Art and Culture

The Heinz Endowments, one of Pittsburgh’s largest foundations, is moving away from funding individual artists, shows and exhibits and toward strengthening the sector overall, the group announced…
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If there were a dictator of the internet who intentionally set out to destroy your ability to get accurate information, the result would look a lot like what’s already on your screen. But why? I mentioned here a couple of weeks ago…
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The Savannah Bananas brand has, arguably, become bigger than the Savannah Bananas themselves. What would seem to be a crucial component of the Bananas experience – the actual team – is increasingly absent from games featuring the…
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What do Star Wars, a YouTuber and sleuthing sheep have in common? They all led to a surprisingly robust Memorial Day weekend box office, after it looked as though the second half of May would turn into a slowdown.Studio insiders told…
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Good Morning, Watch the money this morning. Three arts institutions on two continents are rewriting survival, and none of them is doing it a traditional way. Wigmore Hall walked away from Arts Council England’s portfolio and…
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Despite reaching new artistic heights, Australia’s leading contemporary dance troupe has posted four annual deficits in a row, totaling $5.2 million (US$3.7 million) and attributable mostly to the higher running costs of…
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Spain’s government is turning up the pressure on the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía over longstanding problems tied to its collection inventory, with lawmakers threatening consequences that could ultimately cost museum…
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At dawn in late January 1998, two men entered the home of Betty Black in Farmers Branch, a suburb of Dallas, Texas. They killed her in an apparent burglary gone wrong. A few hours later, an eyewitness — Black’s neighbour — described…
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The sun hasn’t yet set on a bill that would keep daylight saving time in effect year-round. As the ‌House…
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“Knox County Schools Superintendent Jon Rysewyk said the district will return the (Pulitzer-winning) 1976 novel to school library shelves, walking back a decision that (led to) … weeks of community backlash, board member pressure, and…
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