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James Murdoch Buys “New York” Magazine And Vox

Thu, 21 May 2026 14:01:00 +0200

Rupert Murdoch’s younger, more liberal-leaning son has purchased, for a reported-but-unconfirmed $300 million, roughly half of the current Vox Media: New York magazine and its verticals (among them Vulture, The Cut, and Curbed), the Vox.com website, and the Vox Media Podcast Network. – AP

Executive Director – NXTHVN via TOC Arts Partners

Thu, 21 May 2026 06:57:00 +0200

About the Opportunity
NXTHVN seeks an Executive Director to provide visionary leadership at a defining moment in the organization’s evolution. Founded in 2018 by acclaimed artist Titus Kaphar and impact investor Jason Price, NXTHVN has grown rapidly into a nationally recognized institution that weaves together residencies and fellowships for visual artists, professional advancement, exhibitions, and community-rooted economic development. The next Executive Director will partner with the f

The book about truth that made things up

Thu, 21 May 2026 04:14:00 +0200

Good Morning,The author of a new book about how AI corrupts truth has admitted that AI fabricated some of the quotes in it (The New York Times). You couldn’t make it up — though, apparently, a machine could. Another story reports on sham AI-generated “local news” sites now multiplying where real newsrooms used to be (Florida Tribune). An then a caution: The Atlantic’s alerts that wearable sensors increasingly mean everything you say is being recorded (The Atlantic).

A New Arts-And-Culture Magazine Focused On “The Creative Process”

Wed, 20 May 2026 21:03:00 +0200

“Former Pitchfork and Spin editor-in-chief Puja Patel is launching Totei, a publication dedicated to ‘craft and craftsmanship.’ The online magazine will publish content weekly, including profiles of artists and musicians, photo essays, reported features, and interviews. Crucially, Totei aims to spotlight rarely seen materials showing how art is created.” – Semafor

Sham AI Local News Sites Are Proliferating

Wed, 20 May 2026 20:31:00 +0200

A digital mirage masquerading as local news, the South Florida Standard underscores just how easy it has become to corrupt one of the country’s core institutions: independent journalism. – Florida Tribune

Author Of A Book About AI And Truth Admits Some Of His Book Was Written By AI With Fake Quotes

Wed, 20 May 2026 20:15:00 +0200

The author of a nonfiction book about the effects of artificial intelligence on truth acknowledged on Monday that he had included numerous made-up or misattributed quotes concocted by A.I. – The New York Times

French Actor/Singer Patrick Bruel Faces Rape Allegations In Two Countries

Wed, 20 May 2026 20:02:00 +0200

Bruel, 67, has had a string of top-selling albums and appeared in more than 40 films, is under investigation by the Paris prosecutor’s office for at least four complaints of sexual assault in France and by Belgian authorities for an additional alleged attack in Brussels. – The Guardian

The Tony Effect: Broadway Shows That Are Thriving After The Noms

Wed, 20 May 2026 19:44:00 +0200

Death of a Salesman, which received nine Tony nominations, hit $1.7 million, its highest gross yet, last week playing to 100 percent capacity at the Winter Garden Theatre. Ragtime has similarly been drawing increased interest since the Tony nominations, bringing in $1.2 million last week. – The Hollywood Reporter

Much-Anticipated “Beaches” To Close On Broadway After Tony Shutout

Wed, 20 May 2026 19:31:00 +0200

The show began previews at the Majestic Theatre March 27, ahead of an April 22 opening date, but has failed to catch on with audiences and with critics, who delivered mixed to negative reviews. – The Hollywood Reporter

This Philadelphia Orchestra Is Growing Like Crazy

Wed, 20 May 2026 19:15:00 +0200

To co-music director and conductor Gary Clark, GPGSO’s rapid growth makes sense in a city known for niche, DIY music scenes. It hasn’t exactly been a shock to the orchestra’s other organizers either. – Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

New Artistic Director For Dayton Contemporary Dance Company

Wed, 20 May 2026 19:01:00 +0200

“After 18 years as artistic director and two years in dual roles as chief executive and artistic director, Debbie Blunden-Diggs, daughter of DCDC founder Jeraldyne Blunden, has passed the artistic director baton to Qarrianne Blayr, … has served as associate artistic director for five years.” – Dayton Daily News

Why Peter Gelb Needed Saudi Money For The Met Opera

Wed, 20 May 2026 18:44:00 +0200

His supporters blame the Met’s issues on opera’s declining cultural currency and an operating structure that puts it at a unique disadvantage among arts organizations. “He has tried absolutely everything to keep his art going,” says Barbara Tober, a decadeslong patron. “He is held prisoner by the situation that confronts him every day.” – Vulture (MSN)

Israeli Organization Threatens Suit Against Canadian Museum for Human Rights Exhibit

Wed, 20 May 2026 18:31:00 +0200

A prominent Israeli legal organization is threatening legal action against the Canadian Museum for Human Rights over an upcoming exhibit on the Palestinian Nakba, alleging the Winnipeg museum is promoting a politically one-sided narrative that could fuel antisemitism and violate federal law. – Winnipeg Sun

Always On: Pretty Much Everything We Do Now Is Being Recorded

Wed, 20 May 2026 18:15:00 +0200

The next time you conduct a delicate bit of office diplomacy or share a romantic or financial secret with a friend over drinks, a sensor built into someone’s glasses, necklace, or lapel pin might be watching you and listening. – The Atlantic

Dubai Says It’s Building A Big New Museum For Digital Art

Wed, 20 May 2026 18:04:00 +0200

“The planned Museum of Digital Art (MODA) … is part of Dubai’s monumental $27 billion transformation of its financial center into a tech hub, announced earlier this year, and will platform various art forms that rely on emerging technologies, including immersive and interactive experiences. No budget or completion date has yet been announced.” – Artnet

Boston’s Investment In The Arts Is Deflating

Wed, 20 May 2026 17:44:00 +0200

The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture more than doubled its operating budget and staff, and the city earmarked $26.2 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to bolster Boston’s creative sector. All that is set to change, as federal pandemic funds run out and the city cuts grant programs to balance the budget. – WBUR

Can Any Real Reform Come Out Of The Ticketmaster/Live Nation Case?

Wed, 20 May 2026 17:31:00 +0200

With Ticketmaster signaling its intent to contest the outcome aggressively and drag out the litigation, any meaningful accountability may arrive only in the distant future, rather than offering anything close to timely relief. – The Hill

Democrats Slam Live Nation/Ticketmaster “Sweetheart Deal”

Wed, 20 May 2026 17:15:00 +0200

Many of the lawmakers advocated on Monday for a Ticketmaster breakup. Raskin, for example, stated that Live Nation’s monopoly is so strong that artists are “seriously afraid” of the company. – Billboard

Pittsburgh’s Theater Scene Faces Loss Of Its Resident Talent

Wed, 20 May 2026 17:03:00 +0200

With the merger of the city’s two largest stage companies and the programming of inexpensive-to-produce small-cast shows, Pittsburgh’s gig market for theater artists is shrinking. There may not be fewer shows, but the bigger ones are tours or imports. So there’s a real fear that talented theatermakers will move away. – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Death Becomes Her” Sets Broadway Closing Date, North American Tour

Wed, 20 May 2026 16:36:00 +0200

The musical, which garnered good reviews and 10 Tony nominations but only one actual Tony, will close June 28 after a 20-month run which didn’t recoup its initial investment. A multi-year tour will begin in September in Cleveland. – Variety

World Premiere Of Wynton Marsalis’s Symphony No. 5 Postponed

Wed, 20 May 2026 16:02:00 +0200

Subtitled “Liberty,” the work was due to premiere the last weekend of May, performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop. A joint statement said, “All parties agreed that additional time would best support the long-term life of the new symphony.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

Saint Louis Art Museum Chief Exhibitions and Collections Officer

Wed, 20 May 2026 15:47:00 +0200

OrganizationThe Saint Louis Art Museum is a world-renowned fine arts institution located in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri, dedicated to collecting, presenting, and preserving works of art of the highest quality across time and cultures. Founded in 1879, the Museum has evolved into one of the leading encyclopedic art museums in the United States, with a mission to educate, inspire discovery, and elevate the human spirit while engaging and representing the full diversity of the St. Louis comm

The Antonio Stradivari of Brooklyn?

Wed, 20 May 2026 15:31:00 +0200

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center actually programmed a gala in honor of luthier Sam Zygmuntowicz — because so many of its members, and other leading string players (including Joshua Bell and Maxim Vengerov), have instruments of his. – The New York Times

A system designed to overwhelm

Sat, 16 May 2026 01:26:00 +0200

Good Morning,Three AI stories today, all pointing the same way. The Atlantic argues that the speed of the AI rollout is the strategy — it’s designed to overwhelm us (The Atlantic). The magazine also reports the anti-AI backlash is growing whether or not layoffs materialize (The Atlantic). And a new study finds that generative AI, while boosting individual output, is narrowing the diversity of creative ideas across users (PsyPost). The productivity dividend is starting to look like a

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR BALLET WEST

Sat, 16 May 2026 01:16:00 +0200

BALLET WEST, founded in 1963 by Willam Christensen, is one of America’s leading and largest ballet companies. The Company boasts a rich and varied repertoire, elegant and versatile artists and an American style and legacy that is as dynamic, expansive, and unexpected as the Rocky Mountain region it represents. Ballet West has toured the world several times, presenting the very best in American classical ballet. Nearly 100,000 students are served through outreach programs each year, reachin

The Reinvention Of Washington National Opera

Fri, 15 May 2026 23:10:00 +0200

The opera, which announced it was severing its relations with the Kennedy Center as President Trump sought to put his imprint on the institution, said it would produce five full-length operas — including a world premiere based on the life of Georgia O’Keeffe — and three smaller-scale works on five stages across the region. – The New York Times

How Langston Hughes’s “The Black Clown” Became An Opera

Fri, 15 May 2026 20:50:00 +0200

“The magic of creator, lead actor, and bass-baritone Davóne Tines’s operatic adaption of Langston Hughes’s 1931 dramatic monologue The Black Clown lies in its everythingness. (The) poem … consolidates 300 years of the Black American experience into 18 emotional stanzas.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

The AI Revolution Is Meant To Overwhelm You

Fri, 15 May 2026 20:31:00 +0200

I’ve written previously that one of AI’s enduring cultural impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing their mind. But lately, I believe, it’s the accelerated nature of the AI boom that’s driving people everywhere mad. – The Atlantic

One Of Cuba’s Most Unusual Choreographers Tries To Stay Afloat Amid The Island’s Economic Collapse

Fri, 15 May 2026 20:03:00 +0200

“For nearly three decades Cuba’s Danza Voluminosa regularly filled prestigious venues like the 2,000-seat National Theater. Directed by Juan Miguel Mas, the troupe pioneered a new movement by working exclusively with larger-bodied dancers. … (Now) Mas’s daily life has been upended by persistent blackouts, water outages, soaring costs and a lack of transportation.” – AP

A Rothko Sells For $86 Million

Fri, 15 May 2026 19:44:00 +0200

The seller of the 1957 work, “Brown and Blacks in Reds,” was the estate of former Goldman Sachs banker turned art dealer Robert Mnuchin, who paid $6.7 million for the work in 2003. The winning telephone bidder at Sotheby’s was anonymous. – The Wall Street Journal

The Anti-AI Backlash Is Growing

Fri, 15 May 2026 19:31:00 +0200

Even absent any uptick in AI-induced layoffs, the anti-AI sentiment is likely to keep growing. – The Atlantic

Sorry, But Introspection Is Just An Illusion

Fri, 15 May 2026 19:15:00 +0200

There are no such stable beliefs and desires “inside” us that can be observed and reported. Instead, the human mind is a wonderfully fluent, but profoundly deceptive, improviser: spinning stories justifying our thoughts and actions as fast as we ask questions. And these invented explanations are vague, inconsistent, and often provably wrong. – IAI News

Trial Begins For Murder Of Art Dealer Brent Sikkema, Allegedly By Order Of His Husband

Fri, 15 May 2026 19:04:00 +0200

“The estranged husband of a prominent New York City art dealer said he wished his spouse was dead before the co-owner of a contemporary art gallery was found stabbed to death in his Brazilian townhouse, a witness testified Tuesday as a murder-for-hire trial got underway in Manhattan.” – AP

What Kinds Of Non-Fiction Reporting Wins Pulitzers

Fri, 15 May 2026 18:44:00 +0200

If you do look closely at the history, biography, memoir, and general-nonfiction honors, a noticeable pattern emerges. The picks typically share a particular quality. – The Atlantic

Would Paying Reviewers Help Fix The Peer Review Problem?

Fri, 15 May 2026 18:31:00 +0200

“The current system of unpaid reviews undermines the standards of the peer-review process. It produces late reviews and excludes large segments of the research community who cannot afford to work for free. If you have a financial commitment from the reviewer, it creates a lever for expecting quality. Payment creates accountability, not corruption.” – InsideHigherEd

GenZers Are Going To Movie Theatres: Here’s Why

Fri, 15 May 2026 18:15:00 +0200

People born between 1997 and 2012 are now more frequent cinemagoers than some older age groups, according to a US-based survey by Fandango, with 87% having seen at least one film in a cinema in the last 12 months compared with 58% of baby boomers. – The Guardian

London Museum To Return Old Jain Manuscripts (Though They Aren’t Leaving Britain)

Fri, 15 May 2026 18:02:00 +0200

The Wellcome Collection is ceding ownership of more than 2,000 documents, dating from the 15th to 19th centuries, bought from a Jain temple in present-day Pakistan in 1919. Now deeming the purchase of the manuscripts “unethical,” the museum is turning them over to the UK-based Institute of Jainology. – The Telegraph (UK) (Yahoo!)

Study: Use Of AI Narrows Diversity Of Creativity

Fri, 15 May 2026 17:44:00 +0200

A recent preprint study provides evidence that while these tools might boost individual performance, they contribute to an overall reduction in the diversity of ideas across different users. – PsyPost

Knoxville Removes Alex Haley’s “Roots” From School Libraries

Fri, 15 May 2026 17:33:00 +0200

“Roots” is a multi-generational story following the descendants of a man sold into slavery in the United States. It won the Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into a mini-series. There is a statue of Haley in East Knoxville. – WATE

What Pop Music Criticism Has Become

Fri, 15 May 2026 17:15:00 +0200

The “Greatest Living Songwriters” list was dumb clickbait which omitted an entire pantheon of irreplaceably brilliant songwriters. But the thing I most lament is the loss of a critical landscape in which you could open up the paper each morning and read six reviews of weird shows on the Lower East Side. – Gabrial Kahane

How Some Of Broadway’s Biggest Stars This Season Get Themselves Into Character

Fri, 15 May 2026 17:03:00 +0200

Daniel Radcliffe, Every Brilliant Thing: “My ideal version is that the play starts without you noticing.” Ana Gasteyer, Schmigadoon!: “People from my particular background, which is Saturday Night Live, which is sketch, work very quickly. There is no process.” – The New York Times

Have A Look Inside The New Home Of Chicago’s TimeLine Theatre

Fri, 15 May 2026 16:35:00 +0200

“It’s a $46 million project built within the shell of a historic storage warehouse that was built by the W.C. Reebie and Brother Company in the 1910s, and the big vertical sign is easily visible to anyone traveling past.” – Chicago Tribune (Yahoo!)

Staffers At San Francisco Arts Commission Want To Know Where The Hell Their Boss Is

Fri, 15 May 2026 16:01:00 +0200

“Employees and artists are speaking out about turmoil in the San Francisco Arts Commission, alleging that its leader has been chronically absent and arguing that it’s harming the arts by cutting staff and changing how it funds artists.” – San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo!)

The Dallas Opera Appoints New CEO, David Lomelí

Fri, 15 May 2026 15:34:00 +0200

Previously chief artistic officer at Santa Fe Opera, Lomelí — who had an 11-year career as a tenor — has spent more than a decade over the years working with The Dallas Opera as consultant, artistic administrator, and founding director of the Hart Institute for Women Conductors. – The Dallas Morning News (MSN)

Suspect Arrested In Massive Louvre Ticketing Scam

Fri, 15 May 2026 15:06:00 +0200

“A Louvre employee was indicted and detained on Wednesday on charges including organized gang fraud as part of an investigation into a scheme to defraud the Paris museum of ticket fees for thousands of visitors. Six others had been placed in custody ‘because of the communications they may have had with the first defendants’.” – ARTnews

Settlement Reached In South Florida Public Radio Lawsuit

Fri, 15 May 2026 14:30:00 +0200

“In an out-of-court settlement announced Thursday, the Miami-Dade County School Board, which owns the news/talk outlet (WLRN), and South Florida Public Media Group, which manages it, say they have struck a seven-year management deal for WLRN.” – Inside Radio

AI writes Molière. Higher ed wobbles.

Wed, 13 May 2026 01:02:00 +0200

Good Morning,Three AI stories today are doing roughly the same thing in different professions. The Sorbonne fed Molière to a language model and got an “experimental play” in his style (The Guardian). Architecture firms are being forced to rethink a working model that hasn’t changed in decades (ArchDaily). And the New Yorker asks whether AI makes college obsolete (The New Yorker).The higher-ed sector is already wobbling: Humanities chairs surveyed by the American Academy

What Makes Some People So Good At Picking Up And Changing Accents?

Tue, 12 May 2026 21:01:00 +0200

One study found that the best predictor of whether someone could imitate a new accent was being able to execute a tongue-twister. A good ear for music and openness to new experiences also correlate with skill at accents. – BBC

Two Women Who Shaped Houston’s Art Scene For Decades

Tue, 12 May 2026 20:31:00 +0200

Maybe these two weren’t wildcatters or captains of industry, but their contributions to the cultural life of Houston and its global reputation as a destination for the arts are significant. – Texas Monthly

The Stigma Against Boys Studying Dance Still Lingers, But At Least It’s Weaker Now

Tue, 12 May 2026 20:03:00 +0200

“I think the public’s relationship with dance has changed, to the point where for the generation coming up, dance is associated more heavily with TikTok than with the Royal Ballet. I think that is what has really opened up the doors and taken away the stigma.” – The Guardian

The Politics Behind Israel And The Eurovision Song Competition

Tue, 12 May 2026 19:44:00 +0200

This previously undisclosed diplomatic push to keep Israel in Eurovision was just one aspect of a drama that unfolded over the past year around the world’s most watched cultural event. – The New York Times

Opera Production Canceled After A Single Complaint

Tue, 12 May 2026 19:34:00 +0200

The Minack Theatre at Porthcurno pulled a planned production of Léo Delibes’s Lakmé after a US-based Hindu campaigner described the opera as “shallow exoticism based on prejudice”. – The Telegraph (MSN)

Maybe Resilience Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does?

Tue, 12 May 2026 19:15:00 +0200

Part of the appeal is that calling someone resilient in the endurance sense sounds kind. It feels like encouragement rather than judgment. But communicating kindness without taking any responsibility is just a way to make yourself feel more comfortable – that everything will be OK. – Psyche

Why The Major Hollywood Studios Are Skipping Cannes This Year

Tue, 12 May 2026 19:02:00 +0200

“For a major release, paying for travel, accommodations and security for A-list talent … can run into seven figures. At a time when the U.S. entertainment industry is still in a period of contraction, … Cannes is an easily expendable line item.” – The Hollywood Reporter

Researchers Use AI To Write New Moliere

Tue, 12 May 2026 18:44:00 +0200

More than 350 years after his death, the 17th-century dramatist has been revived after scholars at the Sorbonne University in Paris used artificial intelligence to help write an experimental play in his style. – The Guardian

Inside The Ransomware Attack On Education

Tue, 12 May 2026 18:31:00 +0200

Hackers who had previously targeted Google and Ticketmaster had purposely chosen now, when college finals are happening, to threaten Instructure, the company that makes Canvas, that they would leak the personal information of 275 million Canvas users. – The Atlantic

AI Is Forcing Architecture Firms To Rethink How They Operate

Tue, 12 May 2026 18:15:00 +0200

Artificial intelligence has made its way into almost every corner of professional workflows, prompting the architectural industry to rethink how it works. To adapt to this shift, firms are now facing the limits of a model that has changed very little over the past few decades. – ArchDaily

Two Years After UArts Collapsed, Its Endowment Is Still Tied Up In Court

Tue, 12 May 2026 18:04:00 +0200

“Many parties, including colleges that accepted UArts students and a charitable trust that had funded more than half of the endowment, have been vying for the money in court.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

Study: Participating In The Arts Slows Biological Aging

Tue, 12 May 2026 17:44:00 +0200

The findings are the first to show that both participating in arts activities and attending events, such as viewing an exhibition, lead to people staying biologically younger. – The Guardian

Will AI Make College Unnecessary?

Tue, 12 May 2026 17:31:00 +0200

The pressures on higher education seem extraordinary, even to someone like me, who is generally convinced that real change is rare, perhaps especially when it comes to America’s tried-and-tested system for replicating its élites. – The New Yorker

Report: Humanities Department Chairs Are Pessimistic About The Field’s Future

Tue, 12 May 2026 17:15:00 +0200

Humanities chairs—anxious about increasing political interference, declining enrollments and students’ skepticism toward the value of humanities degrees—are largely pessimistic about the future of their departments, according to a new report from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. – InsideHigherEd

Critic Rex Reed, 87

Tue, 12 May 2026 17:01:00 +0200

“Reed’s reviews, as well as his stylishly written profiles of Hollywood and Broadway stars …, moved beyond the bland and laudatory, offering candid and penetrating portraits of artists and celebrities that stand out in an era where A-listers are (more protected). … His writing often moved beyond the incisive into the offensive.” – Variety

Theatre Cinemacasts And Livestreaming Don’t Discourage In-Person Attendance: Study

Tue, 12 May 2026 16:33:00 +0200

“Indigo’s report (for Britain’s National Theatre) states that ‘there is very little evidence that filmed theatre reduces in-person attendance of theatre overall’ and that 93% of survey respondents who saw at least one filmed theatre production in the cinema or via streaming also attended a performance in person.” – The Guardian

Chicago Sinfonietta’s “Pause” In Activities Blindsided Some Of Its Musicians

Tue, 12 May 2026 16:05:00 +0200

“The approximately 60 instrumentalists had a four-year contract with the orchestra that was due to end on Aug. 31, and they do not know if they will be re-hired. Beyond taking a financial hit, some in the group say they are concerned about the direction of the orchestra.” – WBEZ (Chicago)

The City Where The Arts Are Funded By Cigarette Taxes

Tue, 12 May 2026 15:30:00 +0200

“Cuyahoga County, home to Cleveland, is thought to be the only place in the country where a tax on cigarettes goes to arts organizations. … The innovative model has been so successful, raising money by making cigarettes more expensive, that it threatened its own demise.” – The New York Times

What Academics Found When They Examined A Guaranteed-Basic-Income-For-Artists Program

Tue, 12 May 2026 15:02:00 +0200

“As researchers who study artists, cultural work and public policy, we evaluated this (New York State) program to see whether it achieved its stated goals. Our main finding was simple: Artists did not stop working. Instead, they changed the kind of work they did.” – The Conversation

Visitors Get A Rare Closeup Look At Ceiling Murals By Klimt

Tue, 12 May 2026 14:34:00 +0200

The 10 paintings were done by the young Gustav Klimt and his brother at Vienna’s Burgtheater from 1886-1888. They’re currently getting a cleaning, and while the scaffolding is up, the theater is allowing some visitors to climb up and get a closer view. – AP

Dudamel Takes The New York Philharmonic Uptown To Play Salsa

Tue, 12 May 2026 14:06:00 +0200

As part of the lead-in to his formal assumption of the music director title, the Dude got the Phil together with the Spanish Harlem Orchestra to play both salsa-influenced classical compositions and genuine salsa. The program was a hit, both at Lincoln Center and 100 blocks uptown in Washington Heights. – The New York Times

Mass250

Tue, 12 May 2026 04:10:00 +0200

My introduction of a concert of piano music performed by New England Conservatory students on April 14, 2026 in Jordan Hall, Boston.
This concert is part of two large projects: Mass250 (that’s Massachusetts 250), and America250. Both of these are many-part celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
The students playing tonight were chosen through a competition. Any piano piece by an American composer could be played. And we had music from the 18th

AJ Chronicles: The Venice Biennale Blows Up — Some Takeaways

Sat, 09 May 2026 22:33:00 +0200

Culture awards of all kinds have been steadily losing their currency over the past decade. So what’s going on?

Stéphane Denéve shares his philosophy of artistic curation

Sat, 09 May 2026 18:35:00 +0200

Stéphane Denève, Artistic Director of the New World Symphony, shares his passion for Modern Masterworks and his philosophy of artistic curation.

A Venice Biennale in Turmoil

Sat, 09 May 2026 16:59:00 +0200

This Week’s Highlights:The Venice Biennale opened Saturday in something close to disarray. The jury resigned en masse over Israel’s and Russia’s eligibility (Hyperallergic). Iran withdrew days before opening (Artforum). The US pavilion sits empty — the administration’s call for proposals required work that “reflect and promote American values,” and got the silence it asked for (ARTnews). Pussy Riot stormed the Russian pavilion in pink balaclavas (The Gua

David Attenborough, Everyone’s Favorite Nature TV Host, Is Now 100

Fri, 08 May 2026 20:50:00 +0200

“(He’s) the man who has brought frolicking gorillas, breaching whales and tiny poisonous frogs into living rooms around the world for more than 70 years. … Attenborough has illuminated the beauty, ferocity and sometimes downright weirdness of nature in a hushed melodic voice that conveys his own awe at what he is witnessing.” – AP

America’s First Baroque Dance Company Is Now 50

Fri, 08 May 2026 20:03:00 +0200

“While early music enjoyed a strong following (since) the 1970s, historical dance needed help catching up — and the New York Baroque Dance Co., founded in 1976 by Catherine Turocy and Ann Jacoby, was seminal in jump-starting research, performance styles, and popularity.” – Early Music America

Claim: Figuring Out Consciousness Isn’t Difficult

Fri, 08 May 2026 19:44:00 +0200

Amid the current cultural backlash against progressive ideas, today’s debate on consciousness reflects our human fears of belonging to the same family as inanimate matter and losing our dear, transcendent souls. – Noema

How Gawker Reshaped Our Media Landscape

Fri, 08 May 2026 19:15:00 +0200

Gawker, which shut down 10 years ago this August, was guilty of lapses in judgment — former staffers interviewed for this story admit as much. It could be withering, puerile and gratuitously nasty. But, at its best, it rebelled against media piety and the growing, often indiscriminate power of the digital world. – The Hollywood Reporter

Vice News Is Coming Back (Though Not Quite Like It Was)

Fri, 08 May 2026 19:02:00 +0200

“The hip current events platform targeted at Millennials, which sought to be ‘The Economist for young people’ during the decade (2014-2023), is now being resuscitated by company founder Shane Smith, both as a social-platform-first outlet for his podcast and news reports and as a brand partnership vehicle.” – The Hollywood Reporter

Warner Bros. Posts $2.9B Loss In First Quarter

Fri, 08 May 2026 18:44:00 +0200

The New York-based media company released its first-quarter earnings report Wednesday, which included a $2.9-billion loss. That amount includes $1.3 billion in restructuring expenses, including updated valuations for Warner’s declining linear cable television networks. – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)

Portland, OR Has An Arts Tax. Now It’s Time To Reform It

Fri, 08 May 2026 18:44:00 +0200

“Without this much needed arts tax reform, including indexing it to inflation, we risk losing the very institutions that make Portland vibrant, and we also risk losing the next generation of arts lovers by failing to sustain arts education in our schools.” – KATU

How Trump Took Over The NEH

Fri, 08 May 2026 18:31:00 +0200

A little over a year later, after the Department of Government Efficiency eliminated more than half of the NEH staff and tried to terminate 97 percent of its grants, Trump fired all but four members of the 26-person advisory board, called the National Council on the Humanities. – Chronicle of Higher Education

How Our Machines Are Getting In The Way Of Art

Fri, 08 May 2026 18:18:00 +0200

From the original, nineteenth-century form popularized by Balzac, Zola, and Stendhal to the “lyrical” variant of today, the verisimilitude that realism pursues—not just lifelikeness, but worldlikeness—is meant to convince us the novel is, for want of a better term, natural. – Boston Review

Hungary: Will Péter Magyar Purge The Corrupted State Media Viktor Orbán Left Behind?

Fri, 08 May 2026 18:04:00 +0200

“Since taking power in 2010, Orbán and his Fidesz party reshaped the country’s media to promote themselves and demonise their opponents, sending press freedom rankings plunging and leaving swathes of the country living in an alternative reality.” Soon after last month’s election, Magyar vowed to suspend and reform state media he compared to North Korea’s. – The Guardian

Time For Ballet To Go Big Again?

Fri, 08 May 2026 17:44:00 +0200

His way of turning chaos into clockwork, of shifting the act of watching ballet to an out-of-body experience, might do a number on a choreographer trying to make a full-scale classical dance at City Ballet. Still, why hasn’t anyone tried? Why don’t choreographers make huge classical ballets anymore? – The New York Times

Is Substack The New Book Tour?

Fri, 08 May 2026 17:31:00 +0200

Some experts say Substack’s rise fits into a longer arc in publishing, one shaped by the early wave of self-publishing tools like Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing and Smashwords in the late aughts. Those platforms opened the door for self-published authors, but didn’t solve the marketing problem. – Fast Company

Report: Twice As Many Books Banned This Year From Libraries And Classrooms

Fri, 08 May 2026 17:15:00 +0200

PEN America’s report released Thursday called “Facts & Fiction: Stories Stripped Away by Book Bans” found that 3,743 unique titles were removed from school libraries and classrooms between July 2024 and June 2025. This included 1,102 nonfiction titles. – The Hill

U.S. Book-Banners Step Up Attacks On Nonfiction: Study

Fri, 08 May 2026 17:01:00 +0200

“PEN America analysed the 3,743 unique titles removed from school libraries and classrooms in the (2024-25) July to June period and found that over 1,100 or 29% were non-fiction, more than double the year prior. The most common theme in the banned non-fiction books was activism and social movements.” – The Guardian

Judge Rules DOGE’s Cancellation Of NEH Grants Was Unconstitutional

Fri, 08 May 2026 16:35:00 +0200

“The Trump administration’s cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities grants to scholars, writers, research groups and other organizations was unconstitutional, and the Department of Government Efficiency had no authority to end the funding, a federal judge in New York ruled on Thursday.” – AP

More Mayhem At Venice Biennale: Artist Strike Closes Several Pavilions

Fri, 08 May 2026 16:03:00 +0200

“The Biennale was disrupted on Friday morning as some of the major artists at this year’s event shuttered their exhibitions in protest over Israel’s participation. … Some of the buzziest exhibitions at this year’s event, including those by artists representing Austria, Belgium, Egypt, Japan, the Netherlands and South Korea, were shut.” – The New York Times

Historic But Shuttered Theatre To Become Winnipeg Symphony’s Once-And-Future Home

Fri, 08 May 2026 15:32:00 +0200

The Pantages, built in downtown Winnipeg in 1914, is getting $15 million from the Manitoba government for renovation. The venue was run by the Winnipeg Symphony from 2011 until it closed in 2018 due to physical plant problems, and the orchestra will be the primary (but not sole) tenant when it reopens. – CBC

Manuela Hoelterhoff, Pulitzer-Winning Arts Critic, Is Dead At 77

Fri, 08 May 2026 15:06:00 +0200

“(She) spent more than 20 years with The Wall Street Journal. She served variously as a critic, arts editor, book editor and member of the editorial board. She won the criticism Pulitzer for her writing on television, books, opera, art and architecture.” – The New York Times

Chicago Sinfonietta “Pauses” All Activities Until 2027 And Lays Off Its Staff

Fri, 08 May 2026 14:34:00 +0200

After this weekend’s concerts, the orchestra — founded in 1987 to develop diverse talent and reach underserved audiences — will present no more public programming until 2027. The organization’s only employee will be the CEO, who will focus on fundraising and sustainability planning. – WBEZ (Chicago)

María Nieves Rego, Co-Creator Of Worldwide Hit “Tango Argentino,” Has Died At 91

Wed, 06 May 2026 16:34:00 +0200

“With her dance partner and onetime husband, Juan Carlos Copes” — described as the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers of tango — “(she) formed a duo that, despite their often-painful personal relationship, helped spark a tango revival in Argentina that spread worldwide.” – The New York Times
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L.A.’s Holocaust Museum To Reopen As Part Of New Cultural Center

Wed, 06 May 2026 16:02:00 +0200

“The Holocaust Museum LA, the first survivor-founded and oldest Holocaust museum in the United States, will reopen after a 10-month closure as part of the new Goldrich Cultural Center — a $70-million campus expansion set to debut June 14 in Pan Pacific Park (near downtown).” – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
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Having Canceled Most Of Its Concerts, San Antonio Philharmonic Schedules A Couple Of New Ones

Wed, 06 May 2026 15:30:00 +0200

In mid-February, the precarious orchestra called off the remainder of this season and lost its music director. In what may be a surprising development, the SA Phil has just announced two performances of a program of Moncayo, Ravel and Tchaikovsky, scheduled for the last weekend of this month. – Texas Public Radio
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A Visit To Russia’s Exhibition At The Venice Biennale

Wed, 06 May 2026 15:05:00 +0200

“There weren’t any paintings or sculptures in Russia’s pale green building, which dates to before the Revolution. Instead, … the Toloka Ensemble, a folk group, sat below a bulbous flower arrangement and sang traditional songs to a cluster of reporters eager to witness the country’s controversial comeback at the Biennale.” – The New York Times
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Publishers And Authors Sue Meta And Mark Zuckerberg (Personally) For AI-Related Copyright Infringement

Wed, 06 May 2026 14:33:00 +0200

Five large publishing houses, along with Scott Turow representing authors as a class, allege in their filing that Zuckerberg himself “personally authorized and actively encouraged the infringement” of copyrights by Meta, which used countless books and articles to train Llama, its AI language system. – AP
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James Murdoch Is Looking To Buy New York Magazine And Its Podcasts

Wed, 06 May 2026 14:01:00 +0200

“Media investor James Murdoch is in advanced talks to buy Vox Media’s New York magazine and podcast division, according to people familiar with the matter. The deal, which is through Murdoch’s Lupa Systems investment company, isn’t yet final, and could still fall apart, they said.” – The Wall Street Journal (MSN)
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The Joslyn Art Museum seeks Director of Learning & Engagement

Wed, 06 May 2026 03:22:00 +0200

Position SummaryThe Director of Learning & Engagement (Director) will serve as a visionary force behind The Joslyn Art Museum’s (The Joslyn) dynamic and expanding portfolio of education and public engagement initiatives, from school partnerships and tours to lectures and community outreach. The Director will drive a bold, forward-looking strategy that elevates innovative, audience-centered programming and amplifies The Joslyn’s mission and impact. With a collaborative, people-fir

Pulitzers Land, Institutions Wobble

Wed, 06 May 2026 01:34:00 +0200

Good Morning,This year’s Pulitzers were announced. Bess Wohl’s Liberation took Drama (Playbill). Gabriela Lena Frank’s Picaflor, premiered last year by the Philadelphia Orchestra, won Music (Philadelphia Inquirer). Mark Lamster of the Dallas Morning News won Criticism for his architecture columns about downtown Dallas (Dallas Morning News). The book prizes went to Lepore, Li, Vaill, Kraus, Goldstone, and Spahr (Literary Hub).The wobbles, meanwhile: the BBC’s newsroom is t

A Visit To Africa’s Largest Contemporary Dance Festival

Tue, 05 May 2026 21:03:00 +0200

“Founded in 1997, the African Dance Biennial has spent nearly three decades rotating across African cities — most recently Maputo, Mozambique, in 2023 — with the aim of raising the visibility of choreographic work on the continent. The three-day event, which closedSunday, was held at the École des Sables … in Toubab Dialao, Senegal.” – AP
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Trends In Biennale Artists And Their Work

Tue, 05 May 2026 20:31:00 +0200

The most-visible type is an artist who digs into the history of colonialism, surfaces some charged document or symbol, and highlights it by doing something poetic with it. The tone is more reflective than truly didactic. Often, the art is channeling the look of an exhibit in a science or history museum. – Artnet
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Conductor Fired From Venice’s Opera House Speaks Out

Tue, 05 May 2026 20:01:00 +0200

Beatrice Venezi’s appointment as music director of Teatro La Fenice was greeted with an avalanche of criticism that she was unqualified, hired only because she’s a protégée of Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni. Now Venezi says, “The (political) Right needed my clean face; they used me and then threw me away.” – Moto Perpetuo
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Media’s “Find Us” Problem

Tue, 05 May 2026 19:44:00 +0200

Broadcast once provided a predictable, repeated structure built into daily life. As the “tune-in” habit has eroded, we haven’t been deliberate enough in designing something to take its place. – Greater Public
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What We Lose When “The Late Show” Goes Away

Tue, 05 May 2026 19:31:00 +0200

The cancellation of Colbert’s show right before a deal that needed government approval has given his exit an additional resonance. – The New York Times
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Study: Relocating New Orleans Needs To Start Now Because Of Climate Change

Tue, 05 May 2026 19:15:00 +0200

The process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately, as the city has reached a “point of no return” that will see it surrounded by the ocean within decades due to the climate crisis, a stark new study has concluded. – The Guardian
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Leon Botstein To Retire As Bard College’s President Following Epstein Revelations

Tue, 05 May 2026 19:04:00 +0200

The 79-year-old music historian and conductor will step down in June after 51 years leading the small liberal arts college in New York’s Hudson Valley. Botstein is not accused of any involvement in Epstein’s sex abuse of young women, but he maintained much closer ties to Epstein than he had previously admitted. – AP
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Just How Long Should An Arts Leader Stay?

Tue, 05 May 2026 18:44:00 +0200

As one artist told ArtsHub: ‘Artistic director and executive director jobs are so few and far between in Australia that it is no wonder that when someone is appointed to one, they hold on to them for more than 10 years. – ArtsHub
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The Tiniest Particles In The Universe Don’t Tell You What The Universe Is

Tue, 05 May 2026 18:31:00 +0200

We are taught from a young age that matter is made of atoms, built from particles such as electrons, and electrons are not built from anything else. For this reason, these particles are sometimes said to be fundamental. But are they? Is the Universe really made from the smallest constituents? – Aeon
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What Happened To The Viral Kid Dance Stars?

Tue, 05 May 2026 18:16:00 +0200

Watching these dancers online was like looking into a crystal ball: There was the future of dance. But did that promise bear out? – The New York Times
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Boston, Cape Cod, Central Mass. Public Radio Outlets To Merge

Tue, 05 May 2026 18:02:00 +0200

“WGBH Educational Foundation and New England Public Media plan to formally merge operations by the summer of 2026. … The merger will combine Boston-based GBH, Springfield-based NEPM and Cape Cod’s CAI into what executives describe as one of Massachusetts’s largest statewide public media networks, reaching more than 1.3 million people weekly.” – Inside Radio
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AI Actors, Scripts Won’t Be Eligible For Oscars

Tue, 05 May 2026 17:44:00 +0200

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that only performances “credited in the film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with their consent” will be eligible for Academy Awards. Similarly, the academy said that screenplays must be “human-authored” to be eligible. – TechCrunch
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Personal Encounter: Music That Reflects Back Grief

Tue, 05 May 2026 17:31:00 +0200

“Having my own churning emotions echoed back to me in this way was a stunning experience, one that, perhaps paradoxically, lifted me out of my own pain for a time. Catharsis was the last thing I expected going in, but it’s precisely what I experienced.” – San Francisco Classical Voice
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Nicole Hollander, The Acerbic Cartoonist Who Created Sylvia, Has Died At 86

Tue, 05 May 2026 17:15:00 +0200

“Hollander made Sylvia, who got her own strip in 1980, a tart-tongued, witty, loquacious single mother who held court — sometimes from her bathtub — on sex and relationships as well as politics, health care reform, the environment and other hot-button issues.” – The New York Times
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BBC’s Newsroom Will Be Hit Hardest By Job Cuts

Tue, 05 May 2026 17:05:00 +0200

“The division, home to about a quarter of all BBC staff, is being saddled with one of the highest cost-cutting targets as the corporation attempts to cut as many as 2,000 jobs in the biggest downsizing of the public service broadcaster in 15 years.” – The Guardian
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The Great Culture Schism: Money, Audience and Authority

Sat, 02 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200

This Week’s Highlights:The Boston Symphony has been “living on borrowed time” for years, says Keith Lockhart (Boston Globe). The Jungle Theater in Minneapolis has put its building up for sale (Star Tribune). London’s National Gallery — in such precarious shape it has just hired an economist-in-residence — warns that “if they catch cold, the rest of us will get pneumonia” (Financial Times). Boston’s forward-thinking progressive mayor wants to

Director of Production – Union Arts Center

Sat, 02 May 2026 16:48:00 +0200

Union Arts Center, home of ACT Contemporary Theatre & Seattle Shakespeare Company, is excited to announce an opening for a Director of Production (DOP). Union Arts Center (UAC) has successfully launched our inaugural season, which includes both contemporary and classical works. This is a momentous opportunity to join our merged organization within a collaborative and creative work environment. See more details about responsibilities and qualifications at https://www.unionartscenter.org/abou

AJ Chronicles: Are Our Attention Spans Killing Culture or Reassembling It?

Sat, 02 May 2026 16:41:00 +0200

Depth hasn’t disappeared. Perhaps it’s gone lateral. The vertical architecture that produced “official” cultural memory has cracked, but the appetite for tradition — for context, for lineage, for the why — has migrated to wherever audiences and individuals can build their own context and throughlines. Sometimes those lines are deep obsessive sturdy. Sometimes they are skimming across the surface of micro-videos and news of the day.The post AJ Chronicles: Are

Kaneza Schaal talks about America 250 at the Detroit Opera

Sat, 02 May 2026 09:37:00 +0200

Kaneza Schaal, Theater & Opera Artist & Director, talks about the extraordinary upcoming America at 250 season at Detroit Opera and its impact for audiences and community.
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Borrowed time, bought orchestras

Sat, 02 May 2026 01:29:00 +0200

Good Morning,Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart says the Boston Symphony has been “living on borrowed time” for years (Boston Globe). In Minneapolis, the Jungle Theater, dark since February, has put its building up for sale (Star Tribune). The California Academy of Sciences is cutting nearly 10% of its workforce (SF Chronicle). And London’s National Gallery — in such precarious shape it has just hired an economist-in-residence — warns that “if they catch col

Six Elite Ballet Dancers On What They Did After Retiring From The Stage

Fri, 01 May 2026 20:50:00 +0200

One became a kindergarten teacher and social worker; another became a midwife. One lucky fellow got to be artistic director of a company; another studied music and started conducting ballet orchestras. One got appointed to Britain’s House of Lords. And one, of course, became a consultant. – The Guardian
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The Struggle To Protect Mauritania’s Medieval Library Town

Fri, 01 May 2026 20:03:00 +0200

Chinguetti developed as a trading post on the trans-Sahara caravan route to Timbuktu — and, as in Timbuktu, over the centuries Chinguetti families came to amass important collections of medieval manuscripts on religion, law, and science. Now, as the population dwindles and the desert sand encroaches, preserving these collections is a challenge. – The Dial
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London’s New Banksy Statue Appears In The Middle of The Night

Fri, 01 May 2026 19:44:00 +0200

The sculpture depicts a man marching forward off a plinth while carrying a large, billowing flag that obscures his face. A video Banksy posted on social media shows the statue being towed to Westminster in the dead of night, alongside shots of the nearby statue of Winston Churchill. – The Guardian
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Troubled Minneapolis Theatre Puts Its Building Up For Sale

Fri, 01 May 2026 19:31:00 +0200

Three months after pausing its programming because of financial hardship, the Jungle Theater has put its south Minneapolis home up for sale. The company announced April 30 that it is actively looking for a buyer of its Lyndale Avenue S. building. – Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Lockhart: Boston Symphony Is Living On Borrowed Time

Fri, 01 May 2026 19:15:00 +0200

Keith Lockhart, longtime conductor of the Boston Pops, said Wednesday “there is a lot of blame to be spread around” for the turmoil that has engulfed the Boston Symphony Orchestra, noting that the BSO for years has been “living on borrowed time.” – Boston Globe
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Pay-To-Play: Rich People Are Hiring Themselves Orchestras To Conduct

Fri, 01 May 2026 19:02:00 +0200

“These experiences allow people with money but little musical ability to roleplay composer and conductor — for a price. This development flows naturally from this era’s extreme inequality as well as classical music’s precarious state, even in such historically generous countries as Germany. It risks reshaping the art itself to align with the whims of wealthy dilettantes.” – The Baffler
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Are Online Worlds The Only Place Children Have Unsupervised Freedom?

Fri, 01 May 2026 18:44:00 +0200

According to results from a 2025 Harris Poll, 62 per cent of American kids aged eight to 12 have never walked or biked somewhere without an adult. Roughly the same percentage have never made plans with friends without adult assistance, and almost half have never walked in a different aisle than their parents at a store. – Psyche
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What If There’s No Such Thing As Infinity?

Fri, 01 May 2026 18:31:00 +0200

“A lot of mathematicians just find the whole proposal preposterous,” said Joel David Hamkins(opens a new tab), a set theorist at the University of Notre Dame. Ultrafinitism is not polite talk at a mathematical society dinner. – Quanta
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70-Year-Old Evelyn Hart Returns To Dance With The Royal Winnipeg — 50 Years After She Joined It

Fri, 01 May 2026 18:15:00 +0200

“I keep waking up every day, pinching myself, thinking I’m so lucky. It feels, literally, as if I’ve just been transported back in time,” says Hart, 70, who joined the company 50 years ago, in 1976. – Winnipeg Free Press
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An August Wilson Play In Italian? Yes, And With African-Italian Actors

Fri, 01 May 2026 18:04:00 +0200

“Renzo Carbonera, an Italian filmmaker, is making his theatrical directing debut with a production (of Jitney) that he says will be the first Italian-language translation of a Wilson play to be performed by a cast of Black-Italian actors in both Italy and the United States.” – The New York Times
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AI And A Permanent Underclass

Fri, 01 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200

Whether you talk with engineers, venture capitalists, founders or managers, or with doomers, accelerationists, lefties or libertarians, the so-called San Francisco consensus on the impact of A.I. for workers is bleak. – The New York Times
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This Season’s Broadway: Familiar, Yet Different

Fri, 01 May 2026 17:44:00 +0200

The shows that left the biggest impression on me — “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” “Ragtime” and “Chess” — are well-known properties. But these warhorses have been rejuvenated in startling ways. – Los Angeles Times
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Gallery Appoints Economist-In-Residence

Fri, 01 May 2026 17:15:00 +0200

“We radically, radically need something new, because old thinking isn’t getting us anywhere. In my 30 years in the cultural sector I’ve never known a situation in which so many major institutions — the National Gallery, Tate — are in such a precarious economic state. If they catch cold, the rest of us will get pneumonia.” – Financial Times
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Check Out The Plans For Putting An Actual Park In The Middle Of Park Avenue

Fri, 01 May 2026 17:03:00 +0200

“A century ago, the median down … Park Avenue was much more welcoming than it is today, a place with seating and substantial plantings where you’d consider spending time. … In 2024, (New York City) announced a call for proposals wherein those two lanes would be reclaimed from traffic for leisure and greenery.” – Vulture (MSN)
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City Of San Francisco Names Its First-Ever Arts And Culture Czar

Fri, 01 May 2026 16:31:00 +0200

“Longtime arts and city government veteran Matthew Goudeau has been named San Francisco’s first executive director of arts and culture. … To that end, Goudeau will oversee three of the city’s most important arts entities: the San Francisco Arts Commission, Grants for the Arts and the Film Commission.” – San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo!)
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Another Judge Throws Another Wrench Into The Onion’s Takeover Of Alex Jones’s Infowars Website

Fri, 01 May 2026 16:05:00 +0200

“The Onion’s plan to take over the Infowars platforms that Alex Jones built into a bullhorn of conspiracy theories and turn them into parody sites was in limbo again Thursday, after a Texas court paused a proposed deal involving the satirical news outlet.” – AP
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Artist Georg Baselitz Dead At 88

Fri, 01 May 2026 15:32:00 +0200

“Baselitz pushed figuration beyond recognizable form into abstraction — ultimately, and famously, flipping the medium itself: his experiments culminated in his signature upside-down portraits and landscapes, both genres apt for his unique dissection of masculinity.” – ARTnews
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Streaming And Cable Subscribers Sue To Stop Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

Fri, 01 May 2026 15:06:00 +0200

“Paramount subscribers, in a lawsuit filed on Thursday in federal court, allege the acquisition will substantially reduce competition in streaming, news and theatrical distribution in violation of antitrust laws.” – The Hollywood Reporter
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Compromise: Russia Will Have Show At Venice Biennale, But It Will Be Closed To Public

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:01:00 +0200

“According to new reports from Italian news outlets, Russia‘s group exhibition ‘The tree is rooted in the sky’ will only be accessible to members of the press and industry insiders during the Bienniale’s preview May 5-8. When the exhibition opens to the public (May 9-November 22), entry will be prohibited.” – Artforum
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2 Arts Marketing, Development & Ticketing Conferences Devoted to Solutions for the New Era!

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:01:00 +0200

2 Arts Marketing, Development & Ticketing Conferences Devoted to Solutions for the New Era!Get Concrete Solutions for Chaotic Times. Join us in Toronto, July 14-15 or Seattle, August 11-12. Sign up by May 21 to get 3-for-1 registration and the lowest price!Come together with friends and allies for two jam-packed days of networking, success-planning and essential skill-building for this new era. Discover which new models are surging and which ones don’t work anymore. Make up for lost r

Minnesota Orchestra Musicians And Management Agree To New Contract Months Early

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:33:00 +0200

The new two-year agreement, effective Sept. 1, includes a 2.5% salary increase each year as well as what are described as “temporary changes to hiring practices” in order to reduce expenses by $2 million. – Pioneer Press (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
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One Of America’s Oldest Period-Instrument Orchestras Names Its Second-Ever Music Director

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:05:00 +0200

Boston Baroque was founded back in 1973 by harpsichordist/conductor Martin Pearlman, who stepped down as artistic director last year. His successor, as of this coming season, is Marc Minkowski, who has amassed an estimable discography with Les Musiciens du Louvre, the Baroque orchestra he founded in France in 1982. – Moto Perpetuo
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AI Gets a Museum; Its Story Cracks

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:56:00 +0200

Good Morning,The AI conversation is colliding with itself today. Refik Anadol’s Dataland — billed as the world’s first AI art museum — got a June opening date inside Frank Gehry’s Grand L.A. complex (Artnet). Meanwhile, a new Google DeepMind paper argues large language models will never be conscious, demonstrating the gap between AI marketing and rigorous science (404 Media). And a dissection of Sora’s stalled adoption asks why creative AI keeps drawing initia

“Ghost Imaging” Recovers Text Of 1,500-Year-Old Biblical Manuscript

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:03:00 +0200

The 6th-century Codex H included a Greek-language copy of the New Testament’s letters of St. Paul. Sometime in the Middle Ages, though, the monks of Mt. Athos broke the book up and re-used the parchment. Fragments have since been identified, but the original text on them was considered irretrievable — until now. – Artnet
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Rise Of The Viral Micro-Drama

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:50:00 +0200

While the rest of the world was getting hooked on cat videos and bedroom-dance routines, Chinese creators were tinkering with something more ambitious: serialized shows shot vertically, for phones, and packed with racy plots, absurd twists, and great swells of emotion. – The New Yorker
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Nilo Cruz: The Art Of Opera Libretto

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:31:00 +0200

A play lives in language. An opera lives in duration. One moment in an opera can expand for five minutes. Maybe you give the composer a full sentence. They might take one word and heighten it, expand it even more. Maybe the whole sentence disappears into music. – The Paris Review
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AI: A Philosophy About Language

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0200

The underlying intelligence of a large language model isn’t a function of its architecture, its parameter count, or the volume of compute thrown at its training. It is not even about the training data. It is a function of the social complexity of the civilization whose language it digested. – The Ideas Newsletter
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The Obsessive Who’s Rescuing And Preserving Indian Cinema’s Early History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:01:00 +0200

“Seventy per cent of India’s films made before 1950 are gone forever. Film Heritage Foundation founder Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is trying to save the rest.” – Variety
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When A Fierce Street-Dancing Competitor Starts Choreographing On Contemporary Dance Companies

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:04:00 +0200

“’Usually, when I walk in rooms, people are afraid of me,’ the choreographer Courtney Washington said recently.” – The New York Times
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New Google Paper Argues AI Will Never Be Conscious

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:48:00 +0200

The paper shows the divergence between the self-serving narratives AI companies promote in the media and how they collapse under rigorous examination. – 404 Media
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A Detailed Account Of The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:31:00 +0200

A former FBI agent who led the investigation for more than two decades is now offering the first detailed account of how investigators reached that conclusion — and publicly identifying the men he believes were involved. – AP News
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Why AI Is Struggling With Creativity

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0200

Many generative AI programs geared toward creative fields have encountered a common problem: rapid initial adoption, followed by declining sustained engagement. – The Conversation
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David Malouf, Australian Author And “Living National Treasure,” Is Dead At 92

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:02:00 +0200

“From reimagined Greek and Roman classics to the exploration of identity and morality in the suburbs and landscapes of Australia, David Malouf successfully merged his passion for literature, language and imagination with his connection to home to become one of Australia’s most celebrated writers.” – The Guardian
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Docs: Adelaide Writers Week Sacrificed To Save Arts Festival

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:31:00 +0200

Adelaide writers’ week was sacrificed to save the 2026 Adelaide festival, an event that ploughs more than $60m into South Australia’s economy each year, documents show. – The Guardian
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Why It’s So Difficult To Agree On Truth

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0200

These different notions of truth shape everyday discourse as well as philosophical debate. They might help explain why some arguments feel pointless, why political debates circle endlessly, and why certain disagreements never quite meet on common ground. – Psyche
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Playwright David Henry Hwang Re-Works “Flower Drum Song” For A Second Time

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:05:00 +0200

“This most recent outing allowed Hwang, 68, to address some flaws in the original and even in his own (2001) remake. … He also added a scene that drives home the fact that coming to America as a poor immigrant isn’t all flower drums and show tunes.” – The New York Times
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The World’s First Museum Of AI-Generated Art Is Coming Soon To L.A.

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:33:00 +0200

“Dataland, the world’s first A.I. art museum, is set to open on June 20 after more than two-and-a-half-years of planning and construction. … The museum will be housed inside the Grand L.A., a Frank Gehry-designed complex comprised of high-end apartments, entertainment facilities, and a luxury hotel.” – Artnet
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The Guys Behind The Onion’s Takeover Of Alex Jones’s Infowars Talk About Just What They’re Up To

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:01:00 +0200

“The Onion always makes fun of the big thing in the cultural zeitgeist. We have not made fun of gut-microbiology influencers for far too long, and now they’re running the Department of Health and Human Services; we have to parody these people.” – The Hollywood Reporter
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UK Equity Threatens Strikes In London’s West End This Summer

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:36:00 +0200

“The reason? Minimum pay and terms settlement negotiations between Equity and the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) have hit a snag after ‘constructive’ beginnings, with Equity saying that there were still question marks over ‘expectations on pay, holiday, rehearsal working time, injury, and stage management differentials.’” – WhatsOnStage (UK)
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How AI Looks Set To Change The Actual Printing Of Books

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:04:00 +0200

“A new report from the Book Manufacturers’ Institute on the state of the book industry predicts that printing is on the cusp of potential major changes.” – Publishers Weekly
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Venice’s Opera House Fires Controversial New Music Director Over Interviews

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:32:00 +0200

After months of protests from musicians and others over the slender qualifications of conductor Beatrice Venezi, the board of La Fenice confirmed her appointment and it looked like she was all set. Then she trash-talked the opera house and its audience to an Argentine newspaper. – The Guardian
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Jeremy Rothman talks about championing composers beyond the standard cannon

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 09:42:00 +0200

Jeremy Rothman, Chief Artistic Officer of The Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts, shares their 125-year history championing composers beyond the standard canon.
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Riyadh walks, Venice cuts, Berlin stalls

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:55:00 +0200

Good morningThe Met Opera’s $200 million Saudi deal is dead — Riyadh walked from an arrangement that would have sent the company to perform three-week February seasons at the new Royal Diriyah Opera House in exchange for badly needed funding (The New York Times). It’s the highest-profile casualty in a day full of cultural institutions renegotiating the political and financial terms of their existence. (Question: why did the Met announce the deal before it was signed?)The EU cut

LACMA’s New Building: What’s the purpose of art in a Museum?

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:13:00 +0200

LACMA proposes a new model for museums. For a long time now, context has been an essential deliverable when you go to a museum. It’s how meaning gets constructed. Just what was so remarkable about the way Constable painted light, and how did it have an effect on the painters who came after?
The white cube gallery was modernism’s insistence that art speak for itself. But it was invented for audiences who already spoke the vocabulary. It assumed the context was already in the viewer&r

no the english language is not like literally goin to pot as we watch lol

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:50:00 +0200

While these common gripes point to eccentric speech patterns, they don’t point to grammatical annihilation. English has weathered far worse. … English has lost almost all of the more complex linguistic trappings it was born with to become the language we know and — at least, sometimes — love today.” – The Conversation
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I Am Anti-AI. How Do We Get It Out Of Schools?

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:26:00 +0200

At times, I find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block: avoid eye contact, cross the street when you walk past his house, and, when in doubt, call on a trusted adult. – The New Yorker
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Inside The First-Ever, Very Strictly Confidential, Choreographers’ Summit In New York

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:01:00 +0200

To allow for genuinely open, honest exchange, the rules at the Creators in Dance Summit, which hosted 75 choreographers across numerous genres, were simple but strict: “You cannot name individuals or institutions, and you can use what you received at the summit, but you cannot name who said it.” – Dance Magazine
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The Ideas Challenging This Year’s Turner Prize Finalists

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:44:00 +0200

This year’s prize arrives at a moment when sculpture, funding structures and art education are becoming unusually entangled. – The Conversation
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Blame It On The Culture

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:31:00 +0200

Someone observes a behavioral difference between groups or countries. They can’t immediately identify the mechanism. So, they invoke “culture” as an explanation or, even worse, “the culture.” The word lands with a satisfying thud that sounds like an explanation but isn’t one. It is the terminus of inquiry, not the beginning. – Laissez Faire
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After Implosion Of The Adelaide Book Festival, A New Director

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0200

Both Newcastle and Adelaide made the decision to invite Abdel-Fattah but only one imploded over it. So what went differently for Rosemarie Milsom? – The Guardian
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A Binational $1.3 Million Program To Fund Individual Creatives In San Diego And Tijuana

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:02:00 +0200

“At its core, Artists Count consists of a $1.3 million fund, available to active artists in both San Diego and Tijuana. In addition, a companion study will focus on communities with the least access to resources, examining ‘the realities, challenges, and economic impact of working artists’ on both sides of the border.” – SanDiegoRed
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Does Reading Help?

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:44:00 +0200

Books do not create a higher form of conversation but instead allow for a unique ‘fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude’. Great writers do not reveal to us the admirable depth of their minds: they guide us in cultivating the ability to make sense of words, and things. – Aeon
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Cutting The Baby In Half? Venice Biennale Jury Says It Won’t Consider Russia Or Israel For Top Prize

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:31:00 +0200

The Venice Biennale‘s jury said on Thursday that it would not consider nations whose leaders have been charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court—a move that effectively tosses Israel and Russia out of the running for the top honors at the world’s greatest art exhibition. – ARTnews
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Remembering MTT

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0200

Thomas was also an example of an artistic leader serving as a guiding star for an entire geographic area – emphasizing the importance of audiences being, as it were, cultural locavores. – San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo)
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Berlin’s Controversial Culture Chief Resigns After Less Than A Year

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:04:00 +0200

“Sarah Wedl-Wilson has stood down over a funding scandal involving the irregular distribution of €2.6 million in public money for programmes to fight antisemitism. As culture senator for the Berlin regional government, Wedl-Wilson had already sacked a state secretary in her department, Oliver Friederici, over the affair this week.” – The Guardian
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The Complicated Calculations Behind FOMO

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:44:00 +0200

By recognising the social orientation of the experience, we can take a step towards understanding the nature of FOMO and what it can do for us. Emotions that feel bad often serve important purposes. Anger can help us realise when things are unjust, regret can motivate us to make amends. – Psyche
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How Long Should Movies Have To Wait In Theatres Before They Go To Streaming?

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:29:00 +0200

Maybe the middle ground was 45 days. Because at CinemaCon 2026, every single studio, not just Universal, reiterated its commitment to windows of at least that length. – TheWrap (Yahoo!)
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Send In The Pool Guy: Trump Wants To Replace The Capitol Mall Reflecting Pool

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0200

He complained that the 2,030-foor by 167-foot pool, which was built in 1922 between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument, “never looked great” because the stone on the bottom of the pool was “not really meant to be a stone that’s underwater for that much of a period of time.” – The Independent
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Nicholas Hytner’s London Theatre Company Is Looking To Sell Its Home, The Bridge Theatre

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:03:00 +0200

“The Stage understands the Bridge Theatre, which opened in October 2017 and was founded by former National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner and executive director Nick Starr, could be sold as part of a process that began with an investment opportunity being launched.” – The Stage
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After Four Decades Out Of Print, Octavia Butler’s “Lost” Novel Is Back

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:31:00 +0200

Butler was not happy with her 1978 novel Survivor, and she forbade any reprint of it. But her estate, along with her publisher and agent, agreed that “to deprive readers of the ability to read any of Butler’s works would simply be unjust and unfair.” – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
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Yet Another Construction Delay For Berlin’s Modern Art Museum

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:05:00 +0200

“Another day, another setback for Berlin‘s long awaited Berlin Modern, as moisture damage in the building’s shell and microbial contamination in other parts of the structure have forced the postponement of the museum to 2030. … The latest delay adds approximately eight months to the construction timeline for the Herzog & de Meuron-designed building.” – ARTnews
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Warner Bros. Shareholders Overwhelmingly Reject CEO’s $800 Million+ Golden Parachute

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:32:00 +0200

“Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav‘s compensation tied to the company’s pending merger with Paramount was rejected by an eye-opening 82% of shareholders.” Unfortunately, that vote is non-binding. – Deadline
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Arkansas Public Television Gets $3 Million Pledge — If It Stays With PBS

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:06:00 +0200

“The ‘challenge grant’ requires $1 million to be used per year for three years, on the condition that the network retains its PBS membership and that the foundation matches every dollar with contributions from other donors.” The state network’s board voted in December to separate from PBS, then backtracked after pushback. – Arkansas Advocate
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EU Cuts Funding For Venice Biennale Because Of Russia’s Participation

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:34:00 +0200

“The European Commission has informed the Biennale foundation of the (€2 million/$2.3 million) funding cut over three years, and the Biennale has 30 days to defend its decision to include Russia for the first time since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.” – AP
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Turns Out Florence Price Wasn’t The Only Black Female Composer The Vienna Phil Slighted Last New Year’s

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:34:00 +0200

The arrangement of Price’s Rainbow Waltz the Vienna Philharmonic played at its New Year’s concert in January has been criticized for bearing almost no resemblance to the original. Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin says he commissioned an arrangement from composer Valerie Coleman; the Viennese rejected it as unsuitable. – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

Cape Cod Is Losing A Professional Theater Company

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:02:00 +0200

After 42 years, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (WHAT) is suspending its operations as of June 1. The director cited “steadily rising costs in an increasingly challenging philanthropic environment” since the company’s post-COVID reopening in 2021. – TheaterMania

Nashville Reveals Plans For New Performing Arts Center

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:30:00 +0200

Construction on the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, in the redeveloping East Bank neighborhood, begins next year; opening is expected in 2030. The complex, with Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) as lead designer, will include a 2,600-seat hall for touring Broadway shows, a 650-seat dance/opera hall, a black-box theater and a cabaret space. – WPLN (Nashville)

National Gallery Of Art In Washington Gets $116 Million Gift For Loaning Works Nationwide

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:05:00 +0200

“(The donor is) Mitchell Rales, the 69-year-old billionaire art collector and co-founder of health care company Danaher. The contribution is the largest programming-related donation in the NGA’s history and will serve to indefinitely fund the museum’s Across the Nation program, which loans artwork to partner museums.” – The Washington Post (Yahoo!)

Desmond Morris, Author Of “The Naked Ape”, Zoologist And TV Host (And Artist), Has Died At 98

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:33:00 +0200

Over 60 years he wrote or co-wrote more than 50 books and fronted several hundred hours of television, starting in 1956 with the British children’s series Zoo Time. … He was an acknowledged authority on mammal behavior, including that of humans, and maintained a separate career as a surrealist painter. – The Guardian

Smithsonian American Art Museum Names New Director

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:01:00 +0200

Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, who begins her term after Labor Day and who is currently CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, in fact began her career at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, where she spent two decades and eventually rose to become chief curator. – ARTnews

America’s 250th: all anxiety, no statues

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:46:00 +0200

Good Morning,America turns 250 in under three months, and the mood isn’t fireworks, it’s unease. The New York Times finds historians scrambling to meet the public’s “hunger for meaning” as the anniversary approaches, while museums across the country roll out their celebratory exhibitions (New York Times). Meanwhile the National Garden of American Heroes, Trump’s promised 250-statue monument, supposedly ready for July 4, hasn’t even had its site finalized

Vancouver Finally Has A Company Focused On Classical Ballet

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:01:00 +0200

Ballet BC is an impressive troupe, but it has long specialized in contemporary work; it’s been more than a decade since there was a resident company focused on classical and neoclassical style. That’s why choreographer Joshua Beamish founded Ballet Vancouver, which debuts this week. – The Georgia Straight (Vancouver)

Japan’s 1,200-Year-Old Record Of Cherry Blossoms Has A New Keeper

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:31:00 +0200

Last summer, Prof. Aono, who had meticulously updated the record year after year, died after a battle with cancer. That prompted supporters of his work to start looking for a worthy successor. – The New York Times

Seattle Nonprofit Buys Downtown Office Building To Convert To Artist Housing

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0200

This is happening through the city’s Office to Residential Conversion Program, which allows developers to take empty commercial buildings and turn them into living spaces. The program gives developers a tax deferral as long as 10% of the units in the building are sold or rented below market value. – KNKX

How Will Hungary’s Arts World Recover From 16 Years Of Viktor Orbán?

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:03:00 +0200

“A wave of leadership changes is widely expected across major museums and cultural bodies, which could lead to the return of (figures) who were previously sidelined. There is, however, reason for caution. Magyar is himself a former Fidesz party member and a conservative politician, and some analysts warn against expecting rapid transformation.” – Ocula

120,000 Authors File Claims In Anthropic Copyright Settlement

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:44:00 +0200

Claims have been filed for 91% of the more than 480,000 ‌works covered by the settlement, according to a court filing
, opens new tab in the case on Thursday. – Reuters

Critics Press V&A Museum To Pay Its Workers A Living Wage

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:31:00 +0200

While the V&A complies with all legal minimum-wage requirements, with some workers paid a living wage or above, campaigners say some of the lowest-paid contractors in London are not in receipt of the living wage. The UK minimum wage is £12.71 an hour and the living wage in London is £14.80 an hour. – The Guardian

Rethinking How Our Brains Process The World Using Categories

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0200

“The stimulus, cognition, response model of the brain is wrong. The brain prepares for a response and then perceives a stimulus. A brain is not reactive. It’s predictive. Action planning comes first. Perception comes second, as a function of the action plan.” – Picower Institute

Lost Poem By García Lorca Discovered

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:02:00 +0200

“A previously unknown verse attributed to Federico García Lorca has been discovered 93 years after the celebrated Spanish poet and playwright is believed to have jotted it on the back of one of his manuscripts.” – The Guardian

Did AI Solve A Longstanding El Greco Mystery?

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:44:00 +0200

Using artificial intelligence, researchers analyzed The Baptism of Christ at the microscopic level, looking for trends in the texture of the paint at the resolution of a single paintbrush bristle. The results suggest El Greco painted the majority of The Baptism himself—but some experts caution more research is needed. – Scientific American

Today’s Debates About AI And Music Echo Concerns About Player Pianos A Century Ago

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:31:00 +0200

More than a century ago the rise of the player piano prompted strikingly similar debates about automation, artistry and fair compensation. Of all the technologies that have reshaped music, it is the closest historical parallel to AI. – Scientific American

The Helen DeWitt Story Offers An Examination Of What We Expect From Artists

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0200

The level of prioritization it takes to truly produce something great puts you directly in conflict with people in your life. – The Argument

Chicago’s Porchlight Music Theatre Finally Has A Single Venue — In Another Company’s Underused Venue

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:04:00 +0200

“Porchlight Music Theatre, an Equity-affiliated, nonprofit Chicago company founded in 1994, will stage its full upcoming 2026-27 season at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theatre, a historic venue in Lincoln Park that has been mostly dark since the pandemic.” – Chicago Tribune (Yahoo!)

How America’s Museums Are Celebrating The 250th

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:44:00 +0200

The exhibitions showcase both the traditional and the unexpected, from portraiture to multimedia installations, from founding documents to found objects. Across the country, the joy, sorrow and humor of the nation’s history are on display. – The New York Times

America’s 250th Birthday Is Here. Americans Are Worried

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:31:00 +0200

Increasingly, historians are asking if they need to do more to meet the public’s hunger for meaning and inspiration. – The New York Times

Uncertainty Can Be Toxic. But Understanding it Creates Possibility

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0200

Research suggests uncertainty can be more distressing than negative certainty. In one study, people were calmer when they knew they would receive an electric shock than when there was only a 50% chance of one. – The Guardian

Legal Struggle Over Possession Of “Sistine Chapel Of Romanesque Art”

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:01:00 +0200

A set of 13th-century murals from the Sijena Monastery in Spain were taken to Barcelona for safekeeping during the Spanish Civil War and are now in the National Art Museum of Catalonia — which is defying a court order to return them, saying the artworks are too fragile to be moved. – ARTnews

Obamas Will Take Their Production Company Independent After Netflix Contract Ends

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:33:00 +0200

“Barack and Michelle Obama‘s production company Higher Ground is transitioning to an independent operation following eight years at Netflix.” – The Hollywood Reporter

Inside the Pillaging of the Kennedy Center

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:43:00 +0200

Good Morning“Get rid of everything.” That was Richard Grenell’s instruction about the Kennedy Center’s permanent art collection, according to a former staffer’s devastating firsthand account of what happened inside during the shutdown (The Atlantic). Meanwhile, the Commission of Fine Arts — stacked with Trump appointees — has approved a preliminary design for the President’s triumphal arch (New York Times). Build the monument, gut the collection. A

The OnlyFans Approach To Spreading Climate Change Awareness

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:50:00 +0200

“Headline Newds, a new series of web videos, … is made up of bite-size (segments) in which the climate emergency is broken down and raunchily explained to us by a variety of OnlyFans models.” Now, isn’t this better than throwing soup at paintings in art museums? – The Guardian

English National Opera Gets A New Chief Exec

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:31:00 +0200

At Rambert, Helen Shute has led partnerships with The Royal Ballet and Manchester International Festival expanding Rambert’s international reach and developing new initiatives, including Rambert2, a new ensemble for early career dancers. – Opera Now

What Counts As Evolving And What As Watering Down? Worries About The Future Of Cambodian Classical Dance

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:01:00 +0200

“Experts say the issue is awareness, not admiration. Performances are sometimes staged in unsuitable settings or paired with incorrect costumes — choices that, however unintentional, erode the dance’s sacred meaning.” – Cambodianess

Has The Anecdotal Lede Outlived Its Journalistic Utility?

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:46:00 +0200

For many years, this tactic served us well, and it’s deeply embedded in the toolkits of generations of writers and editors. But I wonder if its time is quickly passing. – Second Rough Draft

Study: The Antidote To Mindless Phone Rot — A Surprising Finding

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:34:00 +0200

The results after doing so were eye-opening even to them: among a totally random population, levels of creativity for the people watching the experimental films were immediately higher compared to those watching YouTube videos, which didn’t move much at all. So was openness to seeing the world in new ways. – The Hollywood Reporter

Yale Report: Universities Themselves Are To Blame For Lowered Trust Of Higher Ed

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0200

High costs, murky admissions practices, uneven academic standards and fears about free speech on campuses, the committee said, are among the reasons for widening discontent over higher education’s worthiness. – The New York Times

America’s Only Accredited Circus School Is Closing

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:02:00 +0200

Founded in 2017 in Philadelphia, the Circadium School of Contemporary Circus became the first and only accredited and licensed circus school in the U.S. With that accreditation, Circadium’s founder had hoped to become eligible for federal funding for student financial aid — a hope that finally died this year. – Billy Penn (Philadelphia)

Inside The Kennedy Center Dumpster Fire (OMG!)

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:44:00 +0200

Richard Grenell, told me to “get rid of everything” in the permanent collection because we needed all new art for the reopening. Although I had slow-walked this demand for several weeks by pretending I was waiting on another colleague for updates, I now had only two hours to tie up loose ends. – The Atlantic

AI’s Are Beginning To Get Emotional Intelligence

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:31:00 +0200

Emotions are the AI industry’s new fixation. Not only are growing numbers of start-ups such as Amotions AI promising tools that interpret feelings; the major AI companies are developing chatbots that apparently aren’t just smarter—they get you. – The Atlantic

When AI Can Write Like Me

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0200

That a machine might use my writing not only to learn about my subject matter, but also to analyze and ultimately mimic my authorial voice, points to a future that George Orwell envisioned with eerie prescience. – The Conversation

New Hope For The Arts In Hungary After The Fall Of Viktor Orbán?

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:04:00 +0200

“A key question is what will happen to … the ‘ideologically burdened’ Hungarian Academy of Arts, an institution given significant funding powers by (Orbán’s party) that is seen as having been an instrument of the government’s conservative agenda. More broadly, members of the art scene hope to see increased institutional autonomy.” – The Art Newspaper

The Only Path Forward For Struggling Theatres

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:44:00 +0200

Theatres facing financial difficulty can only prosper by “programming their way out of it”, according to the Young Vic artistic director, Nadia Fall, who has announces her new slate of shows, including an anti-Trump musical version of Thelma & Louise. – The Guardian

What Happens Next In The LiveNation/Ticketmaster Case

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:31:00 +0200

The jury’s clean sweep, finding monopolization on every claim, gives the states significantly more leverage in the remedy phase than a mixed verdict would have. – Music Business Worldwide

Trump’s Arts Commission Approves Preliminary Design Of Arch

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0200

The Commission of Fine Arts, which is filled with Mr. Trump’s appointees, has an advisory role on the design of the project, but no enforcement power. It asked the administration to return with updated drawings before a final vote on the project. – The New York Times

Where In London Was Shakespeare’s House? Centuries-Old Mystery Finally Solved

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:03:00 +0200

“A newly discovered 17th-century map sheds new light on the Bard’s London life, pinpointing for the first time the exact location of the only home Shakespeare bought in the city, and where he may have worked on his final plays.” – AP

Sundance Gets Busy Setting Up At New HQ In Boulder

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:36:00 +0200

“With just nine months remaining before the first Boulder, Colorado, edition of the Sundance Film Festival, the organizers of the world’s most important showcase for independent cinema — which was held in Park City, Utah, for the last 45 years — are making big moves.” – The Hollywood Reporter

Trusted Book Publisher In Paris Is Forced Out By Right-Wing Owner; Over 100 Authors Are Following Him

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:02:00 +0200

“More than 100 writers have quit the historic French publishing house Grasset in protest at its billionaire owner, Vincent Bolloré, whose media empire has been accused of promoting reactionary and far-right ideas. … The protest was sparked by the departure of Grasset editor Olivier Nora, who had run the imprint for 26 years.” – The Guardian

Architect Peter Zumthor On Criticism Of His New Building At LACMA

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:35:00 +0200

On the fact that there’s less exhibition space than in the previous building: “What is this with bigness? What kind of a hang-up is this? You don’t have to be big. It has the right scale. … Small museums are beautiful, big museums tend to be really difficult.” – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)

South Korea Wants To Export Its Version Of Broadway. Can A.I. Glasses Make It Doable?

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:01:00 +0200

The country’s live theater is vibrant (Exhibit A: Maybe Happy Ending); producers and local authorities want it to catch on abroad the way K-pop and TV drama have, and language is the biggest barrier. Now they’ve developed AI-powered glasses which listen for cue words and match subtitles to dialogue. – The New York Times

As V&A Museum’s Newest Branch Opens, Staffers Campaign For Living Wage

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:34:00 +0200

“On Saturday, V&A East will open its doors in Stratford, east London, showcasing stunning fabrics, photos and black British music. … While the V&A complies with all legal minimum-wage requirements, … campaigners say some of the lowest-paid staff and contractors in London are not in receipt of the living wage.” – The Guardian

Former NPR President Kevin Klose Dead At 85

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0200

He spent a quarter-century at The Washington Post, including as Moscow bureau chief during the Brezhnev era; he then served as president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. As CEO of NPR from 1998 to 2008, he played a central role in landing the transformative $150 million donation from Joan Kroc. – The Washington Post (Yahoo!)

The Money Goes Somewhere

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:50:00 +0200

Good MorningThe BBC is cutting 2,000 jobs and £500 million from its budget (AP). Disney is eliminating entire PR and marketing teams (TheWrap). San Diego’s mayor wants to slash city arts funding by 85% (San Diego Union-Tribune). And in Berkeley, a 36-year-old theater company is closing because nobody wanted to work that hard for that little money (San Francisco Chronicle).But here’s the counterpoint: NPR just announced $110 million in philanthropic gifts — the largest fro

Who’s Minding the Gates?

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:21:00 +0200

Good MorningThe Kennedy Center laid off more staff Friday, with much of its programming department terminated or redirected toward venue rentals (Washington Post). Meanwhile the AP is offering buyouts as it formally pivots away from newspapers — which now account for just 10% of its revenue (NiemanLab).The gatekeeping infrastructure keeps thinning. David Bell chronicles the slow death of the book review and what it takes with it (Liberties Journal), while the New York Review of Books asks

Language And The Battle For Democracy

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:01:00 +0200

If ‘language is one of the keys to individual autonomy’, the central challenge in a linguistic landscape being flattened and standardized by AI is to ‘continue to believe in language learning as a tool of emancipation and liberation’. – Eurozine

Hilde Limondjian, Longtime Met Museum Music Curator, 89

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:41:00 +0200

Hilde Limondjian, who spent more than four decades bringing music to the auditorium — and the galleries — of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, died on Jan. 24. She was 89. – The New York Times

Obama Library Announces Artist Commissions For The Presidential Library

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:21:00 +0200

The latest set of commissions will be realized by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Jeffrey Gibson, Rashid Johnson, Hugo McCloud, Martin Puryear, Lorna Simpson, and Norman Teague. – ARTnews

If They Aren’t Reading, Why Are We Making Fun Of Them?

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:01:00 +0200

Literary ridicule used to sting politicians into shame. Now they don’t read books, don’t care about cultural criticism, and certainly don’t lose sleep over clever wordplay. Writers are shadowboxing with ghosts. — New York Review of Books

Can Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theatre Rise Again Under New Leadership?

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:43:00 +0200

Under their new leadership, Victory Gardens has hosted a writers’ workshop, a showcase of new works in collaboration with New Musical Chicago, and a staged reading of An Ocean Away, a documentary play by Belarusian playwright Andrei Kureichik about the effects of war on Ukrainians and diaspora communities. – American Theatre

LA Museums Polish Up for Their Olympic Moment

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:21:00 +0200

The Getty and Page Museum are getting Olympic-ready makeovers, because nothing says ‘world-class cultural destination’ like frantically renovating before the global spotlight hits. Strategic timing or happy coincidence? — Artnet

When Your Novel Rides Off Into Someone Else’s Sunset

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:01:00 +0200

A Texas novelist discovers the hard way that authorial intent is no match for America’s hunger for mythology. Sometimes the culture writes the ending, whether you like it or not. — The American Scholar

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Nobody in Particular

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:37:00 +0200

A Danish writer discovers what Instagram influencers fear most: that maybe there’s no authentic self to brand after all. Thank goodness for Austrian modernists who made existential fragmentation fashionable. — Aeon

Paranoia In Perspective: Welcome To The “Dark” Enlightenment

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:21:00 +0200

Largely ignored by academic philosophers, the “Dark Enlightenment” movement and Yarvin have curried favor and influence with tech executives in recent years. A software engineer by training, Yarvin has become a kind of official philosopher for tech leaders like PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel and Mosaic founder Marc Andreessen. — Time

German Dealers Learn Local Isn’t Always Loyal

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:02:00 +0200

The art world’s great pivot to regional collectors hits a Teutonic reality check. Turns out courting hometown buyers is neither easier nor more profitable than globe-trotting—just different complications. — Artnet

Chicago Art Fairs: Fair Weather Friends to Local Scene?

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:41:00 +0200

Expo Chicago’s glittering circus rolls into town promising cultural cachet, but who’s actually invited to the party? A reality check on whether the fair circuit lifts all boats or just the ones already floating. — Hyperallergic

Book Reviews Die Hard: Taking Enlightenment With Them

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:22:00 +0200

As traditional literary criticism gasps its last, so goes reasoned public discourse. David Bell chronicles how digital age killed the gatekeepers—and maybe critical thinking itself. — Liberties Journal

Digital Vernacular Conquers Meatspace, Resistance Is Futile

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:02:00 +0200

Remember when online culture was its own weird planet? Those days are dead. Internet-speak has colonized everything from gallery walls to boardroom presentations, proving that resistance to algorithmic aesthetics was always temporary. – The New York Times

Rise Of The AI Influencers

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:21:00 +0200

Some of these online influencers are pretty easy to spot, but others are good enough that they’re duping people. And in some cases, it seems almost impossible to know for certain whether a specific influencer is real or not. – The Atlantic

Pre-iTunes: Canada’s Digital Music Pioneers Got There First, Eh?

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:02:00 +0200

Long before Apple claimed to revolutionize music consumption, scrappy Canadian start-ups were quietly building the streaming future. Turns out maple syrup wasn’t the only sweet innovation flowing north of the border. — The Walrus

Martha Graham’s Legacy At 100

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:41:00 +0200

This season, the Martha Graham Dance Company celebrates 100 years, and for better and worse, her early works are back in fashion. – The New York Times

AP Offers Buyouts As It “Pivots” Away From Newspapers

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:21:00 +0200

“We’re not a newspaper company and we haven’t been for quite some time.” While they once accounted for the majority of the AP’s revenue, big newspapers now only make up 10% of the organization’s income. – NiemanLab

There Were More Layoffs Friday At The Kennedy Center

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:02:00 +0200

One person familiar with the cuts said much of the programming department’s work has been either terminated or redirected toward campus rentals, for which venue fees have to be paid up front. – Washington Post

And Now: Designs For An Arc d’Trump

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:40:00 +0200

As part of Donald Trump’s legacy-building quest during his second term in office, the so-called “Arc de Trump” would stand 250ft tall, feature a 60ft golden Lady Liberty, and include a viewing deck. – The Guardian

What We Shouldn’t Learn From Mississippi’s Education Miracle

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:20:00 +0200

Fixing education is never that simple. If states really want to replicate our success, they need to understand that what Mississippi did wasn’t a miracle at all. – The Atlantic

The Mysterious Case Of The Van Gogh In An Ikea Bag

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:01:00 +0200

On September 11, 2023, the man dropped off a bright blue Ikea bag at Brand’s home. Inside, The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring (1884), which is worth millions, was covered in bubble wrap and tucked inside a blood-stained pillow—the result of a cut on the man’s hand. – Smithsonian

AJ Chronicles: How to Fight the Slop

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 03:21:00 +0200

Old systems of certification are failing from every direction: technological, legal, institutional and political. So what’s left when you can’t just say “trust us”? You have to show your work and construct a context, making the case not by institutional credential but by demonstration.

A Whole Lotta New Concrete in Culture this Week

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:56:00 +0200

This Week’s Highlights:The biggest institutions are building like the future belongs to them. LACMA opened its $724 million reinvention (Los Angeles Times). London’s National Gallery chose Kengo Kuma to design a $464 million modern-art wing (The Guardian). The Dallas Symphony closed a $50 million endowment campaign (The Dallas Morning News). And Lyric Opera of Chicago expanded its season and signed Sondra Radvanovsky for five years (Chicago Tribune).But the culture’s software l

Our Biggest Problem

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:01:00 +0200

His mouth is too big, and his conscience . . . well . . . he doesn’t have one.

John Milbauer shares three things he learned in policy school that he wished he learned in music school

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:11:00 +0200

John Milbauer, Dean of DePaul University’s School of Music, shares the three things he learned in policy school that he wished he learned in music school.

Sitar Arts Center seeks Executive Director

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:07:00 +0200

Sitar Arts Center is seeking an Executive Director to lead a thriving arts education nonprofit advancing creative youth development in Washington, DC. The ideal candidate brings strategic vision, fundraising leadership, and a passion for arts education and community impact. Starting salary begins at $175,000.MORE

Fresno Arts Council Seeks Executive Director

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:32:00 +0200

Fresno Arts Council — Executive Director
Location: Fresno, California | Full time | Salary $75,000 – $90,000
https://www.fresnoartscouncil.org/careersTHE OPPORTUNITY:The Fresno Arts Council seeks a strategic, collaborative, and community-centered Executive Director to lead the organization into its next chapter. We are looking for transformative leadership and a bold vision for the future.ABOUT THE FRESNO ARTS COUNCIL:The Fresno Arts Council (FAC) is a private nonprofit organization

Executive Director- Texas Ballet Theater working with Management Consultants for the Arts

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:20:00 +0200

Texas Ballet Theater (TBT), the nationally recognized ballet company that serves Dallas, Fort Worth, and all of North Texas, seeks a dynamic strategist to serve as its next Executive Director. As a transformative leader with demonstrated skills guiding organizational change, fundraising acumen, and a love for connecting with people, TBT’s Executive Director will lead a process to fully realize TBT’s potential and impact, all through a financially savvy lens.Experience building civic

“In Constant Motion for its Own Sake” — the Met’s New “Tristan”

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:36:00 +0200

Conrad L. Osborne’s detailed assessment of the new Met “Tristan und Isolde,” a definitive critique of Yuvan Sharon’s obtrusive production, is compulsive reading for all remaining Wagnerites. Even more distressing than this version’s shortcomings is the acclaim it has received and the influence it may exert on opinion and practice.

Japan Struggles With What Some There Call “Tourism Pollution”

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:50:00 +0200

“As the country’s economic malaise deepens, officials are eager for the economic boost of increased tourism, even as local communities find themselves entirely unprepared for what a small army of foreign visitors means for their communities.” – AP

Australian State Abandons Plans To Refocus Library On “Digital Experiences”

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:31:00 +0200

Many of Australia’s most prominent writers, researchers and artists, along with thousands of members of the public, had expressed outrage over the proposal to cut 39 jobs and refocus the 171-year-old institution – and Australia’s oldest public library – on tourist-oriented “digital experiences”. – The Guardian

Translating “Swan Lake” Into Cambodian Classical Dance

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:01:00 +0200

In Lowell, Mass., a center of America’s Cambodian diaspora, the Angkor Dance Troupe has worked hard to preserve the dance traditions nearly wiped out by the Khmer Rouge. Yet the company also wants to expand the repertory and reach a wider community; adapting the Tchaikovsky classic seemed an ideal option. – WBUR (Boston)

Poets Are All About Words. What Happens When Those Words Start Slipping Away?

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:44:00 +0200

Because the cells that make up the mind are material, they can degrade or die. When neurons degrade, starve, or die, the essential connections our minds make to our muscles start to sputter. – LA Review of Books

When The AI Police Are Wrong

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:31:00 +0200

The Originality.ai reports on his draft, which he shared with The Times, showed that adding or deleting even just a few sentences produced wildly different results. “What if publishers or agents start running these A.I. tools on everybody?” Bricio said. “Everybody is going to walk on eggshells from now on.” – The New York Times

Greece’s New Law To Combat Art Theft

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0200

The bill, approved by Parliament in late January, establishes strict criminal penalties calibrated to the severity of the offense, including prison sentences ranging from six months to ten years and fines of up to €300,000 in the most serious cases. – ARTnews

One Of France’s Most Prominent Writers Had A Past As A Failed Antiquities Looter

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:04:00 +0200

André Malraux went on to fight in the WWII resistance, write celebrated novels, get nominated repeatedly for the Nobel Prize, and serve as de Gaulle’s culture minister. In his 20s, however, he and his wife decided they could get rich quick by going to Cambodia and stealing ancient statuary. – Smithsonian Magazine

Could (Should?) AI Replace Art Experts?

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:44:00 +0200

Attribution, in this sense, is not merely a scholarly exercise. It is the keystone of an economic and cultural structure. Without it, prices collapse, catalogues unravel, and historical narratives lose coherence. And yet attribution is also deeply human, shaped by judgment, intuition, training and, inevitably, bias. – Aeon

Hip-Hop Pioneer Afrika Bambaataa, 68

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:31:00 +0200

Bambaataa and the parties where he DJ’ed swelled in popularity throughout the decade and well into the 1980s, when he released a series of electro tracks that helped shaped the burgeoning hip-hop and electro-funk music movements. – NPR

Closing Arguments In The Live Nation Case

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0200

The heart of the case before the jury involves accusations that Live Nation has pressured artists to use the company’s promotions arm to play at its amphitheaters, and has also forced venues — sometimes with threats — to sign exclusive deals with Ticketmaster or risk losing access to Live Nation’s popular tours. – The New York Times

She Built Russia’s Only Major Contemporary Art Museum Outside Moscow. Then She Was Chased Out Of The Country.

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:02:00 +0200

Nailya Allakhverdiyeva turned PERMM (in Perm, 700 miles from Moscow) into one of the country’s most respected museums. She tried to cooperate with authorities over any concrete objections to PERMM’s projects, but continuing harassment by law enforcement and an ultimatum from the regional cultural minister drove her away. – The New York Times

AI And The End Of Homework: AI Can Now Do All The Work

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:44:00 +0200

Need to take an online math quiz? Write a biology-lab report? Create a PowerPoint presentation for history class? AI can do all of this and more. One high schooler recently told me that he struggles to think of a single assignment that AI wouldn’t be able to do for him. – The Atlantic

Pew Study On Reading: Americans Still Prefer Print Books

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:31:00 +0200

Print continues to be the only book format used by a majority of Americans. Roughly two-thirds of adults say they have read a physical book in the past 12 months, according to our October survey. – Pew Center

How Martin Luther Changed Music History

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0200

He realised how powerful music could be in spreading his new doctrine, that it could “incite people to do good and to teach them”. He’s one of several figures to whom the phrase: “Why should the devil have all the best tunes?” has been credited. He almost certainly didn’t say it, but he should have. – The Guardian

Do All The Tax Breaks And Subsidies That States Hurl At Hollywood Really Create Local Jobs?

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:03:00 +0200

Some local jobs, yes, but probably not enough for the amount of money states are spending, according to recent research. The exceptions appear to be the places where critical masses of industry workers already live: California and metro New York/New Jersey. – The Hollywood Reporter

Dallas Symphony Raises $50 Million For Endowment

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:35:00 +0200

“The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is adding $50 million to its endowment fund, thanks to donors matching a $25 million challenge grant from the O’Donnell Foundation. … The DSO’s O’Donnell match comes three months after the Dallas Opera completed its own $25 million challenge from the Dallas foundation.” – The Dallas Morning News (MSN)

$100 Million To Turn Studio 54 Into A Proper Broadway Theater

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:01:00 +0200

“Roundabout Theater Company moved into the building in 1998 and kept its disco-era name. Now Roundabout has a $100 million plan for the first full-scale renovation of the building. The project would bring back a permanent stage, which the building hasn’t had since its disco days, and an orchestra pit.” – The New York Times

Louisiana State Museums’ Reaccreditation Put On Hold

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:34:00 +0200

“The LSM system, comprising ten museums across the state — including the New Orleans Jazz Museum, Louisiana Civil Rights Museum and historic houses — has faced lawsuits, public controversy and an unfavourable audit in recent years.” Accreditation body the American Alliance of Museums indicated that “tabling” is for “specific issues (to) be addressed.” – The Art Newspaper

Paramount Pictures Launches Its Own Book Publishing Imprint

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:02:00 +0200

“Operating under the products & experiences division, Paramount Global Publishing ‘will develop complementary publishing content inspired by its iconic portfolio of brands and franchises as well as generate new IP through the creation of original stories.’” – Publishers Weekly

Lyric Opera Of Chicago Expands Season, Hires Sondra Radvanovsky As Artistic Advisor

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:30:00 +0200

While the company isn’t back to the schedule it had before COVID, there will be six full productions plus one opera-in-concert, longer runs, a Haydn oratorio, and the return of the summer Broadway musical (this year, Guys and Dolls). Soprano Radvanovsky has signed on for a five-year term as artistic advisor. – Chicago Tribune

Maine’s Portland Museum Of Art Buys New Building

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:06:00 +0200

“The building, previously owned by MaineHealth, … was sold for $14 million. The plan is for the PMA to move its administrative offices to the new Free Street building, which is next door to the museum, as a way to open up space for more galleries in its main building.” – ARTnews

Hirshhorn Museum Director To Become Guggenheim Museum Director

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:49:00 +0200

Melissa Chiu, who has led the Hirshhorn for more than a decade, is the fourth director of a Smithsonian museum to depart within the last two years, and the most recent to leave amid the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul the organization’s network of 21 museums and other cultural centers. – The New York Times

Considering The Tap Shoe

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:02:00 +0200

“You’ll never say you didn’t hear them coming.” – AP

Getty Center To Close For A Year

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:31:00 +0200

The reopening of the museum, which draws about 1.3 million visitors each year, is planned for spring 2028, shortly before the Summer Olympics come to Los Angeles. – The New York Times

Sean “Diddy” Combs’s Attorneys Argue His Prostitution Conviction Should Be Reversed On First Amendment Grounds

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:05:00 +0200

“Combs’s lawyers repeated claims they made before the trial judge, including an assertion that Combs’ films of sexual encounters between his girlfriends and male sex workers amounted to ‘amateur pornography’ and (were) protected by the First Amendment.” – AP

London’s Times Newspaper Reduces Story-Count, Increases Readership

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:44:00 +0200

Across the whole newsroom, The Times has gone from publishing more than 200 stories a day to about 150 – a 25% cut. – Press-Gazette

Our Zombie Entertainment Industrial Complex

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:31:00 +0200

Entertainment and tech companies have gotten smarter about putting consumers into bastardized flow states that leaves people feeling drained and sad rather than challenged and enlarged as selves. – Derek Thompson

Library On The US/Canada Border Gets A Door On The Canadian Side

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0200

For decades, people in Stanstead were allowed to walk around the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, but last year the U.S. limited access. Instead of walking a few metres, you’d have to drive down the street and go through a border crossing just to get in the front door. – CTV

The Fight To Keep A Collection Of Landmark Art From Leaving Mexico And Going To Spain

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:03:00 +0200

“One of the world’s most important collections of 20th-century Mexican art, including works by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, is set to be exported to Spain under an agreement with Banco Santander, sparking outrage among Mexico’s cultural community.” Everyone involved insists that this is a temporary loan, though many aren’t convinced. – The Guardian

What The Ambitious New LACMA Building Is Trying To Do

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:44:00 +0200

The new LACMA, which opens to members in the coming weeks and to the general public May 4, is momentous not only because of its long and often bumpy road, but because it is seeking to reinvent what an encyclopedic museum means in the modern era. – The New York Times

What’s In The New Writers Guild Contract With Movies Studios

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:31:00 +0200

The studios will kick in $321 million — a record sum — to keep the writers’ health fund solvent. The health plan changes are the centerpiece of the four-year contract reached by the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers over the weekend. – Variety

South Korea Shakes Up Its Cultural Leadership

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0200

South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced a series of high-profile appointments across its leading arts institutions, led by the naming of conductor and cellist Chang Han-na as the new president and chief executive of the Seoul Arts Center. – Moto Perpetuo

Family-Friendly San Jose Theater Company Is Closing. Its Owners Blame City Government

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:01:00 +0200

“Scott Guggenheim, who with his wife Shannon Guggenheim owns 3Below Theaters, cited an ongoing landlord dispute as one major factor in what he called a ‘difficult’ decision. … ‘There were … specific issues — particularly around construction, signage, and commitments — that were not fully realized,’ he told the Chronicle.” – San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo!)

Who Likes To Be Sad? So Why Do We Seek Out Art That Makes Us Sad?

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:44:00 +0200

It’s a phenomenon that has long puzzled psychologists and philosophers alike. Given that we usually dread sadness and strive to avoid it because it feels so bad – from painful conversations to the grief of loss – why do we actively seek it in art? – Psyche

In Praise Of Ghostwriting

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:31:00 +0200

Ghostwriting has an undeservedly bad reputation. Even without AI, some readers feel betrayed if the name on a book’s cover doesn’t tell the whole story. – The Atlantic

Disney To Lay Off 1000 Workers

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:13:00 +0200

While the layoffs are noteworthy, they are a fraction of the size of the cuts overseen by former CEO Bob Iger when he rejoined the company. From 2023 to 2025, multiple rounds eliminated some 8,000 workers, achieving cost savings of $7.5 billion. – Deadline

Can UNESCO Heritage Status Help Preserve England’s Tradition Of Choral Evensong?

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:06:00 +0200

You can make a solid argument that, except for the particular music being sung (and, today, the inclusion of girls and women), the practice of cathedral choral music is largely unchanged from the days of Elizabeth I. But declining church attendance and financial support are taking a toll. – AP

Marcel Duchamp Was Anything But Reverent. Are We Being Too Reverent Of Him?

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:34:00 +0200

“Marcel Duchamp is an enigma that art history swallowed and got stuck in its throat. What do we do with him now? I left the Museum of Modern Art’s big new show of Duchamp not sure if I know, or the museum knows, or if the public will know.” – Artnet

U.S. Court Of Appeals Rules That Iowa’s School-Library-Book-Banning Law May Stand

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:02:00 +0200

“In a blow to the freedom to read in the United States, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that a controversial 2023 Iowa law … can go into effect, reversing a lower court decision and sending the case back for a third hearing.” – Publishing Perspectives

Traditional News and Nonprofit Art: You’re No Longer in Charge. They Are.

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0200

Here’s another reason for nonprofit arts organizations to make that scene change toward charitable activities.

Big Hollywood Studios Aren’t Much In The Lineup At Cannes This Year

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:30:00 +0200

There will be famous actors in the competition, certainly, but they’re in indie-studio productions. Indeed, artistic director Thierry Fremaux said openly, “The United States will be present. Studios less (so). When the studios are less present in Cannes, they are less present full stop.” – The Hollywood Reporter

LACMA Spent $724 Million On Its New Building. Here’s How That Money Got Spent.

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:05:00 +0200

For 25 years, people have been arguing about whether that this project was a good idea or a terrible one. Here’s a look at each side, at why the building has cost so much, and why director Michael Govan considers the whole thing so important. – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)

Disney Is Preparing To Lay Off 1,000 Staffers: Report

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:33:00 +0200

The Walt Disney Co. “is expected to lay off as many as 1,000 employees through role eliminations in the coming months, Variety has learned. Many of the cuts are expected to come from the media giant’s marketing department.” – Variety

Trump Administration Abandons Appeal, Gives Up Attempt To Dismantle Institute Of Museum And Library Services

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:01:00 +0200

“A federal court granted the administration’s request to withdraw its appeal of a federal judge’s earlier ruling that struck down Trump’s attempt last year to dismantle the agency” by executive order. However, the fiscal 2027 budget which the White House is submitting to Congress includes no funding for IMLS. – Publishers Weekly

Celebrating the Heroes behind the Jazz

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:31:00 +0200

As jazz — the music, business and culture of it — depends on an intricate and widespread network of activists, altruists and advocates to thrive, and celebrating local doers at least used to be a way to focus attention on the out-of-the-spotlight work necessary to make anything worthwhile happen, the

The Artist Behind The Banana On The Wall And The Golden Toilet Is Now Hearing Confessions

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:02:00 +0200

Maurizio Cattelan has set up a hotline where folks from anywhere can “confess their sins.” Those the artist/father-confessor considers most in need of repentance will be invited to confess to him in real time during an April 23 live-stream. “In a world of sin, absolution has never been so close,” he says. – Euronews

In The Bay Area, Earlier Curtain Times Are Catching On

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:05:00 +0200

From ACT in San Francisco to Berkeley Rep to Stanford Live, producers and presenters are moving starting times from 8:00 to 7:30, 7:00 or even 6:30. So far, there have been lots of favorable comments and very few complaints. – San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo!)

Spain’s Culture Minister Refuses Transfer Of Guernica For Basque Loan

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:44:00 +0200

The Basque government is already familiar with the Reina Sofía’s condition report—which deems the painting too fragile to travel—and that it is instead requesting a feasibility report from independent technicians on how a transfer to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao could be carried out safely. – ARTnews

HarperCollins’ Canadian Side-Hustle. Be Wary.

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:31:00 +0200

There is every reason to be wary when a foreign-owned corporation stakes a claim to defending Canada’s cultural sovereignty, but the case of HarperCollins calls for particular skepticism. – The Walrus

LACMA Reinvented: Inside LA’s New Museum

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0200

No L.A. institution has taken as risky a leap in this century as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. With the opening of the $724-million David Geffen Galleries, LACMA has effectively erased and reinvented itself, trading a fragmented campus core for a sinuous, hovering concrete megastructure. – Los Angeles Times

Nathan Lane On Being Half-Outed By Oprah On Live TV

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:01:00 +0200

“In those days, you might as well say: ‘And by the way, I love cock,’” he said about his 1996 interview to promote The Birdcage. “But I wasn’t ready; I wasn’t brave enough. I was a character actor. I wasn’t thinking I was going to become a leading man.” – The Guardian

Eco-Dystopian Novels From Africa And Asia Push The Form

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:44:00 +0200

Speculative and futuristic visions of environmental calamity are being imagined globally through environmental fiction. Eco-dystopian novels can help people process their fears or mourn the loss of a more stable climate. – The Conversation

Wrestling For The Soul Of The Machine

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:31:00 +0200

This is a war over whether technology will merely optimise calculations or eliminate a quintessentially human element such calculations can’t capture. But beneath these debates, the question still lurks: what makes us so special? And can it be computed? – Aeon

As Canadian Universities Scale Back Music Programs, The Impacts Are Felt In Cities

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:31:00 +0200

Research on cultural ecosystems suggests that institutional collaboration is crucial to sustain vibrant arts production. This is especially the case as music and the arts face increasing pressure from shifting funding models and post-pandemic austerity. – The Conversation

The Market For Non-Fiction Reporting In Books Is Contracting

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0200

These developments suggest a rough future for a certain kind of writing: nonfiction that’s based on reportage more than on personal experience or celebrity—a.k.a. long fact, literary nonfiction, or narrative nonfiction. – The New Republic

Dance Theater Of Harlem Revives Its “Firebird” For The First Time In Over 20 Years

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:04:00 +0200

The company hadn’t produced its beloved staging of the Stravinsky ballet, with sets and costumes by Geoffrey Holder, since it went on hiatus in 2004 due to financial problems. DTH was resurrected in 2013, but until now it didn’t have enough dancers available to perform the piece. – The New York Times

The Scholar Who Traced The Roots Of American Music Back To Africa

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:44:00 +0200

A chance encounter fifty years ago “helped fuel a lifelong quest: mapping a musical route that mirrored the trans-Atlantic slave trade and birthed nearly all of the popular music that we now take for granted, including rock ’n’ roll and hip-hop.” – The New York Times

Inside The World Of Family Vlogs

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:31:00 +0200

The most successful and lucrative family vlogs are indiscreet almost by definition—and yet the wrong kind of indiscretion can derail the whole gravy train. – The New Yorker

When LiveNation Came To Irvine California

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0200

For a jury that has spent weeks listening to experts debate market definitions, vertical integration and other fine points of antitrust law, the testimony about Irvine’s failed amphitheater, and other disputes, has provided a perspective on how all the abstractions play out in real life for taxpayers, industry insiders and concertgoers. – The New York Times

The Redemption Of Speedy Gonzales

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:03:00 +0200

By the end of the 1990s, the “fastest mouse in all Mexico” had been pulled from US television amid concerns about stereotyping and racist caricature. Yet the cartoon character remained popular in Latin America, and numerous Hispanics in the States complained about his banishment. And now there’s a Speedy feature film coming. – The Conversation

Does There Even Need To Be A Separate New York Times Magazine Anymore?

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:36:00 +0200

In ink-on-dead-trees print, sure. But a large majority of the newspaper’s readers consume the Times online or on an app, where the difference between the magazine’s articles and those of the regular newspaper is barely visible. – New York Magazine (MSN)

Regional Governments In Madrid And Basque Country Are Fighting Over Picasso’s “Guernica”

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:02:00 +0200

The town whose bombing the painting depicts is in the Basque region, and politicians there want to borrow Picasso’s canvas and display it in the Guggenheim Bilbao to commemorate the atrocity’s 90th anniversary. Meanwhile, Madrid’s president insists that Guernica remain where it is now, the Reina Sofía Museum. – The Guardian

Dean Of Juilliard’s Drama Division Will Move To Lead Yale School Of Drama

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:35:00 +0200

“Evan Yionoulis, who has been dean and director of The Juilliard School’s drama division since 2018, will take over the post at Yale starting July 1. She succeeds James Bundy, who has been in the role for close to 25 years and announced his retirement last year.” – The Hollywood Reporter

L.A. Phil Creates New Position, Conductor-In-Residence, For Anna Handler

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:01:00 +0200

The Colombian-German conductor, who turns 30 next week, is a former Dudamel Fellow at the Phil and currently assistant conductor at the Boston Symphony; she begins this fall as chief conductor of the Ulster Orchestra and artist-in-residence at the Beethoven-Haus Bonn. – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)

Salzburg Festival Appoints Interim Artistic Director

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:34:00 +0200

Less than two weeks after summarily firing director Markus Hinterhäuser, the festival’s board has named Karin Bergmann, most recently director of the Salzkammergut Festwochen Gmunden and previously chief of Vienna’s Burgtheater, to lead the festival for the 2026 and 2027 seasons. – Moto Perpetuo

Britain’s National Gallery Selects Architect For New $464 Million Modern Art Wing

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0200

The annex, being built for Project Domani, the museum’s expansion of its collection into 20th- and 21st-century art (which has traditionally been left to the Tate Galleries), will be designed by Kengo Kuma, architect of the V&A Museum’s branch in Dundee and of Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium. – The Guardian

From Messages to Conversations: AI Agents are Changing how we Find Culture

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:19:00 +0200

The first audience for your art is becoming a machine. The question isn’t just how to optimize for that machine, it’s what you give it to say, and whether what it says is worth a conversation.

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Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:05:00 +0200

About the OpportunityBAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) stands at an important moment of transformation and rebirth. Like many cultural organizations rebounding from the pandemic, BAM has been developing new practices and regaining momentum with audiences. With sustained capacity to program a broad array of distinguished artists, a commitment to engaging the public in a variety of artistic formats including performing arts and film programming, and an ability to present captivating long-running th

Fact-Checker Jasper Lo On His Illegal Firing From The New Yorker

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:03:00 +0200

“Why me? I wondered. I had finished my three-year term as the first vice chair of the New Yorker Union the week prior. Condé Nast had violated our collective bargaining agreement and broken labor law dozens of times, but it had never attempted something as reckless as illegally firing union leaders.” – The Nation

How Two Recent AI Publishing “Scandals” Will Changing The Books Industry

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:31:00 +0200

Stories like Shy Girl and The New York Times’ profile of AI romance author Coral Hart, who boasted of using AI to write and self-publish 200 hundred books across 21 pen names, demonstrate that theoretical disputes did not prepare us to be confronted with the reality of AI. – The Conversation

Original Dancers In Pina Bausch’s “Kontakthof” Revive The Piece After Half A Century

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:01:00 +0200

“Nearly 50 years since that first performance in 1978, Meryl Tankard is getting the Kontakthof band back together. Now a choreographer, she has assembled nine of the dancers (including herself) and adapted the piece to synchronise with black-and-white footage of their younger selves projected onto a giant screen behind them.” – The Times (UK)

How The Humanities Declined Into Crisis

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:44:00 +0200

A combination of technological, economic, political, and cultural forces, at work both within and without the university, had by the early 2020s effectively pummeled the tradition of universitarian humanism into unconsciousness. – Chronicle of Higher Education

Duchamp’s Ideas A Century Ago That Still Have Us Debating

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:31:00 +0200

I think Duchamp got at something vital about Western culture over the previous 400 years: that an object didn’t count as “art” because of its beauty, its subject matter or its greatness, but because of how it asked us to use it. – The New York Times

An Essay That Explains Why The New York Art World No Longer Works

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0200

Titled “New York Real Estate and the Ruin of American Art” and published by October, Kline’s essay is a despairing portrait of the city’s art scene. It functions both as an elegy for a lost New York art world of the 2010s and as a blistering critique of all the privilege required to find success here. – ARTnews

Vocal Cortex, A Choir For Recovering Survivors Of Stroke And Brain Injury

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:04:00 +0200

“The choir is part of a wellness program at (a D.C.) hospital that uses music to stimulate neurologic change in the brain and help patients with speech, movement, coordination and mood.” – The Washington Post (MSN)

Chicago’s Uptown Theatre Gets A New $46M Home

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:44:00 +0200

For almost three decades, the ambitious, history-centered company had to make do with the second-floor of a 110-year-old church building in Lake View — along with dodgy electrical wiring, no elevator, toilets that didn’t always work and no central air conditioning. – WBEZ

The City Of Boston Gets A New Arts Chief

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:31:00 +0200

“Many cities are facing affordability crises, lack of access to physical space for creative work, and tighter budgets. It’s more important than ever to have leaders who can engage planning and policy systems and ensure the creative sector is at the table.” – WBUR

Inside The Project To Remake Paris’ Catacombs

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0200

Over the past five months, architects, designers, technicians and masons have been renovating this vast tomb — installing new lighting and ventilation systems, restoring the bone walls, and preparing new audio guides. – The New York Times

UK Bans Ye (Kanye West) From Entering Country

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:02:00 +0200

“The rapper formerly known as Kanye West was barred Tuesday from entering the U.K., where he was scheduled to headline the Wireless Festival in July, after a backlash over Ye’s history of antisemitic remarks.” – AP

Why It’s So Difficult To Get Our Heads Around AI

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:44:00 +0200

Artificial intelligence is both a technology and a theology, and in its latter aspect, it too often resembles a doctrinal dispute among an assortment of shrieking priests. – The Nation

Justice Department Settles Investigation Into Broadway Touring

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:31:00 +0200

The Justice Department has quietly resolved a yearslong investigation into possible anticompetitive practices by a major player in the lucrative touring market for Broadway shows, saying it decided not to prosecute the company. – The New York Times

Alternative Conservative Entrance Exam Gains Traction In US Schools

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0200

The CLT stands out because it mainly features passages from noted philosophers, religious scholars, scientists and authors in the canon of Western literature, including Plato, St. Augustine, Dante and Shakespeare. Students can take the test at a traditional testing site or online at home. – Washington Post

How Larry McMurtry Convinced E. Annie Proulx To Let Him Adapt “Brokeback Mountain” For The Screen

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:05:00 +0200

“Proulx (said) she had already gotten ‘a couple of anything-you-want film tenders.’ But Larry had said the magic word: ‘West.’ Some would-be producers saw a story of forbidden love that could be set anywhere. Larry, like Proulx, saw the tale rooted in one specific place.” – TheWrap (Yahoo!)

Betty Buckley, Broadway’s First Grizabella In “Cats”, Writes About The New Drag-Ball Production

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:33:00 +0200

“Cats has always been a ballroom: Distinct personalities enter the floor, presenting their style and story, and a community watches to see who commands the room. This new production doesn’t impose anything foreign onto the musical. For me, it illuminates what was always there.” – The New York Times

Major Arts Institutions In Minneapolis-St. Paul Are (Mostly) Bouncing Back

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:01:00 +0200

After some very challenging years, the Walker Art Center, Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and Minnesota Opera have all posted budget surpluses; while the Minnesota Orchestra’s deficit has grown, earned income and attendance are both up. – The Minnesota Star Tribune (MSN)

Can This New Theater For Magic Revive Chicago’s Magnificent Mile?

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:36:00 +0200

“There are a lot of maybes involved in The Hand & The Eye, the 36,000-square-foot magic-themed entertainment and dining complex set to open this month inside the distinctively eccentric McCormick Mansion on the corner of Ontario and Rush Streets alongside the struggling Magnificent Mile.” – Chicago Tribune (Yahoo!)

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Proactively Changed Material After Trump Returned To Office

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:04:00 +0200

“Unlike his posture toward the Smithsonian, Trump has not publicly commented on the USHMM’s content. … But two former museum employees who left amid the changes told POLITICO they believed the museum was altering its content preemptively, so as to not draw unwanted negative attention from the Trump administration.” – Politico

Temple University’s Next Arts Partner: Opera Philadelphia

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:32:00 +0200

“Students will sit in on Opera Philadelphia rehearsals and attend master classes by opera artists, and emerging vocalists will have the opportunity to audition as cover artists (understudies) for small or non-singing roles in Opera Philadelphia productions.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

Trump White House Says Halting Construction Of Ballroom Is National Security Risk

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0200

“In a motion filed on Friday, US National Park Service lawyers say that the federal judge’s order to suspend construction of the new facility is ‘threatening grave national-security harms to the White House, the president and his family, and the president’s staff.’” – The Guardian

How to Make Resistance a Daily Part of Our Lives

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:52:00 +0200

‘Don’t let anybody convince you this is the way the world is and therefore must be. It must be the way it ought to be.’ — Toni Morrison ‘Waiting until everything looks feasible is too long to wait.’ — Rebecca Solnit

Why Did the Boston Symphony Decide Not To Hire Leonard Bernstein? Did that Decision Change the Course of American Music?

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:16:00 +0200

Serge Koussevitzky and Leonard Bernstein. Photo: Heinz Weissenstein, Whitestone Photo, courtesy of BSO Archives
Today’s Boston’s “The Arts Fuse” carries an investigative piece of mine exploring how the Boston Symphony trustees decided not to hire Leonard Bernstein as the orchestra’s Music Director in 1949 even though he was the

Can An Artist Retreat Over Clay Pots Suggest A Direction For AI?

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:01:00 +0200

Es Devlin is calling order on a group of artists, AI researchers, spiritual leaders, academics and experts from global tech gathered at the kilns to discuss AI and make pots at the AI and Earth conference organised by the artist and stage designer. – The Guardian

Pepsi Pulls Sponsorship Of UK Festival To Protest Booking Of Kanye West. Now The Prime Minister Has Weighed In

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:44:00 +0200

Keir Starmer joined criticism of the festival at the weekend, saying it was “deeply concerning” that West had been booked to perform “despite his previous antisemitic remarks and celebration of Nazism”. – The Guardian

It’s Our Phones That Have Caused Our Brains To Rot. Not AI

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:31:00 +0200

Even if you spend very little time online, there’s little you can do outside the logic of the internet. It is a force that warps our reality, a cosmic background noise that is everywhere and nowhere — something inhuman that’s subtly reshaping our language, our politics, even our minds. – The New York Times

Temporary Artistic Program Assistant

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:23:00 +0200

Position Summary Join a fast paced, high performing artistic team operating at the top of its game. This is a unique opportunity to step into the center of a dynamic creative environment where multiple productions, programs, and priorities are moving forward at once, and where your work directly supports the art on stage.Milwaukee Repertory Theater seeks a highly organized and collaborative professional to support the Artistic Department during a period of transition. This temporary role focuses

Is The Historical Performance/Period Instrument Movement Still Controversial?

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:01:00 +0200

“Nearly half a century on, although performances on period instruments (let alone fortepianos) are hardly the norm, historically informed performance has increasingly moved toward mainstream acceptance, picking up new repertoires, time periods, and styles along the way. The movement’s relative success may seem surprising.” – Early Music America

Study: UK Teachers Report Decline In Student Cognitive Skills Because Of AI

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:31:00 +0200

Two-thirds said they had observed the decline among children who they also said no longer felt the need to spell because of voice-to-text technology. – The Guardian

Wallace Shawn On Reviving His Monologue “The Fever” In The Trump Era

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:03:00 +0200

“When I did it before, nobody was really explicitly saying the opposite of what I was saying. I was attacking implicit assumptions, unthought-through assumptions that people seemed to have. Now I’m attacking open declarations that people are making very publicly.” – Slate (MSN)

Why You Should Break Up With Your Kindle

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:44:00 +0200

The Kindle ecosystem is perhaps the apotheosis of this shift. One Guardian reporter found Amazon had recorded every title, highlight and page turn on her Kindle app (40,000 entries over two years). The company’s dominance sets the terms for everyone in the marketplace. – Washington Post

Trump’s Plans For His Presidential “Library” Pretty Much Says It All

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:31:00 +0200

It’s hard to imagine a more finely tuned machine than the Trump Presidential Library, a glass-walled Miami tower whose video renderings were released by the president’s son Eric on Monday night. The project has a balance sheet that would make a developer blush. – The Atlantic

NYT Fires Freelancer For Using AI In Review. But What Really Is The Issue Here?

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0200

As a literary critic and scholar, I believe the deeper question isn’t whether or not critics should do more to hide their use of AI – but the ethics of using it at all. – The Conversation

Denver’s Arts District Is Thriving. Here’s Who Keeps It Running And How.

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:04:00 +0200

“As of January, the RiNo Art District has split from the business and infrastructure groups it once operated alongside. Now, three separate entities share responsibility for the area. … Each has its own boss, board, budget and mission. Together, the three groups still shape the district with a shared vision.” – Denverite

Major Years-Long Renovation Of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water Complete

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:44:00 +0200

Despite several previous conservation campaigns, a carefully executed programme of works targeting its roofing, glazing systems, and masonry envelope was necessary. – Dezeen

Why Bach’s Music Is Indestructable

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:33:00 +0200

Bach never knew the modern piano or its flattened-out tuning, so any pianist who plays the Well-Tempered Clavier on a Steinway is making a version of the piece that Bach wouldn’t have even imagined. – The Guardian

Tennessee Library Director Fired Over Refusal To Move Gender-Themed Books

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0200

She was fired for her refusal to remove more than 100 books that discuss gender identity or contain violence from the children’s shelves. – The New York Times

University Partnership Gives This Ballet Company’s Dancers 80% Off Tuition

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:02:00 +0200

After being in the company for a full year, any full-time member of Boston Ballet can take courses toward a degree from Northeastern University, with almost all courses available online. – CBS News

University Of Syracuse Cuts Almost 100 Programs

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:44:00 +0200

In all, 93 of the 460 academic programs at the school will be closed or paused, meaning that no new students will be able to enroll in those majors. Coursework in the areas will still be offered, and minors in many of the subjects will continue to be available. – The New York Times

Hollywood’s Difficulty In Grappling With What AI Will Do To It

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:31:00 +0200

AI isn’t just another flash-in-the-pan techno-bauble, like VR headsets, the “metaverse,” or NFTs. It’s actually revolutionary. The insistence betrays the measure of anxiety one might expect at a confab celebrating a power–hungry industry staring down an energy crisis. – Wired

Why Being A Writer Is No Longer A Profession

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0200

Today, by some estimates, the average freelance journalist is paid around $0.25 to $0.50 per word, and at the highest-paying glossies, rates have hovered around $2 per word for more than a decade, even as inflation has diminished the purchasing power of that seemingly handsome fee. – The Baffler

“The Dawn Of The Three-Minute Heist”: Considering The Fallout From The Latest Museum Robbery

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:01:00 +0200

“How and why is this incident different from the Louvre theft, which targeted the royal jewels? How will investigations play out? Perhaps most importantly, what are the chances of recovering these priceless paintings? We put these questions to the world’s top museum security and art theft experts. Here’s what we found out.” – Artnet

The “South Park” Guys Have A Successful AI Company. They Named It Deep Voodoo.

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:33:00 +0200

“If a studio or production house needs something shape-shifting or face-switching, chances are they’ll call Parker & Stone. And chances are something strange — and, perhaps even more surprising when it comes to AI, potentially ethical — will result.” – The Hollywood Reporter

Last Year Rome’s Cinecittà Studios Hemorrhaged Money. Hollywood Has Saved Them.

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:05:00 +0200

“Italy’s Cinecittà Studios are back in the black with a small but significant €1.1 million ($1.2 million) operating profit for the fiscal year of 2025, it was announced on Tuesday just as three big Hollywood shoots in various stages are decamped on its vast backlot.” – Variety

Mad Dog at the FBI Is Sued in the Noonday Sun

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:34:00 +0200

Fired FBI agents are suing the bureau and Kash Patel for dismissing them because they took part in an investigation of el presidente Trumpscheisse’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

Jeremy O. Harris Was Quite Productive During His Three Weeks In A Japanese Prison

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:34:00 +0200

In a paywalled essay in Vanity Fair, the playwright/actor/screenwriter/impresario writes that he read 23 books, finished an outline he owed to a film studio, journaled, and profited from his time off the grid. Indeed, he says, “you could re-create this experience and rich white people would pay for it.” – The Cut (MSN)

Lara St. John Says She Paid No Damages To Settle Jonathan Carney’s Defamation Lawsuit

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:06:00 +0200

“No monies were paid to settle the litigation or to secure Mr. Carney’s signature,” the violinist wrote. “There has never been a personal campaign to defame Mr. Carney or to damage his reputation. An individual creates their own reputation and they just need to own that fact.” – The Violin Channel

Doing the Right Thing With Nonprofit Arts Organizations: “Like Walking in High Heels Through Meat”

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200

…while the attention to charity has evolved, the nonprofit arts behemoth class has not.

The World Is Hostile To Socially Progressive Art, But Also Wants To Copy It – For Profit

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:30:00 +0200

“Developers discovered the cultural value of place-making. Corporations embraced art as branding. Cultural nonprofits and academic institutions increasingly adopted the vocabulary of community engagement while operating within the same economic structures driving displacement.” What now? – Hyperallergic

Black Music Isn’t ‘Influential’ In Britain

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0200

It’s foundational: “Over the past three decades, music originating from Black genres has generated £24.5bn of the UK music industry’s £30bn recorded music market.” – The Guardian (UK)

The Paul Klee That Can’t Leave The Middle East Because Of The War

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:30:00 +0200

“Angelus Novus is renowned not just in its own right, but for what its most famous owner made of it. … It was purchased in Munich in 1921 by the German-Jewish writer Walter Benjamin, a titanic figure in 20th-century letters.” Now, ironically, it’s represented by “an authorized facsimile.” – The New York Times

The Almost Unimaginable Influence Of Frederick Wiseman

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0200

“To imagine a hospital administrator agreeing to this sort of project in a post-Titicut world speaks to the devastating impact of Wiseman’s work; anyone who had seen anything like it before surely would’ve said, You can see yourself out.” – Paris Review

Why Did OpenAI Kill Sora?

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:30:00 +0200

Maybe it was this: “The platform’s operational costs proved unsustainable, with each 10-second video costing OpenAI approximately $130 in compute expenses. With millions of users creating content daily, these costs escalated to $15 million per day.” – Geeky Gadgets

Yes, Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reshaped Television, But Now What?

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0200

“It’s the kind of television writing that you can see in the blueprints of everyone’s favorite shows nowadays. There’s a reason why Whedon was once admired for his craft. The long term, episode by episode plotting is just exquisite.” But there’s also a reason the remake failed. – Aftermath

Britain, Like Many Other Places, Has Serious Gender Disparity Among Songwriters And Composers

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:30:00 +0200

Nominations for the Ivor Novello songwriting awards: “reveal the gender disparity in British and Irish music: there are more than twice as many male nominees (40) than female (19), with two non-binary artists making up the 61 songwriters and composers recognised.” – The Guardian (UK)

City Ballet Won’t Perform At The Kennedy Center

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0200

Add it to the long, long list of cancellations. – The New York Times

AJ Chronicles: Why Tech Infrastructure is the Most Important Arts Story of the Year

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:30:00 +0100

The infrastructure carrying culture to audiences — legal, technical, financial, corporate — was not built for the creative sector. It was built by and for technology companies, telecommunications firms, and entertainment conglomerates.

Wagner’s “Tristan” at the Met — Then and Now

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 04:32:00 +0100

The “Tristan” participants at the Met on March 9, 1935. Artur Bodanzky is top center.
I am in Ann Arbor, participating in a Mahler project with Ken Kiesler and his fervent University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra – the group with which I memorably toured South Africa a year ago (and

Officials Seize Property Worth $23 Million Allegedly Embezzled From Actress Ursula Andress

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:50:00 +0100

Italian authorities said Thursday they had seized €20 million of assets in Tuscany, including property, vineyards. and artworks, allegedly bought with money embezzled from Andress. The onetime Bond girl, now 90, had filed a complaint alleging a “progressive and significant depletion of her assets” by her financial managers. – AFP (Yahoo!)

Manitoba Considers Banning Algorithmic Pricing

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:31:00 +0100

Once firms get consumers used to being sorted, profiled, and priced differently, the practice starts to feel inevitable. But it is not. It is a choice about what kind of business practices we expect. Personalized algorithmic pricing pulls together affordability, privacy, competition, consumer protection, and data extraction all at once. – The Walrus

A New Theory About Where The Book Of Kells Was Made

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:05:00 +0100

It’s been widely assumed that the 8th-century manuscript was copied and illuminated at St. Columba’s monastery on Scotland’s island of Iona — this despite the fact that there’s no archaeological evidence that Iona had a place or materials for such a major project. Evidence has, however, been found at another Scottish site. – Artnet

Why Destroying Cultural Sites In War Is Bad Strategy

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:44:00 +0100

Ignoring cultural property protections runs counter to a lesson many military forces, including the United States, have come to recognize: that safeguarding cultural heritage is not only a legal obligation, but also strategically smart. – The Conversation

Why Trump Is Going After Cultural Institutions

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:31:00 +0100

One thing that has really struck me is that ordinary Americans are far less interested in fighting about history than it might seem. – The New York Times

AI Is Forcing Us To Grapple With Meaning

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:15:00 +0100

When Wittgenstein referred to the “beginning of the end of humanity,” he was not envisioning sci-fi cataclysms… He was referring to what he called the “form of life” we inhabit. That form of life is threatened by a way of thinking that lowers human life to the plane of science and technology. – Commonweal

Making Dance Into A Professional Team Sport, Like Basketball Or Football

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:01:00 +0100

“In its first official season, starting May 2 in New York City, the International Dance League is offering contracts to top-level dance teams and presenting huge arena competitions. … It’s calling the format ‘the MMA of dance.’ And the dance community is reacting with both excitement and skepticism.” – Dance Magazine

New School Plans To Cut 15 Percent Of Its Faculty

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:44:00 +0100

Amid a projected $48 million deficit largely attributed to enrollment decline, the New School’s upcoming layoffs come as the newest development in the university’s sprawling workforce reduction saga, which the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) called the “largest attempted firing of faculty currently taking place in the nation.” – Hyperallergic

The Progress Paradox: Are You Coal Or Are You A Horse?

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:33:00 +0100

Searches for the phrase job apocalypse are spiking. Polls show that voters are beginning to freak out. But there’s a better question for white-collar workers to ask themselves: Am I coal, or am I a horse? – The Atlantic

Reality Is Breaking Down

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:15:00 +0100

Insulating yourself from inconvenient facts is not an effective long-term life strategy, even for someone powerful enough to externalize the costs of most of their bad decisions onto others. – Artnet

What Has Surprised The New York Times’ Lead Reporter On Trump’s Culture Wars

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:04:00 +0100

Jennifer Schuessler: “Ordinary Americans are far less interested in fighting about history than it might seem. People who work at historical sites, whether government-run or private, report that most visitors, whatever their politics, show up open-minded and curious and hungry for fact-based, nonpartisan history.” – The New York Times