Of Norman Mailer And Cancel Culture
A culturally and politically monotone graduate class, on board with just about every woke nostrum going, not only dominates publishing houses’ workforce – it...
It’s Not Just Vinyl: CDs Made A Comeback Last Year, Too
"The recorded music industry may no longer be laser-focused on the compact disc, but the format's sales grew in 2021 for the first time...
Why I Quit Being A Classical Musician
"I’ve been working to know myself apart from my identity as a musician, which I always held in higher regard than my inherent worth...
Modernizing China’s Ancient Writing System Has Always Been A Political Project
Through the centuries, the complexity of classical Chinese characters functioned as a powerful class barrier, since mastering reading and writing took so much work....
Are NFTs Facilitating Theft Of Artists’ Work?
As the NFT art market takes off, systems to ensure a buyer is making a legitimate purchase of digital ownership have failed to keep...
What Does Germany’s New Culture Minister Have Planned? “Green Culture”
"Claudia Roth has taken office pledging to continue her predecessor's work in decolonising museums, to set up a central 'green culture' desk, to boost...
Now Boris Johnson Corruption Accusations Extend Even To Arts Festivals
Texts from the Prime Minister's phone indicate that the man paying for renovations to Boris's apartment at 10 Downing Street was pitching him on...
Prehistoric Rock Art In Texas “Irreparably Damaged” By Jackass Vandals
The petroglyphs, at least 4,500 years old, in Big Bend National Park were ruined by "Isaac, Ariel, Norma, (and) Adrian," who carved their names...
President Of America’s Largest Public Radio Station Departs After Two Difficult Years
Goli Sheikholeslami, who's leaving to become CEO of Politico, faced a firestorm over a program cancellation the week after she arrived at WNYC, where...
The Reason Audie Cornish Left NPR Was To Take A Job At CNN
"Cornish will host a weekly show for the network’s subscription streaming service, set to debut in the spring, and will contribute to its live...
Mezzo-Soprano Maria Ewing Dead At 71
Perhaps best known these days as the mother of Rebecca Hall and the ex-wife of Peter Hall, she had a stellar career in the...
The Magic Of A Rare Bach Recording
Of vinyl, Ralph Kirkpatrick, a perfect winter for merging records - and a desire for order. "The forms and functions of the WTC offer...
American Shakespeare Center Names A New Director
Brandon Carter, a resident actor with ASC since 2018, assumes the directorship in a new management structure that the company describes as “a coequal...
It’s Hollywood Awards Season. But It’s Awfully Quiet…
The AFI Awards were postponed. The Critics’ Choice Awards — scheduled to be televised Sunday night in hopes of filling the void left by...
Fascinating: Have We Got So Much Data That We’re Entering Into A Post-Hypothesis Era...
The complexity that this wealth of data has revealed to us cannot be captured by theory as traditionally understood. “We have leapfrogged over our...
This Year’s Golden Globes Event Was an Embarrassing Mess
Given the award show’s banishment from longtime home NBC and its failure to secure a new broadcaster, this year’s Globes were tweeted out from...
How AI Is Replacing Millions Of Jobs
While AI job automation has already replaced around 400,000 factory jobs in the U.S. from 1990 to 2007, with another 2 million on the way, AI...
Thriller: How A Famous Music School Was Airlifted Out Of Afghanistan
“It became clear, just in a matter of days, that the only way to salvage the school was to actually do a mass evacuation...
How Traditional Architecture Has Become A Right-Wing Culture Wars Battleground
This time around, the traditionalist lunatics have succeeded in taking over the asylum. Reactionary ideas hostile to the cosmopolitan, to Modernism, to modernity itself,...
The Game’s Afoot: Why Did Conan-Doyle Sign A Pirate Version Of His Holmes Novel
Why did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sign a pirate edition of “The Sign of the Four,” the second of the four Sherlock Holmes novels?...
We Hardly Knew Ya: Dausgaard Abruptly Quits Seattle Symphony
Seattle Symphony music director Thomas Dausgaard has abruptly stepped down from his post, midway through his third season at the top of Seattle’s flagship...
How Do You Change Dance’s Culture Of Injury?
From a very early age, dancers are taught that pain comes with the territory. “Dance is not natural. We’re stretching our bodies to extremes.”...
Why A New Version Of Citizen Kane Proves That Technology Is Making Movies Better
And that tech isn't just for action films. Citizen Kane's 4K changes are "clear even before the first shot. In the 4K transfer, the...
Artists In Canada Say They’ve Lost Half Of Their Incomes, Or More, In The...
One arts council president says bluntly that the artists need more funding, or "this situation is definitely going to have long-term consequences." - CBC
The Irish Government Is Planning To Pay A Basic Income To Two Thousand Artists
The artists - visual and performing - will earn a basic payment each week to pursue their arts, for up to three years. -...
