Philadelphia’s University Of Arts Suddenly Announces It’s Closing This Friday
The suddenly unaccredited school has 1150 students and 700 faculty - and a ton of real estate along the Avenue of the Arts. One...
To Succeed In The Art World, You Need Talent, Hard Work, And A Serious...
Take this chance: Hugo McCloud "was eating dinner with a friend at Choice Market ... when Lauren Kelly, on her way to becoming a...
What It’s Like Directing The Tate Modern
Maria Balshaw, director since 2017: “I was thrilled, and then I was scared, and I think you stay scared. I still come into work...
What It Takes To Mount A Film Festival In The Greatest City In The...
The security manager’s days "span 12-plus hours and can wrap as late as 2 a.m., but she doesn’t mind the long days. ‘It’s only...
AI Might Not Actually Be Trying To ‘Come For’ All Of Our Jobs
For instance: “Could AI take over the bulk of legal work or is there an underlying thread of creativity and judgment of the type...
The Three Friends From Texas Who Have Become Broadway Stars
The three "have offered one another couches to sleep on and airfare for auditions. They write and produce music and musicals together. They hype...
Cannes Fest Reportedly Sued By Model Who Says A Guard Assaulted Her On The...
The model "said in her lawsuit that she was aggressively restrained by the security guard as she attempted to enter the May 21 premiere...
Can A Portland University Transform Its Campus – And Portland’s Downtown?
That’s the plan at the urban, fully blended into the city Portland State University, which is in the final stages of a design competition...
After De Niro Speaks Against Trump, Broadcasters Withdraw His Planned Award
The National Association of Broadcasters: “Mr De Niro’s recent high-profile activities will create a distraction from the philanthropic work that we were hoping to...
As The Popularity Of Korean Dramas Rises Exponentially, Longtime Fans See Worrying Trends
As Netflix, Disney, and Paramount invest in K-dramas, fans say "these platforms might be eroding some of the defining characteristics that drew them to...
Human Writers Worry As More Media Companies Make Deals With AI Companies
"Publications hope that by willingly opening their archives to ChatGPT, they’ll receive attribution, referrals, and general pride of place in the algorithm’s recommendation features....
Brooklyn Museum Sees A Massive Demonstrating Asking It To Divest
On Friday, “over 500 activists overtook the New York museum, staging a protest in its lobby, waving Palestine flags above its glass pavilion, and...
Jac Venza, Who Gave The World ‘Great Performances,’ Has Died At 97
Venza was "a shoemaker’s son who almost single-handedly delivered to the proverbial ‘vast wasteland’ that was American television in the 1960s and ’70s an...
Canadian Film Awards Underscore Issues With Attention, Distribution, And Funding
"Because despite success at Cannes — and a few unforgettable notes at the Oscars — Canadian films and filmmakers still make up a small sliver of...
Seven Grueling Months To Reclaim A Dream
When a fire gutted the bookstore Yu & Me, which founder Lucy Yu opened in New York’s Chinatown about 21 months into the pandemic...
Is There Hope In The Ongoing Hollywood Craft And Crew Negotiations?
Well, the president of the stagehands’ union, IATSE, claims there is. Talks ended on Saturday without any reaching any settlements - but the union...
This Long-Awaited Festival Of Pacific Arts Will See The Revival Of A Dramatic Trilogy
The Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture, originally planned for 2020, is back - and “longtime collaborators playwright Alani Apio and artistic director Harry...
Emmy Voters Need To Face Reality
Reality TV, that is: "In the 21 years the Outstanding Reality Competition category has existed, only five shows have ever won. … Moreover, only 17...
Franz Kafka’s Work Has An Extremely Online Afterlife
Just ask BookTok. "Telling the internet that Harry Styles is your boyfriend is a fantasy. Telling the internet that Franz Kafka is your boyfriend...
In Rhode Island, Arts Groups Are Fighting For Scraps Of Survival
It’s bad. So “a coalition of nonprofit arts organizations in Rhode Island is calling on the state to use $18 million of the state’s...
Philadelphia’s University Of The Arts Is Closing For Good In One Week, Says Its...
The school, which has seen a big drop in enrollment over the past five years, had not notified staff or students as of this...
How Helen Vendler Pressed Meaning Into Poetry
Helen insisted that it was the poem’s shape—its form, the thing that made it look unlike any other type of utterance—that gave it meaning....
Writing A Memoir? Maybe Reconsider?
Before you start yours, consider this: What you think is riveting about your life might not seem so to others. As one publisher put it,...
Our Culture Needs More Contrarians
Music writers of 2024 have achieved a remarkable synchrony with consumers, such that, for the first time in living memory, the most popular musicians...
US Audience Demand For Foreign Language Shows Cools
In Q1 2024 the share of audience demand in the US for foreign language shows was 13.6%, which is smaller than the share of...
