Art and Culture

A few months ago, I was babysitting two kids, one eight and the other five years old. We were in the middle of a board game when the numbers six and seven happened to come up together. Suddenly, as if they had been struck by…
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Gentleman Jack, premiering this weekend at England’s Northern Ballet in Leeds, is Lopez Ochoa’s adaptation of a 2019 television series about Anne Lister, a 19th-century landowner considered to be one of the first modern lesbians known…
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“Announcing the clementines, artichokes and other goods on offer are cheerful, hand-painted signs in sun-bright lettering. Quotidian but also quintessential, the signs have become emblems of Naples’s vibrancy. … Pasquale De Stefano is,…
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The work of literary critic Mark Edmundson offers a powerful vision for recentering the American university.Did you know LARB is a reader-supported nonprofit?LARB publishes daily without a paywall as part of our mission to make rigorous,…
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When is an author not an author? The question feels like the lead up to a nerdy joke. But these days, with the looming presence of artificial intelligence, I feel as if I am asking that question every time I read. Who really…
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The high court declined to revisit whether algorithms can hold copyright, leaving AI creations in legal limbo. While tech bros rage and traditional artists breathe easier, the real question remains: who profits when creativity gets…
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The government says Live Nation retains its grip on the music industry with strong-arm tactics like demanding that artists use its promotion services in order to perform in its amphitheaters. – The New York Times Source link
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By day, you'd be forgiven for walking past the newest theater in downtown L.A.It isn't hidden in an alley or obscured via a nameless door. No, this performance space is essentially a theater in disguise, as it's designed to look like an…
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