The Trump administration wants to control the Smithsonian Institution. The report claims the National Museum of American History has “failed to tell America’s story and adheres to a radical, activist ideology” The report follows a March 2025 executive order that called for ridding the Smithsonian of “divisive narratives” In a December letter, the White House suggested that it would withhold funds if the Smithsonian did not hand over documents for a content review.
Porter Square Books in Boston has recently launched the Porter Square Review of Books under Josh Cook's guidance. The review is paid at a positive $50 for a positive review. Booksellers do a lot of the book review process all the time, but few opportunities exist for them to flex their critical muscles.
Paramount Skydance is facing two lawsuits to block its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. 12 state attorneys general filed their long-expected lawsuit on Monday. Writers Guild of America stepped up on Tuesday, saying the combined company “threatens the economic and creative health of the American entertainment industry”
Björk's music has always been beyond reproach, but her relationship with the art world has been more complicated. Her retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in 2015 was probably the institution’s worst reviewed show of all time. "Echolalia" and "Metamorphlings" are two concurrent exhibitions that opened earlier this summer at the National Gallery of Iceland for the Reykjavík Arts Festival.
Luminate's 2026 Midyear Report was released Wednesday. More music is being streamed than ever before, both in the U.S. and globally. R&B/hip-hop is still the most popular genre, but its dominance is being challenged by genre diversification. Latin and country music is growing in popularity. Netflix is leading the way in streaming original content.
The Boghossian Report claims that the humanities are becoming too politicized. Carolyn Rouse, president of the American Anthropological Association, fired back with a full-throated defense of the discipline. She was interviewed by Stephanie Lee for the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Artificial intelligence is said to be the transformative technology of our time. It is underpinned by the need for hyperscale data centers, the large, energy-intensive sites that house servers and IT equipment. Many of these data centers are constructed in water-stressed regions, leading to widespread opposition among local residents. At the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), Indigenous leaders, government representatives and experts called for data center projects to comply with the principles of free, prior and informed consent.
Murmurs, a gallery located in Downtown Los Angeles, announced this week that it will close after seven years in business. Its final exhibition was a solo for Rodrigo Ramírez Rodríguez, which ended on June 27. Murmurs is the latest gallery to close over the past year, which has impacted the LA gallery scene at all levels.
Greg Seitz is the founder of Shadow Box Guru, a company that creates shadow boxes in memory of fallen police officers. He believes that craftsmanship has evolved while preserving its core purpose in a digital and fast-paced world. His son serves as a police officer.
The Trump administration wants to control the Smithsonian Institution. The report claims the National Museum of American History has “failed to tell America’s story and adheres to a radical, activist ideology” The report follows a March 2025 executive order that called for ridding the Smithsonian of “divisive narratives” In a December letter, the White House suggested that it would withhold funds if the Smithsonian did not hand over documents for a content review.
Porter Square Books in Boston has recently launched the Porter Square Review of Books under Josh Cook's guidance. The review is paid at a positive $50 for a positive review. Booksellers do a lot of the book review process all the time, but few opportunities exist for them to flex their critical muscles.
Paramount Skydance is facing two lawsuits to block its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. 12 state attorneys general filed their long-expected lawsuit on Monday. Writers Guild of America stepped up on Tuesday, saying the combined company “threatens the economic and creative health of the American entertainment industry”
Björk's music has always been beyond reproach, but her relationship with the art world has been more complicated. Her retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in 2015 was probably the institution’s worst reviewed show of all time. "Echolalia" and "Metamorphlings" are two concurrent exhibitions that opened earlier this summer at the National Gallery of Iceland for the Reykjavík Arts Festival.
Luminate's 2026 Midyear Report was released Wednesday. More music is being streamed than ever before, both in the U.S. and globally. R&B/hip-hop is still the most popular genre, but its dominance is being challenged by genre diversification. Latin and country music is growing in popularity. Netflix is leading the way in streaming original content.
The Boghossian Report claims that the humanities are becoming too politicized. Carolyn Rouse, president of the American Anthropological Association, fired back with a full-throated defense of the discipline. She was interviewed by Stephanie Lee for the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Artificial intelligence is said to be the transformative technology of our time. It is underpinned by the need for hyperscale data centers, the large, energy-intensive sites that house servers and IT equipment. Many of these data centers are constructed in water-stressed regions, leading to widespread opposition among local residents. At the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), Indigenous leaders, government representatives and experts called for data center projects to comply with the principles of free, prior and informed consent.
Murmurs, a gallery located in Downtown Los Angeles, announced this week that it will close after seven years in business. Its final exhibition was a solo for Rodrigo Ramírez Rodríguez, which ended on June 27. Murmurs is the latest gallery to close over the past year, which has impacted the LA gallery scene at all levels.
Greg Seitz is the founder of Shadow Box Guru, a company that creates shadow boxes in memory of fallen police officers. He believes that craftsmanship has evolved while preserving its core purpose in a digital and fast-paced world. His son serves as a police officer.