The Building
That is to say, the Rocky Balboa statue is no longer on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art - it’s actually inside....
When You Want Entertainment, Go To Streaming, Of Course
But for practical knowledge? Your kids and grandkids know: It’s YouTube. - Slate
Harvey Fierstein On Addiction, Survival, And Kinky Boots
The famous Torch Song Trilogy writer and performer: “I try something new every day, and you can try something new every day. … And...
As Anyone With Literary Chops Knows, This Is A Big Deal
Haruki Murakami has a new novel coming out, and the narrator is … what? A woman?! - LitHub
How LEGO Became The World’s Most Powerful Art Medium
“Lego’s appeal, represented by its zillions of plastic blocks and many movies and TV series, transcends nations. It is one of the planet’s top-selling...
What Is Truth?
That, basically, is what’s at stake in the low-grade shots fired (culturally speaking) across the internet about Michael. - Wired
How The Plan To Kill Coyote V. Acme Blew Up In David Zaslav’s Face
“The initial backlash to Cotoye v. Acme being shelved was clearly getting to WBD by November of 2023 when the studio began offering other production houses like Netflix,...
Music Biopics Don’t Have To Suck
No matter how much money it makes, Michael won’t be one of the good ones. - The Guardian (UK)
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Is A Bit Weird, Honestly
“Nothing will halt the American addiction to handing out hunks of gilt. For all the supposed independent spirit of the republic, its citizens seem...
Sure, You Might Be Sick Of Podcasts, But What About These Podcasts About The...
That is to say, “classical” music, and they’re not just for noobs - “There’s plenty for experts to enjoy, too, including detailed structural analyses...
“Pre-Eminent among the American Newspaper Critics of his Generation”
My review of “Defending Music: Michael Steinberg at the ‘Boston Globe’ — 1964-1976” (Oxford University Press) is today published online by “The American Scholar.” The kicker, at the end, reads: “Michael Steinberg was never intended to make a career writing concert reviews. He was ever courageously drawn to what would
