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For His First Work Of Performance Art, Ai Weiwei Will Re-Enact His Imprisonment
“From 5 p.m. on July 3 (in Manchester), Ai will enter a replica of his 25.92 square-meter cell, recreated by international architecture firm HawkinsBrown. Inside,...
“The Seduction Of Certainty”: Playwright Moisés Kaufman On The Roald Dahl Bio-Play “Giant”
“Most plays about prejudice comfort the audience with clarity. They reassure us that we would have recognized it immediately. Giant offers no such reassurance.” - Observer
Why The New Obama Presidential Center Is Not Officially A Library
It isn’t a presidential library if it isn’t run by the National Archives and Records Administration, and the Obama Foundation had two big reasons...
In Its Centennial Year, The Book Of The Month Club Has Become Kind Of...
Since its rebrand as Book of the Month (no more club) a decade ago, the subscription service has grown every year and now has...
£1 Billion Film/TV Production Complex Approved For Brownfield Site In London
“A £1 billion regeneration project to transform an industrial site in North London into a ‘landmark’ film and television studio site has been given the green...
Louvre Is “Running On Fumes,” Its Director Tells French Senate
Christophe Leribault: “To put it bluntly: despite its imposing majesty and the daily dedication of its staff, the Louvre is running on fumes. Its...
Longtime ABT Principal Cory Stearns, Not Entirely By Choice, Retires From Performing
The 40-year-old wasn’t happy when artistic director Susan Jaffe told him to make room for someone younger, but he’s philosophical: “I’ve been with ABT...
Houston’s Menil Collection To Reopen Long-Closed Fresco Building And Fill It With Site-Specific Commission
The annex, opened in 1997 to house two Byzantine frescoes and closed since those works were returned to Cyprus in 2017, will reopen late...
U.S. House Committee Advances Measure To Axe Department Of Education’s Only Arts Grant Program
“The Republican-chaired House Appropriations Committee … advanced a proposal that could defund the Department’s Assistance for Arts Education program, … which was established in...
Troubled San Antonio Philharmonic Appoints Interim Music Director
Facing more than one court case and no scheduled concerts, the struggling Texas orchestra has promoted its associate conductor, Felipe Tristán, to the music...
BBC To Cut Hundreds Of Jobs And Cut $107 Million From Budget
“The U.K. public service broadcaster, will cut around 550 jobs, slash content spending by £80 million ($107 million) over two years and ‘review’ broadcast...
How Byron Allen Went From Standup Comic To Media Mogul To Stephen Colbert’s Time...
“He was one of the first entertainers to recognize that there was more money to be made in owning your content, rather than just...
The Song Company, Australia’s Leading Vocal Chamber Ensemble, Is Closing Permanently
Founded in 1984 in Sydney, The Song Company, which consisted of six to eight singers, regularly performed music ranging from the Middle Ages and...
Sydney Dance Company Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela: The Exit Interview
“The amount of things that I didn’t get! … We will never get to fulfil the potential of what we want to achieve. There...
Theatre In London’s West End To Be Renamed For Judi Dench
“The Shaftesbury Theatre will be known as the Judi Dench Theatre from February 2027. … Dench has a long association with the Shaftesbury, which...
New Owners Roxane Gay And Debbie Millman Relaunch Online Lit Magazine The Rumpus
“We'll still be covering, with the same rigor and integrity, fiction, essays, poetry, book reviews, author interviews, and so forth,” said Millman. “But we're...
Have New Books Gotten More Expensive? Yes, But …
Hardcovers which for years cost around $20 are now routinely marked at $30 or more. However, both publishing executives and booksellers maintain that the...
The Hague’s Mauritshuis Museum May Keep Its Rembrandts, Rules Judge
Abraham Bredius, museum director from 1889 to 1909, bequeathed the Mauritshuis 25 of his own Old Master paintings — by Rembrandt, Jan Steen, and...
University Of Texas Fires General Manager Of Austin’s NPR Station
“The University of Texas at Austin has dismissed Debbie Hiott as General Manager of KUT Public Media, ending the tenure of a … public...
Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Has Become Far More Politically Charged Than Most Corporate Megadeals
“Opponents allege the Ellison family's acquisition of so many media properties — CBS News, CNN and Larry Ellison's stake in TikTok — threatens free...
Preservationists Sue To Block Trump’s “National Garden Of American Heroes”
“Congress has made clear that the National Mall is … not a personal sandbox for each President to renovate however he likes,” argues the...
Federal Court Orders Kennedy Center To Make A Plan For Staying Open And Offering...
“Judge Christopher R. Cooper of Federal District Court in Washington asked for a status report from the Kennedy Center that would include plans for...
Trying To Improve The Pointe Shoe, Whose Customers Are Resistant To Change
“Ballet is an art form bound by tradition, with limited financial resources to support forward-thinking change. But that hasn’t stopped artists and artisans from...
“Graphic Journalist” Joe Sacco Says Penguin Random House India Censored His Book On Sectarian...
The Indian subsidiary of the publishing giant has withdrawn Sacco’s The Once and Future Riot, an account of the 2013 street battles between Hindus...
As It Struggles Financially, San Francisco’s Magic Theatre Tries A Three-Leader Management Structure
“Actor and former Magic Theatre board member Sarah Nina Hayon, who also founded New York's 24SevenLab, is artistic director; actor Daniel Duque-Estrada is producing...
