This idea is particularly prevalent when it comes to those works of art described as "narrative": stories, novels, TV shows, movies, comics. We assume that works that depict characters in ac…
The Internet Archive began digitising books in 2005, because "not everyone has access to a public or academic library with a good collection, so to provide universal access we need to provid…
When it comes to stealing from museums, Stéphane Breitwieser is virtually peerless. He is one of the most prolific and successful art thieves who have ever lived. Done right, his technique"…
"[This study reveals] how racism spans across the entire Seuss collection, while debunking myths about how books like Horton Hears a Who! and The Sneetches can be used to promote…
A growing number of artists claim that their works in the collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) have gone "missing" and may have ended up on the market without their kn…
A placeholder image that went viral last month had bunheads worldwide worried. But it's merely a placeholder for engineers. " Pointe
On his website, Donald Knuth offers the following explanation for his refusal to use email: "Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for m…
UK psychologist and author Sandi Mann explores how embracing boredom and letting our minds wander can get us to step off the ever-accelerating hedonic treadmill, and might even encourage cre…
"Although representing only a small portion of all private foundations in the U.S., by virtue of their strong focus in the arts and direct charitable activities involving their art assets, a…
The ArtCenter is finally announcing plans for its Cinderella-like windfall (one that, thanks to investments, has since swollen to $100 million, more than the endowment of any other South Flo…
Signs of an impending slowdown in charitable giving are emerging from multiple studies examining contributions last year, particularly those from donors of modest means. Â For example, a n…
Only 32% of British children under 13 are read to daily by an adult, for pleasure, down four percentage points on the previous year, and nine percentage points down on 2012. Most parents sto…
In many ways, stories are uncannily similar to living organisms. They seem to have their own interests. They compel us to share them and, once told, they begin to grow and change, often beco…
Jackson's family and his estate have denounced the Leaving Neverland documentary in recent weeks through written statements, a lawsuit, and letters to HBO and Britain's Channel 4, which also…
Most music copyright infringement cases are settled out of court with shared writing credit " and royalties " as it's extremely rare for these types of cases to make it to a jury. When it ge…
It is usually believed that the anti-sex, anti-violence Code was harmful to art, intellectually unsophisticated, imposed from above and un-American in its disregard for First Amendment Right…
In such moments, visual literacy, news literacy, social justice, global politics, and art become part of a rapidly moving whole that arts writers and critics contribute to and respond to. Wi…
"I believe that any action by the executive branch that interferes with the ability of higher-education institutions to address this problem themselves is misguided and in fact sets a very p…
The opera company said the move had been prompted by a desire to "give audiences even more choice in the new season", which will be announced in April. "This confirms ENO's commitment to sin…
The major thing is that the Paris myth, in some sense, creates its own death through saturation of believers. The truly exceptional people that came to Paris pave the way for the rest of us,…
Elsevier still made $1.17 billion in publishing in 2017, which is precisely the problem, according to its critics. At its loftiest, academic publishing is supposed to be about disseminati…
On one hand, it is a testament to the continuous hard work of a lot of people that the sector is able to, on balance, keep funding to SAAs relatively stable. Â On the other hand, it is fru…
"That first weekend there were probably 300 dogs. The area has a huge dog community, and it spread like wildfire." With stores closed and escalators stopped, the two-story shopping center qu…
"The statistics offer an eloquent answer. In the 2014-2015 season, only 1.8 percent of the music performed by the top 22 American orchestras was by women, according to the Baltimore Symphony…
The studio complaints about Netflix break down into a few simple categories. The first is that they spent way more money on Oscars marketing this year than anybody else"reported numbers rang…