5,874 stories by "Artsjournal"
If we want to trace bullshit back to its origins, we have to look a lot further back than any human civilization. Bullshit has its origins in deception more broadly, and animals have been de…
While the 2020 Salzburg Festival may not have such a global audience, it has commanded the world's attention by forging ahead against all odds. New regulations notwithstanding " including co…
"If he has withdrawn those two particular songs from BMI's political license program, then the Trump administration does not have a license to play them at a political rally and they have a …
Its annual study into UK media habits suggested adults " many stuck indoors " spent 40% of their waking hours in front of a screen, on average. Time spent on subscription streaming services …
"Beijing has sent a clear message to the filmmaking world, that filmmakers who criticize China will be punished, but that those who play ball with its censorship strictures will be rewarded,…
Sunday, August 23 Perspectives Ensemble presents a two-part event: J.S. Bach: The Six Solo Cello Suites Performed by Wendy Sutter Part I: 3pm EDT (Suites 1-3) and Part II: 6pm EDT (Suites 4-…
Staff posted to social media but the museum's director later deleted "Black Lives Matter" from the posts. Some museum staff went on strike, and then were laid off. " The New York Times
The Burbank entertainment giant posted a net loss of $4.72 billion for the three months that ended in June, Disney said Tuesday. That's compared with the $1.43 billion in net income the comp…
"There is a cultural revolution happening in the United States, and people are realizing that they have the power to be more engaged with how public art is decided," explained Patricia Walsh…
Mass Cultural Council is an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with a mission to promote excellence, inclusion, education, and diversity in the arts, humanities, and sci…
Groups of students have variously described the composition of Princeton's faculty and its "institutional culture" as "pillars of its oppressive past," declared that their education failed t…
Since April, more than 20 members of the opera's costume crew have been toiling away sewing face coverings which the opera is donating to firefighters, social service agencies and front line…
Kjersti Flaa, a Norwegian journalist living in Los Angeles, filed a complaint Monday in California federal court alleging that the HFPA has adopted membership rules that exclude qualified ap…
Beyond just matching up bogus claims with evidence to the contrary, the startup treats the fact-checking process like an assembly line, with an algorithm prioritizing and doling out tasks. A…
"I mentioned that I work in real estate. When a listing is advertised with the line, "First time on market after 40 years of family ownership," it almost always includes the phrase, "Bring y…
The dismissals are only a small part of the changes implemented by the new government. On 1 July, the National Archaeology Museum (MUNARQ), which answered to the ministry of cultures and tou…
David Bell argues that charismatic leaders were a key product of the age of Revolution, which created the ideal political and cultural conditions for a new kind of civic heroism to emerge. I…
The museum says that as a result of Adrienne Arsht's gift, it is now the single biggest art museum in the US to offer 100% paid internships to nearly 120 undergraduate and graduate interns e…
Let's face it: we've all had second thoughts about language. Hardly a day goes by when we don't stumble for words, stagger into misunderstandings, or struggle with a double negative. It's a …
It's a familiar story across Africa: 90 to 95 percent of Africa's heritage is held outside the continent, according to a 2018 report commissioned by French President Emmanuel Macron. Give…
Writing for the sake of publication"instead of for the sake of being read"is academia's version of "teaching to the test." The result is papers few actually want to read. First, the writing …
The burning question, at this point, is whether this recommender system can reliably lead users down epistemically problematic rabbit holes. In other words, is it possible to discern a patte…
Standup comedy is not created purely by the performer, but as a collaborative production between the performer, the audience, the venue and the promoter. In the same way a theatre is arrange…
About three-and-a-half years ago, Tim Jennings, the executive director and CEO of the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, decided to undertake some risk analysis alongside his CFO. He look…
Given the degree to which workers lack autonomy and are at the mercy of arbitrary and capricious decisions by their employer, republican liberty is at risk when it comes to the employer-empl…
