Fair Trade: The Idea Behind Nepal’s Museum Of Stolen Art
Nepali conservationist Rabindra Puri has hired local stonecarvers and craftsmen to create and display replicas of dozens of items of sacred art that were...
How The “Theater Kid” Type In Pop Culture Went From Deeply Uncool To Fabulous
A decade ago, Anne Hathaway was widely mocked for her earnest, try-hard theater-kid ways, and when Ariana Grande, totally a theater kid in her...
The Prime Philadelphia Real Estate Belonging To UArts Has Now Hit The Market
"(The University of the Arts) filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in September, enabling the school to sell off its real estate, spanning 76,000 square...
Canada Orders Dissolution Of TikTok’s Operations There
Access to the popular video app won't be blocked for Canadian users, but the Industry Minister said that the order, which is based on...
Rachel Cusk’s Novel “Parade” Wins Goldsmiths Prize
Cusk was announced as the winner of the £10,000 prize, which recognises 'mould-breaking' fiction, … on Wednesday. … Parade comprises the stories of various...
When Classical Music Forgeries Pass As The Real Thing, What Does That Say About...
"Knowing that a work is by Haydn or Mozart allows us to see ‘inevitable’ connections. Take away the certainty of authorship, and it’s devilishly...
How AI De-Aged Tom Hanks In His New Movie
The de-aging technology comes from Metaphysic, a visual effects company that creates real time face swapping and aging effects. During filming, the crew watched two...
How Choreographers Create Dance Movement For Straight Plays
"(This) which can mean adding subtle movement that never registers as choreography, or creating an unapologetic, front-facing dance number, or designing dancing that looks...
Can Kehinde Wiley’s Career Survive Abuse Allegations?
Wiley’s strategy for dealing with the allegations has been to publicly fight back. He hired Marathon Strategies, a crisis-PR and investigative firm that has...
The History Behind The English Language’s Most Famous Swear Word
Fuck has an enormous range of uses across many parts of speech, as this dictionary details: sexual and nonsexual, positive and negative, literal and figurative,...
Building The Great Native American Songbook
With this new focus, he was ready when people were “freaking out” and looking for songs. “There is no repertoire like this in existence,”...
Major Neurological Study Looks At How Our Brains Respond To Live Dance
"A pioneering five-year research project, Neurolive, run by cognitive neuroscientist Dr Guido Orgs and choreographer Matthias Sperling, … brings together neuroscience and dance to...
How Gen-Z Marketing-Speak Has Infiltrated Museums
The videos, captioned “We got our Gen Z intern to write the marketing script,” have exploded across TikTok and Instagram in recent weeks. - Artnet
How WH Auden Used Culture To Reconsider His Place In The World
His work of this period combined a proclamation of the value of microcultures with a commitment to an intellectual cosmopolitanism. He celebrated the “local...
Should We Be Worried About Who’s Remaking The Whitney Museum’s Old Building?
Breuer’s building, which has served as three museums, will lose some of its public presence no matter what, but New Yorkers still have an...
Indian Government Puts Heavy Pressure On Wikipedia, Alleging Bias
"Wikipedia is facing mounting regulatory pressure in India as local authorities question whether the platform should continue to enjoy legal protections as a neutral...
Threat To Our Future? An Empathy Gap
People find it easier to empathize with a single individual than with groups, plausibly because individuals are easier to conjure in one’s imagination. Therefore, the difference...
A New Golden Age For City Parks
This is a golden age for parks, with cities sprucing up waterfronts, transforming abandoned industrial sites and bringing some green space to neighborhoods where...
Major European Publisher Will Start Using AI To Translate Some Novels Into English
"Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK) – the largest publisher in the Netherlands, acquired by Simon & Schuster earlier this year – is 'using AI...
Popularity Of True-Crime Podcasts And Series Can Have Real-Life Consequences, Good And Bad
"The proliferation of true-crime entertainment like Netflix’s docudrama Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is effecting real-life changes for their subjects and in...
Broadway League Will No Longer Announce Dimming Of Marquee Lights For Deceased Stars
Following heavy pushback over the (since-reversed) decision to do only a partial dimming in memory of Gavin Creel, who died in September at 48,...
Co-Creator Of “UndeadApes” NFTs Convicted Of Fraud
"A federal jury in Tampa, Florida, recently found the cocreator of the 'UndeadApes' and 'Undead Lady Apes' NFT collections" — not to be confused...
Three Charged With Hate Crimes For Vandalizing Homes Of Brooklyn Museum Director
Three suspects have been charged for allegedly making threats and spraying anti-Semitic graffiti on the homes of museum director Anne Pasternak, a board member,...
Sarah Cunningham, Fast-Rising Artist Who Went Missing In London, Is Found Dead At 31
She was reported missing this past Saturday, and on Monday her body was found on the tracks of the London Underground. Police said her...
San Francisco Opera Orchestra Extends Contract For Seven Months
"As the orchestra’s temporary contract extension ran out on Oct. 31, (management and the musicians' union) have settled on another extension, one longer-range and...
