Should AI Be Used In Grantmaking? If So, How?
Arts-minded folks are likely to hate the idea, but there are pressures which could push toward it: increasing application volumes, limited staff capacity, and...
Miami Public Broadcaster WLRN In Turmoil
The future of public radio in Miami is at stake in an escalating conflict between South Florida Public Media Group, which manages WLRN, and Miami-Dade County...
There Are No Psychopaths?
While it has been researched across hundreds of empirical studies – especially since the explosion of research in the late-1990s – there is still...
Lufthansa Changes Musical Instrument Carryon Rules After Incident
As of March 1, Lufthansa Group, citing “customer feedback,” said it would be applying “a new, more generous” carry-on policy for small instruments, such...
Painting Unseen For 65 Years Authenticated As Rembrandt
The artwork, Vision of Zacharias in the Temple, has been in private hands since 1961, a year after art historians declared it not to...
Rebecca Benaroya, Doyenne Of Seattle Arts Philanthropists, Has Died At 103
“Together with her late husband, real estate developer Jack Benaroya, Becky Benaroya championed dozens of arts, humanitarian and civic organizations including the Seattle Symphony,”...
Several Sets Of Regulators Could Still Block The Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal
Among those regulators are the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the European Commission, and the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority. What’s...
Paramount Says It Won’t Sell Off Warner Bros. Cable Businesses
“Paramount Skydance’s leadership says there are no plans to divest or spinoff cable assets after merging with Warner Bros. Discovery for $110 billion. The...
Chicago Launches Plan To Create Loop Arts District
“The district will be supported by nearly 90 Loop arts organizations that will develop the neighborhood as an arts and culture destination. … (It)...
Paavo Järvi Named Next Chief Conductor Of London Philharmonic
Music director or chief conductor, formerly, of (among others) the Cincinnati Symphony and the Orchestre de Paris, and currently of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen...
Indianapolis Museum Of Art Has Closed Its High-Tech Immersive Art Space
The museum opened the 30,000-square-foot space, called the Lume, in 2021 with a 150-projector installation emblazoning images of Van Gogh’s paintings across the walls...
Too Many Basket Weavers?
Ontario is one of the provinces to see the highest economic impact from the sector, according to the report. - The Conversation
Turmoil At This Year’s Berlinale Has Some Wondering If Germany Can Run Big Cultural...
Some "wonder if the German government’s views on permissible speech, shaped by its sense of responsibility for the Holocaust and desire to stop antisemitism,...
The Louvre Scandals And A French President’s Legacy
France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, is at risk of losing what could be a legacy-defining cultural project: a $1 billion-plus refurbishment of the Louvre, which...
How Paramount Finally Succeeded At Buying Warner
As much as David Ellison and his team had been telling anyone who would listen that his business would ultimately prevail in buying a...
In Walking Away, Netflix Won The Warner Deal
For Netflix, such a deal would have complicated the business model for a company that had already vaulted to a leading position in Hollywood on its...
Live Nation Antitrust Trial Begins — Will The Music Juggernaut Be Broken Up?
For Live Nation, the stakes are high — a possible breakup of the company, or at least a disruption of the lucrative business model...
How A Phone Ban Changed One School
Anton Caldwell, Shawnee's librarian for more than 20 years, says he knew right away the ban was working. The number of students visiting the...
Mamdani Picks A New Culture Commissioner For NYC
An experienced curator with a community-forward approach, she has held several key positions at Creative Time, the High Line, and elsewhere. She has even worked at...
Warning: Age Verification Laws For Social Media Are A Disaster
While social media bans may seem like a prudent measure to protect children, they are not only ineffective, they endanger both children and adults....
The Actor Awards Showed That An Awards Presentation Could Actually Be Kind Of Fun
“Because it streamed on Netflix, there was no bleeping of F-bombs. Winners were not played off by an orchestra. The banter was not as...
A Conspiracy Theory That A Jim Carrey Doppelganger Picked Up His Honorary Cesar Is...
This is where we are with the internet now: The man in charge of the Césars (the “French Oscars”) had to say, "“From the...
SNL Took A Great Moment, Tossed In Some Athletes, And Made It All Intensely...
"It does not take a communications professional, though I am one, to recognize this for what it is.” - Slate (Yahoo!)
Why Did Thornton Wilder’s Our Town Suddenly Appear On Star Trek’s Starfleet Academy?
Turns out the youth are going to be putting on this play for … pretty much ever? “Our Town just sort of felt like...
Dakota And Elle Fanning Started Out As Child Stars In Hollywood
But the sisters are following in the footsteps of leaders like Reese Weatherspoon and Viola Davis, becoming producers who have more control over their...
