The Artist Who’s Dominating AI-Generated Art (And Not Happy About It)
According to the website Lexica, which tracks over 10 million images and prompts generated by Stable Diffusion, Greg Rutkowski’s name has been used as a...
Here’s A Possibility: Replacing Looted Items In Museums With State-Of-The-Art Replicas
"When the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia repatriated a Bakor monolith to Nigeria at the end of June, … it received an almost identical...
Haruki Murakami On Running Your Life
I didn’t have any ambition to be a “novelist.” I just had the strong desire to write a novel. I had no concrete image...
Israel’s Most Controversial Play Is Revived For The First Time Since 1970
"Hanoch Levin's Queen of a Bathtub, … a musical that used satire to attack perceived militarism, self-righteousness and racism in the aftermath of Israel's...
When Dance Was Shorter (Iconic Short Dances)
Full-length ballets are popular. But sometimes it's the fleeting miniature that leaves an indelible impression. - Wendy Perron
Though Ravaged By The Pandemic And Real Estate, The Bay Area’s Flamenco Scene Hangs...
More than two years without performances or paying students, combined with soaring costs for both renters and owners, drove several of the senior figures...
Antonio Stradivari’s Home And Workshop Have Reopened
"Budding luthiers and young musicians can now get a step closer to the master by honing their skills in his original house and workshop,...
Arts Groups Are Aghast At The Possibility Of Tearing Down San Diego Civic Theatre
"If it goes away" as part of a major downtown redevelopment proposed by City Hall, "so too does the prospect of seeing, within county...
The License Fee Is Regressive, And Rich People Should Pay More For The BBC,...
"The 'regressive' licence fee system could be replaced by a tax on broadband bills or a household levy based on property value, Richard Sharp...
The Billionaire Who Bought The San Diego Union-Tribune To Save It Is Now Selling...
Patrick Soon-Shiong bought the Union-Tribune and the Los Angeles Times in 2018, promising to invest in the papers the way Jeff Bezos did in...
The Netherlands Is Returning Hundreds Of Looted Items To Indonesia And Sri Lanka
"Objects (returned include) the 'Lombok treasure,' consisting of 335 objects from Lombok, Indonesia, the Pita Maha collection, a key collection of modern art from...
Overrun By Tourists, The Acropolis Imposes Limits On Visitors For The First Time
"Unprecedented queues at the foot of the site ... and unruly scenes at the gateway to the sanctuary have spurred the Greek government to...
A Look At The BBC’s 2023 Performance
The BBC had a record commercial performance that contributed to 30% revenue growth, climbing from £1.7 billion to £2.1 billion. The corporation’s commercial arm...
Chicago’s Museum Of Contemporary Art Tries A New Path For Art Education
The New Art School Modality is intended to create a sweet spot in academia. It will provide about 50 students each with a free...
Protests Over New Orleans Museum Hiring White Curator For African Collection
On paper, Maples seemed suited for the job. But criticism quickly arose, because NOMA had selected a White person to manage the collection of...
The Boomers Never Had A Chance
The Boomers’ careers followed behind a glut of Traditionalists still in their prime. Disproportionately, the Baby Boomers never made it to the seats of...
Sarah Silverman Sues OpenAI Over Copyright
Their lawsuits each contain six counts of various types of copyright violations, negligence, unjust enrichment, and unfair competition. The authors are looking for statutory...
AI Explodes Copyright Issues
I’ve created a story using my imagination—but to do that I’ve used an AI helper. So who wrote the tale? And who gets paid...
Study: What Nobel Winners Do (Or Don’t) After Winning
Winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine tend to reduce their research output after claiming the prestigious honor, according to a new study –...
The Artistic Costs Of Censoring In Movies
Artful jump cuts can illuminate all kinds of interesting associations between images. Bad ones just create bumps in logic; they’re disorienting in a way...
How ‘In Cold Blood’ Destroyed Truman Capote
"Overnight, Capote catapulted from a mere darling of the literary world to a full-fledged global celebrity on a par with the likes of rockstars...
Shedding New Light On The Troubles
"A quarter of a century after the Good Friday agreement drew a line under the Troubles, a documentary series has scraped away the familiar narratives and...
Theatres Are Now Trying To Tempt New Audiences With Virtual Reality
"To watch a show the customer has to insert their phone into the VR device. Once the phone is place, the users strap the...
How Tracy Chapman Made Country Music History
"More than three decades after Chapman’s 'Fast Car' dropped, ... drove to the top of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart" as a Luke Combs...
Half Of Britain’s Empire Cinema Chain Shutter, With 150 Jobs Lost And Cities Losing...
"Staff apparently turned up for work at branches on Friday to find notes on windows explaining they were closing down." This leaves Sunderland (yes,...
