If I Can Write A Novel In A Day With AI And It Takes...
Through Hart’s teaching business, Plot Prose, she’s working on a proprietary piece of software that can “generate a book based on an outline in less...
Report: Enrollment At Australian Art Schools Has Plummeted
New research published in the Australian Journal of Education this week found fewer students in high school and university were choosing to study the creative...
A Campaign To Prohibit UK Police From Using Lyrics As Evidence In Court
Campaign groups want a change to the victims and courts bill, which is currently making its way through parliament, to stop police from being...
Master Cinematographer Roger Deakins On His Half-Century Behind The Camera
“Deakins – cinematographer to the Coen brothers, Martin Scorsese and Sam Mendes, whose work has earned him 14 Oscar nominations and two wins, five BAFTAs, a...
The Enormous Power Of Small Book Shops
How, against all odds, has City Lights managed to remain a vital symbol of literary dissent and free speech? How, after more than seventy...
Hollywood Unions Begin New Contract Negotiations
The sides will be negotiating in a Hollywood far different from 2023. Production has slowed significantly industrywide, as many entertainment companies struggle to adjust...
Indians Don’t Buy Books. So Why Do They Have So Many Literary Festivals?
If most middle-class homes are devoid of book-- if you can sit in an airport departure lounge or train all day and not see...
Letterboxd Has Become For Movie Fans What GoodReads Was (At Its Best) For Lit...
“Browsing Letterboxd, you find an eclectic range of tastes, tones and approaches to movie-watching, a buffet of high and low, mainstream and esoterica. …...
A Worldwide Shortage Of Tenors?
When men do join singing groups, they often avoid the tenor section. The tenor voice is “a cultivated sound”, says John Potter, author of...
Report: Canadian Artists Have Multiple Jobs
One in every 10 employees in the arts, culture, and heritage had multiple jobs in 2025, compared with just 5.6% of all Canadian employees....
We’re Not Ready For The Ways AI Will Disrupt Jobs
The immediate risk to employment may not be AI itself, but the way companies, seduced by its promise, overinvest before they understand what it...
After $41 Million Renovation, San Francisco’s Castro Theater Reopens As Performing Arts Center
“It was as if nothing had changed about the historic Castro district landmark. Except that nearly everything has.” The new removable chairs and flattened...
Broadway Musical Fans Are Recreating Favorite Dance Numbers On TikTok
“These content creators are not just copycats; they are attempting and sometimes mastering the complicated dance moves and distinctive performances of shows they may...
Antiquities-Trafficking Prosecutor Wins Art History Award
Matthew Bogdanos, founder and chief of the Antiquities Trafficking Unit in the New York District Attorney’s office, has been awarded the Marica Vilcek Prize in...
Three Sexual Assault Lawsuits Against Author Neal Gaiman Are Dismissed
“Scarlett Pavlovich filed a lawsuit against Gaiman and his wife, Amanda Palmer, in Wisconsin in February 2025, accusing Gaiman of multiple sexual assaults while...
Philadelphia Museum Of Art’s Chief Of Staff And CFO Resign
“Maggie Fairs, who was promoted to chief of staff last year by former director and CEO Sasha Suda, will leave the museum at the end...
Troubled San Antonio Philharmonic Loses Its Music Director
“The departure of the respected conductor, pianist and educator (Jeffrey Kahane) comes as the orchestra, formed from the ashes of the San Antonio Symphony, finds...
Buffalo’s Classical Radio Station Plans To Go Commercial
“Buffalo Toronto Public Media has filed an application with the FCC to convert WNED-FM to commercial status, a move which would allow it to...
Let’s End The Justification Impulse: Art Is Water
Art has inherent value, and public and private investment in the arts should not require a strong demand for continuous justification. The social benefits...
How Artists Collaborating With Scientists Can Make The Message Sing
Research shows that emotion, storytelling and “intergenerational influence” – ideas flowing from children to adults – can outperform dry facts alone. Throughout that previous...
Justice Department Investigating Netflix’s Business Practices
The Justice Department is investigating whether Netflix has engaged in anticompetitive tactics as it probes the streaming giant’s proposed acquisition of Warner Discovery’s studios and...
Bedoya: The Imagination Of Democracy
We already carry muscle memory: voting, organizing for fairness and equity, creating the beauty of art expressed in what we share between us —...
Spotify Adds Physical Books To Its Service
The tech platform is launching Page Match, a tool that will allow readers to scan a page of a printed or e-book using their...
Longtime Musician: The Music Industry Is Broken
I’ve spent roughly 20 years in the Australian extreme metal scene – clubs, festivals, support slots with bands like Napalm Death, Psycroptic and Gorguts...
Davone Tines On Defining A Role In Classical Music
What’s too often missing for Tines in opera and classical music is an investigation into why treasured artworks remain valuable and what they may...
