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Here’s A Surprise: At Burning Man, Women Now Outnumber Men
"An estimated 49% of people who went to Black Rock City ... in 2023 identified as female, marginally higher than the 48% of attendees...
Leonard Riggio, Who Made Barnes & Noble Into A Bookstore Powerhouse, Is Dead At...
He started in 1971 by buying the Barnes & Noble name and flagship Manhattan store, acquired hundreds more outlets (including the B. Dalton chain),...
California Lawmakers Pass Bill Protecting Performers From Unauthorized AI Replicas
"AB 2642 would require explicit permission from performers (or their representatives) to use AI software to create digital replicas. … The bill will now...
Minnesota Orchestra Names A Veteran Executive As Interim CEO
"Brent Assink, former executive director of the San Francisco Symphony and past president of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, … takes over for Michelle...
How To Write A Headline Readers Want To Click On? Keep It Simple, Finds...
"Our research … shows that simple headlines significantly increase article engagement and clicks compared with headlines that use complex language. … But importantly, we...
Artistic Director Fired At South America’s Leading Opera And Ballet Company, Replaced By Ballet...
The ministry of culture of Buenos Aires dismissed Jorge Tetelman as director of the Teatro Colón, and the following day hired in his place...
Melbourne Symphony Chief Out After Musicians’ No-Confidence Vote
The turmoil began after the MSO canceled a concerto appearance by a pianist who made a statement about Gaza from the stage. Musicians objected...
LACMA, MOCA, And Hammer Museum To Jointly Own Collection Given By Former CEO Of...
"The collection — consisting entirely of works by L.A.-based artists — has been accumulated by (Jarl and Pamela Mohn) over the last two decades...
Two Dancers Sue San Francisco Ballet Over Injuries
Company soloist Ellen Hummel filed suit earlier this month against SF Ballet and a volunteer physician, alleging medical negligence and "reckless disregard" for her...
Opera Philadelphia Makes All Seats For This Coming Season $11
New company director Anthony Roth Costanzo has raised over $7 million since he took over on June 1, and he says, "That fundraising is...
Edgar Bronfman Calls Off His Bid To Buy Paramount Global
"The decision came as the clock ticked down on the time frame within which his group had to finalize a firm offer" — last...
Newfields-Indianapolis Museum of Art Appoints Third CEO In Four Years
Le Monte G. Booker, currently CFO of Chicago's Field Museum, follows Charles Venable, who resigned in 2021 after controversy over one astoundingly ill-chosen word...
Composer Alexander Goehr Has Died At 92
"If Goehr’s own music has come to seem less significant than his importance as a teacher of some of the leading British composers of...
Anna Netrebko Can Sue Met Opera Only For Gender Discrimination, Court Rules
Last summer, the Russian soprano sued the company for cancelling all her engagements after she refused to denounce Putin following his invasion of Ukraine....
Actors At Edinburgh Festival Are Protesting From The Stage Over Scotland’s Arts Funding Cuts
"It emerged on the eve of this year’s festival that Creative Scotland faces cuts of up to £10m this year, amid widespread spending reductions...
Conducting An Orchestra Made Up Entirely Of Traditional Chinese Instruments
The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra may look, from a distance, like a European orchestra, but its musicians play erhu, gaohu, huqin (all bowed strings),...
Did Brian Eno Really Use Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain” As The Urinal It Was Originally...
He's certainly happy to claim that he did, having told the tale several times with plenty of backstory and detail. And he has quite...
The Politics Of, And In, Indonesia’s Traditional Shadow-Puppet Theater
Over its thousand-year history, wayang kulit has been at once high art and popular entertainment; both exemplified and parodied elites and common folks, invaders...
Immersive Art Shows Have Become Big Business. Can Museums Get In On It? Should...
Serious institutions might legitimately turn up their noses at the immersive van Gogh or Monet "experiences," but nearly half of the immersive art shows...
Is Cable TV Dying Or Not? And How Might That Play Out Either Way?
"Pay TV has entered into what may well be the final impasse between distributors like Comcast and content companies like Disney. Here's why this...
Is Burning Man Burning Itself Out?
Last year, freak rains left the place a wreck, the year before that saw a severe heatwave, and the two Burns prior were cancelled...
Washington Post Axes “In The Galleries” Local Art Review Column
"In an email sent to several DC-area art exhibition spaces on Monday, column author and critic Mark Jenkins announced the series would shut down...
Now Even Chick-fil-A Is Getting Into The Streaming Video Business
"The fast food chain has been working with Hollywood production companies and studios to create family-friendly, mostly unscripted original shows. The chicken house is...
Most Americans Are Opposed To Book-Banning In Schools But Don’t Feel Overly Engaged: Survey
"Just 3% of respondents have personally engaged on the issue — with 2% getting involved on the side of maintaining access and 1% seeking...
Sarasota Orchestra Appoints Nashville Symphony’s Giancarlo Guerrero As Music Director
The Nicaraguan-Costa Rican conductor will be music director-designate in 2024-25 as he completes his 16th and final season in Tennessee's capital, and his initial...