Art and Culture

The perks were few and far between when I was an editorial assistant in book publishing in the early aughts. Mostly I did the job for the books and the proximity to authors and the occasional access to free leftover sandwiches from some…
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Wandering alone along the southern fringes of Saudi Arabia’s mountainous Asir Province, some eight miles from the Yemeni border, in a nondescript town with a prominent sculpture of a rifle balanced on an ornately painted plinth, I met a…
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The sharp reduction in San Francisco Opera’s new season—only six productions instead of the typical eight or 10—sends smoke signals of a deeper struggle. “We are going through a big period of challenge,” said San Francisco Opera Director…
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Maria Todaro, an accomplished singer, stage director, fight choreographer and arts entrepreneur is stepping into her biggest role yet, ushering in an ambitious rebrand for Florida’s oldest opera company as the Florida Grand Opera’s new…
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Recent research has revealed that learning negative information about an artist can change how we perceive their artwork, both emotionally and cognitively. Regardless of how famous the artist is, negative biographical details affect our…
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The expected grandeur, the time and space business, the big emotions, big ideas and big voices, we’ve got it all. That’s to be expected. But what really sets opera in L.A. apart is the art form’s movement in new and profound…
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Will Scarlett Johansson save us from A.I. serfdom? Probably not. But the actress has, at least, caused a small PR headache for OpenAI. The press these last weeks has been abuzz over her…
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Anadol said every artist wanted to see “what is beyond reality” and “perceive worlds that don’t exist.” A.I. was a vehicle for the imagination, one that, he said, could represent “hallucinations, dreams, fantasies.”The technology we are…
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For over 20 years, co-founders Bob and Anita Farley successfully ran the company in an inner suburb of Atlanta, and they made plans to pass the reins and retire 18 months apart. But Bob suddenly died, and his successor as artistic…
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The nation’s attention was recently focused on a courtroom in lower Manhattan, home to a trial that was endlessly liveblogged, camera ban be damned. But for news-about-news junkies, there’s another New York City trial — this one in…
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