Can Art Save The World? A Conference Debates
“We actually can be the place where discourse happens, where the dialogue about these issues surfaces,” she said. Museums are “safer places to do...
Survey: Most Canadians Got Their Audiobooks For Free In 2023
A recent survey about the reading habits of Canadians conducted by BookNet Canada, which collects and analyzes data about the Canadian book industry, found that a...
Puerto Rico Considers A Law Regulating Professional Dancing, And Some Dancers Are Very Worried
"PC2170 would make dancers pay a fee to receive a certification and be able to practice professionally. Its purpose is to make dance a...
Yuval Sharon On Connecting Opera With Today
I’m not an advocate of doing in historically specific productions but look for this place of speculation that connects opera fundamentally with...
As Iconic Cartoon Characters Come Into The Public Domain, There Will Definitely Be Slasher...
"It (makes) sense that the movies are always horror, too, because that’s the genre with the most recognisable structures and beats. It’s far easier...
Google Is Paying Canadian Broadcasters $100M
Google has agreed to pay $100 million CAD a year — or about $73 million in U.S. dollars — to broadcasters and other news...
Australia’s Most Populous State Introduces “A Simpler, Fairer And Faster Model For Arts Funding.”...
"For many working in the arts across (New South Wales), the tone and priorities of the reformed model come as a surprise and sparks...
California Debates Making Google Pay For Showing News Stories
California lawmakers have revived legislation to charge online platforms for the news articles they publish, a proposal that stalled last year amid divisions within the journalism...
Eric Vu-An, Ballet Star-Turned-Choreographer Who Directed Four French Companies, Has Died At 60
A very popular performer at the Paris Opera Ballet, he left after getting caught in the middle of a notorious battle between Rudolf Nureyev...
Why Minor Annoyances Can Cost You More Than Big Things
These situations aren’t that bad, and so you don’t do anything about them, whether it be to take action or kickstart psychological processes to cope. - Psyche
The Cries of All Those Cicadas Are Really Music — Some Of The Coolest...
Sure, it doesn't have any particular melody or even a beat, but music it is. Various musicians liken it to Phil Spector's "wall of...
Ousted Directors of Zurich’s Municipal Theater Throw Themselves A Big Ol’ Woke Farewell Party
The contracts for Benjamin von Blomberg and Nicolas Stemann, who had jointly run Zurich's Schauspielhaus since 2019, were not renewed following a right-wing media...
Vatican Arrests Former Employee For Trying To Sell Missing Manuscript By Bernini
The suspect was caught trying to sell the manuscript, which contains Bernini's designs for the altar canopy in St. Peter's Basilica, to a buyer...
Two More Individuals Accuse Artist Kehinde Wiley Of Sexual Assault, Which Wiley Vehemently Denies
Last month Ghanaian artist Joseph Awuah-Darko made public accusations against Wiley; now Black Lives Matter activist Derrick Ingram has accused Wiley of rape while...
Shari Redstone Ends Paramount Global’s Merger Talks With Skydance Media
"National Amusements, which owns a majority voting stake in embattled entertainment giant Paramount Global, said Tuesday that it has ended talks on a possible...
With Author Events Staff Now Fired, Free Library Of Philadelphia’s Author Events Are “A...
The Free Library Foundation's management insisted that none of this season's remaining events were cancelled — and then, as authors have withdrawn, has quietly...
Now There Are Animal-Rights-Protesting Art Vandals, And They’ve Gone After Charles III’s Portrait
Activists from the group Animal Rising went to the new portrait of the British king (the red one), covered his face with a sticker...
Why Is Parthenon Marbles Repatriation So Compelling?
All repatriation cases matter greatly to those involved, but that of the Parthenon marbles has become famous far beyond the dispute between the key...
Latin-American Literature Doesn’t Really Exist
What I’m trying to say is that, if one thinks about it for a moment, it becomes clear that “Latin America” does not exist...
The Impoverishment Of Critics
Whatever is going on in the life of the critic is going to show up in her reading; it can’t not. Reading, writing, and...
AI Is Going To Change Music Forever
Just as The Bomb reshaped all of warfare, we’ve reached the point where AI is going to reshape all of music. - Persuasion
Pirates: The Story Of How Music Got To Be Free
Starting back in the 1980s, an illegal demimonde of teens began. Their initial goal was to strip the copyright protections off video games. By...
Overhauling “Suffs” For Broadway
"When (the) show ... staggered to its Public Theater premiere in April 2022, few people would have bet (on its) future. Yet here we...
Houston’s Stages Theatre Picks A New Leader
When he moves to Houston in August to take on that role, he'll become one of the first Black men to lead a major...
Reviving London City Ballet, 28 Years After It Closed
Christopher Marney "wants a company of dancers that reflect the present: a diverse lineup in age, ethnicity, experience and body type, and … an...
