Choreographer Hans Van Manen Has Died At 93
“(He) was the Netherlands’ best-known choreographer for over sixty years and regarded as one of the great masters of contemporary ballet. He was also...
A Portion Of The Louvre Reopens As Strikes Continue
Unionized staffers voted unanimously on Wednesday morning to continue their rolling strike over staffing levels, building maintenance, security, etc. Management did open a “masterpiece...
How They Put Paddington Bear On A Stage And Made All London Swoon
One could say that they just put an actor in a bear suit, but it really isn’t that simple. There’s some real theatrical magic...
Marie Rambert And The Origins Of British Ballet
“Having worked with the Ballets Russes, most notably with Vaslav Nijinsky …, Marie Rambert became a pioneer in British ballet: setting up a ballet...
When Your Ownership Of Something You Bought Depends On Continuing To Pay
With the Internet of Things, and more broadly the layering of networked computers into every interaction, the function of almost anything, or the availability...
Now That We’ve Lost Trust In Institutions, Can We Get it Back?
Now that so many of us say that we mistrust or distrust things like Big Pharma and the government, we need to think about...
The Art Market Roars Back In the Fall
Sellers tracking the market downturn started slapping lower price-tags on their pieces as well, which stoked momentum in the second half of the year....
Warner Board Rejects Paramount Offer
With the rejection official, Paramount will need to persuade WBD shareholders to tender their shares at that price, or to submit a higher bid than its...
The Arabian Peninsula’s Museum-Building Boom
In Abu Dhabi, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, a bumper crop of lavishly funded art and history museums is growing. They’re largely designed by foreign...
The Threat Of AI Is Not To Art But To The Ability To Make...
What A.I. imperils is not human creativity itself but the ability to make a living from creative endeavor. - The New York Times
As Our Culture Diet Becomes More Synthetic, The “Realness” Of Live Experience Will Be...
As the world becomes more digital, more "optimized", and more isolated, the value of embodied, shared, human experience increases, not decreases. And we’re already...
How Small Museums Are Going Viral
Small museums, looking to raise their profiles and educate the masses, are turning their paintings, sculptures and tapestries into the unlikely stars of TikTok...
After 14 Years, Libya’s National Museum Reopens
“The National Museum of Libya – housing Africa’s greatest collection of classical antiquities in Tripoli’s historic Red Castle complex – had been closed for...
Corporate America Is “Desperate To Hire Storytellers”
While the heyday of technology gurus, developer ninjas, SEO rockstars and at least one digital prophet have long since passed, calling salaried communications professionals...
Study: 87 Percent Of Musicians Are Using AI In Their Work
It found that 87% of artists have incorporated AI into at least one part of their process. AI is powering a new era of self-sufficient...
Time For The Art Market To Be “Right-Sized”
There is another way of looking at the shake-ups and shutdowns that have defined the art trade in 2025. Instead of a collapse, the...
Russian Government Officially Declares Pussy Riot An “Extremist Organization”
“The judgement means that Pussy Riot’s activities are now banned in Russia. Any individual or organization found to be supporting the group’s actions or...
Emanuel Ax Is Musical America’s Artist Of The Year For 2026
Gabriela Lena Frank was named Composer of the Year; Jakub Hrůša, music director of London’s Royal Opera and music director-designate of the Czech Philharmonic,...
Humphrey Burton, BBC’s First Head Of Music And Arts, Dead At 94
In the 1960s, he was producer and then host of flagship arts magazine Monitor before supervising all music and arts programming. He co-founded London...
Poetry Foundation To Discontinue All Public Programs
The organization announced on December 1 that it intends to phase out all public programming, beginning with the discontinuation of its Forms & Features...
Yuval Sharon To Depart Detroit Opera By Mutual Agreement
While the company broadened both its repertoire and its audience during Sharon’s six years as artistic director (he departs at the end of this...
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Board Rejects Paramount Skydance’s Takeover Bid, Calling It “Illusory”
“For Warner, what was missing was a clear declaration from Paramount that the Ellison family” — Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison and his father,...
England’s Arts Funding Agency Needs A Major Overhaul, Finds Government Report
The Hodge Report, as it’s called, recommends that the agency, Arts Council England, not be abolished but that its procedures and strategy need thorough...
Hallmark Adds A Third Pillar To Its Business — “Experiences”
Combining, after a fashion, its two main businesses, greeting cards and television, the company has begun offering branded cruises and seasonal theme parks —...
The Re-Rise Of The Middlebrow?
Whereas the modernists and postmodernists tended to use low culture as a vast reserve of references, tropes, and stock characters to be deployed as...
