Is American Poetry Too Snooty?
"When I asked a friend, a terrific prose writer, why she seems to have a slight disdain for poetry, she replied, 'It's too elitist, like walking through a beautiful forest in which I know no…
"When I asked a friend, a terrific prose writer, why she seems to have a slight disdain for poetry, she replied, 'It's too elitist, like walking through a beautiful forest in which I know no…
Over the past few years, an ideologically diverse coalition of white nationalists, conservatives and ultra-libertarians has launched attempts to build out its own online infrastructure, sett…
"I was being erased from the history of Southern California art and it really upset me," says the artist (who now lives in New Mexico). But the launch of the Pacific Standard Time series of …
"But what's the purpose of Central Park? What's the purpose of the High Line? What's the purpose? The whole point of a recreation space " what's precious " is that it doesn't tell you what y…
Sources say that Michael Kors, Vera Wang and the Academy of Art University were all slated to show their collections at the sleek, $475 million venue but have pulled out. Rag & Bone publ…
Where many institutions of higher learning are looking to expand, CIM is looking to contract. In an effort to compete with the nation's top schools of music and reduce competition among grad…
Nobody was  injured and the Art Museum says no artworks were damaged. 6 chairs and a table were lost. It says engineers examined the third floor room and the rest of the Mark Building and…
The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra seeks a strong leader who brings a successful track record in fund-raising, excellent interpersonal skills, and the proven ability to manage and lead an orga…
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"Time and again, the money extracted from the tech giants amounts to a pittance. The structural remedies that accompany those fines"the part where companies agree to change the offending par…
Many people today take television seriously. Instead, Nussbaum's contribution has been to argue for what precisely about television merits our serious attention. " Los Angeles Review of Books
According to researchers, young adults, and particularly those raised as "digital natives" as part of Generation Z (ages 18 to 24), have high expectations for a "flawless, seamless, personal…
Nearly 20 years and millions of sales after his nonfiction debut, Mr. Gladwell is at something of a professional tipping point. He elicits from readers the kind of polarized reactions usuall…
As a launching pad, a young quartet could hardly ask for more. And in the case of the Marmen Quartet, the prize followed on the heels of a first-prize victory in another of the world's leadi…
In short, prizes matter. But more surprising is the effect of a nomination alone. With only an appearance on the Booker shortlist, a book moves from total obscurity in the classroom and the …
It is certainly possible to say that roughly a quarter of all the Broadway shows announced have at least one, if not both, feet planted in UK soil. But to those who wield this 'fact' to sugg…
Ralph Lister, Director of the Somerset-based NPO Take Art, believes that England's rural arts infrastructure could disappear entirely within the next five years unless ACE takes steps to add…
"Classical singing is very beautiful but very specific. I meanwhile was developing an interest in all the other things my voice could do " I felt that I had such a rich instrument and I was …
"What we're watching now is a man realising that the character he invented for himself in order to get something he didn't want doesn't work when you're prime minister. It was fine for panel…
"I realize that the various arts councils see art as a communications strategy, a way of encoding statements of moral good in visual form. Long ago they surrendered any faith in the aestheti…
Now that Baghdad is once more clambering back to its feet after ISIS's territorial defeat, observers wonder: Can the school regain anything of its past glory or will it " and the city around…
"We were all trying to impress him. When it said fortissimo, we got a little out of hand. He said, 'We all have different levels of fortissimo. Never take the sound past beautiful.' The enti…
Museum boards are being abolished, and the contracts of foreign-born directors seem unlikely to be renewed as Italy's government rolls back many of the game-changing reforms introduced fo…
On the heels of celebrating its 100th anniversary, the Juno and Grammy-award winning Vancouver Symphony Orchestra ("VSO"), is engaged in a search for its next President of the VSS and the VS…
A massive overhaul is happening at the top of Portland's biggest artistic institutions. Six of Oregon's major arts organizations"including NW Film Center, Portland Center Stage and Chamber M…