What Happened To The Marketplace Of Ideas?
“A lot of us wanted to believe that we had free and open discussions in this country, and that we can talk about anything,...
Pierre Lacotte, Choreographer, Ballet Historian, And Nureyev Rescuer, Is Dead At 91
He spent his career at the Paris Opera Ballet, first as a dancer and then as historian, searching the company archives and reconstructing old...
Study: A Relationship Between Music And Mental Health Problems?
We couldn’t ignore that there were more mental health problems among people who play musical instruments and among people who reach higher levels of...
PBS Follows NPR In Stopping All Further Posts On Twitter
"PBS said it has suspended posting to Twitter after Elon Musk's social network pinned a 'government-funded media' descriptor to its primary account. The public...
Are We Searching For Arts Leaders In The Right Way?
What if theatres, instead of expecting new leaders to fix everything, helped surface change opportunities for the next leader within the search process itself?...
Spain Seizes Counterfeit Old Master Paintings That Were Being Marketed For $84 Million
"Spanish police are investigating four people for fraud after they allegedly tried to sell forged paintings for more than €76 million. … The four...
At The National Symphony In DC, The Music Director Is Personally Lending String Players...
"Since 2011, Gianandrea Noseda has quietly amassed an impressive collection of string instruments, and since 2019, he's been covertly feeding those instruments into the...
Former Art Institute Of Chicago Payroll Manager Pleads Guilty To Stealing $2 Million
"Michael Maurello ... falsified payments to employees and funneled museum payroll into his personal bank accounts from 2007 to 2020, the written plea agreement...
Texas County Backs Off Plan To Close Its Public Library Rather Than Restore The...
"Llano County Judge Ron Cunningham announced that the county's library system will stay open. … Commissioners considered whether or not they would shut down...
Philly Pops Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Philadelphia Orchestra-Kimmel Center
"The (federal) suit … claims that the orchestra, since merging with the Kimmel Center, has engaged in 'unlawful, anticompetitive and predatory conduct' to 'eliminate...
Uffizi Galleries Raise Ticket Price By 25%, And Italians Argue Over The Cost Of...
"The Uffizi Galleries (in Florence) have hiked their ticket prices because of pressures from rising energy prices, … sparking a debate about how much...
Biden Revives The President’s Committee On The Arts And Humanities — With Some Very...
The advisory board on cultural issues, which was disbanded by Donald Trump, has among its new members Shonda Rhimes, Jon Batiste, George Clooney, Kerry...
Remembering Mary Quant, Designer Who Made The 60s Swing
Synonymous with defining styles of the era, including the miniskirt and hot pants, her colorful and unashamedly sexy clothes for a drastically changing world...
FBI’s New Stolen Art App Needs Work
The app features 4,522 stolen objects which are searchable by subject matter, medium, or artist. Many of the works are not photographed, and a...
An Infestation Of Information-Based Art
Although the elements vary, the genre is characterized by a reliance on text and discourse to support an abundance of materials, distributed spatially. - ArtForum
Stage Intimacy Training Is Growing
This fall, Columbia College Chicago will begin a yearlong, graduate-level program in stage and screen intimacy, leading to a certificate — the first of...
The Brad Pitt-And-The-Starchitects-Save-The-Lower-Ninth-Ward Fiasco Has Hit Another Low
The Make It Right Foundation was supposed to provide well-designed replacement homes for wiped-out Katrina victims in the impoverished New Orleans neighborhood. The houses...
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Declares An Emergency, Says It Needs $2.5 Million To Save Season
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced a campaign Tuesday to raise $2.5 million to “save” the season set to begin later this month and said it was...
The Professional Ballerina And PhD Physicist Who Dances With Robots
"Merritt Moore … is walking, talking, dancing proof that you can build a career in both science and art. She has a PhD in...
New Instrument Creates Music From Elements In The Periodic Tables
Using a technique known as data sonification, which translates information of practically any kind into soundwaves, W. Walker Smith crafted a new musical instrument...
Nobody In Hollywood Would Finance A Film Titled “How To Blow Up A Pipeline”
"Shot in the deserts of Texas, the film takes (climate activist Andreas) Malm's call to action and builds it into a heist movie. …...
Why Has The Hometown Paper Been Boycotting This Year’s Adelaide Fringe Festival?
Editor Gemma Jones said the Fringe launched a “rival” review website with “an almost identical format and functionality as our ‘Tiser Fringe Adviser”, a decision she...
How Bookshop.org Helped Save Independent Bookstores From Being Completely Crushed By Amazon
"What started as a favor done on a business-trip whim has since become the great project of Andy Hunter's professional life. In its first...
Elon Musk, Lauren Boebert Demand “Defund NPR” After NPR Quits Twitter
“Defund @NPR,” Musk tweeted on Wednesday, after sharing an email that said the media outlet was no longer using Twitter. - The Hill
Anne Perry, Murder Mystery Author Who Took Part In A Notorious Murder Herself, Is...
"Ms. Perry, a prolific writer who sold more than 26 million books worldwide, had already become well established as a novelist when her sinister...
