About 40% Of Jobs In U.S. Book Publishing Have Disappeared Since 1997
Figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that employment in the industry peaked in 1997 at 91,100 jobs; as late as 2008...
At American Ballet Companies, Artistic Leadership Remains Largely Male
Dance Data Project's 2024 survey of the 150 largest ballet and classically-based companies in the U.S. shows little change in the gender balance among...
A Nine-Panel, 483-Year-Old Masterpiece Has Been Reassembled In Venice
But not quite fully reassembled. Giorgio Vasari's 1541 portrayal of the Five Virtues, painted for the ceiling of a Venetian palazzo, was broken up...
In Unanimous Vote, National Symphony Musicians Authorize Strike
"At the core of the dispute is what the union identifies as an unacceptable wage gap between NSO musicians and their peers in orchestras...
All The Wrong Messages: Oscar Wilde’s Family Condemns New Statue Of Him
Wilde’s grandson said of the sculpture: “It seems to say ‘here is a monument to a man whom society decapitated’. How do we want...
Harry Beck’s Iconic London Underground Map Changed The Way We Look At Networks
“Others had similar ideas, but he was the one who did it. The tube map really is something that deserves to be called iconic:...
Canadian Pianist Wins Leeds International
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko took home the top prize, along with a cash award of roughly $54,000, following his final performance at St. George's Hall in Bradford, about...
Why Is Executive Leadership Of Dance Companies So Difficult?
Unicorns are, unsurprisingly, hard to find. In dance, that’s led to a sort of executive director musical chairs, with some successful executives rotating through...
Man Smashes Ai Weiwei Art At Show Opening In Rome
Footage from CCTV cameras - posted on Ai Weiwei's Instagram account - showed a man vigorously pushing the sculpture over, breaking it and then...
Extreme Candor: Pittsburgh Arts Council Admits Big Failures
The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council’s new strategic plan seems like an exception. With a candor that verges on the self-excoriating, the group’s report announcing...
More Than 10,000 Books Were Banned In The US Last Year
The survey from PEN America suggested that bans of books nearly tripled nationwide, from 3,362 the previous year. - The Guardian
Lawyers Battle Over The Boundaries Of Copyright Law For AI
A DC Circuit panel struggled with both the idea of granting copyright protection for AI-produced works and a computer scientist’s framing of his case...
How Publishers Weaponized Copyright Against Libraries
It’s no surprise that the courts have sided with the publishers. For decades, copyright law has increasingly served the interests of large companies, narrowing the...
Of The Big Fall Books, Which Should You Read?
Face it, we only have so much time in our lives. The LitHub flow chart is here for you. - LitHub
One Artist Is Helping Refugees Tell Their Stories – With SIM Cards
Or rather, with glass plates shaped like SIM cards, so important to most refugees’ stories. "This collection has become a rich archive of migration...
The Huntington Botanical Gardens Has A Plant Theft Issue
But it’s not just the Huntington. “There’s a global network where succulents, cacti, orchids, cycads, magnolias and other plants are trafficked on the black...
Genre, Improvisation, And Romantic Comedies
Natasha Rothwell in conversation with Samara Joy: “Improv saved my life. You have to trust your instincts; you have to abandon the need for...
Oscar Wilde’s Grandson Excoriates A New London Sculpture Of The Playwright’s Head
“A huge sculpture of Oscar Wilde’s head lying on its side, his face sliced into segments, has been condemned as ‘absolutely hideous’ by the playwright’s...
The Arts Collective Building Community In Rural Minnesota
“We like the feeling of the collective and not pushing one person as a front for something. … So, we’re really working together with...
How Design Transformed Dundee
“This year’s festival will mark 10 years since Unesco designated Dundee a design city, alongside Berlin, Montreal, Istanbul and others. The accolade is given...
The French Neoclassical Painter Nearly Lost To History
Guillaume Lethière “was one of the most prominent and influential figures in French painting during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, captivating international...
A Love Letter To The Chicago Manual Of Style
To some, the book “isn’t merely a guide; it’s a testament to the art of textual precision. Its presence on the desk of the...
The Micro-Galleries Of Long Beach
“An archipelago of 10 micro-galleries stretches around neighborhoods in Long Beach as well as in San Pedro and Lomita. Two more, also in Long...
AI Memed A Dead Dad, But Whom Does The Daughter Sue?
“I’m guessing an image generator scraped a photo of my dad from somewhere online (maybe the wedding pictures I posted in 2007?) and then...
On Leonard Cohen’s 90th Birthday, One Of His Most Important Collaborators Pays Tribute
“There could be no sweeter-sounding bird on the wire that leads back to Cohen’s 50-year legacy in music than Batalla, who along with...
