5,874 stories by "Artsjournal"
How many of us today are able to free ourselves from the page and head out the door when we rise from our desks? Even abiding by the dictates of nature, breathing deeply out in the open air …
Is it possible that our experience of decision-making " the impression we have of making choices, indeed of having choices to make, sometimes hard ones " is entirely illusory? Is it possible…
This kind of reflexive self-doubt is not so much a 'syndrome' as it is a widespread state of psychological distortion, with roughly 70 per cent of people experiencing it at some point in the…
Crossword editors are strange arbiters of cultural relevance. Read tweets by Awkwafina or Olivia Wilde on learning that they've been immortalized in the black-and-white grid"it's the bookish…
Though the organizers of the fund wanted to start with New York because of the city's importance as a cultural center, they know the need spans the country, extending to individuals as well …
Box office revenue limped to a historic low of $300,000 or less on Wednesday as the vast majority of cinemas in North America closed their doors indefinitely due to the coronavirus crisis. T…
The letter notes that museums annually contribute $50 billion to the US economy, generate $12 billion in local, state, and federal tax, along with supporting 726,000 jobs, expressing worry t…
"I think of it a little bit like if a house was burning, and you had the opportunity to run in and save a piece of humanity," says Industry founder Yuval Sharon. "That's what we're doing." "…
They were made by sculptor George Tsutakawa. The theft was discovered Thursday morning when gardeners arrived for work and discovered the gates missing and bolt cutters on the ground, said R…
There was a time when listeners treated the mere existence of recorded sound as a miracle. A wonder, a kind of time travel. Priests warned of early wax cylinders being tools of the devil. Vi…
Consider all the ways arts and cultural groups earn money: from ticket sales and admission fees; participation in educational programs; renting spaces for galas and gatherings; investments a…
In a national survey by Americans for the Arts, 91% of responding arts organizations have cancelled one or more events. Many arts organizations have closed their doors for months to come. Mo…
It's tempting to ask if we can learn to be more creative. Creativity does have some genetic heritability: talent " mathematical, musical " runs in families. For example, the Dutch identical …
The listings I had spent the previous several days carefully crafting and curating had mostly crumbled before my eyes. " Los Angeles Times
SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) Hong Kong, which has been in operation since 2010, has a $4 million financial deficit due to low enrollment. The tuition fee of $38,440 per year for…
Newton published his findings on the laws of motion in the 1687 book Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. Now, by sheer accident, a rare first-edition copy of this groundbreaking b…
The charity Art UK, which lists every publicly owned oil painting on its online database and is in the process of adding every sculpture, has announced details of a new curation tool. It wil…
With so many countries on forced lockdowns to fight the spread of the virus, hundreds of millions working from home and even more children out of school, EU officials are concerned about the…
Nintendo Online was unavailable for almost nine hours on Tuesday, preventing users from playing games such as Mario Kart 8 online or buying new titles on the console's online shop. Steam, a …
"We have been forced to make the unthinkable decision to lay off the vast majority of you in the coming few days. Many people have spoken publicly demanding we pay our employees and extend h…
On an individual level, innumerable artists and bands have rearranged tours or scrapped them altogether. With streaming still offering low royalty rates for artists, most musicians rely on e…
"When you're on stage and projecting to an audience they are relating in various ways to what you are doing on stage. When I perform I'm always trying to invite them to respond in any way th…
The film and TV industry worldwide has experienced a near-total cessation of activity, with thousands of largely freelance crew laid off at short notice with little or no financial compensat…
It's not just Americans broadcasting their living spaces to the world in the hopes of finding digital company. In the midst of a pandemic, kids with smartphones and wireless access and unlim…
Five days ago, the largest opera company by budget in the United States released a statement to the press that all rehearsals and performances through the end of the month would be cancelled…
