Whistleblower Group Calls For Detroit Institute Of Arts To Lose Accreditation
The founder of the organization Whistleblower Aid says that the museum has "broken IRS rules, Michigan state laws; they've broken their employment policies, their...
Librarians Get Trapped, And Even Targeted, In The Culture Wars
"Accustomed to being seen as dedicated public servants in their communities, (they) have found themselves … labeled pedophiles on social media, called out by...
US Museum Attendance Hits A Post-Pandemic Plateau
"Recent data collected by Artnet from more than a dozen museums around the country suggests that attendance recovery has slowed, with some cultural institutions...
Over 1,500 Edinburgh Fringe Participants Demand Reform
"Hundreds of artists, performers, venues and promoters say it is becoming 'increasingly difficult' to justify the expense of taking part in the event, which...
In Response To Highland Park Shooting, Ravinia Festival Cancels This Week’s Concerts
The festival campus is just a couple of miles away from the site of the murders at Monday's Fourth of July parade. - MSN...
Bumping Up On The Limits Of Wellness Culture
Experimental psychology and data science would be used to develop clearer (and sometimes counterintuitive) recommendations for improving users’ lives. Bestselling books were written in...
UK Schools Delete Irish Writers In Bid To Diversify Curriculum
Irish writers have been dropped from the exam curriculum in British schools in favour of writers from more diverse backgrounds. Poets Seamus Heaney and...
How The Pyramid-Builders Lived
The portrait these documents convey is of resourceful workers who roamed from the country’s sacred core to some of its most remote precincts gathering...
How Social Media Platforms Decide Which Ideas Are Allowed
Platforms often claim that they are not in the business of creating the content that appears on their platforms, and that’s usually true. But it doesn’t...
The Remarkable Turnaround Of The Atlanta Symphony
The ASO has announced a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with its musicians, and its eighth consecutive year with a balanced budget. The orchestra...
The Peril Of Being Surrounded By Admirers
Admirers agree with you “even if you say something totally crazy.” And that’s bad: “You need people who can tell you what you don’t...
The “Insignificant” Details That Bring Historical Writing Alive
As a writer, the key is not so much assembling reams and reams of material, but finding the details that make a period or...
As AI Software Learns To Write Prose, Create Art, And Make Conversation, We Might...
"Current AI systems hold up a mirror to our online minds. Like Narcissus, we can get lost gazing at the reflection, even though it...
How Design Can Cause People Not To Use Public Space
In cities around the globe – from Algiers, Auckland and Chicago to Hanoi, Mexico City and Seoul – research shows that transforming public spaces markedly affects the diversity of what...
Harold Rosenberg Was A Towering Critic. How Did He Disappear?
One of Rosenberg’s most celebrated essays skewered those whom he dubbed “The Herd of Independent Minds”: scholars and critics who roundly dumped on an...
Ridley Scott Called These Studios “The Finest Facilities In The World”. The EU Shut...
"One of Spain's most notorious and costly white elephants, the Ciudad de la Luz (City of Light) film studios in Alicante, is to get...
The Young Conductor Who Replaced Muti On A Moment’s Notice And Wowed The Chicago...
“I wasn’t expecting it, but somehow, I took more notes than usual on the Brahms that day,” she says. - Chicago Tribune
America’s 150 Largest Ballet Companies And Where They Stood Financially In FY2020
DDP's latest report reflects the first part of the toll the pandemic shutdown took on the troupes — and it shows, yet again, just...
Someone Thinks Orchestra Music Died In The 20th Century
In order to begin to reclaim orchestral music of the 20th century, John Mauceri poses the following question: “If we put aside the unquestioned...
Can Cultural Institutions Help Heal Countries Torn Up By Civil War? Look To Bosnia
"Bosnia and Herzegovina share a painful legacy — yet, today, they live an enduring peace. Cities such as Sarajevo and Srebrenica are now largely...
A New Golden Age For Black British Theatre
"A raft of productions from Black theatre-makers have been making waves, garnering critical acclaim and exciting audiences. Black writers and directors are relishing telling...
Women From Trinidad Like Monique Roffey Are Reinvigorating Caribbean Literature
Roffey's The Mermaid of Black Conch "joins an impressive wave of recent books by Trinidadian women writers, including Ingrid Persaud's Love After Love and...
Arts Audiences In Australia Are Coming Back, Even As COVID Cases Rise Again
"Venues and organisations are frantically having to deal with a programming backlog and process delayed projects still 'on the books'. And from the visitor's...
“Country-House Opera” In England Is Thriving, And Not Just At Glyndebourne
Two hours south of London, Glyndebourne is the oldest and most famous of the summer opera festivals at the historic country homes of the...
Bass René Pape Gets Himself Into A Heap of Trouble With A Drunken Facebook...
Last week, after the Met's chorus posted an item about the company's participation in NYC's Pride festivities, Pape added a borderline-incoherent comment saying he...
