Lucas Museum, Not Yet Opened, Lays Off Staff
Two people familiar with museum operations described the scene as shocking and chaotic on Thursday morning, when employees were summoned into morning meetings with...
Met Opera, Salzburg Festival, Team Up
“Especially for a festival like ours, it is such a pity — they did this in the past — that you do a production...
How To Fix Hollywood? Mayor Says Make It Easier For Hollywood To Work
The mayor issued an executive directive to streamline city processes, lower the costs of filming in the city and make it easier for productions...
Barry Diller On “Coming Out” At Age 83
“I wasn’t closeted — I just never declared. And yet the reaction to that New York magazine excerpt was wild. Suddenly I’m ‘coming out.’ At my...
AI Startup Says It Can Make Movie Animation 90 Percent Cheaper
Lip-syncing a minute of animation could take up to four hours. An animator would listen to an audio track and laboriously adjust character mouths...
San Francisco’s New Mayor: Star Of His Own Reality Show
So far, the overall impression of the mayor’s social presence is of an ambassador pounding the pavement and taking Muni from West Portal to...
UK Budget Season: A Time For The Arts To Make Their Case
The spending review is an opportunity for the government to make public its fine-tuning of fiscal planning. It’s also an opportunity for theatremakers to...
Santa Fe Opera, About As Close As Adult Professionals Can Get To Opera Summer...
Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham: “It’s like a working vacation, and many of us call it opera camp. I feel like the place itself is magic...
More Cities, Countries, Invest In Creative Economy To Strengthen Their Communities
Worldwide, this idea of investing in the creative industries has seen an uptick over the last decade as governments realize filmmaking, visual arts, music,...
Report: UK Arts Spaces Are In Dire Need Of Repair
According to the report, more than three quarters of arts centres are unable to carry out planned building work amid growing financial pressures. More...
When The Stories You Hear Become Part Of Your Own Identity
Although the story is not based on reality, the experience of the story makes it real. A study from 2017 showed that the themes that people consider most...
Rural Public Libraries Could Be Wrecked By Trump’s Elimination Of Institute for Museum And...
“Rural libraries in red states … know how to work with very little and maximize what they’ve got. But it’s that very resourcefulness that...
Calder Gardens In Philadelphia Will Open On September 21
“Philadelphia’s long-sought shrine to sculptor Alexander Calder will open its doors to the public Sept. 21, officials announced Tuesday. ... The sculpture garden (will...
If The Trump Administration Won’t Fund Radio Free Europe, The EU Will
Temporarily, at least: “The European Union agreed Tuesday to provide emergency funds to help keep Radio Free Europe afloat after the Trump administration stopped grants to...
“Recklessly Disregards The Truth”: Former Kennedy Center President Calls Out Trump Team’s Allegations About...
Deborah Rutter: “I stand by my assertion that at the time of my departure, the Kennedy Center was fiscally sound. … This malicious attempt...
Former Whitney Museum, Marcel Breuer’s Brutalist Stack, Gets Landmark Status From New York City
After the Whitney moved downtown in 2015, the Metropolitan Museum operated the building as the Met Breuer until the 2020 pandemic. Sotheby’s acquired 945...
Art Basel To Open A Fair In Qatar, Its Fifth Location
Art Basel Qatar will have its inaugural edition next February, joining the events in Basel itself, Miami, Hong Kong and Paris. - ARTnews
For The First Time, A Short Story Collection Wins The International Booker Prize
It’s also the first time the prize has gone to a book never published in its particular form in the original language. Translator Deepa...
One Study Says The Semicolon Is Disappearing; Another Disagrees
The language-app company Babbel commissioned research which found that use of the semicolon in books published in the UK fell by almost half during...
Now, With Attacks On Free Speech, Is When Publishers Need To Shine
A democracy can’t function without a healthy publishing ecosystem. That means publishers of all sizes and stripes should be able to keep the lights...
Cleveland Orchestra Finds Its New Concertmaster In The Dover Quartet
Joel Link, the quartet’s first violinist, starts in Cleveland this fall. What’s more, the quartet’s violist, Julianne Lee, is returning to her previous job...
The Strand Bookstore To Absorb Last NYC Shakespeare & Co.
Shakespeare & Co. will transfer ownership of its last New York storefront, located on the Upper West Side, to Strand Book Store on June...
Are We Ready To Give Up The Pleasure Of Thinking To AI?
Take this straightforward case and see how tricky it is in order to start building the cognitive muscles you’ll need when thinking about justice,...
Neuroscientists Note How The Brain Processes Metaphor
Researchers at the University of Arizona sought to better understand the neural mechanisms behind metaphor generation, a creative skill that plays an important role...
Tallahassee Symphony Names A New Music Director
The choice is Yaniv Dinur, currently music director of the New Bedford Symphony in Massachusetts (a job he’ll keep) and formerly resident conductor of...
