The Trump-Kennedy Center Regime’s Odd Notion Of An Arts Business Model
The notion that unstated corporate aesthetic preferences should determine what the public encounters as art — indeed, what counts as art at the nation’s...
We Think Time Always Moves Forward. This Is A Relatively New Concept
This picture of time is not natural. Its roots stretch only to the 18th century, yet this notion has now entrenched itself so deeply in Western thought that...
The Playboy Publisher Who Published The Greats And Shaped American Literature
Toward the end of his life, the versatile Bennett Cerf — believing that growth was essential — acquired rival publishing house Knopf. A few...
What If AI Changes The Very Nature Of Our Attention?
What if the next wave of artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t designed to feed that addiction — but to fundamentally change it? What if the...
Research Paper: How AI Is Destroying Institutions
If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better...
The Private Museums Grappling With America’s Real History
The Legacy Museum, which opened almost eight years ago, is perhaps the closest thing America has to a national slavery museum. Crucially, however, it...
What Happens When Art Attacks Power
Beginning in 1933, propagandistic art exhibitions were mounted throughout Germany. These “Schandausstellung” (modern art shame exhibitions) included the titles, “Art in the Service of...
What Happens When Your Orchestra Goes All In On Images In Performance And It...
"I eventually stopped looking at the video, or tried to, as did my guest, but was then faced with the initial problem, that is,...
Netflix Explains The Streamer’s Interest In Warner, And Commits To The Movie Theatre Business
"When this deal closes, we will own a theatrical distribution engine that is phenomenal and produces billions of dollars of theatrical revenue that we...
The Poverty Of Being A Novelist
I’m a novelist, and I was paid £1,000 and £500 respectively for my last two books. The latter was shortlisted for an international literary...
Travel Bans From The US Administration Have Stymied Artists, Keeping Them From North America
This isn’t great for U.S. audiences either - or the producers and promoters trying to bring international artists. “It’s an unbelievable mess, … and...
Can’t Predict The Oscar Winners Without Predicting Who’s Even Going To Be Nominated
“The Oscar field has included one international director for seven straight years, making it likely that dissident filmmaker Panahi, a vocal critic of...
A New Show Shares ‘A Gush Of Affection’ For A Giant Of Art History
Meyer Schapiro "was one of the most important figures in the evolution of art history as an academic field. He combined close formal analyses...
When Equity Actors Need A Little More Work For Health Care, This New Theatre...
“Helping stage managers and actors just shy of eligibility qualify for coverage through the Equity-League Health Fund—one of the strongest health plans in the...
Popular Streaming ‘Singer’ Sienna Rose Probably Isn’t Real
One huge tell: If you listen to a few of “Rose’s” tracks, “you'll hear a telltale hiss. … That's a common trait of music...
Miami Used To Be The Telenovela Capital Of The United States
Three companies “produced between seven and 10 telenovelas a year between them, a volume that would leave Miami the primary center of production of...
The D.C. Area May Be Getting A ‘Mini-Sphere’ Like The One In Vegas, But...
“The smaller cousin of the famed Vegas attraction would offer the same features as the original and be the first in a ‘global network’...
The Best Use Of AI In Music Is For Surveillance
But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. “AI music is here to stay, and rather than fighting it, we should understand its...
What’s Going On With A Proposed Audit Of The Houston Airport’s Public Art Program?
In November, the mayor of Houston said, “Quite frankly I like art, but I like parking at the airport and access and picking up...
The Weird Grief Porn Of Birds In Recent Hollywood Movies
“If you can’t tolerate autonomy, love it and set it free, if you can’t relish it for its very ugliness, its deathiness, then you are...
In Praise Of The Boarding School Novel
“Because they distill and contain all the pain and pleasure of being young into one crucible, ... they are such rich source material for...
Heated Rivalry Clip Nights Are Overtaking Dance Floors
OK, sure: Heated Rivalry Night “began as a single event that quickly sold out, leading to extra dates … and more than 100 multi-city pop-ups are...
Netflix Apparently Wants Its Movies To State And Restate Plots Three Or Four Times
Matt Damon says action movies used to have three acts, but now, “They’re like, ‘Can we get a big one in the first five...
More Of The Met’s Employees Vote To Unionize
"The exact size of the bargaining unit is still being determined because museum officials challenged the eligibility of more than 100 employees; the union...
To The Mayor Of San Francisco, The Demise Of The California College Of The...
“Learning about the end of California College of the Arts was a sad day. And it’s in moments like these that we should rekindle...
