Art and Culture

Singapore is paying its citizens to pick up a book for at least 15 minutes a day in an effort to fight the rise of doomscrolling.The affluent city-state hopes its gamification strategy, which launched this month, will improve…
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On the day Marcello Angelini learned he would become the new artistic director for Tulsa Ballet, he and his wife Daniela Buson bought a new house. In Cincinnati, Ohio. The couple were principal dancers with the Cincinnati…
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The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid is expanding to a second location just a few blocks from its current site due to overcrowding in its galleries, El Pais reported. The project is slated to be complete in 2032. The museum, known…
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“To be clear, the deal collapsing wouldn’t be fatal to Warner Bros. Discovery. CEO David Zaslav would walk away with a $7 billion break-up fee that could offer additional flexibility as an independent company. But experts who…
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When it screened at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, Musk got the kind of reception every international distributor dreams about. Attendees applauded enthusiastically for five minutes and saluted director Alex Gibney, even…
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“More than half of each floor had been closed. The gift shop was papered over. The box office was open, but there were no tickets to upcoming performances to sell. … A group of young students were shuffling through one last tour. ……
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The Salzburg Festival has chosen Belgian opera administrator Peter de Caluwe as its next Intendant, bringing to an end a turbulent search for a successor to Markus Hinterhäuser that appeared, until virtually the last moment, to be…
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If any artist was responsible for defining the visual vocabulary of the 1960s, it was Peter Max, whose vividly fluorescent paintings, posters and graphic imagery were ubiquitous during the era of flower children and the Age of…
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The overhaul, badly needed to ease overcrowding, remedy deferred maintenance, and improve security, is expected to cost well over €1 billion (US$1.2 billion). Christophe Leribault, who became the museum’s director in February,…
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“San Francisco Opera has canceled all performances through Sunday, Sept. 20, as its orchestra musicians remain on strike, putting the opening stretch of the company’s 2026-27 season on hold.” – San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)…
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