Protest Against The “Biennialization” Of Venice
“We turn a blind eye to the consequences of this extreme ‘biennialization’ of the city. Functions for citizens disappear and consequently citizens disappear. And...
Genius Versus Hierarchies And Freedom
The contemporary fixation on extolling “freedom” as a cornerstone of artistic expression stems from a flattened understanding of history. Those for whom this is...
How Did British Cultural Institutions Become So Ideologically Driven?
Britain’s institutions are now beset by wokery, and nowhere is this more apparent than in Britain’s museums. - The Critic
Did Beethoven Have A Secret Code?
Something in his brain shifted; later, he would tell people that it was as if someone had turned over a deck of cards to...
One Of World’s Oldest Books Is Being Sold
A single scribe is said to have written the codex, which is made up of 52 leaves - or 104 pages - over a...
Pitchfork Had A Huge Audience But It Closed. What Does This Mean For Music...
This moment represents a new low for music journalism as a whole. But it’s in times like these that prefigurative visions come more clearly...
Canada’s Indigo Books Bought By Investment Fund
The Trilogy firms—which are controlled by Canadian billionaire Gerald Schwartz, an Indigo board member and the husband of Indigo founder and CEO Heather Reisman—already...
With A Permanent CEO, New Leadership At Cleveland Ballet Intends To Turn The Page
"(Larry Goodman), interim president and CEO, announced Tuesday he would permanently fill the position. Goodman was formerly on the company’s board of directors when...
Toni Morrison’s Rejection Letters
During her 16 years at Random House, Morrison wrote hundreds of rejection letters. Usually typed on pink, yellow, or white carbonless copy paper, and...
So, Who Invented The Modern Lending Library?
Benjamin Franklin, who founded the Library Company of Philadelphia In 1731. "(It) allowed members — at first, largely male artisans of modest means —...
We’re Obsessed With Stories About The End Of The World. But Then We Always...
Evidently, the time is ripe for a survey of the branch of cultural production concerned with the end of the world. And yet, tales...
This Show Is A Cross Between A Diner And A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Play
"The Worst Cafe in the World, a new, creatively interactive Off-Broadway production, … actually gives audience members a menu of theatrical moments to choose...
Is This Drawing On A Villa’s Kitchen Wall A Michelangelo? After Five Centuries, It’s...
News that the drawing is going on the market is likely to expand what has until now been a rather low-key, academic debate over...
Butoh Master Ushio Amagatsu, Founder Of Dance Company Sankai Juku, Is Dead At 74
He founded Sankai Juku, which did more than any other troupe to spread butoh in the West, in 1975 and had led it ever...
Charlotte Symphony Quietly Raises $41M For The Future
“This campaign is going to solve a major problem that the symphony has wrestled with for years, of not having a big enough endowment...
Why Orlando’s Performing Arts Center Has Put Its Expansion Plan On Hold
"The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts can’t build its $175 million third phase until Orange County and the city of Orlando provide...
What The Bookseller Of Kabul Did After The Taliban Destroyed His Shop And Archive
Well, first he spent two weeks considering suicide. Then he realized that, with today's technology and his international contacts, he could set about recreating...
Why Broadway Tickets Are So Insanely Expensive These Days
"Industry professionals say soaring ticket prices are due to various reasons, including rising production costs, a changing industry and the rise of celebrity headliners....
Forger Gets Four Years In Jail For Passing His Woodblock Prints Off As 15th-Cntury...
"(Earl Marshawn) Washington ... was sentenced for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud. He was also ordered to pay restitution to victims...
WBEZ/Chicago Public Media Closes Its Podcast Studio And Lays Off 14 Staffers
Four of the eliminated positions are in the business office of the Chicago Sun-Times, which merged with WBEZ in 2022. The remaining ten come...
Metropolitan Opera’s New Chorus Director Is Tilman Michael Of Frankfurt Opera
"Michael, 49, was chorus master at the National Theater in Mannheim, Germany, then has held the same job at Oper Frankfurt since 2014-15. He...
Ukrainian Museum Identifies Over 100 Looted Artworks Shown In Russian Video
The Kherson Art Museum, which was looted by Russian forces in November 2022, says it spotted the items in its collection in a video...
Marlon Brando Was A Revolutionary Actor. Where Are His Successors?
April 3 marks the 100th anniversary of Marlon Brando’s birth — the centenary of one of the most important figures of 20th-century popular culture....
We All Have Rights, Right? Well…
The idea that we have rights is an unquestioned certainty, but rights are also often a source of considerable conflict in the modern world....
As Baby Boomer Leaders Retire, A Shortage Of New Non-Profit Leaders
Just as more baby boomers are stepping down from the top spots, fewer people want to take their place, and those who are interested...
