Eight Ways Artists Have Incorporated AI Into Their Work
A Ditto Music survey of over 1,200 artists found that nearly 60% use AI in their projects. Tools like AIVA generate compositions based on specific parameters, replicating...
How Hollywood’s Struggles Are Impacting LA’s Economy
When the strikes ended, workers in Hollywood hoped their schedules would finally fill up again. But for many people, things only got worse. -...
The Very First Film Version of “Peter Pan,” Now 100 Years Old
It was considered a blockbuster back in 1924, and its producers were pioneers in movie-related merchandising. It faded from public view after the talkies...
After Ten Years Away, Trey McIntyre Is Working With A Dance Company Again
"After his Trey McIntyre Project gave its final performances 10 years ago, choreographer Trey McIntyre didn’t think he’d work in-depth with another dance company....
The State Of The Dallas Arts District, 40 Years On
"This once-desolate northeast corner of downtown attracts millions of guests annually to renowned cultural institutions housed in buildings such as I.M. Pei’s Meyerson Symphony...
A Red King, Vandals, And A Very Pricey Banana: The Biggest Art Controversies Of...
Also, the artwork thrown in the trash by accident, the four-year-old who accidentally smashed an ancient jar, the grown man who deliberately smashed an...
Italy’s Largest Set Of Medieval Mosaics Is Restored
The 12th-century Byzantine-style mosaics in the cathedral of Monreale, on a hill overlooking the Sicilian capital, Palermo, are exceeded only by those in Hagia...
Salman Rushdie’s “Satanic Verses” Is Back In India’s Bookstores After 38-Year Ban
Then-prime minister Rajiv Gandhi blocked publication and import of the novel not long after it was released in 1988. Last month, when the government...
Syracuse Opera Files For Liquidation Bankruptcy
The company, which canceled all performances and laid off staff last last year, filed earlier this month for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the legal step...
That Time William S. Burroughs Made A Claymation Christmas Movie
Yep, it's true. The 21-minute film, The Junky's Christmas (1993), was written and narrated by Burroughs and produced by no less than Francis Ford...
Research: How Walmart Impoverishes Communities
On net, they conclude, Walmart makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all....
The Year Peter Gelb Declared War On Critics
Believing that you possess a perfect understanding of what the people want is a poor way to run an opera company—or any organization, up...
When Thieves Made Off With The Corpse Of St. Nicholas
In 1087, a group of three grain ships from Bari, the port on the heel of the Italian boot, decided to steal the relics...
Spotify Doesn’t Care About Music As Long As It’s Content
Unlike a record label, a tech company doesn’t care whether we’re hooked on the same hit on repeat or lost in a three-hour ambient...
Berlin Cuts €130 Million From Its Arts Budget
The budget cut is a departure from Berlin’s previous plan to inject the city’s cultural spaces with new capital. In 2021, Germany approved a...
K-Pop Has Been Fueling South Korean Protests
The sight of young people moving to K-pop’s electrifying beat has become part of the drama of this protest movement. Protest organisers are blasting out K-pop...
Why We Keep Returning To The Same Pieces Of Christmas Pop Culture, Even When...
Nostalgia is a powerful lure, even when it comes to songs like "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" and movies like "Santa Claus Conquers the...
Handel’s “Messiah’s” Rocky Start
When the librettist obtained a copy of the score, in early 1743, he didn’t like it. “His Messiah has disappointed me,” he wrote to...
How UK Theatre Got To This Point (20 Years That Defined A Crisis)
Twenty years ago marked a turning point for the arts in the UK. And not a good one. - The Stage
Florence Open’s Vasari’s 16th Century Corridor Built For Medicis
The corridor, designed by the Renaissance-era architect Giorgio Vasari, was commissioned in 1565 by Cosimo I de’ Medici, the second duke of Florence, and...
A New York Times Editor On What 2024’s Broadway Plays Got Wrong And Right...
Sarah Bahr: "For me, watching fictional journalists scheme their way to scoops is akin to what I imagine it must feel like for doctors...
Canada Proposes Resale Royalties For Visual Artists
Monday’s fall economic statement included the proposed update to the copyright act, which will give Canadian visual artists a slice of the proceeds if...
Is San Francisco’s Arts Scene Dying or Thriving
“There’s been a lot of conversation about a false doom narrative … surrounding our city’s art scene. I counter that assertion. I want to...
Super-Splashy “Turandot” In Seoul Nearly Collapses In Chaos On Opening Night
The venue is in the city's top conference center/shopping mall; the cast includes Asmik Grigorian and Brian Jagde; José Cura is conducting; top tickets...
The Birth Of The Christmas Card
As with so many innovations, the first Christmas card, sent out in 1843, was devised by a guy trying to avoid a big, tedious...
