Art and Culture

FILE - A man walks into Portland City Hall on Nov. 12, 2025 in Portland, Ore.Eli Imadali / OPBPortland’s arts tax is headed for a makeover. But the fix might not address everyone’s grievances with the long-lamented fee. “We’ve not…
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Clarissa Hard argues that, with no hard evidence of serious sexual misconduct ever revealed, the gifted young choreographer should not have been made a total pariah and driven to take his own life. – The Critic (UK) The post In…
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As expected, Brendan Carr and the FCC on Tuesday unleashed license-renewal hell on The Walt Disney Co. However, with another Jimmy Kimmel brouhaha erupting with Donald Trump and MAGAland, the Josh D’Amaro-led Disney is playing it cool…
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“So you could also call me a soft Viking. I tend to stay away from crime, but I do like parallel fifths and parallel octaves, so maybe I’m not as innocent as I’d like to pretend to be.” – San Francisco Classical Voice…
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Two New Jersey residents pleaded guilty to running a years-long counterfeit art scheme that funneled fake works into the legitimate market, defrauding buyers of at least $2 million. Erwin Bankowski, 50, and Karolina Bankowska, 26,…
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In 1953, the philosopher Isaiah Berlin took a fragment of ancient Greek poetry and used it to divide the world into two kinds of thinkers: “The Fox knows many things, but the Hedgehog knows one big thing.” Architecture is a Fox’s…
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Trish Santini — who, as executive director, oversaw the construction, opening, and programming of the Barry Diller-funded Little Island just off the shore of Manhattan — will have the title of co-CEO at the Old Globe, working alongside…
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2 Arts Marketing, Development & Ticketing Conferences Devoted to Solutions for the New Era! Get Concrete Solutions for Chaotic Times. Join us in Toronto, July 14-15 or Seattle, August 11-12. Sign up by May 21 to get 3-for-1…
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By Moto Perpetuo Staff Marc Minkowski has been appointed as the next artistic director of Boston Baroque, marking a significant transition for the oldest period-instrument orchestra in North America. Minkowski will succeed the…
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A new report from the Book Manufacturers’ Institute on the state of the book industry predicts that printing is on the cusp of potential major changes.“Despite the uncertain economy and geopolitical tension, 2026 is poised to be a…
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