Scholars Discover Hidden Images In Vermeer’s “The Milkmaid”
"Advanced scanning techniques revealed that beneath the plain white wall that makes the milkmaid's bright yellow and blue clothes stand out, Vermeer had originally...
New York City Ballet Dancers’ New Contract Has Some Real Changes
Not only does the new labor agreement include a 6.7% pay raise and restoration of benefits suspended when the pandemic arrived, the company formally...
What Can The UK’s Arts Sector Expect From New Prime Minister Liz Truss?
It's hard to say just yet — partly because she's so new and partly because she has a reputation for changing positions on almost...
Australia Is Having An Extraordinary Debate On Cultural Policy
‘When you get it right, it affects our health policy, our education policy, our environment policy, foreign affairs, trade, veterans’ affairs, tourism… A nation...
What If Reality Is Defined By Relationships Rather Than Physical Properties?
Quantum physics may just be the realisation that this ubiquitous relational structure of reality continues all the way down to the elementary physical level....
America’s Museums Promised To Diversify. How Are They Doing?
We followed up with several museums on their grand pronouncements from 2020 to see what they’ve actually followed through on, how their plans have...
The Art World (And The Courts) Have No Idea How To Deal With AI...
“While it’s absolutely true that this AI art couldn’t exist if it weren’t trained on copyrighted images and the work of artists, the end...
The Publishing Industry Is Broken
While complaints from junior staffers about crushing workloads and low pay have begun to creep into some industry reporting, publishing veterans are also unhappy....
Iconoclastic Art Critic Charlie Finch, 68
He wrote on whether Black art had grown “kitschy” and whether Cy Twombly was a “fraud.” He defended Jeff Koons, whom he once called...
Why Cast “1776” Entirely With Non-Male, Mostly Nonwhite Actors? This Is Why.
Co-director Diane Paulus: "I want the audience to hold that dual reality, of what the founders were, but also a company of actors in...
What’s Behind An Exodus Of BBC Hosts?
"A big one that we've seen in recent months and years is reorganisation at the BBC, particularly in the newsroom. A lot of that...
Bolsonaro Vs. Lula — Where The Arts Stand In Brazil’s Presidential Election
Jair Bolsonaro abolished the culture ministry, slashed arts funding, and demonized the entire sector — which largely returns his hatred and fears he'll stage...
The Arts Face A Big Mask Problem
Arts presenters "know that some audience members will be deterred by mask requirements at a time when they have vanished from so many other...
Savannah Jazz Festival Has To Publicly Deny That It Bans Guns
This summer an activist loudly objected to a no-guns rule at Atlanta's Music Midtown festival (in Georgia, no event on public property may ban...
In A Land Far Far Away: A Battle Between Three American Orchestras
The competition was intense. In the first pair of performances, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra eked out a slight advantage over the Philadelphia Orchestra in...
Saudis And Gulf Kingdoms To Netflix: Remove All “Offensive Content”
"A joint statement issued on behalf of ... the Gulf Cooperation Council made the request, saying the unspecified programs 'contradict Islamic and societal values...
Ten Hard Questions About The Limits Of Human Intelligence
The question of what we can know of that which lies beyond the limits of our imagination is partially about the biological function of...
Introducing A New Award, A “Turner Prize For Dance”
Sadler's Wells in London has announced the biennial Rose International Dance Prize, with a £40,000 main award for a full-length piece and £15,000 for...
Ruins Of Mohenjo Daro, One Of World’s First Big Cities, Endangered By Pakistan’s Heavy...
The torrential monsoon that has swamped the country has damaged the 4,500-year-old ruins, which were once the largest city in the Indus Valley civilization. ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution To Stop Publishing In Hard Copy On Weekdays: Report
"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will discontinue its daily print edition and go to a weekend print edition, but it will continue its digital news operation...
Two States Declare NFTs Subject To Sales Tax
"In June and July, Pennsylvania and Washington quietly became the first two states in the nation to explicitly list non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as digital...
After Leaving New York, Jaap van Zweden’s Next Philharmonic Will Be Seoul’s
The Dutch maestro is also music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic; he leaves both positions in 2024, as he starts on a five-year...
Britain’s New Culture Secretary Used To Work For WWE
"Michelle Donelan, a former WWE marketing manager who was Boris Johnson's Education Secretary for just 48 hours, is to replace Nadine Dorries as Culture...
Here Are This Year’s Six Finalists For The Booker Prize
"Alan Garner (at 87) has become the oldest author to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and is the only British writer on this...
Inclusive Dance Is A Growing Art Form
It's an emerging art form — inclusive dance — in which dancers may be in wheelchairs, or on crutches, or have no obvious challenges at...
