There Are Now More Women Than Men In The New York Philharmonic
"The orchestra’s new female majority could prove fleeting — it currently has 16 player vacancies to fill, in part because auditions were put on...
Why Art Vandalism Is A Perversion Of The Fight Against Climate Change
"The art-attack tactic ... shows how social movements are warped and distorted by the logic of spectacle, undermining their longer-term viability by forcing them...
The Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Move On To Vandalizing Sculpture
"On Friday in Paris, Milan, and Oslo, climate activists from local organizations under the umbrella group A22 Network doused sculptures with orange paint or...
Simon & Schuster Abandons The Merger With Penguin Random House
In the wake of a judge's decision to block the union of the two giants on anti-trust grounds, Paramount Global, the conglomerate which owns...
NYC Ballet Star Accuses Company Of “Body Shaming”
The renowned troupe “strongly encouraged” star dancer Ashley Bouder, 38, not to perform in its star-studded fall gala because of her “appearance,” Bouder posted this week on Instagram....
Authorities Bust Russians Running The World’s Largest Pirated Books Library
“The defendants are alleged to have operated a website for over a decade whose central purpose was providing stolen intellectual property, in violation of...
The World Now Has So Much Data, Scientists Had To Invent New Measures For...
Yotta (24 zeroes) was the largest prefix in the metric system before the new additions. Now, the Earth's mass can be said to be...
How AI Will Take The Jobs Of Millions Of Creative Workers
As each new purpose-built AI system comes online, the work for less productive humans will evaporate practically overnight. - Shelly Palmer
Why Nonprofit Boards Need Codes Of Conduct
Conversations about ethics and ethical judgment are usually missing from good governance discussions. A code of conduct, which is typical of other professions, would...
How An Original Copy Of The US Constitution Ended Up In A Drawer In...
Stored in a drawer in the vault is the original, ink-blotched, handwritten state constitution signed on July 2, 1776, declaring New Jersey’s independence from...
Amazon Makes Deep Cuts In Unprofitable Kindle, Alexa Workforces
All of these products are unprofitable and have lost $5 billion annually in the past few years. Most of these devices are loss leaders...
National Gallery Of Canada Lays Off Chief And Curators Of Indigenous Art
Hill, the inaugural Audain senior curator of Indigenous art, had worked at the gallery for 22 years. He is a specialist in Iroquoian languages...
The Message UK Arts Funding Cuts Sends To Musicians
What is the message our Arts Council is trying to send to our young musicians? That they want them to train, and to immerse...
Pianist Joao Carlos Martins Resumes Career With Bionic Gloves
Martins, who has played for dignitaries and enjoyed the high-class life in New York as a younger man, had long suffered from a neurological...
MFA Students Whose Work Was Stolen From Yale Art Show Speak Out
"Naturally, the theft has shaken the Yale School of Art, but it has opened up a conversation about frustrations with the university’s policies as...
Australia Recreates The Parthenon
The Temple of Boom "is made of glass-reinforced concrete and rises from the NGV gardens like a piece of sumptuous Meccano. It invites the...
The Choreographer With Two Shows Opening On Broadway, Plus A National Tour
Plus, Jennifer Weber choreographed a Disney+ movie. "Dancers appreciate how Weber runs rehearsals — her clear authority, her directorial eye — but also how...
Let’s Talk About GBBO’s Issues
Look, The Great British Baking Show's issues go far beyond the cringe-inducing racism of Mexican Week. "These issues have reached a tipping point in...
Trinity College Is Asked To Return Skulls To Irish Island
A British anthropologist and his photographer assistant stole 13 skulls from the ruins of an Irish monastery in 1890, and gave them to Trinity...
British Jazz Musicians Talk About Making A Living Out Of Their Passion
Post-COVID, "There’s a real demand for this music now. ... I’m really enjoying it, but I’m also finding it hard. We’ve had these two...
Even Jane Austen Almost Gave Up
"Money is the problem. It usually is, in Austen’s world." - LitHub
How ‘The Walking Dead’ Transformed TV
Prestige TV was already happening, but fantasy TV was new - and The Walking Dead was perfectly timed for "the convergence of television and...
Michael Butler, The So-Called ‘Hippie Millionaire’ Behind Hair, Has Died At 95
"Butler was from a moneyed Chicago family ... and he was comfortable in the world of polo and debutantes and expensive clothes." Then, "he...
A Small Studio Powers New Netflix Animation Joy
When two Pixar art directors worked together on an independent short, they decided to found their own company. "We had a very similar ambitions...
Working More Does Not Equal Being More Successful
Studies on the four-day work week prove it, too. "Instead of seeing time as a vacuum that needs to be filled, what might it...
