The Smithsonian Has A Cultural “Rapid-Response Task Force”
The Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative began in 2010, initially to help mitigate the damages to museums, churches, and archives in Haiti due to that...
The New Yorker And The Archivist It Just Fired Are Trading Insults On Twitter
The magazine's archive editor, Erin Overbey, was fired last Friday for (per the termination letter) "a pattern of conduct that is disruptive to the...
The Golden Globes And Its Sponsor Sell Themselves To A Private Investment Company
"Eldridge Industries is taking over the Golden Globe Awards, which will be turned into a private entity separate from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's...
Minnesota Orchestra Goes Nordic (Again) For Its Next Music Director
"The 52-year-old Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård succeeds — and bears some resemblance to — Osmo Vänskä, a Finnish conductor who, at age 48, arrived...
As AI Gets Baked In To Artist Creation Tools, Who Will Own The Work?
There are reasons to be troubled by the prospect of tech companies like OpenAI controlling the major means of artistic production in the future. -...
New UK Study Documents How Tough It Is For Musicians To Make A Living
More artists than ever before are releasing music, the report says, but this does not mean more are successful. Analysis published by the Intellectual...
Determining Cultural Quality In The Age Of Massive Data
As Van Dijk has observed, in our digital society, evaluation of cultural products has become synonymous with crowd evaluation. On websites or in newspapers...
The Trap Of Being Over-Informed
The demand to “stay informed” creates and nurtures that feeling of helplessness. By now, it’s common knowledge that social media is exquisitely crafted to...
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Takes To The Road In Europe In Daunting Tour
The logistics of international orchestral touring are formidable at the best of times. But the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra’s tour is probably going to set...
Casting Shakespeare’s Richard III Amid Today’s Questions About Opportunity And Representation
The ways three major productions this summer have cast the role — a disabled white actor (England's Royal Shakespeare Co.), an able-bodied Black actress...
Police Warn Of “People Pretending To Play The Violin
When the reporters approached him and asked about his performance, a woman sitting beside him said they didn't speak English. As the man was...
Miami Beach Voters Asked To Approve $159 Million Bond Measure For The Arts
The money from the bonds, to be paid back over 30 years from a property tax increase, would go toward capital projects, including artist...
Mariinsky Appoints New Principal Guest Conductor
The Austrian-Iranian Alexander Ali Rahbari took to Instagram to announce the news stating that he was appointed by Putin supporter Valery Gergiev and will conduct 10...
One of the Most Controversial Movies Of The 1970s,”Deliverance”, At 50
"(It's) a powerful exploration of the harshness of the rural landscape, with an ecological message that still resonates. ... In many ways, it defined...
Smithsonian Works On Ethical Collecting (And Demonstrates How Problematic It Is)
As Smithsonian officials celebrated the deaccessioning of works held by its African Art museum, they ignored another 21 Benin sculptures in the collection of...
“Prophet Of Doom” Mike Davis Has Terminal Cancer. Does He Have Any Parting Words...
"Uh, no. I've resisted various things, one of which is the writerly idea that you have to write something profound about your termination. I...
How Books Are Manufactured
Here, we will show you how vats of ink and 800-pound rolls of paper become a printed book. - The New York Times
Melissa Errico Writes About Being Back On The Road As A Touring “Girl Singer”
"There are others out there, too, crisscrossing the country, living on the lower slopes, and sometimes on the summits, of show business. We are...
Competitive Ballroom Dance Has Some Weird Rules About Tanning, And TikTokers Are Calling Them...
A user screennamed @sibusheva posted a images of her skin before and after tanning, wrote that "fair skin in (ballroom) competitions is bad form",...
Archaeologists May Have Just Found The Palace Of Hulagu Khan, Genghis’s Fearsome Grandson
Hulagu, who led the notorious sack of Baghdad in 1258, conquered Damascus and Persia, and founded the Ilkhanid Empire, built himself a fabled summer...
After Nearly 40 Years, One Of The Most Beloved Soap Operas In The English...
"The final episode (of Neighbours) airs in Australia on Thursday and in Britain on Friday. It will be the swan song for a show...
Can Venice Be Saved From Flooding Without Wrecking The Ecosystem Around It?
Ecologists worry that, if not deployed very carefully, the inventive (and expensive) set of barriers called MOSE (as in Moses parting the sea), built...
Seoul’s Airport Abandons Plans For A Branch Of A Global Museum
"Incheon Airport is considering building a 300-square-meter exhibition space within the airport, after a recent study found that plans to establish a satellite museum...
In Search Of The Giant Boot From The Original Broadway “Into The Woods”
The enormous footwear, attached to an enormous leg, appeared to be slung over the roof of the theater where Sondheim's musical opened. The inflatable...
This Year’s Booker Prize Longlist
The list is described as “challenging, stimulating, surprising, nourishing” by the chair of judges, contains the youngest and oldest authors ever to be nominated...
