The Man Who Spent 60 Years Building His Own Cathedral
The cathedral’s crypt would be his burial place. And he’d be buried there because it was his cathedral. He’d designed it entirely in his head, without...
Deconstructivist Legacy In Architecture: Constant Revolution
The idea that a building was a means to solve problems and serve clients, to which postmodernism only added the idea that the results...
Hollywood Makes Progressive Movies? The Data Say Otherwise
I’ll stipulate that the people who make movies may skew progressive in their beliefs, commitments and voting patterns. The movies themselves tell another story....
Not Quite Music, But Sorta? (In An AI Kind Of Way)
James Blake’s new album, “Wind Down,” is created in collaboration with the A.I.-powered app Endel, which collects data on individual users from devices like...
Why People Love Sending Gifts To The Queen
For the last year, we have conducted interviews with people who have given at least one gift to a member of the royal family...
All About Green Screens
"For more than a century, filmmakers have been using the 'green screen' technique. ... So where did it come from? And why is it...
Everyone Is Hating On The State Of Book Reviews. But What Are They Even...
If, in fact, book reviews are on the whole too positive, as some suggest, does this mean that the purpose of book reviewing is...
Alexei Ratmansky Reconstructs Petipa’s “Harlequinade”
It's a "miracle," he says, that a ballet in 1900 was notated at all, let alone that the notation survives. As for teaching the...
UK Police Censor Violent Rap Music. Should They?
Even a hardened civil liberties advocate would have to down a stiff drink and say a prayer or two before defending someone’s right to...
The Ancient Egyptian Discoveries At Saqqara Just Keep Coming
"This week, archaeologists from Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the recovery of more than 250 sarcophagi, 150 bronze statues and a variety...
Behold The Modern Literary Festival — What An Uncreative Place!
The growth of British literary festivals over the past few decades has been an exponential development. It has also changed the idea of what...
Inside Harvey Weinstein’s Disastrous Criminal Defense
"Weinstein had proved his skill at storytelling in the movie business. But trials are not movies, shot under controlled conditions and revised in the...
Orchestra League President: There Are Three Issues Going Forward
Simon Woods: "I keep coming back to three defining issues that I believe will fuel our artistic creativity and our financial success." - Medium
Australia’s New Arts Minister Promises That The Government Will Stop Attacking The Arts
That this should be considered news says something about the state of things in Australia after years of rule by the conservative Coalition. Declared...
This Week In Art Restoration Mishaps, A Historic Clock Tower In Prague
"The 600-year-old Orloj, ... one of Prague's most famous landmarks, is at the centre of an embarrassing row amid claims that an artist endowed...
After 22 Years, The International African American Museum Has An Official Opening Date
Built on a Charleston waterfront wharf where more than 100,000 enslaved Africans were brought ashore after the Middle Passage, will officially open the weekend...
San Diego Rep Cancels The Marquee Production Of Its Current Festival
Ali Viterbi's multi-award-winning In Every Generation was to be the centerpiece of this year's JFest (officially, the Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival)....
A Guy Who Was “Mad At His Girl” Smashed Up Ancient Greek Artifacts Worth...
On Wednesday night, 21-year-old Brian Hernandez broke into the museum, went up to display cases and started smashing. He told the guard who intercepted...
Legislature Defunds Iowa Public Radio, Which Expects No Major Changes As A Result
"The good news is that the public broadcast group has been operating without much help from the state or its Board of Regents for...
National Symphony In DC Extends Gianandrea Noseda’s Contract As Music Director
The Italian conductor, who became music director in 2017, has extended his term through the 2026-27 season. (As of last September, he is also...
What Corrupts The Visual Art World
Institutional bureaucrats, not billionaires, have the power to constrain the possibilities for aesthetic development in the present. The figure of the contemporary artist we...
A Children’s Mental Health Crisis: One Thing We Could Do
We are well past the point of believing that casual or inferred approaches meet the need. With summer programs right around the corner, there...
A New Theatre Festival That Doesn’t Look Like Anything Else
“When communities are allowed to craft their own narrative, that narrative is more complex. We are not imposing on or colonizing them with a...
David Cronenberg On Our Bodies And The Future Of Movies
One of the things that brought me back to moviemaking was Netflix and the idea of streaming and a streaming series. I think theaters...
Africa Is Inventing Its Own Streaming Music Model
With 60 million active users, Boomplay is the most popular music streaming service in Africa. Leading the pack, it is one of a bevy of...
