With Carnival About To Start, Rio De Janeiro Declares A Public Health Emergency
The declaration was made because of a severe outbreak of dengue fever, a potentially lethal mosquito-borne disease which causes high fever, rashes, nausea, and...
Now That He’s Under Indictment, Italy’s Controversial Junior Culture Minister Resigns
"Vittorio Sgarbi has stepped down amid a rising tide of controversies. He is currently being investigated over allegations that he laundered stolen art. Last...
What The No-Longer-Mostly-Mozart-Festival-Orchestra Is Up To For Its First Season
"While the ensemble will remain the same in size and membership, it has a new name, a new music director and a program aimed...
This Year’s Classical Grammy Winners
Elaine Martone won Producer of the Year, Classical, for a bouquet of albums including Third Coast Percussion’s Between Breaths, Seth Parker Woods’ Difficult Grace, and the Cleveland Orchestra...
TikTok Users Frustrated As Music Goes Away
“Half my drafts are muted now,” says Madeline Macrae, a Swift fan and TikTok creator. While initially frustrated by the change, Macrae thinks there might...
How Your Spotify Algorithms Are Changing Your Musical Taste
While you might look at your daylist and think that Spotify knows your music tastes intimately, it is equally the case that the algorithm...
Struggling With What Art Is For. But Why?
Is art for one thing only? Do we need—why do I feel the need?—to formulate a Grand Unified Theory of art, one that would...
New Santa Barbara Museum Director Under Fire For Canceling Show, Dismissing Curator
The decisions by Amanda Cruz prompted a searing response from the affected artists, who called her actions “outrageous” and “appalling” and said they continued...
London’s Globe Theatre Pushes Back On Notion That Only Disabled Actors Should Be Cast...
The Globe released a social-media statement defending the casting, saying that although they “recognise the barriers to access in our industry and are...
UK Fails To Agree On AI Code For Creative Work
The failure of the UK talks comes as AI has caused alarm among artists, authors, musicians and media groups who are concerned that their...
Rachmaninoff’s Oldest Student Is 99 Years Old
Rachmaninoff, who was in the prime of his enormous career, was so impressed with her that he offered to teach Ruth Slenczynska at his...
Simon Woods Talks With John Williams
It could be argued that Williams is the best friend American orchestras have ever had. His orchestral film scores are many Americans’ first encounter...
When Writers Choose Camp Over Tragedy
Shades of American Fiction, but make it gay: "If you were a young Black writer in America in the 1950s and early ’60s, it...
Ghana’s Contemporary Art Scene, Both Home And Away
"Here was art that felt rooted in the country even as it was being sold abroad." - The New York Times
The New Luddites Will Not Back Down
"The term has come into vogue. It’s also become an explicit rallying cry for some of those taking direct action” - especially against the...
Streaming Is Over Now, And It’s Time We Admit It
We knew it was coming, but whew. It’s rough, and expensive, for those of us who don’t like ads. - Slate
The New Grammy Category For African Music Needs To Look At A Map
Note to the Grammys: Nigeria and South Africa are not the only two countries on the continent of Africa. - NPR
Please Stop Saying This Is The ‘Year Of The Woman’ At The Grammys
What a farce that idea is. "Nearly 25% of the 1,200 most popular songs of the last 12 years were penned primarily by 12...
TikTok’s Golden Era Is Over, And So May Be Its Addictive Joy
“The malaise that has begun to suffuse TikTok feels systemic, market-driven and also potentially existential, suggesting the end of a flourishing era and the...
Carlos Kalmar Sues The Cleveland Institute Of Music
The suit accuses CIM staff of "illegal disclosure of Maestro Kalmar as the target of a federal Title IX investigation, including false and defamatory...
Jennell Jaquays Made Gaming A Richer, Deeper, More Beautiful Experience With Her Art
The artist, who died at 67 after nearly five decades of illustration and creation for D&D and other games, was so influential that “her...
The British Museum Has Decided To Put Some Of Its Stolen Items On Display
Stolen - and recovered, that is. “They are made of stone or glass, variously coloured and tiny - often barely the size of a...
Is This The Future Of Print Media?
The University of Iowa’s independent school newspaper, The Daily Iowan, just bought two nearby small-town weekly papers. The two community papers will keep their...
Past Lives Wins Best Foreign Film, Zone Of Interest Wins Best Film At London...
Best Actor for Andrew Scott, for All of Us Strangers, was impressed by its status at number one in Ireland and the UK. "'For...
We Need To Talk About Theatre Critic Gordon Rogoff
Rogoff, who died last week at 92, was "able to capture in vivid, richly metaphoric language the unique brilliance of a stage performance. Rogoff...
