Art and Culture

The latest effort in Congress to force TikTok to be sold is the most serious threat yet to the app's…
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If the Mellon Foundation would start to look at the next-level budgets, they’ll find transformation is the purview of better-run organizations. The best arts nonprofit arts organizations in the United States are not the ones who…
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The Classical Music Institute (CMI) has announced the formation of a new performance-focused subgroup that will serve as the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts’ resident orchestra.  The Orchestra San Antonio (TOSA) is…
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Rachael Stirling picks her way from the back of the stage, joins her colleagues in the stalls, and then promptly bursts into tears. “I’m tired,” she explains. Stirling is playing Sarah Siddons, the great 18th-century actor, in The Divine…
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At a hearing yesterday in a lawsuit brought by the former general manager of St. Louis Public Radio, an attorney representing the station put forth a surprising defense: that the local NPR affiliate is unique among the major news…
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“The advent of AI threatens to destroy the complex online ecosystem that allows writers, artists, and other creators to reach human audiences. To understand why, you must understand publishing” — not mean…
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The former director of the Uffizi gallery in Florence has promised a crackdown on crime and burger stands in his quest to restore the Tuscan capital to its former status as a cultural “beacon of the world”.German-born Eike Schmidt, 55,…
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A monster with high-art refinements: In a way, Abigail has less in common with Nina Sayers, the heroine of “Black Swan,” than she does with Hannibal Lecter, who likes a little Bach with his (grisly) dinner. Ballet, a dance of courts and…
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This article is taken from the April 2024 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. The term “artificial intelligence” is…
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