Cost Of Planned Vancouver Art Gallery Building Soars By 50% To C$600 Million
"The gallery released a statement Thursday, blaming the budget increase on 'unprecedented and unforeseen' recent construction cost escalation, saying this will force a change...
Cellist Antônio Meneses, Former Member Of Beaux Arts Trio, Has Died At 66
A highly respected soloist and chamber musician admired for the elegance and precision of his playing, Meneses died four weeks after revealing that he...
Grade Inflation Has Made Grades Meaningless. Time To Get Rid Of Them
The more elite the college, the more lenient the standards. At Yale, for example, 80% of grades awarded in 2023 were As or A minuses. But...
The Australian Chamber Orchestra’s Extraordinary 50 Years
In the decades since Richard Tognetti became ACO artistic director at just 25, he has amassed some of the world’s most valuable instruments and...
Stanford Is Laying Off Creative Writing Lecturers. The World Protests
Stanford University’s announcement that 23 creative writing instructors will be pushed out of their jobs and replaced has set off a national backlash in...
Major Funder Of London’s National Gallery Expansion Left A Secret Note Inside A Pillar...
The eldest brother, John Sainsbury, despised aspects of the design, in particular the false columns in the foyer. Despite concerted pushback and the fact...
Hollywood — Creator Of Worlds (And Explanations)
We live in the era of the “explainer movie” — a creation like those in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Dune ecosystem, Star Wars constellation...
How To Find New Music In The Age Of The Algorithm
Some tastemakers say today’s music scene is a soulless algorithmic wasteland — others say it’s more vibrant than ever. However you find it, don’t...
Candy-Colored Video Games That Critique India’s History And Politics
"The rain-soaked video game on (lead designer and writer Dhruv Jani's) computer screen, Folds of a Separation, is just one of many that Studio...
Artists Struggle In Absence of Rules Of The Road For AI
“We see these celebrity replicas happening all the time, but our own data – us, the small people of the world – is being...
The Inhabitants Of Le Bloc, Once The Biggest Squat In Paris
"They had begun making their lives there around a date in December 2012 coinciding with the 5,125-year cycle of an ancient calendar, widely reported...
Academic Publishers Protest New Rule That Federally-Funded Research Must Be Freely Available
Although open-access advocates and library groups support the move, opponents argue the new policy will limit researchers’ ability to maintain control of their published...
Is AI Going To Change The Field Of Art History?
"AI is already curating museum shows and biennials. Could it change how we approach, study, or regard art of the past, too? When it...
Police Bust World’s Largest Pirate Movie Site
Fmovies launched in 2016 and racked up 374 million monthly visits more than 6.7 billion visits from January 2023-June 2024. Data from SimilarWeb ranked...
Carole Rothman, Founder Of Broadway’s Second Stage Theater: Exit Interview
As she approaches her not-entirely-amicable departure after 45 years, the 73-year-old artistic director discusses the challenges she faced as a woman in the industry,...
How Democrats And Republicans Are Using Music In This Campaign
In 2024, both main parties recognise the positive power of music. While campaign songs and rally playlists encourage a sense of unity, they also...
What Dancers And Choreographers Should Consider When Presented With Non-Disclosure Agreements
There are very legitimate concerns which such agreements can protect against, so an NDA shouldn't be rejected on general principle. Here's what to look...
Opera Australia’s Artistic Director Is Out After Only Nine Months
"The chair of the OA board, Rod Sims, said that Davies’s contract was prematurely severed by mutual agreement … due to 'differences of opinion...
NPR Is Hiring A “Joy Czar”
"Embedded in the newsroom throughout the year, the person will aim to 'ratchet up our ‘joy’ quotient across platforms,' according to an internal memo."...
About 96 Percent Of NFTs Are “Dead”: Study
After examining over 5,000 NFT collections and collecting 5 million transactions from NFTScan, researchers found that the overwhelming majority are dead (zero trading volume...
University Of The Arts Rescue Plan, A Merger With Temple University, Is Scuttled
"The Hamilton Family Charitable Trust, which contributed about half of UArts’ $62 million endowment, is not in favor of that money going to Temple...
Publishers File First Amendment Lawsuit Against Florida Over School Library Law
"Florida’s statute ... requires districts to set up a process for a parent or resident of the county to contest school and classroom library...
Ticket Sales At Bayreuth Rebound, Special 150th Anniversary Ring Cycle Announced
After a worrisome dip in attendance in 2023 (to 97%), ticket sales to the summer Wagner mecca were up to a total of 58,000...
The Latest Takedown: ABBA Asks Trump Not To Play Their Music At Rallies
"Together with the members of Abba, we have discovered that videos have been released where Abba's music has been used at Trump events, and...
Is The Traditional Summer Vacation Bad For Education? (And Students)
Some education advocates tout the benefits of what’s called a “balanced calendar,” which spreads vacation time equally across the seasons—a reimagining of what school can be,...
