Peter Florence, the former Director of Hay Festival, put it simply: “When politics and society pull people apart, festivals are invaluable places to bring people together.” This belief is in ...

The president — for all his bluster, baggage and baffling syntax — continues to speak to realities that polite society has decided are too ugly to discuss.

What is clearly needed in society is a precise definition of what constitutes political art so that it is not confused with cultural expression. Perhaps, too, society also needs to define the use of ...

Trump holds a political rally at an Army base and takes joy in sending troops to L.A. We don’t do that.

new video loaded: Can Pop Culture Be Political … and Good? transcript Can Hollywood still tell great stories? Can movies be political without being tedious? When entertainment is dominated by ...

The three public library systems will get back $58.3 million, while $53 million will be restored to cultural institutions. (Spectrum News NY1/John Davitt) ...

These institutions shrink the space between art and life by serving as places where entire communities can cohere through storytelling.

Creative Australia has reinstated Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino as the creative team for the 2026 Venice Biennale – after facing much criticism.

President Donald Trump attacked the judges who blocked his tariffs, a ruling later temporarily paused on appeal, and blamed the Federalist Society, a conservative legal group for giving him bad ...

For decades, New York politics was defined by party machines, yes, but also a hyper-engaged voting public. Now, with the end of both, a candidate’s starpower is all that counts.

Yet for all of Khanna’s surface appeal, his limitations as a political disruptor were on display last week during a Fox News exchange with Lawrence Jones. Asked whether the Democratic Party had become ...