Three Years After A Ferocious Battle, There’s Finally A New Official Definition Of “Museum”
When a new definition of the term was proposed to the International Council of Museums in 2019, the arguments over the wording were so...
Musicians Of The Defunct San Antonio Symphony Have Formed A New Orchestra
The San Antonio Philharmonic will perform ten classical programs and three pops programs from September to next May at the city's First Baptist Church...
Warner Bros. Is Holding Secret “Funeral Screenings” Of Shelved “Batgirl” Movie
The showings are reportedly restricted to those who worked on the film, as well as selected executives and representatives, before the footage is locked...
More Basquiat Scandal Fallout: Orlando Museum’s Interim Director Resigns After Seven Weeks
Luder Whitlock took the temporary post on July 5, following the firing of director Aaron De Groft after the FBI confiscated as forgeries the...
Lessons From The Vanity Press Trenches
Despite my many frustrations with traditional publishing, I’ve chosen to believe in it because I think it gets a few things right. For one,...
Your Museum Has Been Implicated In A Fraud. What To Do? Why, A Task...
Shortly after federal agents descended upon the institution in June following questions about the authenticity of works in a Basquiat show, the Orlando Museum of...
Towards The Collective: Redefining Intelligence
We have become too used to thinking of intelligence as the private skill of individuals, vying against one another in a neoliberal world of...
The Internet As Anti-Humanity Machine
The intensity of our collective distraction is historically unprecedented, and for obvious reasons. Most importantly, the power players in our online experience are financially...
The Things That Eat Books
The problem with assembling a massive collection of books is that you necessarily collect the very organisms that feed on books. - Lapham's Quarterly
Major Recording Label Signs Artificial Intelligence-Generated Rapper, Then Drops It Over Backlash
FN Meka, which has over 10 million followers on TikTok, had come under heavy fire for appropriating Black culture and mocking police brutality, with...
This Is Possibly The Most Influential Artist Whose Name You’ve Never Encountered
One wouldn't expect to consider a designer of advertising posters to be historically important, but Jules Cheret's work — widely imitated and now found...
Anish Kapoor: I Fear For The Culture Of India
In every field of culture, the "folk" takes second place. This denies the inventive power of our people. Modi's Hindu regime uses this hierarchical...
Hating Holden Caulfield Does Not Make You A Bad Person
Certain corners of Twitter need to be reminded of this: a bitter argument broke out last week between those who find him an insufferable...
Los Angeles Ballet Names A New Artistic Director
Melissa Barak was a leading dancer for Los Angeles Ballet during its first five seasons. She also performed with New York City Ballet, and in 2013...
In This Concert, An Artificial Intelligence Program Was The Piano Soloist
The software called Voyager improvises responses to a live performance in real time. Last week, New York's Ensemble Signal and jazz flutist Nicole Mitchell...
I Quit On My Dream Of Being An Actor. I Feel Relieved
Why did I even want to be an actor? It was a question I hadn’t thought to ask myself; the dream had calcified in...
The Most Improvisational Of Standup Comedians Tries An Actually Scripted And Plotted Show
"You may not know her name, but (Kate) Berlant is influential in comedy circles, and her digressive style stands for everything that a scripted...
American Entertainment Companies Bet Big On China. Now They’re Losing Billions
Companies that once saw China as a vital growth market stand to lose out on billions of dollars in $100 concert tickets, $12 matinee...
A First Look Inside The International African American Museum
The long-planned institution on Charleston's waterfront, set to open next January, will tell stories of the Africans involuntarily brought to the U.S. and their...
Genre- And Medium-Spanning Writer Michael Malone Is Dead At 79
"(He) moved seamlessly between genres, writing serious comic novels, comic serious novels and bestselling mystery novels — in addition to working on soap opera...
The Museum Of The Bible Returns A 1,000-Year-Old Manuscript Looted From A Greek Monastery
"The (Gospel) manuscript is to be repatriated next month to the Kosinitza Monastery in northern Greece, where it had been used in liturgical services...
Independent Spirit Awards Make Their Acting Categories Gender-Neutral
For both film and TV, the four current acting categories will be replaced with two, lead and supporting performances, with ten nominees each. For...
NPR Is Starting A Podcast Channel On YouTube
"On Thursday, the two announced that more than 20 NPR shows, including Up First and Throughline, are now available on the platform. ... The...
How Contemporary Dance Artists Who’ve Stayed In Ukraine Are Helping The War Effort
Some are continuing to create dance as possible; most are doing volunteer work as well. Several are developing ways to assist solders with stress...
Meet Tamara Rojo’s Successor At The Helm Of English National Ballet
Aaron Watkin, a 52-year-old Canadian who has spent the last 16 years as artistic director of the Semperoper Ballett in Dresden, actually danced with...
