Art and Culture

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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A voice from inside National Public Radio (NPR) is chastising the network for not presenting a…
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Since the death of longtime conductor Michael Morgan in August 2021, guest conductors have led the Oakland Symphony. After three years without permanent leadership, the symphony named 29-year-old Kedrick Armstrong, the creative…
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For decades the effort to revitalize downtown Los Angeles has been tied to arts projects, from the construction of the midcentury modern Music Center in 1964 to the addition of Frank Gehry’s soaring stainless steel Walt Disney Concert…
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In gesprek met Hans Haffmans lichtte De Waart zijn plotselinge keuze toe. "Ik werd gisterochtend om half zes wakker om me klaar te maken voor de repetitie en ik dacht, wat doe ik eigenlijk? Ik stond wankel op mijn benen, en…
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