Art and Culture

As U.S. broadcasters push for changes to federal law to band together and negotiate with big tech…
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California lawmakers have revived legislation to charge online platforms for the news articles they publish, a proposal that stalled last year amid divisions within the journalism industry and intense opposition from Google and other…
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A largely forgotten psychological concept helps explain the insidiousness of minor problems – and what to do about itHave you ever had that feeling in life when you pause to look around, and realise you don’t like what you see? Maybe…
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Last week at Zürich’s Schauspielhaus, a party was held at the august, state-funded theatre. Titled the House of Wokeness, it aimed to address, and to conclude, a contentious chapter at the institution, which has been led by Benjamin von…
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Kehinde Wiley, best known for his portrait of U.S. President Barack Obama, has responded to allegations of sexual assault made last month by Ghanian art figure Joseph Awuah-Darko. Awuah-Darko…
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The Free Library Foundation’s management insisted that none of this season’s remaining events were cancelled — and then, as authors have withdrawn, has quietly cancelled them. A few have gone ahead, but not smoothly. –…
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The Ravinia Festival Association, whose grassy lawns come alive with a slew of summer concerts every year, filed an updated complaint in a trademark infringement case against Ravinia Brewing Company, a craft brewery in Highland Park,…
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Don’t let your dominant response default you into driving into that wall. Shame, really. All you had to do was turn the wheel. (“Volkswagen Beetle crashed through a brick wall” by simpleinsomnia is licensed under CC BY 2.0.) Let’s…
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“The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel said in a 2-1 ruling that partially upheld a lower court’s injunction that the library in the small town of Llano had infringed on defendants’ First…
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UPDATED: Rachel Smolkin is departing CNN after 10 years, most recently as senior vice president of global news for CNN Digital Worldwide. Smolkin will become the next president and CEO of Oregon Public Broadcasting.…
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