The architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has won the bid to design the new home of the Hamburg State Opera and Hamburg Ballet. Conceived as a landscape of concentric terraces, the new 45,000-square-meter (484,000+ sq. ft.) venue will be … » Read

Dave Stewart, co-founder with Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics [pictured], is making the case that artificial intelligence is an “unstoppable force…. Everybody should be selling or licensing their voice and their skills to these … » Read

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has named Christina Vassallo as its new executive director, effective January 5, 2026. She follows Paula Marincola, who retired in October after serving as the center’s first director for 17 years. … » Read

OpenAI has awarded $40.5 million to more than 200 nonprofits in the first round of grants it has made since it rebranded its nonprofit as the OpenAI Foundation in October... It said it would announce another $9.5 million in grants in the coming … » Read

The recently concluded U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) agreed upon new rules governing bows for stringed instruments made from pernambuco wood. The convention, held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from November 24 … » Read

In keeping with his intent to remake the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center and everything that emanates from it in his own image, Donald Trump hosted a reception and dinner on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the State Department on the eve of The … » Read

MILAN (AP) — The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk  with a 12-minute standing ovation Sunday, as the storied theater synonymous with the Italian … » Read

Under the theme, ‘’The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know’’ (Blaise Pascal), the 2026 Salzburg Festival will offer its annual array of riches traditional and new, boasting 45 days of 171 performances (music … » Read

The latest National Trends Report from SMU Data Arts has been released, and its data does not deliver particularly encouraging news . The four key takeaways are: Small organizations (annual budgets under $250,000) saw substantial growth and … » Read

The downward spiral of the San Antonio Philharmonic continues, as news arrives of the cancellation of its Holiday Pops and New Year’s Eve concerts. It hardly seems surprising since just days ago it was ordered to vacate the Scottish Rite … » Read