Death Sentence For Arsonist Who Burned Down Kyoto Anime Studio, Killing 36
"The Kyoto District Court found defendant Shinji Aoba mentally capable to face punishment for his crimes and announced the sentence … on Thursday. Aoba...
David Brooks: For A Kinder, Gentler World? It’s Culture Above Politics
"I confess I still cling to the old faith that culture is vastly more important than politics or some pre-professional training in algorithms and...
A Major Audio Producer Is Testing AI To Translate Its Podcasts
"By the end of March, iHeartMedia plans to debut between five and ten podcasts, originally created in English, translated into new languages including Spanish,...
They Won’t Admit It, But British Cultural Institutions Are Accepting Sackler Family Money Again
Over the last five years, many arts organizations in the US and UK stopped accepting the (previously generous) donations of the Sackler family because...
Dallas Looks To Restart Its Stalled Culture Pass Program
"Culture Pass Dallas was created by the Office of Arts and Culture and the Dallas Public Library in 2019. Six months after launching, the...
Victoria & Albert And British Museums To Loan Looted Asante Gold And Silver To...
"Under the (three-year) deal, 17 objects from the V&A and 15 from the British Museum will go on show later this year at the...
For The Second Year In A Row, The Met Opera Draws Tens Of Millions...
Last season, amid rising costs and still-lagging ticket sales and donations, the Met took $30 million from its endowment to cover its expenses; this...
Boston Symphony Extends Andris Nelsons’s Contract Indefinitely, Announces New Initiatives
In addition to giving its music director an automatically renewing contract, the BSO has appointed Carlos Simon to its composer chair (a new position...
Missing For A Century, Klimt Portrait Has Been Rediscovered
"Portrait of Fräulein Lieser belonged to a Jewish family in Austria and was last seen in public in 1925. Its fate after that is...
Are Those Immersive Van Gogh Shows Just A Money Grab?
Leading digital artists have claimed that some of the most popular commercial immersive experiences, particularly those based on the work of deceased artists, such...
This Year’s Whitney Biennial Reflects The Chaotic Precariousness Of Now
The drastic phase of the pandemic, with its restrictions, may have receded. But the landscape left in its wake is a panorama of compounding...
Flailing NPR Hires A Non-Journalist As Its Next CEO
Before joining Web Summit, she spent seven years as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation, where she drove growth in global readership and impact while...
So The Oscars Say “Barbie” Is An “Adapted” Screenplay? It Doesn’t Make Sense
Moving “Barbie” from the best original screenplay category — where it was the probable winner over films like “The Holdovers” and “Past Lives” —...
First-Ever Study: What Works Dance Companies Worldwide Are Performing This Season
Among the 33 global companies studied, 23.6% of works in the 2023/2024 season are choreographed by women. - Dance Data Project
Amanda Palmer On Why Crowdfunding Works
It’s the opposite of magic: it’s a salary that I pull from a community that trusts me. - The Big Idea
“Am I The Literary Assh*le?” New LitHub Column Takes A Page From Reddit
Kristen Arnett, the new advice columnist: "Before we dig in, it’s important that I point out the obvious here: generally speaking, I don’t ever...
Consider The Cultural Meaning Of The Hoodie
Perhaps no other garment is so charged, or so fraught, in this country as the hoodie. - The Point
The Campaigners Working To Bring Looted Nepali Religious Art Back Home
"'Kathmandu valley was an open museum,' says Rohit Ranjitkar, director of the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust. 'There were centuries-old treasures. I think local people...
The Inherent Difficulties In Writing About Office Work
Unfortunately, for those of us who write about them, white-collar workplaces are not inherently high-drama. As an employee, this is ideal. For a nonfiction...
P.D.Q. Bach’s Best Music Wasn’t Just Funny, It Was Actually Great
"Playfulness, irreverence, goofiness are part of us too. ... It is a mistake to equate artistic greatness with emotional sobriety. P.D.Q. Bach’s best compositions...
Study: Arts Impact On The Cincinnati Economy Is $1.6 Billion
The impacts of the arts go beyond annual operating expenses, data shows. The $751 million in capital investments since 2015 have generated an additional...
Harry Parker, 84, Director Who Transformed Dallas Museum Of Art And Restored Fine Arts...
In Dallas, he spearheaded the museum's move for the downtown arts district and expanded exhibition and education programs. In San Francisco, he raised money...
Next Up: Holographic Professors (Students Love It)
Prof Vikki Locke, the director of undergraduate studies at Loughborough business school, said students “absolutely love” the technology and have been begging for selfies...
Audience Members Who Act Up And Go Viral Like It That Way. Maybe Shows...
"One way ..., perhaps, is to turn competition into cooperation. Maybe a path forward for theater is to write new rules of decorum —...
Jon Stewart Is Coming Back To “The Daily Show” (But Only On Mondays)
"The homecoming … comes after (a) yearlong search for a replacement for Trevor Noah – and just in time for the 2024 presidential election...
