One Of England’s Most Prosperous Counties Has Zeroed Out Its Local Arts Funding
In Suffolk, where roughly three-quarters of the population qualifies as "wealthy" or "comfortable," the county announced that it will end all core arts funding...
Wolfgang Tillmans On The Cultural Impoverishment Of Brexit And Art Free Of “Purpose”
“This expectation that all artists per se should have a particular responsibility to be overtly political flies in the face of what I believe about art...
The Filmmaking Safdie Brothers Are Splitting Up (For Now)
"While recent rumors suggest the pair had a falling out, (Benny) Safdie insists his split with Josh is amicable. 'It’s a natural progression of...
The Character Motivations Behind Giving Things Up
There is the giving up that we can admire and aspire to, and the giving up that profoundly unsettles us. What, for example, does...
More Upheaval At Cleveland Ballet As It Severs Ties With Its Own Dance School
"The Cleveland Ballet has severed all ties with the School of Cleveland Ballet, which was co-founded by its currently suspended Artistic Director Gladisa Guadalupe,...
The Years-Long Oligarch-Versus-Art-Dealer Battle Arrives In A US Federal Courtroom — With A Suit...
Dmitry Rybolovlev has been pursuing dealer Yves Bouvier from country to country with lawsuits alleging that Bouvier fraudulently inflated prices for multimillion-dollar artworks (such...
Inspired By Their US Counterparts, Bollywood Screenwriters Fight For Fair Contracts
"'Most contracts have arbitrary termination clauses and offer paltry fees, especially to newcomers,' says a leader of the Indian equivalent of the Writers Guild...
San Francisco Symphony Cuts Back Its Experimental Series, SoundBox
"The first on the chopping block is a March program curated by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen. … The orchestra added that future plans for...
Director Of Uffizi Gallery Still Won’t Swear Off Running For Mayor Of Florence
Eike Schmidt's widely-praised tenure at the city's flagship museum just ended, and he's been appointed director of the Capodimonte Museum in Naples. But last...
Actress Glynis Johns, 100
"(Her) effervescence and crackling husky voice — which she attributed to 'slightly twisted' vocal cords that permitted the air to hit 'the soprano and...
Robert Spano Appointed Principal Conductor (But Not Music Director) Of Rhode Island Philharmonic
"The appointment as Principal Conductor is effective immediately. Spano will remain in the post until the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School hires...
Teachers Used To Be Admired In The Movies. Now They’re Flawed. Why?
"This year’s class of teacher movies is more concerned with individuals’ flaws than their knowledge-imparting skills. It could also be a reflection of the...
Dance As A Construct Of Time
For Rachel Bespaloff, philosophy was a sensual activity shaped by the rhythm of history, embodied in an instant of freedom. - Aeon
Will The Vast “Creator Community” On Social Media Start Labor Organizing?
The venture capitalist firm SignalFire estimates that less than 4% of creators make over $100,000 a year, although YouTube-funded research points to a rising middle class of creators...
Our Story About Human Civilization Advancement Turns Out Not To Be Right. Time To...
The more societies we look at, the more it falls to pieces. Confronted with inconvenient evidence, we are being forced to retell our own...
English Is The International Language. Should It Not Be?
The emergence of English as the predominant (though not exclusive) international language is seen by many as a positive phenomenon with several practical advantages...
Major New Forgery Scandal Comes To Light In Canada
An exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery grapples with how the museum ended up with ten fake works previously attributed to J.E.H. MacDonald, a...
Federal Court Partially Blocks Iowa’s Book-Banning Law
"A federal judge has blocked two key portions of SF 496, a recently passed Iowa state law that sought to ban books with sexual...
The Data Are Clear: Work Less, Be More Productive
If a four-day workweek were made the federal standard, working less would no longer be a disruptive experiment undertaken by a few startups. Instead,...
The New York Times Magazine’s Final Poetry Column
"Louise Glück’s … mode of lamentation was her signature, and it seems fitting that one of her poems occasions the end of this column...
Dance And The Art of Numbers
In dance, numbers matter. I’m thinking of two choreographers whose brilliant use of numbers are very different: George Balanchine and Trisha Brown. - Wendy Perron
Figuring Out How To Regulate AI Isn’t As Unfamiliar A Problem As We Think
"While the rush to do something about A.I. might feel new, it’s really just a continuation of a yearslong conversation about the unintended consequences...
Five Predictions For The Art World In 2024
Although there’s still plenty of fear about the consequences of unbridled artificial intelligence, the technology has now attracted so much funding, opened the door...
The “Global Downtown”: Under The Radar Is Back, Bringing The World’s Experimental Theater To...
"In a year in which the festival (had) its budget halved, … a roster of local artists might have been an easier sell. But...
A Big New Museum For Las Vegas?
An “exclusive negotiating agreement” was approved during a December 6 Las Vegas City Council meeting to develop a parcel of land in the city’s downtown, paving...
