Major Recording Label Signs Artificial Intelligence-Generated Rapper, Then Drops It Over Backlash
FN Meka, which has over 10 million followers on TikTok, had come under heavy fire for appropriating Black culture and mocking police brutality, with...
This Is Possibly The Most Influential Artist Whose Name You’ve Never Encountered
One wouldn't expect to consider a designer of advertising posters to be historically important, but Jules Cheret's work — widely imitated and now found...
Anish Kapoor: I Fear For The Culture Of India
In every field of culture, the "folk" takes second place. This denies the inventive power of our people. Modi's Hindu regime uses this hierarchical...
Hating Holden Caulfield Does Not Make You A Bad Person
Certain corners of Twitter need to be reminded of this: a bitter argument broke out last week between those who find him an insufferable...
Los Angeles Ballet Names A New Artistic Director
Melissa Barak was a leading dancer for Los Angeles Ballet during its first five seasons. She also performed with New York City Ballet, and in 2013...
In This Concert, An Artificial Intelligence Program Was The Piano Soloist
The software called Voyager improvises responses to a live performance in real time. Last week, New York's Ensemble Signal and jazz flutist Nicole Mitchell...
I Quit On My Dream Of Being An Actor. I Feel Relieved
Why did I even want to be an actor? It was a question I hadn’t thought to ask myself; the dream had calcified in...
The Most Improvisational Of Standup Comedians Tries An Actually Scripted And Plotted Show
"You may not know her name, but (Kate) Berlant is influential in comedy circles, and her digressive style stands for everything that a scripted...
American Entertainment Companies Bet Big On China. Now They’re Losing Billions
Companies that once saw China as a vital growth market stand to lose out on billions of dollars in $100 concert tickets, $12 matinee...
A First Look Inside The International African American Museum
The long-planned institution on Charleston's waterfront, set to open next January, will tell stories of the Africans involuntarily brought to the U.S. and their...
Genre- And Medium-Spanning Writer Michael Malone Is Dead At 79
"(He) moved seamlessly between genres, writing serious comic novels, comic serious novels and bestselling mystery novels — in addition to working on soap opera...
The Museum Of The Bible Returns A 1,000-Year-Old Manuscript Looted From A Greek Monastery
"The (Gospel) manuscript is to be repatriated next month to the Kosinitza Monastery in northern Greece, where it had been used in liturgical services...
Independent Spirit Awards Make Their Acting Categories Gender-Neutral
For both film and TV, the four current acting categories will be replaced with two, lead and supporting performances, with ten nominees each. For...
NPR Is Starting A Podcast Channel On YouTube
"On Thursday, the two announced that more than 20 NPR shows, including Up First and Throughline, are now available on the platform. ... The...
How Contemporary Dance Artists Who’ve Stayed In Ukraine Are Helping The War Effort
Some are continuing to create dance as possible; most are doing volunteer work as well. Several are developing ways to assist solders with stress...
Meet Tamara Rojo’s Successor At The Helm Of English National Ballet
Aaron Watkin, a 52-year-old Canadian who has spent the last 16 years as artistic director of the Semperoper Ballett in Dresden, actually danced with...
Netflix Spent $5 Million To Create Replica Of The Sistine Chapel. Then Destroyed It....
The revelation begs a question: At a time when TV and film productions are churning out increasingly elaborate sets in the streaming era, and...
New York Museums Now Required To Publicly Identify Art Stolen By Nazis
The new law requires that New York museums immediately place a placard or sign acknowledging Nazi-looted art. - The Hill
Can Museums Survive If They Stay Politically Neutral?
“The democratic battles fought worldwide in the name of human rights urge museums to take an active stance towards a fair advancement of civil...
Theatre On The English Coast Is Thriving Again As Demographics Change
“This part of the world has seen such a fundamental demographic shift. There has been a change in who lives here, who owns property...
Ojai: How To Create A Playwrights’ Festival That Matters
“Every Ojai play has a single plot. And that plot is: ‘Here, this thing that no one else has noticed—we have seen it as...
Actors’ Equity Joins The Fight To Unionize Dancers At An L.A. Strip Club
Performers who work or worked at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood have been picketing for months, arguing that working conditions...
How To Kill The Internet In Australia: Websites Liable For Content On Pages They...
A lawsuit named Defteros v. Google argued that a website could defame someone without writing anything about them — or even knowing who they are. It was enough...
The Guardian’s Dance Critic Rates Heads Of State On How They Boogie
If people are ragging on poor Sanna Marin, the Finnish prime minister who was videotaped while out partying, then Lyndsey Winship will wield her...
Philadelphia Loves Its Murals. But The City Has Targeted Them For Years
For young graffiti artists, their highly stylistic and calligraphic “wickets” were an alternative to gang life in communities abandoned by slumlords and the city....
