Metropolitan Opera Is Hacked; Website And Ticketing System Are Paralyzed
The attack was discovered Tuesday morning and is ongoing; rehearsals and performances are going on more or less as scheduled. The perpetrators have not...
“STOMP” Is Closing After A 29-Year Run Off-Broadway
The long-popular show, which combines rhythmic movement and comedy with percussion, much of it using everyday objects, opened in Manhattan's East Village in 1994. ...
Turner Prize For 2022 Goes To Sculptor Veronica Ryan
At 66 the oldest person ever to win Britain's top art award, Ryan was honored for her memorial to the Windrush generation of Caribbean...
The Cost Of Over-Selling Products With Ideas
Rather than informing a population of philosophically fulfilled, elevated beings, the ubiquity of all this bite-sized meaning has had an adverse effect, fuelling our...
Canceling “Exotic” In Ballet?
Demanding apologies and cancellation might seem an over-the-top reaction to the staging of this apparently benign ballet staple. However, the representation of many of...
AI-Generated Avatars Are Wildly Popular. Artists Aren’t Happy
Multiple artists have accused Stable Diffusion of using their art without permission. Many in the digital art space have also expressed qualms over AI models producing...
KPOP Musical Closes On Broadway After Only Two Weeks
The wager on “KPOP” hasn’t paid off, ticket sales data show. “KPOP” was one of Broadway’s lowest-selling shows in recent weeks, according to the Broadway League,...
What’s The One Thing That Profanity Throughout The World Has In Common? Phonemes.
The phonemes they lack, that is. "They're less likely than other words to include the consonant sounds L, R, W or Y. And more...
How Post-COVID-Lockdown Dance Has Changed In Los Angeles
After experiencing the tolls of the pandemic — loss, stillness and uncertainty — the work of 2022 introduced new techniques, technologies and narratives that...
Angels In The Bible Have No Wings. Who Gave Them Wings, When, And Why?
The ancient Near East had many divine beings with wings, including cherubim and seraphim. Yet, in both Old and New Testaments, angels are identified...
A Scientific Analysis Of How Popular Music Has Changed
The study of patterns and long-term variations in popular music could shed new light on relevant issues concerning its organization, structure and dynamics. More...
Broadway Musicals Have Gotten Too Damn Loud
John McWhorter: "I don't mean ordinary modern pop loud. I mean that in many numbers the volume is turned up so high ... you...
Culture Is Under Attack Worldwide. We Ought To Confront It Now
As a group, arts leaders from all sectors and geographies must now recognize the threats to cultural institutions: potential physical harm to artists; damages...
How The National Philharmonic Of Ukraine Plays On, Even Through Russian Missile Strikes And...
Smaller ensembles are playing with battery-powered lamps, and attendance is capped at the number of people who can fit in the concert hall's bomb...
How Diversity Makes Orchestras Better
“For me, diversity is always a thing I like to think about as sort of necessary to enhance the vibrancy of an organization. Even...
The Tory Government Wants English National Opera To Move North, But Does The North...
"Opinion locally is divided about whether the ENO should relocate. But the London-centricity of much outraged reaction to the story has generated irritation. ......
British Media Giant ITV Goes All In On Streaming (And Not Everyone’s Sure It’s...
This week the company launches ITVX, a free, ad-supported streaming service. The plan is to offer 10,000 hours of content, including new material, in...
US Ballet Companies Are Performing Fewer Works By Women Than Last Season, Researchers Find
"Of 1075 announced works for the 2022/2023 season amongst the Largest 150 U.S. ballet and classically influenced companies, 27% are choreographed by women, which...
Author Dominique Lapierre Dead At 91
His books — some nonfiction, some historical novels, several with co-author Larry Collins — sold 50 million copies. Among them are Is Paris Burning?...
Group “Concerned With Slavery Justice” Sues Smithsonian To Stop Repatriation Of Benin Bronzes
A New York-based nonprofit called the Restitution Study Group is asking a US federal court to undo the ownership transfer of the Smithsonian's 29...
Lula Promises He Will Reopen Brazil’s Culture Ministry, Shuttered By Bolsonaro
Outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro dissolved the Ministry of Culture on his first day in office, slashed arts funding by half or more and politicized...
Ukraine’s Culture Minister Asks Other Countries To Boycott Russian Culture (Even Tchaikovsky And Chekhov)...
"Oleksandr Tkachenko argues that such a 'cultural boycott' would not amount to 'cancelling Tchaikovsky', but would be 'pausing the performance of his works until...
Here’s The Ukrainian Culture Minister’s Essay Calling For A Boycott Of Russian Culture
"Russia isn't just physically attacking Ukraine; it is also trying to destroy our culture and memory. ... The Kremlin (has) made clear that culture...
Will Neuroscience Be Able To Predict When (And With Whom) You’ll Fall In Love?
"I’m a scientist myself, but I find it a bit unsettling that a brain scientist or computer might accurately predict whom I’ll fall in...
David Geffen Hall Reimagined
Does a concert hall with great natural sound matter anymore? - Architectural Record
