OpenAI Makes Licensing Deals With Atlantic, Vox
“The publishers willing to roll over this way aren’t just failing to defend their own intellectual property — they are also trading their own...
Why San Francisco Opera Is Getting Trauma Counselors For Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence”
"(The company) has developed trauma trainings, a symposium, and post-performance discussions to help guide people through the heavy subject matter" — a mass shooting...
Artists Add Value, Then Value Goes Up, Then Artists Can’t Afford The Neighborhood. So...
In Chicago, San Francisco and Boston, these groups are adopting unique organizational and financial structures to survive in overheated real estate markets. These arts...
Kaija Saariaho’s Harrowing Final Opera Arrives In The U.S., Where It Will Be Even...
Innocence, as the work is called, has been hugely impressing (and depressing) audiences and critics in Europe since its 2021 premiere at the Aix-en-Provence...
A Once-In-A-Generation Talent At NY City Ballet
Now, at just 23, she is a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, approaching the close of a momentous season at Lincoln Center, where...
Hollywood’s Tech Crew Members Are “In Panic Mode” As Aftereffects Of Strikes Linger
The volume of film and video being produced in Southern California is still far below what it was before last year's writers' and actors'...
Harvey Weinstein Will Likely Face New, Separate Sexual Assault Charges In New York
Manhattan prosecutors, preparing for retrial after Weinstein's 2020 conviction was overturned by New York state's highest court in late April, say they'll try to...
Drag Now Has Its Own National Advocacy And Service Organization
"Qommittee says it hopes, among other things, to connect drag performers and communities lacking in local support to resources including legal aid and therapy....
London’s Evening Standard To End Daily Print Edition And Become Free Weekly
The Standard, which has suffered six straight annual losses (most recently, £16.4 million through October 2022), hopes to repeat the successful switch to digital-only...
Sotheby’s To Lay Off 50 Staffers In Its UK Office: Report
"The house is reportedly set to cut around 50 employees based in London, and … similar layoffs may follow in New York and at...
It’s True: Audra McDonald Will Play Mama Rose In “Gypsy” On Broadway This Fall
“It’s one of the great roles in musical theater, and I’ve always thought maybe some day I could try it,” she said. “It scares...
La Scala’s Departing Superintendent Leaves The House, And Its Opera And Ballet Companies, In...
Despite beginning the job just as COVID shut down live performance, Dominique Meyer has increased corporate sponsorships to €38 million and has seen both...
British Museum Recovers 626 Of Its 1500 Missing Antiquities (Some Listed On EBay)
Most of the missing items are ancient gems and pieces of jewelry from Greece and Rome. Some were listed on eBay by the seller...
The UK’s Arts World Is Scrapping Over Funding. It’s A Distraction
The reality is that they are all scrapping over crumbs when the real betrayal is the state’s paltry investment in the arts. This includes the music education that...
AI Is Provoking Reconsideration Of Philosophy
Language has been a central object of philosophical attention ever since the ‘linguistic turn’ in the beginning of the 20th century. What can the emergence...
What Obligation Does A City Have To Physically Commemorate Its History?
While monuments to important figures and concepts are useful teaching tools, nothing is quite as impactful as physically confronting a space where historical tragedies...
A NY Banksy Museum Without Banksys?
“Banksy changed the rules. If you want to organize something about Banksy, you have to change the rules also,” he said on a recent...
Richard Sherman, 95, Co-Creator Of Iconic Disney Songs
“They were made by God for Walt Disney,” said Dick Van Dyke, who starred in “Mary Poppins” opposite Julie Andrews. “They somehow managed to...
What One Finds In Alice Munro’s Notebooks
"In them one finds a little bit of everything: fragments and false starts, alternate endings, even drawings. The notebooks were where Munro tinkered and...
Photographers Go To War Over Adobe’s AI Suggestions
Adobe marketing materials seemed to suggest it could replace photographers with AI outraged many customers, further igniting an ongoing battle between tech companies and...
The Arts In Toronto Are Contracting. What To Do?
The closure and diminishment of so many arts institutions in our city should concern us all. The significant economic threat aside, it makes life...
Investigation Into Competition-Fixing In Irish Dance Is Dropped, And Everyone is Angry
Because one key witness is ill and has stopped cooperating, the investigation has collapsed, the accused get no chance to clear their names, reformers...
The Art Of Reacting To Bad Reviews
Certainly, a clever riposte like this one written by composer Max Reger from his bathroom after a very negative one, has a satisfying feel...
Co-Producers To Be Barred From Crowding Onstage To Accept Tony Awards
Co-producers meaning, in this case, the many individuals who provided or raised money to run the production — and these days, it takes a...
Why Dance Companies Should Be Transparent About Their Finances
There is one immediate step with broad impact: real transparency throughout the dance economy. How can dance organizations do that? By making their annual...
