The bulk of the new fund is being directed towards "major infrastructure and maintenance work at local and regional museums" and capital and technology upgrades at public libraries. " Arts P…
Peter Schjeldahl: "The renovation is a big deal for the global art world, and certainly for New York. It runs up against problems old and new. Generously enlarged quarters will only marginal…
"Having had roughly six years to figure out how to best attract TV viewers trained to feast on content, none of the streaming services set to debut between now and next spring will be exclus…
If chronological age doesn't matter, as I have argued, then people should be allowed to change this 'age' in their IDs to match their biological rather than their chronological age. " Aeon
The orchestra wear hard hats and gas masks, the choir emerges from a swirl of tear gas-like smoke, and as the music swells, cutaway shots show crowds thousands-strong marching through the st…
There's a difference between the two, for sure. But a Marvel movie is marvelous art, and high art helps us appreciate it. " The Hollywood Reporter
Punctuation " and especially semicolon use " is more art than science, in other words. " Times Literary Supplement
Many filmgoers say they believe sound levels have been crawling up the decibel scale, and not just for the adverts and trailers. Several sufferers also argued that a lack of balanced setting…
In the game's final moments on Sunday evening, a giant explosion took place, sucking the world into a black vortex, leaving players stunned and confused. Brilliantly, Epic took the explosion…
The company, Perra da Nadie, released a statement: "Marta and 3 gentlemen who accompany her on this tour, flew from Barcelona with an overlay in Seattle where we were denied access to enter …
Charles McNulty: "What is the distinctive stamp of L.A. theater? In posing this question to myself, I find my answer to be dismayingly similar to what I would have said when I moved to Los A…
Once the ultimate arbiter of great literature, it has struggled to remain relevant at a time of cultural fragmentation. It could not continue on its historical course"awarding unknown Europe…
Scary: "A Japanese man was arrested for reportedly stalking a pop star and attacking and groping her at her home, according to Japanese news organization NHK. Allegedly, this man found…
Hockney, as a brash young artist in the 1960s, made some bold moves. "In the previously unknown letter, scrawled by Hockney while he was studying at the Royal College of Art in London, the 2…
Originally the James Tiptree Jr. Literary Award was meant to give encouragement to writers with new or creative thinking about gender, but the award's focus has changed " and now the award n…
The Vanguard Artists Collective is "a tight-knit group of like-minded members of the creative class looking to push each other in their artistic practice while nurturing the next generation …
Photographer Jessica Wynne: "When I was talking to [mathematicians] about their work, I realised that their thought process and what they do is extremely creative " and I never really though…
Forster started strong but faded and had a hard time finding work for decades. But "the drought ended with a chance encounter with Tarantino at a West Hollywood coffee shop where Forster reg…
The idea of audience development as a solution has taken over everything in arts organizations, but there's more to it, at least from the audience side. "Being an audience member means being…
Taika Waititi's new movie Jojo Rabbit is far from the first movie to satirize the genocidal leader. But many people object to the movie on pure concept. "Is it right to make comedy of a man …
Giorno wanted more for poetry than simply the page, good as that is. He "turned to the world of art and the mechanisms of mass media to shake poetry loose from the page and embed it more dee…
Well, what the heck: "Agreeing to host an immersive show when not connected to the company is a daring step. The spaces are not " for obvious reasons " designed for it. The host is not a pro…
Margaret Atwood's new book is running at 2/1, while Ducks, Newburyport is at 6/1, and so forth for the other short-listed books. Put your money where you see fit. " The Observer (UK)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is making a lot of movies and TV in Utah. "This year, BYU Broadcasting, which owns BYUtv, is in production on 25 shows including TV m…
And will it ever appear again? With less than two weeks to go before the Louvre's Leonardo exhibition, "there are now serious doubts as to whether the star of the exhibition will be included…