Why Have Museums Become Contentious Spaces?
Museums and cultural centers are not just the setting, the battleground, as it were, for these cultural-cum-political fights; they are seen as part of...
Public Radio Stations Sue Trump Administration Over Funding
“Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government,” Corp. for Public Broadcasting chief Patricia...
The End Of Reading And Writing?
Whether the still relatively young values of liberalism will survive, whether reading and writing will continue to be the underpinnings of culture, whether the...
Documenting And Archiving: How Should Choreographers Preserve Their Work?
“Even if you don’t think of yourself as a prominent entity, you never know what’s going to happen,” points out Hallie Chametzky, director of...
What It’s Like To Play The World’s Most Expensive Musical Instrument (Which Is Probably...
You probably expect that this $30 million instrument is either a huge pipe organ or a Stradivarius violin or (perhaps) cello. It is indeed...
Kennedy Center Counts On Touring Broadway Shows To Make Ends Meet. Will Those Tours...
“As the center continues under Trump’s leadership, more productions may choose to steer clear, either out of principle or to avoid uproar from artists...
A New Frida Kahlo Museum In Mexico City, Right Next To The Casa Azul
The museum will be set in the Casa Roja, a private residence purchased by Kahlo’s parents and passed down through the family. While the...
Marcel Ophuls, Who Made The Documentary “The Sorrow And The Pity,” Has Died At...
“The Sorrow and the Pity (1969), his documentary on the behaviour of the citizens of the French city of Clermont-Ferrand during the Second World War,...
Photographer Sebastião Salgado, 81
“For decades, Mr. Salgado was on hand for many of the world’s major crises. ... He described his mission as seeking to convey a...
Golden Palm At Cannes Goes To Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just An Accident”
Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value won the Grand Prize; The Secret Agent took honors for best director (Kleber Mendonça Filho) and best actor (Wagner Moura);...
The Power of Strangers at Art
On a Sunday in May, a friend and I planned to try for rush tickets to see Hugh Jackman at the Minetta Lane Theater...
6,500 Years Ago, Maybe 100 People Spoke This Language. Now It’s The Source For...
“Although the tongue called Proto-Indo-European hasn’t been used in 4,000 years, about half Earth’s inhabitants speak its more than 400 descendant languages. … The...
How The Just-Passed “Take It Down” Act Threatens Free Speech
If this legislation has the effect of granting law enforcement a means of bypassing encrypted communications, we may as well bid farewell to the very...
How “Stereophonic” Stopped Playwright David Adjmi From Giving Up Writing Plays
“I’d had a terrible, scarring artistic collaboration a couple of years prior, and it broke me. And on top of that, I was actually broke, financially....
Photographer Sues Jennifer Lopez For Sharing Photos…Of Herself
The singer and actress shared pictures on social media of herself arriving at the Amazon MGM Studios and Vanity Fair Party in Los Angeles...
Report: All Is Not Well With The UK Film Industry
We carried out extensive interviews with 29 participants from across the sector who painted a bleak picture of overwork, financial instability, discrimination and barriers...
Last Stringed-Instrument Maker School In The UK To Close
“There is the distinct possibility that this skill will go from viable to critically endangered, and thus be added to the next edition of...
Why It’s A Good Thing That Human Memory Is Flexible And Unreliable
Though it may sound paradoxical, forgetting is an important part of learning: you forget what’s unimportant in order to focus on retaining what’s crucial....
New York Artists Argue For More City Funding
Advocates argue that the recommended $45 million baseline raise, while historic, is not enough to address the millions that have been lost federal grant...
How Did This Newspaper Publish a List Of AI-Generated Books That Don’t Exist
While the authors may be real, the books don't actually exist. And the Chicago Sun-Times is being roasted online for publishing the AI-generated list. The paper initially couldn't explain how the...
Legendary Russian Choreography Yuri Grigorovich, 98
Grigorovich's productions of the Stone Flower, Ivan the Terrible and Romeo and Juliet redefined Soviet ballet. Praised for revitalising male dance, he created parts...
Tom Hanks Will Return To The Stage For The First Time Since 2018
The Oscar and Tony winner will star in a theater adaptation of his collection of short stories The World of Tomorrow this fall. The...
This Spring’s Art Auctions Were A Disappointment
The houses had estimated $1.2 billion to $1.6 billion in sales for the week’s evening sales, but together brought in just over $1 billion,...
Opposition Grows Against Guggenheim Bilbao Expansion
“A planned extension of the Guggenheim Museum into the Special Area of Conservation of the Biosphere Reserve risks undermining biodiversity, water quality, and the...
How Online Gambling Has Changed Canadian Culture
This shift has led to changes in how people interact socially, both online and offline. The convenience and accessibility of gaming platforms, including platforms...
