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Leaders of two performing arts festivals said Thursday that they would gladly give up their grants if Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis restores the $32 million in state funding he nixed for more than 600 Florida arts groups, explaining the reason for his veto as being because the two theatrical events were “a sexual festival.” Leaders

It’s an emotional day for Pixar and parent company Disney. On Wednesday, Inside Out 2 passed up Incredibles 2 ($1.242 billion) to become the top-grossing Pixar title of all time at the worldwide box office, not adjusted for inflation. That puts it at No. 4 on the overall list of top-grossing animated films, and the

View image in fullscreen The mysterious art of the casting director: ‘When you see the truth in front of you, it’s the right person’ Is it gatekeeping or dream-making? Art or science? As the Oscars get set to award casting directors for the first time, British theatre’s finest share the secrets of their trade The

The financial health of the UK’s festivals circuit is, in many cases, precarious. The success of Glastonbury, by far the most significant live outdoor event in the UK music calendar, is not a reliable indicator of the health of the country’s wider festival scene. The closest the festival circuit has to a trade body –

When ArtsHub first meets ROCO chamber orchestra Founder and Artistic Director Alecia Lawyer over the Zoom screen (ArtsHub in Australia, Lawyer in Houston, Texas), it’s clear this Juilliard-trained oboist and arts entrepreneur takes a disciplined, yet joyful approach to what she does. ‘We’re all about making “human-first” decisions,’ she beams into the camera. ‘Of course

The cultural sector in France breathed a sigh of relief on Sunday night when the final results of the parliamentary election were announced. The left-wing New Popular Front won the most seats with 182 seats, but failed to win an overall majority, leaving France to face a hung parliament. Ensemble, President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition

The current issue of the New School’s quarterly journal “Social Research” is dedicated to the topic “Exile.” I’m pleased to have contributed something on Igor Stravinsky – suggesting that his Symphony in Three Movements, composed in Los Angeles in response (sort of) to World War II, “complexly monograms its composer’s layer upon layer of identity,”

For Aaron Dworkin, poet, news is notthat far from his butter and bread of verse.Instead, he says, they’re siblings, of a kind.Combined, they make a form anew, one whichhe calls (and here one must break the meter)“Poetjournalism.” “I was thinking I had another poetry collection in me, but I wanted the poetry to have impact,”

When the Hall des Lumières opened in 2022 with an inaugural installation on Gustav Klimt, it was heralded as a major step forward for the immersive art industry. However, as of February, the Hall has quietly “taken a pause” on showing art exhibitions to “curate the next series,” according to its website, “embarking on a

The most successful executive teams can achieve outsized outcomes, but they can also be challenging to manage and be a part of. The author, a psychologist who has worked with executive teams for over 20 years, explains what sets the best teams apart — their members’ raw capacity, the scale of their aspiration and achievement,

Keller Auditorium entry as it appears now, looking up from the fountain. Photo: Brian Libby EDITOR’S NOTE: The City of Portland, which owns downtown’s 3,000-seat Keller Auditorium, is in the midst of an important decision on the future of the aging building, which among other things is susceptible to heavy damage in the event of

An Algonquin beader says one of her designs was stolen and sold on a massive online retailer without her knowledge for nearly a year.  Melody Markle saw a post from a fellow beader warning artists about copies of their designs appearing on retail websites without permission.  So Markle went onto Temu, an online retailer (similar to Etsy

As someone who lives about 10 miles north of the site that had been chosen for the Jersey City Pompidou (now apparently scuttled), I wrote three years ago that the plan for an offshoot of Paris’ premier museum for modern and contemporary art, while exciting to many New Jersey-ans (like me), seemed “unbelievable” (for which

B-girl Sunny Choi’s life looks very different today than it did a couple of years ago. She quit her high-powered job as director of global creative operations at Estée Lauder’s skin-care branch, and is now focused on dance training full-time. She’s secured sponsorships from Nike and Samsung, and she moved into a new apartment in

View image in fullscreen Australia’s largest online bookseller Booktopia enters voluntary administration Insolvency advisers are assessing the business while options for its sale or recapitalisation are explored Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Booktopia has entered into voluntary administration,

View image in fullscreen Protests against arts sponsorship in Britain are killing culture. Be careful what you wish for Martin Prendergast Baillie Gifford’s financial support of the biggest book festivals ended after a campaign against its fossil fuel ties. Britain’s arts need more corporate cash, not less What do Sam Mendes, Daniel Craig, Judi Dench,

. . . from Shadow Words : ‘[They] crowned him circus king / our technicolor conman’ Dopey Nasty     America’s top shitholer goes    whole hog at the public trough,    and never mind the rest of us,    because that is the hog’s nature.    A silly grin when he licks his lips,    a scowl like a lout’s

As always, the numbers tell the tale. At the half-year mark, 2024 has been a brutal ride of double-digit stock price declines for traditional media giants with the exception of Disney and Fox Corp. Big Tech and Netflix, on the other hand, have swelled with double-digit gains year to date. So why aren’t the well-heeled

The Atlanta Opera is seeking a talented individual with drive, ambition, and strong financial planning and management skills to serve as their next Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The CFO will oversee the Atlanta Opera’s financial processes and team with particular focus on the infrastructure and systems needed to support the strategic objectives for the organization’s

Money for art-making comes in many forms, and unfortunately there never seems to be enough of it to meet every artist’s brilliantly ambitious ideas. Right now, after the chaos of the COVID years and amid a cost of living crisis, many in the sector are feeling like arts funding is at an all-time low… Or