Art and Culture

Previously relegated to the dustbin of media history, the vinyl LP has undergone a revival during the past decade to once again become the best selling physical format for recorded music today. Where barely one million new vinyl…
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James Joyce’s crayon edits of Ulysses. Photo: Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland.…
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I get itchy in temples and I make jokes at funerals. You could reasonably describe me as “irreverent.” But I have felt the divine. I was in college, and it was a Wednesday, and I was stuck in choir rehearsal. And we had a moment,…
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In 1688 a young Swiss milkmaid clambered over a rocky outcrop. She was halfway up an Alpine slope when she slipped and tumbled down several feet. Seriously injured, she was carried away to hospital in the nearby town where she lay,…
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Is there a way for the government to support art without corrupting it? And if not, how can we ensure that art still remains vital to our public life? – Fusion Source link
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Despite growing use in opera, AI isn't crowding out human employees Yuval Sharon has been thinking a lot lately about artificial intelligence and its effect on opera. “Most of the opera world thinks…
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Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.The critical voice in Roberta Smith’s head is mercifully, blessedly silent.“I can walk into a show now and…
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In 1981, American artist Richard Serra unveiled Tilted Arc—a monumental sculpture made of Cor-ten steel measuring 12 feet high and 120 feet long—installed in Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan.…
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Flow, or being “in the zone,” is a state of amped-up creativity, enhanced productivity and blissful consciousness that, some psychologists believe, is also the secret to happiness. It’s considered the brain’s fast track to success…
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Broadway is struggling through a postpandemic funk, squeezed between higher production costs and lower audience numbers just as a bevy of new shows set sail into those fierce headwinds. At the same time, New York’s Off Broadway…
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