Teaching Refugees To Tell Their Stories Via Standup Comedy
"The award-winning British comedian Tom Parry ... led facilitators in Athens and Lesbos in teaching the infamously nerve-racking art of standup comedy. Speaking to...
Seattle Museum Cancels Microsoft Versus Amazon Art Show After Arts Community Objects
Greg Lundgren said that he heard “loud and clear” that the exhibition was not the way to have a conversation “around art, wealth and...
What’s The Most Watched News Publisher On YouTube? Vox
In number of subscribers, Vox is fourth, behind the BBC, ABC News, and CNN. But in average number of views per video, Vox racks...
Remembering Claes Oldenburg And Why He Mattered
“I am for the art that a kid licks, after peeling away the wrapper,” he once explained. - Los Angeles Times
“What If Arts Funding Was Honest And We Finally Admitted That It’s All Just...
"That beauty is subjective and all of our interests are conflicted. What if we replaced this arbitrary system that we pretend is rational, with...
Classical Music Is Getting Big On TikTok
“They don't care if Kate Bush was big 30 years ago, they're just like, this is the first time we've heard this and it's...
The Nine Best Operas Of The 21st Century (So Far): A Reader Poll
Popular new opera? Well, yes: the Met did four main-stage contemporary works just last season. (Also, we're talking the likes of Jake Heggie, not...
More Interesting Finds At Jerusalem’s Church Of The Holy Sepulchre
Archaeologists have announced that they've discovered rock layers from the quarry whose granite was used to build the Byzantine Emperor Constantine's original church in...
One Of Iran’s Most Famous Historic Mosques Has Been Damaged During Restoration Work
The 17th-century Shah Mosque in Isfahan, widely considered one of the country's most beautiful buildings, has suffered damage to the tiling and shape of...
Iran Imprisons Award-Winning Filmmaker Jafar Panahi For Six Years
Last week, when Panahi went to Tehran's Evin Prison to inquire about a colleague who'd just been arrested, he was taken into custody himself...
Toronto Symphony MD Gustavo Gimeno Accepts Music Director Job At Madrid’s Teatro Real
"The new role is slated to begin in the 2025/2026 season. Assuming (he) isn't renewing his contract with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, he is...
Netflix Lost Almost A Million Subscribers Last Quarter. This Is Actually Good News.
Even though the tally, 970,000, is the largest such loss in the company's history, executives and analysts had expected the number to be more...
Did This British Dance School Really Eliminate Ballet From Its Curriculum Because It’s “Elitist”?
Not exactly, no (certain headlines notwithstanding). What the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds (Britain's only dance conservatory that's not in London) has...
How Quality TV Is Changing Writing
“There’s so much love from the film and television industry for books, Whether it’s scouts or producers or buyers, there’s a huge passion for...
The Cure For Free Speech On Campus
Some of the most easily offended university students in America have become adept at characterizing any speech they dislike as if it creates an...
In Praise Of Hotel Culture
Hotels—grand ones, modest ones, inns, motels, and single-room occupancies—once filled a crucial niche in the American housing ecosystem. And now they should again. -...
Art Made With Artificial Intelligence Challenges The Act Of Curation
Like any novel tool, generative models introduce significant changes in the process of art-making. In particular, AI art expands the multifaceted notion of curation...
Vandalism! Critics Slam Library Of Congress Over Proposed Architectural Changes
A proposed change to the ornate Main Reading Room at the Library of Congress that critics say would remove the symbolic and functional heart...
Richard III, Shakespeare’s Most Fraught, Most Contested Villain
Not only is there the longstanding question of whether or not the actual English monarch was as evil as depicted, only a decade ago...
Forget Genius. Participatory Creativity Is More Powerful
The notion of participatory creativity has major implications for any person or organization concerned with the creation of innovative ideas or artistic expression. It...
South Africa’s Arts Minister Announced A New National Orchestra. People There Are Very Angry...
Last week, when minister Nathi Mthethwa presented plans for the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra, with an annual budget of 30 million rand (about $17.6...
The Emmy Nominations Prove No One Knows How To Watch TV Anymore
"Folks just watch things in weird chunks now, sneaking in bits and pieces of viewing where they can." - Wired
In Medieval Europe, Cities Used Musicians As First Responders
Indeed, they were often required to keep watch at city gates and were sometimes required to show skill at swordsmanship. This isn't just because...
How Conspiracy Theories Take Hold
Many people draw lines in the sand when it comes to what they believe. If a narrative doesn’t fit their worldview, it’s deemed untrue,...
“He Is France Incarnate, In All Its Glory And Awfulness” — On Gérard Depardieu...
"(He) is firmly woven into the fabric of French cultural identity. As such, to condemn Depardieu amounts to a kind of self-harm. ... 'He...
