Art and Culture

I think the library feels like a place where you can do something concrete. You can go to an actual library; you can pull books off the shelves. And I think maybe that’s behind this strange resurgence of book banning. – The Walrus…
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On the weekend John Ganz had an interesting discussion of our rich tech-elites and aesthetic taste, of which they have little, and who would hope to destroy what for now remains that is human and beautiful. This leads him to…
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If there is anyone who can save Wales’s ailing theatre industry, it is Michael Sheen. Last year, the Good Omens star founded the Welsh National Theatre following the demise of the National Theatre of Wales, after the latter lost its…
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The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust released a statement on Saturday slamming the recent decision by New York’s Danziger Gallery to offer an AI-generated artwork referencing the famed photographer’s work at the 2026 edition of the…
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U.V.M. is an extreme case, but during the past two decades flagship state schools across the country have aggressively brought in out-of-state students who usually pay higher tuition bills. More than half of the undergraduates at the…
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What is the International Dance League? The N.B.A. of dance. The W.W.E. of dance. Formula 1 racing meets the TV show “America’s Best Dance Crew.” These are some of the analogies that came up in conversations with the league’s founders…
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The space reserved for Miles Davis in the pantheon of 20th-century music is not simply because he mastered jazz, but because he refused to let it stand still. As musicians and fans mark the centenary of his birth , Davis’s work still…
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The cascading cancellations were devastating for the orchestra and its 61 professional musicians. Their annual salary is paid by performance and the lack of work has been demoralizing. The whole ensemble last played together in the…
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This Week’s Highlights: The most revealing arts story this week was a hire that, by the old rules, wouldn’t have happened. The San Francisco Symphony passed over the marquee conductors and handed its podium to Elim Chan —…
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This week we collected 125 stories on ArtsJournal . Here’s what I learned: Over the past six months we’ve collected dozens of stories about the death of Hollywood. The cumulative numbers are stark: roughly half of all Hollywood…
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