Australia’s New Idea For Arts Funding
Creative Australia is testing a new model for financing organisations to be named the Creative Industries Impact Fund, by working with donors to raise...
A Short History Of Pedantry
The academic humanities today broadly maintain the same basic sense of what history is and of the value of studying it that Renaissance humanists...
The First Dance Artist Robert Rauschenberg Ever Choreographed Is Being Revived
Pelican, as it’s titled, will be staged on a roller-skating rink — just as the original was in 1963 and 1965. - Artnet
AI tricks
[A human named David Szalay]. Paul Bloom posted this note on Substack: I’ve always thought that I would never want to read an AI-written novel, no matter how objectively well-written it is. But I’m starting to question this. I’m on a real David Szalay kick these days; last night, I finished “London
Wait, George Clooney Made How Much For His Broadway Run???
Between his roles as producer, co-playwright, and star of Good Night, and Good Luck, about CBS newscaster Edward R. Murrow, Clooney himself took in...
The “South Park” Guys Never Wanted “The Book Of Mormon” To Be Offensive
“Matt Stone and Trey Parker, having grown up around church members in Colorado, did not want to make fun of them or their religion....
Dalí’s Largest Painting Acquired By Dalí Museum In Florida
The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg paid $293,240 for his 13-panel, four-canvas, 65’x100’ set for Bacchanale, which he called his first “paranoiac-critical ballet” and which premiered...
“That Damned Baby”: The New Ending To The Met’s “Tristan And Isolde” And What...
During the opera’s final minutes, rather than simply having the titular lovers embrace death, director Yuval Sharon has Isolde birth a child. Thus, writes...
Two Crucial Documents From U.S. History Placed With Declaration Of Independence In National Archives’...
For the 250th anniversary of the USA’s founding document, the Emancipation Proclamation and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution (the one which gave women...
The Guardian Launches Its First Experiment With Substack
“(The paper) has decided to experiment with Substack by recreating its weekly food newsletter Feast on the platform. The Substack play is part of Project Berger,...
Judge Halts Construction Of Trump’s White House Ballroom
“The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the...
Judge Rules Trump’s Executive Order Defunding NPR, PBS Was Unconstitutional
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that President Trump’s executive order barring the federal funding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment. -...
Sacramento Ballet Appoints A New Artistic Director
Tiit Helimets, an Estonian dancer and choreographer who was a principal at San Francisco Ballet from 2005 to 2023, will take up his new...
New York Times Drops Freelancer After He Used AI To Write Review
The New York Times launched an investigation, during which Preston admitted that he had used AI to assist writing the review and did not...
This Canadian Province Is Increasing Arts Funding To An All-Time High
The Alberta government’s provincial budget includes a record C$40.1 million allocated to the arts, including C$38.1 million (up C$3.5 million from last year) to...
How To Build A Diagnostic Brain
Some research suggests that many, if not most, diagnostic errors arise from failures in thinking—cognitive bias, premature closure, insufficient reflection. Accordingly, some researchers frame...
Finalists For This Year’s International Booker Prize
In a moment in which international relations are dominating news headlines around the globe, three of these shortlisted novels explore pivotal moments in world...
Figuring Out What Kanye Is Taking From What
Many of the tracks resemble fragments or sketches, with bits of singing and rapping that sound unusually tentative, as if Ye isn’t quite sure...
As US Publishing Deals With Its First AI Scandal, Industry Folk Are Unsure What...
“One week after Hachette Book Group pulled Mia Ballard’s Shy Girl for strong suspicions of AI use, the industry is reeling — and struggling to contend...
How Denmark’s Museum Funding Has Shifted To Visitor Numbers
There are now three criteria for an institution to secure—and retain—government subsidies. It must welcome a minimum of 10,000 annual visitors; have a minimum...
Indigenous Australian Broadcaster Rhoda Roberts, 66
Roberts dedicated her life to sharing the stories of her people, preserving and promoting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture through language, dance and...
Gold Toilet Appears On The National Mall
This toilet, spray-painted gold and set on a faux-marble pedestal, is the latest in a series of protest artworks and installations taking aim at...
What Director Joe Mantello Learned From Arthur Miller’s Draft Typescript Of “Death Of A...
The playwright’s handwritten notes, stage directions and edits made during rehearsals for the play’s world premiere contain some telling and even surprising details. “Sometimes,”...
Hollywood’s Job Market Is Collapsing
Hollywood studios are making significantly fewer movies and television shows than they did just a few years ago. The ones they do make are...
Trump Unveils Plans For His Presidential Library In Miami
A red, white and blue spire sits atop the multistory tower. The library is set to feature golden escalators, a golden statue of the...
