Climate-Protesting Art Vandals In Paris Arrested Before They Could Vandalize Art
"Two people were arrested on Sunday morning at the entrance of the Musée d’Orsay for being suspected of attempting to damage classified property. …...
When James Baldwin Went To Hollywood
He loved cinema all his life and wrote some genuinely great film criticism. Yet, says one Baldwin scholar, he "craved an Oscar almost as...
State Of The Arts In The US: Cultural Organizations’ Staffing Levels Post-COVID
"On average, organizations retained their full-time staff through pandemic shutdowns. Average staff size has grown over the last two years (2022 to 2023) through...
Author Paul Auster Dead At 77
"Called the 'dean of American post-modernists' and 'the most meta of American meta-fictional writers,' Auster blended history, politics, genre experiments, existential quests and self-conscious...
Toronto’s Largest Art Museum Reopens After Monthlong Strike
"The Art Gallery of Ontario, which closed to the public on March 26 as more than 400 unionized workers went on strike, (reopened) on...
What Does Culture Look Like Without Nightlife?
Last year, 125 grassroots music venues closed permanently and 1,293 pubs shut their doors across Britain. According to the Night Time Industries Association, more than 3,000 pubs, clubs...
Mind Blown: The Vegas Sphere As Experience
I don’t know whether the Sphere is the future of live music—it’s very expensive, both to build and attend, and the venue’s path to...
What Tony Nominations Tell Us About Broadway Right Now
The Tony nominations, announced in New York on Tuesday morning, paint a portrait of another year of transition on Broadway. - Los Angeles Times
Art Isn’t Supposed To Be Safe
Here on my screen was the distillation of a peculiar American illness: namely, that we have a profound and dangerous inclination to confuse art...
Gordon Cox: Ten Takeaways From This Year’s Tony Nominations
With a season packed to the brim with late openers vying for awards attention, the 2024 Tony nominations were full of unexpected twists and turns. Here...
Your TV Is Spying On You
Back in the day, a TV was a TV, a commercial was a commercial, and a computer was a computer. They have now been...
Why Was Penguin Books Named After A Flightless Antarctic Waterfowl?
"Inspired by the existing Albatross Books, (Allen) Lane’s nascent company wanted an animal for (a) mascot. Many years (later), designer Edward Young explained that...
Marrying Arts And Tech In The Building So They Can Feed Off One Another
At the new gateway to the campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology the 180,000-square-foot Student Hall for Exploration and Development offers views into...
Nigeria’s New Museum Of Yoruba Culture Is Not Like Other Museums
Architect Seun Oduwole: "This museum pops with colour and sound." Curator Will Rea: "It is very different to a European museum, you walk in...
What’s The Ideal Length Of A Movie?
According to Talker Research (formerly OnePoll US), an online survey conducted in April with 2,000 Americans concluded that respondents opted for 92 minutes as...
John Adams On Assembling The Libretto For “El Niño”
"We had the framework of the Nativity story, so we didn’t have to worry a great deal about devising a new narrative structure. …...
St. Lawrence String Quartet To Call It Quits
After 34 renowned seasons and acclaim around the world, the SLSQ will disband as an ensemble this year, but its members will remain active...
Previously Unknown Details Of Plato’s Life And Death Discovered In Herculaneum Scroll
The document, carbonized by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE and deciphered using advanced imaging techniques, recounts the last evening of the philosopher's...
Congress Has Mishandled TikTok
It’s quite fair to worry, as Congress does, that TikTok’s mass collection of personal data can pose a threat to our data. Yet Meta,...
State Of The Arts In The US: Searching For Income Post-COVID
"Many are wondering what the revenue landscape for arts and culture will look like after (governmental relief funds run out). Is there a revenue...
This New Award Is Dance’s Equivalent Of The Turner Prize
The £40,000 Rose International Dance Prize, administered by Sadler's Wells in London, will be awarded biennially starting in February 2025. As with the Turner,...
Ballet Arizona’s New Artistic Director Is The First Woman To Hold The Job
Brazilian dancer and choreographer Daniela Cardim, who performed with the Dutch National Ballet before retiring from the stage in 2010, will take the helm...
“Hell’s Kitchen” And “Stereophonic” Lead 2024 Tony Nominations
"The musical Hell’s Kitchen, fueled by Alicia Keys songs, and the play Stereophonic, about a ‘70s rock band at the edge of stardom, each...
Gérard Depardieu To Be Prosecuted For Alleged On-Set Sexual Assaults
"A trial will start in October 'for sexual assaults likely to have been committed in September 2021' against 'two victims, on the set of...
Now PEN America Has Canceled Its World Voices Festival, Too
"Less than a week after canceling its 2024 Literary Awards ceremony following months of mounting criticism over the organization's response to the crisis in...
