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...
So How Amazingly Productive Was Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks During Lockdown?
"From March 2020 to April 2021, Parks wrote a short play a day. Sometimes, Parks would write multiple (sic). Other times, Parks would write...
In Nairobi, A Kenyan Nonprofit Is Making Libraries Truly Public, And Beautiful
The "public" libraries used to be segregated, for whites only, and then they fell into disrepair. Now, Kenyans "are here to reclaim history, to...
The Beltracchis: How The Great Art-Forging Couple Of Our Age Did It, And Why
"Rather than forging existing paintings, Wolfgang produced hundreds of original works that skillfully imitated the styles of deceased European artists including Max Ernst, Fernand...
Salman Rushdie Gives His First Interview Since The Attack That Cost Him An Eye
"I've found it very, very difficult to write. I sit down to write, and nothing happens. I write, but it's a combination of blankness...
Post-Pandemic, US Theatres Try To Innovate Their Way Back To Long-Term Health
"Thanks to a combination of lackluster ticket sales and an end to government relief, they have no choice but to try out new things." ...
Penguin Random House Restructures After Its Failed Bid To Buy Simon & Schuster
"Though the restructuring is still a work in progress, its goal is to reinvigorate internal competition for new titles among PRH's many imprints. ......
AMC Will Start Pricing Movie Tickets According To Location
"The mega-exhibitor is following music concerts, sporting events and other entertainment venues in setting its ticket pricing strategy to sightlines for seating selections. AMC...
Italy’s Opera Companies Are Working Together To Help Purchase Verdi’s House
"The Italian government has a new plan to buy the home of composer Giuseppe Verdi in Milan. They will be partnering with opera houses...
Damage To Ancient Heritage Sites In The Turkey-Syria Earthquakes
"The partial destruction of a Roman-era castle in the Turkish city of Gaziantep has led to fears that two earthquakes that struck on Monday...
How “Yellowstone” Became An Epic TV Franchise
What distinguishes the show—what makes it good, or at least enticing—lies instead in the workings of genre. In “Yellowstone,” Sheridan has corralled the ranging...
Distracted? As Long As There Have Been Books, We’ve Worried About It
For as long as technologies of writing and reading have been extending the mind, writers have offered strategies for managing that interaction and given...
Education Is A Huge Investment. Does It Pay Off?
In the context of social struggles, an education is more like a bonfire on a winter night than a table lamp in a hallway. ...
Generative AI Art Is Just Theft, Say Some Artists
Critics of these systems include artists, coders, legal experts, and even some of the engineers who build them. They argue that the systems that...
Florida Governor Files Complaint Against Orlando Philharmonic
The complaint, which the Florida-based news outlet The Floridian published a copy of online, said that the foundation used “Christmas-themed promotional materials” that did...
How ChatGPT Set Off An AI Arms War
In the months since its debut, ChatGPT has become a global phenomenon. Millions of people have used it to write poetry, build apps and...
