Richard Serra, 85
Serra’s most celebrated works had some of the scale of ancient temples or sacred sites and the inscrutability of landmarks like Stonehenge. - The New...
Examining Shakespeare’s Words
To praise Shakespeare is also to praise his audience. Not just the one that filled the Globe during his lifetime, but the subsequent generations, too,...
Sundance Loses Its Leader After Only Two Years
Joana Vicente came to Sundance from the Toronto International Film Festival and arrived as COVID had pushed the festival online for 2021 and again...
How Censorship Changed Opera
How did the opera get past censorship, when it utilized the same script of Hugo’s banned play? Well, this was thanks to the genius...
The Trolls Unleashed By Gutenberg’s Printing Press
Nowadays when we speak of Gutenberg’s invention of movable type, we mostly refer to its more reputable side. But similar to the proliferation of...
Large Warhol Silk Screen Painting Missing From College
The print was inspired by U.S. President Nixon’s trip to China to meet Chairman Mao Zedong, ending years of diplomatic isolation between the U.S....
The UK Arts Sector Has Been Damaged By Tory Budget Cuts. Time To Rebuild
The Tories have been weaponising the arts for their own purposes in the culture wars – an incredibly cynical and damaging thing to do,...
“As Frighteningly Relevant As Ever”: Margaret Atwood On Stephen King’s “Carrie”
"It’s one of those books that manage to dip into the collective unconscious of their own age and society. … Underneath the 'horror' …...
Germany’s Much-Vaunted Culture Has Turned Rotten
Many Berliners are growing estranged from the cultural institutions our taxes fund. Hard as it is for someone like me to admit, economic hardships...
What Australian Arts Managers Are Noticing In Their Best Workers
They "are noticing in their best workers right now is the ability to recognise where opportunities and/ or learnings can be found in otherwise...
Nashville Will Restore The Arts Grants It Announced And Then Withdrew
"Surplus funding of $3 million from Metro’s FY23 budget, on top of $2 million that was already promised, will be directed to Metro Arts...
Study: Link Between Formal Music Training And Working Memory
Study author Maria Chiara Pino and her colleagues noted that people with formal musical background i.e., individuals who had formal musical training tend to...
The Long-Lost Broadway Script That Turned Fitzgerald’s “Great Gatsby” From A Flop To A...
"The 1926 dramatisation by Owen Davis, a Pulitzer prizewinner, opened to rave reviews and became a hit that contributed to the novel’s success, bringing...
How War In Gaza Is Breaking Up The German Arts World
The conflict in the Middle East is showing Germany in a new light, highlighting fissures in society and the arts world that until now...
U.S. House And Senate Approve Over Half A Billion Dollars For Public Radio And...
"(Congress has) approved $535 million in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in fiscal year 2026. The funding, included in the Further Consolidated...
Province Of Alberta Invests $103M In Calgary Arts Commons
The province’s contribution to revamp Calgary’s live theatre and arts hub will be spread out over seven years, with the majority of funds distributed...
Could Classical European Ballet Actually Return To Iran?
The Iranian National Ballet, founded under the Shah in 1958, was disbanded by the new Islamist regime in 1979. The story of one of...
Composer Peter Eötvös Has Died At 80
A tireless advocate for contemporary music over a six-decade career, Eötvös came to international attention as a member of the Stockhausen Ensemble (1968-1976). He...
Facing Pressure To Keep Salonen, San Francisco Symphony Leadership Defends Itself
"We would love nothing more than to be able to immediately restore the number of SoundBox performances, semi-staged productions, and new commissions; to resume...
Items From Brooklyn Museum’s Period Rooms Sell For An Excellent Price
"Four period rooms that the Brooklyn Museum put up for auction (went) for as much as 30 times their low estimates." The items were...
L.A. Times Arts Columnist Carolina A. Miranda Steps Down
"Earlier this month, I accepted a buyout from the company; Friday was my last day. It’s been a great ride. … I’ve been craving...
France’s Most Popular Living Singer Will Perform At The Paris Olympics — And This...
"The possible choice for the opening ceremony of Aya Nakamura, a superstar French-Malian singer whose slang-spiced lyrics stand at some distance from academic French,...
Streamers’ Cancellation Policies And Apparent Greed Are Leading People To Threaten Revolt
Old-school revolt, though: “When you consider the original stories we’ll never see because studio execs don’t believe they’re profitable, that’s frustrating as a viewer...
How Your “Digital Twin” Will Change The World
In the last decade, thanks to advances in AI, the internet of things, machine learning and sensor technologies, the fantasy of digital twins has...
Report: Global Music Business Up 10 Percent In 2023
Subscription streaming revenues grew by 11.2% YoY last year, accounting for 48.9% of the global market, which in dollar terms, means that subscription streaming revenues reached $14 billion in 2023....
