Dear Studios: AI Is Also Coming For You
OK, this sounds nightmarish: "AI doesn’t need Hollywood. It just needs itself. And AI will be able to offer audiences what Hollywood can’t: movies...
In Seattle, Taylor Swift Fans Cause A Mini Earthquake
Well, OK, "seismic activity," anyway. Turns out "it’s actually 'quite common' for humans partying to create such vibrations, sending 'a lot of energy into...
One Of The Things ‘Oppenheimer’ Gets Wrong Is Very American History
Tossing people off their land at gunpoint and giving them only 48 hours to go? Sounds like the USA - and that's just what...
How The Kens’ Dancing Affects The Barbie Movie
"The dance is more than a dance: It’s an emotional release. ... The choreography is a passionate expression of selfhood, a tonic that recalls...
How “Emo” Music Took Over The Popular Culture
From the start, the word was often deployed as a slur, a way of mocking bands for dealing in “soft” subjects, like heartbreak. To...
The World’s First Poet (From 4,200 Years Ago) Still Resonates on Today’s Issues
Besides being a poetic masterpiece in its own right, ‘The Exaltation’ bears the distinction of being the first known work of literature that was...
Climate Vandals Deface Portrait Of King Charles In Scotland’s National Gallery
Following the protest, a gallery for modern portraits was closed for the remainder of the day. The rest of the institution, however, stayed open....
NYT’s Michael Paulson Talks About What He Found About The State Of Theatre In...
Theater has some particular vulnerabilities — it’s a niche art form, and a lot of nonprofits pride themselves on developing new work, which means...
What’s So Seductive About That Urge To Censor?
The reasons can vary, but from fig leaves on sculptures to TV versions of classic films, when a work of art has a wider...
The Wrong Questions About AI And Art
When it comes to AI-generated images, the question “but is it art?” has always escaped me – didn’t we sort that out at least...
The National Braille Press And How It Works
"NBP has been at the forefront of braille publishing since 1927. … Today, NBP produces and distributes braille books, reading materials, and technologies for...
Those Studies On What Makes You Happy? Not Really…
Almost 95 percent of the experiments testing the happiness benefits of mindfulness, exercise, and engagement with nature, in particular, lacked big enough sample sizes...
One Of Japan’s Leading Kabuki Actors Will Face Trial For Assisting His Parents’ Suicide
"The indictment … alleges that Ichikawa gave an excessive amount of sleeping drugs to his father, Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danshiro IV, and his mother...
The Analog Dancer: Mark Morris As Teacher
His teaching is the least known aspect of his work — yet it may be the most important. While there have been seasons when...
Striking Actors And Writers Tell Us Just What They’re Going Through
"We spoke to 19 workers from every corner of the industry — from actors to writers to camera operators. They shared their salaries, their...
Bolshoi Ballet Will Return To The West On Tour “One Day,” Says Director
"Speaking in Beijing on the eve of the performance, artistic director Makhar Vaziev insisted the troupe was 'not suffering' from being unable to perform...
Polish Radio Station Replaces Midday Host With AI Host
Basia, the country's first AI-generated radio host, has taken over an hour of middays every Saturday through Sept. 2 on the station, which published...
AI Says Its By Raphael. Art Historians? Not So Much
Researchers hope their experimental use of AI will put to rest a decades-long debate about the origins of the painting, known as the de Brécy...
Here’s One Market Where Theaters Aren’t Giving Up On The Subscription Model
"Yet despite these (shrinking) numbers, subscriptions are here to stay, say Bay Area theater leaders, partly because the basic numbers don't tell the whole...
Scott Joplin Never Got His Opera “Treemonisha” Produced. Perhaps Now Its Time Has Come.
"Treemonisha experiments seem to be everywhere these days: Three very different versions have recently been presented, in the United States, Canada and France. Their...
In Post-Pandemic Philadelphia, The Recovery Of The Arts Is A Mixed Bag (Which Is...
"In the post-pandemic era, Philadelphia’s cultural districts often look like the good old days: streets and sidewalks crosshatched with arts patrons animating the city's...
Emperor Nero’s Theater Has Been Discovered In Rome
"Archaeologists said Wednesday that the ruins of Nero’s Theater, an imperial theater referred to in ancient Roman texts but never found, have been discovered...
Emmy Awards Postponed Amid Hollywood Strikes
"The 2023 Emmy Awards are officially moving off their usual September airdate as actors and writers continue their strikes against media conglomerates. … The...
A Major Gift Of 19th- And 20th-Century American Works To The Fine Arts Museums...
"Consisting of 50 paintings, nine works on paper, and two sculptures, the donation represents the art of 39 artists. Among those included are well-known...
Carlos Acosta Is Building A Dance Center In A Multiethnic London Neighborhood
"His arts education charity, the Acosta Dance Foundation, has set up its global headquarters in Woolwich. Housing five dance studios, it aims to teach...
