Art and Culture

TV and film writers will be paying more for their health care in a deal with the major studios unveiled Wednesday by the Writers Guild of America. In return, the studios will kick in $321 million — a record sum — to keep the…
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Nothing seems to make literary-minded people angrier than an author taking credit for writing they didn’t do. A few weeks ago, Hachette canceled the U.S. release of a novel, Shy Girl, following a barrage of online accusations that it had…
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“Marcel Duchamp is an enigma that art history swallowed and got stuck in its throat. What do we do with him now? I left the Museum of Modern Art’s big new show of Duchamp not sure if I know, or the museum knows, or if the public will…
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Cannes unveiled its 2026 lineup on Thursday, its star power juiced up by beloved international auteurs Pedro Almodovar, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and Asghar Farhadi. And while there is some prominent Hollywood talent — such as Sebastian…
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Disney is expected to lay off as many as 1,000 employees through role eliminations in the coming months, Variety has learned. Many of the cuts are expected to come from the media giant’s marketing department. Disney…
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The Salzburg Festival has named Karin Bergmann as interim artistic director, following the recent departure of Markus Hinterhäuser. According to ORF, the decision was taken unanimously by the festival’s supervisory board, with…
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Juilliard Dean Evan Yionoulis has been named the new dean of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. Yionoulis, who has been dean and director of The Juilliard School’s drama division since 2018, will take over the post at Yale…
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In ink-on-dead-trees print, sure. But a large majority of the newspaper’s readers consume the Times online or on an app, where the difference between the magazine’s articles and those of the regular newspaper is barely visible. –…
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For a jury that has spent weeks listening to experts debate market definitions, vertical integration and other fine points of antitrust law, the testimony about Irvine’s failed amphitheater, and other disputes, has provided a…
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“Like, Follow, Subscribe” is decently reported, if clunkily written; it lacks the legal and philosophical acumen of Leah A. Plunkett’s “Sharenthood” or the sociological insights that Kathryn Jezer-Morton brings to her studies of…
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