Top College Art Museums In America (Per The Washington Post)
"With special connections to world-class research programs and academic expertise, college art museums can compete with the best of them. Here are five of...
San Francisco Opera Extends Music Director Eun Sun Kim’s Contract
The South Korean-born conductor, who began her initial five-year term at the company in 2021, is now contracted through the 2030-31 season. - San...
When Edgar Allan Poe Was One Of Vietnam’s Literary Heroes
"(He held a) surprisingly major role in the early twentieth century, right at the dawn of Vietnam’s modern literature. For a period in Vietnamese...
The Power Of Nobel Laureate Han Kang
This is the power of Han Kang: With little more than paper and ink, she acts as a conduit for the memories of generations...
What Ángel Corella Has Achieved In Ten Years At Helm Of Philadelphia Ballet
"Since (a) contentious beginning, Corella has turned the company around with vivid dancing in a mix of newer works, lots more classical story ballets,...
The African Diaspora And Reclaiming Narratives
The central task of writers of the colonial or the Black experience is to claim back their humanity. This profound urge runs through the...
Illinois Town Becomes Home To America’s Fiberglass Giant Statues
“It’s just like any small town. So now, even though he is a 19-foot-tall statue of a guy holding a hot dog, he’s our...
What We Can Learn From The Letters Of Oliver Sacks
"In his 20s, 30s and 40s, his life and career had been not only unorthodox, but by many means, a disaster. … (For) the...
Seattle Art Museum Security Guards Vote To Strike
VSO Union members said two-plus years of bargaining is too long, and that the museum hasn’t provided meaningful counters on its economic demands, including...
Theatre Is Facing A Crisis Of Theatre Workers
“The sector was one of the worst affected by the lockdowns and many, including BECTU, called for a post-pandemic ‘reset’ to address poor terms...
When The Stories We Tell Ourselves Hold Us Back
In some cases, narratives can hold us back by limiting our thinking. In other cases, they may diminish our ability to live freely. They...
Lydian String Quartet Dismissed By University Where It Was On Faculty For 44 Years
Facing declining enrollment and tighter finances, Brandeis University (near Boston) has — effective at the end of this academic year, and over the furious...
Thousands Of Artists Sign Statement Of Concern About AI
“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works,...
UK Literary Festivals Are Collapsing
The basic costs of running a festival have all risen sharply, while potential audiences have less disposable income. Festival organisers have been faced with...
A Rare Books Dealer Calls For A Rewrite Of His Own Story
His mirthless laugh might have suggested Kafkaesque persecution, or Hardyesque inexorability of fate. Either way, he appeared determined to rewrite the ending. - The...
Owner Of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Skyscraper Sues Wright Conservancy
The current owner of the building, Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, has sold a few of Wright's interior furnishings to pay for expenses. The...
Godzilla Is 70 Years Old, And Its Warning To Us Is Still Relevant
"(The franchise) conveys a vital message about Earth’s creeping environmental catastrophe. Few survivors are left to warn humanity about the effects of nuclear weapons,...
Royal Shakespeare Co. And Chicago Shakespeare Begin Their First Collaboration
"On Friday, for the first time in some 30 years, (the RSC) will open a show in Chicago — William Shakespeare’s Pericles, now in...
Roman Polanski Avoids Civil Trial For Alleged Rape Of 13-Year-Old In 1973
"Polanski, who fled the U.S. decades ago after admitting to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old, will no longer face trial over an alleged...
Whitney Museum To Make Admission Free For Those 25 And Under, Thanks To Julie...
"Mehretu, who is internationally known for her swirling abstracts that have sold for up to $10.7 million at auction, has contributed $2.25 million to...
ACLU Sues Vail, Colorado For Canceling An Artist’s Residency Over Views On Gaza
"Nearly a month before Danielle SeeWalker was slated to paint a mural in Vail, town staff told her that a social media post featuring...
40 Years Of Mural Arts Philadelphia
From its origins (as the Anti-Graffiti Network) in 1984, working with graffiti artists to engage them in public art, the organization has evolved. ......
Remembering The Real Glory Days (The ’80s And ’90s) Of The Village Voice
Ed Park, who spent 12 years there in various editor positions before Craigslist destroyed its business model, recalls some of the many impressive writers,...
Why The Notion Of “Zero” Is Difficult To Grasp
It takes children longer to understand and use zero than other numbers, and it takes adults longer to read it than other small numbers....
AI Will Revolutionize How Movies Are Made. But First The Copyright Issue
“I was at the forefront of CGI over three decades ago, and I’ve stayed on the cutting edge since. Now, the intersection of generative...
