How City Downtowns Will Have To Change
While employers rethink office buildings on the micro scale, cities and regions need to grapple with how to efficiently use their office-dominated downtowns, which are their...
$1.23 Billion Redevelopment Of Melbourne’s Main Arts District Approved
The Southbank district already has three concert halls, an outdoor music venue, five theatres, three museums (including the National Gallery of Victoria), an arts...
The Power Of Ukraine Through Music
Similar to the way patriots might brandish the flag of their country in solidarity, Ukrainians in bomb shelters and bombarded cities or citizens living...
Conductor Paavo Järvi Explains Why He Stayed In Moscow To Finish His Gig After...
"These young people should not and cannot be punished for the barbaric actions of their government," said the Estonian maestro, who was there to...
American Public Media, Split Off Years Ago From Minnesota Public Radio, Is Being Reunited...
While both networks have long been subsidiaries of American Public Media Group (headquartered in St. Paul), they had been separate divisions, with MPR focusing...
Will The Choreographers For Music Videos Or TikTok Ever be Able To Copyright Their...
"Copyrighting choreography is not impossible, but historically it’s been easier to win legal protection within more traditional forms such as ballet or modern dance. ...
Juilliard’s Board Chairman Tried To Fire Its President. He Failed.
Chair Bruce Kovner, a major donor, told Damian Woetzel, the former ballet star who now runs Juilliard, that an internal evaluation found his leadership...
U.S. Congress Increases Public TV And Radio Funding By $50 Million
"Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, the Corporation (for Public Broadcasting) will receive $525 million in federal funds in FY24, up from $475...
Trinity Church Wall Street Fires Music Director Julian Wachner
While the church was investigating Wachner — who built Trinity's vocal and instrumental ensembles into major forces in New York's concert life — regarding...
Suspect In Stabbings At MoMA Arrested In Philadelphia
Gary Cabana was apprehended while napping on a bench in the city's Greyhound bus station early Tuesday morning. Philadelphia police had been looking for...
Learning From Outside Your Own Industry (Why It Often Doesn’t Work)
Looking outside your industry for strategy improvements and breakthroughs is a good approach. The core reason why it doesn’t work more often is inertia. -...
The Things That Do Not Exist
My guess is that there are more nameless things that don’t exist than there are nameless things that do exist. - 3 Quarks Daily
The Cultural Treasures Being Destroyed In Putin’s War
Across Ukraine, scores of historic buildings, priceless artworks and public squares are being reduced to rubble by Russian rockets, missiles, bombs and gunfire. -...
Who’s Making Money On NFTs
A fortunate handful of people now have their very own rags-to-riches stories thanks to NFTs. By investing in the right project at the right time, some...
A Need For Diversity In Ballet Hair
For Black artists, hair extends beyond aesthetic or presentation. It is a reflection of the self, an unassailable marker of cultural identity and all...
Why Warsaw Is Becoming A Creative Hub
“The costs of living, creating and doing business are much lower than in Western Europe." As a result, a creative flowering has begun, with...
Inspired Performances (Versus Phoning It In)
If your contribution to a project is not absolutely essential and if you are not especially motivated, you can coast and let others carry...
How “The Godfather” Changed The Movie Business 50 Years Ago
It earned $100 million faster than any film before it. And having cost less than $7 million to make, it was so profitable that...
How Larry Gagosian Built An Artworld Empire With Russian Oligarchs
One art world source dubbed Gagosian “the official art dealer to the Russian oligarchy,” adding that “the Bond villains he consorts with are dangerous,...
Publishing Is Experiencing A Quiet Crisis
"Many are leaving publishing entirely, going to places they can be better compensated and work normal hours. The pandemic has put extra stress on...
How Others See Us, How We See Ourselves
Historical photos from San Francisco's Chinatown show the differences between the way Chinese Americans were portrayed in the media during the era of the...
Film Canisters, 3000 Of Them, With Hidden Secrets And Portraits Of Musicians
The images "are the stuff of history: a rare window into the late 1960s, when one of the country’s first rock ballrooms, the legendary...
The Met Museum Chooses A Mexico City Architect To Design The New Modern And...
Frida Escobedo "is a surprising choice for such a major assignment, given that she is relatively young, has mostly designed temporary structures and is...
Theatre Had A Racial Reckoning And A Pandemic Reckoning, And Yet
"The 'We See You, White American Theatre' movement demanded an end to unpaid internships ... and more recently, employers across the Bay Area started saying that...
Composer Unsuk Chin On Her New Violin Concerto
That is, the one she was determined not to write. Chin says that between her first and second violin concertos, she moved beyond abstractions...
