“Arts For Us All”: A New Plan From Britain’s Oldest Socialist Organization
The report from the Fabian Society, founded in 1884 and one of the progenitors of today's Labour Party, calls for removing the "class ceiling"...
Is Life Simply A Product Of Algorithms?
Today, it can be digitally simulated, biologically synthesised or made from entirely different materials to those that allowed our evolutionary ancestors to flourish. These...
Two Suspects Charged With Theft Of Banksy From London Gallery
"London's Metropolitan Police said Friday that Larry Fraser, 47, and James Love, 53, are alleged to have taken (a limited-edition print of) Girl with...
Hundreds Of Violent Threats: Why Toronto Int’l Film Festival Canceled Documentary “Russians At War”
"In emails and phone calls, TIFF staff received hundreds of instances of verbal abuse," said festival CEO Cameron Bailey. "Our staff also received threats...
Hollywood Mega-Agency UTA Closes Its Visual Art Division
United Talent Agency was, starting in 2015, the first major entertainment agency to expand into representing visual artists. The decision to shutter UTA Fine...
New Jersey Performing Arts Center Is Building A Major Housing And Retail Complex
The $336 million project, called ArtSide, is one of the largest real estate projects in Newark in decades. It will include roughly 350 apartments,...
British Theatre Cancels Entire Run Of “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Over “Free Palestine” And Trans...
The production at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, which was to run from last week into early October, was a modern retelling of...
The World’s Oldest Sunday Newspaper Is For Sale
The Observer, first published in 1791, has been owned by the parent company of The Guardian since 1993, and the papers' content is integrated...
New York Philharmonic Begins Its Season In A Tricky Position
The administration is negotiating a new contract with the musicians, who haven't had a raise since 2019. The messy sexual misconduct case involving two...
What If Fact-Checking Just Makes People Dig In More To Their Misbeliefs?
In 2010, a political-science paper came out that made people worry. It suggested fact-checks might actually make people dig in their heels. What if...
The First-Ever Imax Ballet Features Paris Ballet
This is the first-ever Filmed for Imax ballet, and will be released exclusively in Imax locations globally on November 8. - Deadline
San Francisco Ballet Chooses A New Director
Branislav Henselmann, 49, most recently worked as the deputy general manager of arts, culture and community for the city of Vancouver, where he worked...
R. Peter Munves, Master Mass Marketer Of Classcial Recordings, Is Dead At 97
At Columbia Records and RCA, Munves was responsible for such innovative hits as "Switched-On Bach" as well as composers' "Greatest Hits" compendia and, later,...
Culture Of De-Culturation: Is Our Culture Dying?
Olivier Roy believes that a range of abstract and apparently unstoppable forces—globalization, neoliberalism, postmodernism, individualism, secularism, the Internet, and so on—are undermining culture by...
Never Mind, Kathy Bates Is Not Retiring After “Matlock” After All
"Bates said the retirement buzz was 'kind of a misunderstanding' after she referred to Matlock as her 'last dance' in an interview with The...
Hollywood Animation Workers Say Their Jobs Are Under Threat
AI poses an obvious threat to both animators and writers who tell Deadline they are already suffering from a lack of jobs due to...
New Director Talks About How To Make The Overcrowded Uffizi Museum Enjoyable Again
Overcrowding makes for a miserable experience. Craning to see over rows of heads, one is jostled and swept along the galleries by such a...
Director Of Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum Steps Down After Staff Walkout
The walkout forced the museum to shut down for several days as its leaders and protesting employees discussed their demands, including having a “community...
Three London Theatre Critics On Ian McKellen’s Portrayal Of Their Profession
Arifa Akbar: "My quotidian reality as chief theatre critic of The Guardian cannot compare: a supermarket sandwich wolfed down before the bell, a frantic...
The Deep Thinking Behind Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theorists appear earnestly committed to finding the truth, yet they are drawn to theories that often involve false and implausible claims. The psychology of...
Charge: Today’s Literary Magazines Engage In Widespread Censorship
Today’s culture of censorship and censure in literary magazines is stifling writers’ careers at their most vulnerable stage. Our experience at Crab Creek Review offers a...
Meta Makes Big Changes In How Instagram Will Work For Kids
“We decided to focus on what parents think because they know better what’s appropriate for their children than any tech company, any private company,...
When’s Touring Less Stressful Than Staying Home? When You’re The National Ballet Of Ukraine
"Tours provide relief from the constant stress and noise of incoming fire, the principal dancer Nataliia Matsak said in a video interview. 'Even though...
University Of The Arts In Philadelphia Files For Liquidation, Will Sell Its Buildings
"Philadelphia’s nearly 150-year-old University of the Arts has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after (suddenly) closing this summer. The process will allow the school...
“I’m Going To Lead The Biggest Transformation of Any Museum In The World,” Says...
Nicholas Cullinan: “Physically, our masterplan is a huge project. But intellectually, too, it’s an enormous challenge. Yes, fixing the roof is urgent. But if...
