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Now Clear: How Brexit Is A Disaster For UK Artists
“It is being slightly masked by Covid, but we are already seeing individuals losing their jobs because they don’t hold an EU passport. People...
How Big New Money Is Ripping Up The Art Market
The traditional hierarchies of the art market, where values, both monetary and aesthetic, were established and policed by art historians, curators and museums, are...
London’s National Gallery Creates First Exhibition Designed For Mobile Phones
The mobile experience will allow people to zoom in on the details. It will include six poems in the voice of Balthasar, the black...
How We’ll Know If An AI Develops Consciousness
Clearly, asking questions about consciousness does not prove anything per se. But could an AI zombie formulate such questions by itself, without hearing them...
COVID Is The Great Reset — And The Future Is Grim
What they are being told is this: In order for this economy to thrive, we don’t actually need you. We don’t need your labor,...
Wrecking The V&A Museum?
"The conceptual restructure, if it goes ahead as planned, will make the museum itself look curiously out of time, out of touch with the...
How (And When) Audiobooks Were Born
Fans have been predicting the audiobook’s ascendance ever since it became possible to record books. But when exactly was that? The audiobook’s origins can...
Irreplaceable Mills College Historic Music School To Close?
It has been an astonishing run. The school’s faculty over the years has been practically an index of maverick artists, including Darius Milhaud, at...
The Perfect Summer To Visit UK Museums?
“The visitor experience this year will be phenomenal. It will be culture without crowds. You will be up close and personal with animals or...
How COVID Has Decimated Seattle Arts
As of January, 56% of the organizations surveyed still had staff furloughed or laid off due to the pandemic. That’s a decrease from the...
How (And Why) We Forget Most Things In Life
An efficient memory system involves “a finely orchestrated balancing act between data storage and data disposal.” To retain an encounter, deliberate attention alone will...
What Algorithms Choose For You (Your Responsibility Too)
This sifting and ranking process results in a News Feed that is unique to you, like a fingerprint. But of course, you don’t see...
The Science Of Loneliness
One review of the science of loneliness found that people with stronger social relationships have a 50 per cent increased likelihood of survival over a set...
San Francisco Opera Pilots Virtual Tool For Real-Time Collaboration
Aloha's ultra-low latency service connects artists remotely, effectively eliminating the lag time that interrupts the creative flow. This allows artists to collaborate and play...
Movie-Viewing Habits Have Changed. Will Audiences Return To Theatres?
“Cinema-going will inevitably initially be at much lower levels, the question is what level will they return to,” says Richard Broughton, research director at...
The Poetry Problem — It’s All Around Us, But Poets Constantly Worry About Readers
"No wonder most people would rather read Instapoems, or listen to a spoken-word performance, than engage with traditional poetry: the barriers to entry are...
New Memoir Dishes On Iran’s Fabulous Art Museum Created For The Shah
The museum was conceived by the Empress Farah Diba Pahlavi, wife of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, and opened to international acclaim in 1977. Just...
Regional UK Museums Say They’ll Return Benin Bronzes
This, of course, in contrast with the country's national museums, which have declined to repatriate the art. Evidently, the regionals have more flexibility in...
Italians Bristle At The Suggestion Dante Was “Less Modern” Than Shakespeare
A German newspaper had made the claim and Italian readers and Italy's leaders pushed back vociferously. - The Guardian
Want To Visit The Louvre? Its Collection Is Now Viewable Free Online
The French museum has released an online platform featuring all of the museum's artworks, consisting of more than 480,000 pieces, the Louvre announced Friday...
Will Hollywood Boycott Georgia For Filming?
Some of those outspoken industry figures have even gone as far as to call for a boycott of the state, a movement that's waxed...
The Artists Making Money On Crypto Digital Art
“NFTs have been a thing for years, but recently it's been exploding,” says Seattle-based digital sculptor Sam Clover, aka Planttdaddii. Clover started selling her...
Documentary About The World’s Last Blockbuster Soars On Netflix And Makes Store A Celebrity
In the backroom, staff members have been busy packaging thousands of online orders for Blockbuster T-shirts, hats and face masks, which are all made...
Extraordinary Times Call For A Different Kind Of Philanthropy
"Our field is rich with expertise and is ripe for bountiful partnerships. As we move through recovery, it will be critical that we center...
Karen Kain On Turning 70 And Steering The National Ballet Of Canada Through COVID
"Planning and executing a virtual season in the midst of a pandemic presents many challenges, not least how to stream or record original programming...