Putin Is Using Classical Music Just The Way Lenin And Stalin Did
That is, "to project 'feelings of patriotism and national pride' inside Russia and 'the authority of the country on the international stage.'" (The phrases...
Culture Wars Over AI Will Be Afflicting Us For A While
The latest battle (last time we checked, at least) was last week, when the image generator of Google's Gemini bot was found to default...
John McWhorter: Black English Isn’t, And Shouldn’t Be, The Exclusive Property of Black People
"There is simply no way that whiteness and Blackness will mingle as they have in music, cuisine, gesture, greeting styles, dating, and multiracial identity,...
Filmmaker Paolo Taviani Has Died At 92
"For more than three decades Taviani and his brother Vittorio formed one of cinema’s greatest directorial duos. … (Their) film Padre Padrone won top...
Georgia Lawmakers Think The State’s Film Tax Credit May Have Gone A Little Too...
"The program has supported thousands of Georgia jobs and the creation of several thriving studios. But it’s hugely expensive — the state is projected...
“Slave Play” In London Will Have Two Performances For Black Audiences, And Even The...
As during the play's Broadway run, the West End production will have "Black Out" nights, as playwright Jeremy O. Harris calls them, when Black...
Bankrupt San Francisco Art Institute Purchased By Nonprofit
"A newly formed nonprofit, composed of prominent local arts leaders and backed by philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, purchased the 93,000-square-foot campus through a limited...
American Museums Have A New Approach To Provenance
We are currently witnessing a changing climate—specifically when it comes to objects taken from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Indigenous peoples—that has led to a...
ASCAP Reports Record Music Royalty Collections In 2023
ASCAP’s 2023 revenues represent an increase of $215 million or 14.1% over 2022. ASCAP says it increased the value and monetization of its members’...
An Arts Council Funding Program For Artists May Be Backfiring
If it’s tough for venues, it’s even tougher for artists, who in the past have found it hard but possible to sustain some kind...
Why Putin Is Using Shostakovich For Propaganda
Putin clearly hopes that the “Leningrad” Symphony will be as helpful for his invasion of Ukraine as it was for Stalin’s defense against the...
Some Straight Talk About Censorship
When we look at history’s major censorious regimes, all of them—I want to stress that; all of them—invested enormous resources in programs designed to encourage self-censorship,...
Text-To-Music AI: Meet The Photoshop Of Music
Project Music GenAI Control is a new prototype tool that allows users to generate music using text prompts and then edit that audio without...
This Year’s “Dance Your Ph.D.” Contest Winner Is All About Kangaroos
"On a broad grassland beneath an Australian sunset, dancers in everything from fishnets to field attire let loose an unchoreographed mishmash of steps, leaps,...
Giant Replica Of The Ancient Colossus Of Constantine Arrives In Rome
The Colossus of Constantine has returned to Rome, recreated from existing fragments with the help of latest 3D scanning and modeling technologies. - Artnet
These Standup Comedy Workshops Are Driving Britain’s Right Wing Nuts
Why? Because the workshops, funded by the BBC, are for members of groups under-represented in standup: women, disabled, and LGBTQ people, yes — but...
Scientists: Pythagoras Was Wrong About Universal Music Harmonies
Researchers have now discovered two key ways in which Pythagoras was wrong. Their study, shows that in normal listening contexts, we do not actually...
The Fraught History Of Science Fiction In China
"In 40 years, it’s gone from a politically suspect niche to one of China’s most successful cultural exports, with author Liu Cixin gaining an...
Netflix Becomes A Broadway Producer
The company will pick up its first Broadway credit this spring as a producer of “Patriots,” by Peter Morgan, the creator of the hit...
Philadelphia’s New Mayor Says Arts And Culture Are “Essential” To City’s Future
Cherelle Parker: "Every time you hear us referencing the importance of making our city the safest, the cleanest, the greenest big city in the...
Universal Music’s War With TikTok Tells Us Much About How The New Music Business...
They are negotiating in a new world in which a seconds-long clip of a song on TikTok can be just as valuable as the tune in...
Watch The Sistine Chapel’s High-Tech Cleanup Crew Tend To The Frescos
Six million visitors coming through each year cause wear and tear even if they're not touching the walls or ceiling. A BBC crew pays...
Revenue At Troubled Cinema Chain AMC Went Way Up, And That’s Due Entirely To...
Fourth-quarter 2023 earnings were up more than $100 million from a year earlier, and net losses (though still big) were down by over one-third....
Hang On, Maybe John Waters Isn’t Making Another Movie — Just Yet
Yesterday's report that the Pope of Trash is making a film adaptation of his 2022 novel Liarmouth starring Aubrey Plaza was, well, not entirely...
The Twin Cities’ Favorite Venue For Dance Is Closing
"The Cowles Center for Dance & The Performing Arts, which operates the Goodale Theater in Minneapolis, will cease operations on March 31. … Due...
