Restoration Of Rembrandt’s “Night Watchman” Begins In Public
The restorers are working in a specially-designed glass chamber in the Rijksmuseum’s Gallery of Honor in full view of the public. - ARTnews
Claim: More Music Is Released Now In A Typical Day Than In All Of...
In business analyst MiDiA's recent 'State of the music creator economy report', they found that the overall number of music creators was around 75.9 million...
Barnes & Noble Announces Its 2024 Book Of The Year
A twist on an American classic. - BookRiot
Barnes & Noble Making A Big Comeback
In a move that’s perhaps more symbolic than business-minded, Barnes & Noble, America’s largest retail bookseller, has reclaimed the flagship store it vacated in...
How Immersive Dining Shows Became A Popular Art
“Food is a very grounding thing in itself; you want to have a shared experience with people while you’re eating it. When you think...
Major Test For The State Of The Art Market This Week
Buyers will compete to own more than 1,600 lots that are estimated to raise at least $1.1 billion. That includes a $1 million banana....
Hollywood Writers Wonder If Their Work Is Training Large Language Models, Or What We...
It sure is. “Many AI systems have been trained on TV and film writers’ work. Not just on The Godfather and Alf, but on more than 53,000...
Seven Days In The Cultural Life Of A Broadway Stage Manager
“When you create art for a living, sometimes you take for granted how much more art is out there,” says Cody Renard Richard. Still,...
Listen To The Victorians
Literally - here are some famous (and not as famous) voices of the 1880s. - Open Culture
Please Label All Portraits, Royal Portrait-Makers
Otherwise you end up with a miniature mislabeled for nearly half a millennium. - The Observer (UK)
Two Climate Activists Are Charged After A Protest At Stonehenge
The climate activists sprayed orange powder paint on some of Stonehenge’s monuments in June. The English Heritage chief claimed that despite there being no...
Why More Women Than Men Enjoy True Crime
True crime, also known as “murder shows” and “murder podcasts,” really appeal to more women than men. Why? “Most of the true crime I...
What It’s Like To Be A Queer Artist Under Turkey’s Increasingly Repressive Regime
It’s not that easy. “A government ban on a trans rights exhibition at Depo in Beyoğlu this summer, coming in the wake of anti-LGBTQ+ protests at a separate...
Let’s Take A Deeper Look At Those So-Called Brain Training Games
Turns out playing a game makes you smarter - but only at playing that game. - The Conversation (Fast Company)
Russian Dancer Vladimir Shklyarov Has Died At 39
Shklyarov, a principal with the Mariinsky Theatre, fell from the fifth floor of a St. Petersburg building, “while on painkillers.” Federal authorities in Russia...
World Of Warcraft Has Changed The Ways Humans Relate To Each Other
Yes, even if we don’t play, or know anything about it. The massive game has been a campaign tool, an academic study subject, one...
The Importance Of A Great Editor
How Jeanette Winterson sold Oranges Are not the Only Fruit: Randomly, because she met at editor at a job interview. "Philippa said: ‘If you...
The Musical Tammy Faye Feels Like A True Redemption
Tammy Faye "is getting perhaps the gayest tribute a person can have: a Broadway musical,” one composed by Elton John. - The New York...
Trying To Rebuild The Oregon Shakespeare Festival After Some Extremely Rough Years
What worked in the past, that is, pre-pandemic, is coming around again - more marketing, more membership drives, more discounts, more repertory theatre. Can...
One Of Frank Sinatra’s Mansions Comes With A Whole Lot Of History
"Sinatra celebrated his return to bachelorhood by turning Farralone into the official headquarters of the Rat Pack’s poker games. During these alcohol-fueled gatherings, huge...
Yes, We Can Save Opera In The United States
And everywhere - by making it feel new again. Peter Gelb: “The solution to sustaining opera is through artistic reinvention, both with new operas...
How To Select Ten Books To Represent A Quarter Of A Century
“Once we got back about ten years, I had a much better sense of what had lasted, what was really lastingly good and not...
A Perennial Sidekick Gets Her Own Movie, Sort Of
Judy Greer “was just another victim of Hollywood’s tendency to stick accomplished actresses in so-called personal roles, playing the wives and mothers of the...
How You Leave The Christian Music Industry Without Losing Your Career
“Gungor still sees a desire for ritual and for communal gathering. He recognizes the power of the collective — and aims to write non-dogmatic...
If You Look At Them Right, Every Oscar Film Is An Anti-Trump Experience
“If I can’t get my mind off current events even in a movie where acclaimed character actor Simon McBurney bites the head off a...
