The dataset now spans 2003–2025 and includes newly added data from 2024 and 2025. It is available through the NADAC website for free download and online analysis. - NEA
Under this rigid order, there’s no room to interrogate our rocky history, let alone change it for the better. There’s just one nation, under God, indivisible—now, always, and forever. - Mother Jones
A.I. features are now a standard part of Google’s commercially available search engine. “Search and A.I. are deeply integrated.” If a school has banned A.I., he added, students “will not have access to search, and they’ll see a message from their school that indicates it’s not available.” - The New York Times
Hindu mythology includes several figures described as third-gender, mixed-gender or genderless. Bijayini Satpathy, one of the great living practitioners of Odissi dance, had never played any of those characters before creating her new solo piece, and she wasn’t sure she would even know how. - The New York Times
“In a joint statement, the unionized musicians, board and staff say the meeting discussed fundraising progress over the past week, and a possible plan to resume performances as early as this month.” - KJZZ (Phoenix)
“On the evening of 28 October, César Enrique Osorio Ortiz — a judge at Bogotá’s 24th Family Court — ordered Colombia’s cultural ministry and the museum to return the works to their original locations within 48 hours. The ministry complied with the order on Friday (30 October).” - The Art Newspaper
“The taxpayer-funded broadcaster and streamer has hired a new head of digital originals, Ariel Yang, and her commissioning duties include taking pitches from local producers for homegrown microdramas.” - The Hollywood Reporter
A 17th-century painting titled Un Buveur (“A Drinker”) by Willem Cornelisz Duyster, stolen in 1940 from the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléans in France, was located last month at a Swiss auction house. - ARTnews
The film by Javiers Calvo and Ambrossi has taken in €36.7 million ($41.0 million) at Spanish cinemas as of November 1. Among Spanish films, only Emilio Martínez-Lázaro’s comedy Ocho apellidos vascos (released in English as Spanish Affair, $61.8 million) and J.A. Bayona’s disaster drama Lo imposible (“The Impossible,” $47.3 million) have earned more. - Variety
“Brady Lum, the former chief operating officer of Atlanta‘s High Museum of Art, has been sentenced to one year in federal prison for stealing more than $600,000 from the institution. He previously pleaded guilty to the charges in July.” - Artforum
Videographer James Fenwick runs the Born from Culture series, posting videos focusing on the world’s folk-dance traditions. In June, he released a video of Georgian dancers with music from the other Georgia, the Atlanta trap number “Mask Off.” When that went viral, traditional dance groups all over the world started following suit. - Dazed
The empty-self metaphor has inspired a large following. These followers embrace an optimistic view in which human foibles can be readily vanquished through systematic manipulation of social environment. However alluring it may be, we suggest it is time to replace this Panglossian view with one that acknowledges the importance of enduring psychological structures. - Psyche
“With the Austin Convention Center closed for reconstruction until 2029, the city faces years of diminished convention business and the hotel tax revenue it generates, portions of which fund programs supporting the arts. … But a surge in hotel taxes collected from short-term rentals is providing a financial cushion.” - KUT (Austin)
While AI translations are very fluent, fluency doesn’t equal accuracy. Even proficient bilinguals can overlook errors hidden under the surface. - The Conversation
According to sources, the new round of layoffs will be made across multiple divisions, including TV networks and the motion picture studio, at varying amounts. - Deadline
