Where Emotions Live In A Culture
I don’t think culture is one thing. Sometimes it is a set of understandings and practices that we share with other people who have...
Why The Current Crop Of Eat-The-Rich Movies Don’t Satisfy As Revenge Fantasy
"Watching these films, I found my class rage dissipating — giving way to pity — in proportion to the degree of suffering onscreen (and...
Alex Ross: Assessing The Impact Of Michael Tilson Thomas
In his youth, he was expected to take over one of the so-called Big Five—the venerable orchestras of the East and the Midwest. Instead,...
Here Comes The World’s First Heavy Metal Ballet
The as-yet untitled three-act piece, the brainchild of Birmingham Royal Ballet artistic director Carlos Acosta, will include eight songs by Black Sabbath (including "Paranoid"...
Justin Davidson: Assessing The New York Phil’s Dudamel Appointment
By now, he’s a seasoned artistic leader who has hired players, weathered contract negotiations, laid long-term plans, raised money, and performed all the practical...
Coded Letters From The Imprisoned Mary, Queen Of Scots Have Been Deciphered
The 57 pieces of correspondence had been languishing unidentified in the archives of the National Library of France. They date from Mary's 18 years...
ChatGPT Will Not Answer Queries About Donald Trump. Why Is This?
No, it's not a matter of left-wing bias — on the part of the software (which is not alive and cannot think) or of...
The Conflict At The Heart Of The Turner Prize
"Without this competitiveness, the exhibition wouldn't have the same mass appeal. And that's the source of the Turner Prize's current identity crisis. On the...
National Black Theatre Is Building A Home In Harlem And Cred On Broadway
"NBT is readying to build a new, 21-story Harlem facility that will house a new theater complex as well as retail and affordable housing...
Bonham’s, The Venerable London Auction House, Is Reportedly For Sale For $1 Billion
"Five years after private equity firm Epiris acquired and reinvigorated Bonhams auction house, it is now looking to cash in on its investment. The...
Adrien Hall, Founder of Providence’s Trinity Rep And A Major Force In Rhode Island...
"If you've enjoyed the arts scene in downtown Providence, the popularity of Trinity Rep paved the way for that. If you went on a...
UK’s Women’s Prize For Fiction Is Getting A Nonfiction Equivalent
"The Women's Prize is to launch a non-fiction award to sit alongside its long-running fiction prize, in response to research that found that female...
Gustavo Dudamel Will Be The New York Phil’s Next Music Director
Just a decade ago, there were concerns about its future. Now its home, David Geffen Hall, has reopened after a $550 million renovation, and it has secured in...
Have We Misunderstood Originality In Art?
It might just be inevitable to conclude that, as Shakespeare himself wrote, ‘there be nothing new, but that which is hath been before’ –...
Mind-To-Mind Connection
‘Good old-fashioned telepathy’ (GOFT) involves a direct transfer of thoughts from one mind to another. It has captivated people for a few reasons. - Aeon
UK Gets Another New Culture Minister (12th In 13 Years)
Frazer has expressed little or no interest in the UK’s creative industries publicly. One of her few interventions came in 2021 when, as Financial...
Houston Grand Opera Gets $22 Million Gift
HGO announced a gift of $22 million, the largest in the organization’s 68-year history. The benefactors: Sarah and Ernest Butler, two Austin-based opera fans...
In Which We Try To Convince You Of Similarities Between Classical Music And Heavy...
There are many technical similarities between classical music, especially music from the baroque period, and metal, which others more versed in music theory are...
A New Database Shows American Museums And Universities That Still Hold Native American Artifacts...
33 years after the law’s passage, at least half of the remains of more than 210,000 Native Americans have yet to be returned. Tribes...
Male Celebrities “Queerbaiting” — Is It Really A Thing? Does It Matter? Should It?
Mark Harris: "The fact that these have even become urgent questions has to do, in large part, with the collision of Gen Z's approach...
The Right’s Attack On African-American Studies And What’s At Stake
In the so-called concern about the left ruling the campuses, what we actually have is an onslaught by the right wing to control what...
What Was Up With That New York Times Column Saying The Waffle House Brawl...
"Turning the spotlight on the sensational viral clip, only to describe the violence in it as a kind of picturesque genre scene, doesn't really...
X-Rays Reveal Portrait Under Cezanne Masterpiece
The X-ray, oriented on its side, has the original Still Life composition occupying two quadrants on the right. But the left side—the black backdrop of the...
What Made Kyle Abraham into A Choreographer? Getting Fired By Bill T. Jones
"For a moment there I think I lost what my goal was in being choreographer. ... What I realized, after getting fired from that...
Portrait Of The Next-Generation Art Collector
Owning around 150 artworks, the Paris-based art collector actively shares his latest art acquisitions and stylish home interiors on his Instagram profile. Many of the...
