University of Cincinnati Press Will Close Down Next June
"The university said that it had 'determined that the long-term financial sustainment of the University of Cincinnati Press is not feasible. Funding resources, including...
Why Concert Halls Still Matter Enough That We Spend Hundreds of Millions Of Dollars...
"A room that’s consecrated to music is one where people come together, sit in quiet communion, listen rather than shout, and focus for a...
Hard To Take, But More Right Than Ever: Jeremy Denk On The Music Of...
"You do not see advertisers beating at the door of the Ives estate to use his music in commercials. His music is not ready...
Radio Sputnik, Putin’s Propaganda Radio Network, Thrown Off U.S. Airwaves
"Stations in Washington, D.C., and Kansas City which had aired programming daily from Voice of Russia’s Radio Sputnik dropped their affiliation with the shows...
National Gallery In London Bans Almost All Liquids From Premises
For this, we can thank the climate-protesting art vandals, who launched the practice of vandalizing art for the sake of slowing climate change two...
Mitzi Gaynor, Queen of 1950s Movie Musicals, Has Died At 93
"A dancer, singer, actress and comic impersonator since childhood, Ms. Gaynor was much admired for her stamina and versatility over more than seven decades...
Why Some Schools In Los Angeles Can’t Access Prop 28’s Extra Arts Education...
A report from the nonprofit Arts for LA says that, while many schools in California are taking full advantage of the funding offered, other...
Art Fairs Are Strangling The Gallery Ecosystem
Smaller and midsize galleries are caught in a vicious cycle: they can’t afford to participate in top fairs, yet they can’t afford to miss...
How Does Someone Become the “Voice Of A Generation”?
What’s behind this phenomenon is generational thinking. It seems to be everywhere at the moment, providing the media with easy taglines, spreading cliches and...
Philadelphia Ballet At 60, As Ángel Corella Completes Ten Years As Artistic Director
"'They really flew,' he said of the years. 'I could think like a few days ago it was when I arrived, and a lot...
The Problem With Malcom Gladwell’s Ideas
The problem is that he has chosen to be a farm stand that serves salty, fatty, sugary pseudo-thinking. His signature methodology is to convey...
What Defines Success For A Debut Novel?
What is the magic sales number an author needs to reach to prove their worth? 1,000? 2,000? The precise sales figure likely varies from...
Ticketholder To Canceled Philly Pops Concerts Tries To Sue Pops, Philadelphia Orchestra, Kimmel Center
The ticketholder is attempting to launch a class-action suit claiming damages for concerts canceled when the Pops collapsed in 2022-23. The suit alleges that...
Paramount Threatens to Drop Nielsen Ratings In Disputes Over Measuring Audience
Networks have long complained that Nielsen isn't measuring audiences as well as it should during the transition from linear to streaming, although a Nielsen...
How The Nobel Prize Became Brand Gold
The marketing whizzes at Harvard Business School haven’t written a case study on the genius of the Nobel Foundation, but perhaps they should. The...
“Pulp Fiction” From Conception To Release (Another Oral History)
Producers and members of the crew and cast — among others, Danny DeVito, John Travolta, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken and...
Why Newly-Minted Nobel Lit Prize Winner Han Kang Isn’t Celebrating Her Win
“She said that with the wars raging between Russia and Ukraine, Israel and Palestine, with deaths being reported every day, she could not hold...
A Star Architect Who Became A Cautionary Tale
The project looked pleasing on paper. Residents found it no better than a trailer park. Buildings leaked. Oriental Masonic Gardens closed a decade after...
Is California’s Music Festival Boom Over?
Typically, the festival sees a surge in ticket sales in June, but in 2024, a surge never arrived. With stalling sales and mounting bills...
How Julie Taymor Staged “The Lion King” And Made It The Most Successful Musical...
"Her work's distinctly international flavour and its heavy use of masks and puppetry inspired by Indonesian and Japanese traditions didn't necessarily scream family-friendly commercial...
Fragments From Two Lost Plays By Euripides Discovered
The text — 98 lines, of which only 20 were previously known, from the plays Ino and Polyidus — were written on a piece...
Being Theaster Gates
"Gates’s business dealings and art making are not at odds: Salvage from the buildings goes into his art installations; proceeds from his art sales...
Like The Sphere In Las Vegas? They’re Building Another In Abu Dhabi
"The world’s second Sphere is planned to be built in the capital of the United Arab Emirates. … Under the deal, Abu Dhabi will...
Percival Everett’s “James,” Revisionist Take On “Huckleberry Finn,” Wins $50,000 Kirkus Prize For Fiction
"Everett’s novel, which imagines Mark Twain’s classic from the perspective of the escaped enslaved man whom Huckleberry Finn befriends, is also a finalist for...
Transport For London’s Elizabeth Line Wins Stirling Prize For Architecture
Oliver Wainwright: "The Lizzie line is a worthy winner, providing a dazzling demonstration that, for all chaos surrounding HS2, Britain is still capable of...
