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What Might Have Been: Gaudí’s Design For A New York Skyscraper
A supertall skyscraper, no less, topping out at 360 meters/1180 feet. The great Barcelona architect did a speculative design of a hotel complex in...
Gaudí Was A Superstar. Why Didn’t He Have More Influence On Future Architects?
Architectural history and Antoni Gaudí just weren’t headed in the same direction. - Dezeen
A New Center For Playwrights On Cape Cod Bay
“Pulitzer-winning playwright Paula Vogel has teamed up with former Huntington Theatre Managing Director Michael Maso and philanthropist Grace Nordhoff on a new center for playwrights and theatrical composers that...
Joyce Carol Oates Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
“In one day this May, for instance, she tweeted 36 times about the following subjects: boxing, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, shortened attention spans,...
So, If The Obama Presidential Center Isn’t A Library Or Archive, Then What Exactly...
The Obama Foundation opted not to have the National Archives and Records Administration, which keeps presidential archives, involved in the Center; it will make...
Iranian Star Sentenced To 74 Lashes Because She Sang Without A Hijab
And she was singing a patriotic song, no less. In a December 2024 video which went viral, Parastoo Ahmadi performed “From the Blood of...
Upheaval At DC’s Dance Place As Artistic Director Position Is Eliminated
A week after artistic director Tariq O’Meally was abruptly dismissed, an unsigned statement was released: “Dance Place has restructured its staffing model and is...
Court Says Trump Administration May Alter Slavery Exhibit At George Washngton’s Philadelphia House (And...
When the Trump administration removed from the site panels telling the history of the enslaved people who lived with the Washingtons there, the city...
Penske Media, Now The World’s Largest Digital Publisher, Buys What’s Left Of Vox Media
Last month James Murdoch bought Vox Media’s flagships: New York magazine and its verticals (Vulture, The Cut, Curbed, Grub Street), the Vox Media Podcast...
Czech Government Wants To Scrap BBC-Style License Fee — And People Are Furious (?!)
As with the BBC, Czech national TV and radio are funded by a license fee charged to every household with a television or radio....
Unknown Bartók Manuscript Discovered In Spain
“(The item was identified by) Hungarian antiquarian bookseller Ádám Bősze, who acquired the document at a Spanish auction where it had been mistakenly catalogued...
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...
