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The English Heiress Who Masterminded The IRA’s Biggest Art Heist
“By her mid-30s, Rose Dugdale had burned every bridge to the world that made her. She gave away her inheritance, stole money from her...
Louisville Ballet CEO Steps Down After 3½ Years Of Turning The Company Around
When Leslie Smart took the helm in early 2023, the company’s existence post-COVID was in doubt. She undertook both cost-cutting and fundraising campaigns, and...
Well, At Least The Australian Ballet Lost Fewer Millions Than It Did The Year...
The company’s operating loss for 2025 was AU$4.7 million, down from AU$6 million in 2024. Losses are due to the costs of a temporary...
Belarus Free Theatre Begins Residency At Venice Biennale
“(Their) show, titled ‘Official. Unofficial. Belarus.,’ (explores) how art is ‘made, censored, and experienced under authoritarian power and constant surveillance.’ … It’s a provocative...
The Guardian Now Has More American Readers Than The Washington Post Has
“(The Guardian) has found a lane in the U.S. news market as a progressive alternative to institutional American media, … backed by a voluntary...
The Trump FCC’s Threats To Disney/ABC’s Broadcast Licenses Are Legally Doomed
“That is the technical legal term for this: batshit crazy. … Legally there is no basis for removing a broadcast license because you don’t...
“Shattered Moral Compass”: Whistleblower Alleges Malfeasance At Palm Springs Museum Of Art
“The whistleblower claims that the museum improperly moved funds between various accounts in order to meet severe cash crunches. The whistleblower alleged that a...
Has A Valuable Stradivarius Looted By The Nazis Been Hiding In Plain Sight?
“In 1944 during the German army’s retreat, the 1719 ‘Lauterbach’ Stradivari violin was looted from the Warsaw Museum in Poland. … The violin’s value...
Boston’s Mayor Wants To Cut City’s Arts Budget By More Than One-Fourth
“(Mayor Michelle Wu’s) approximately 27% cut leaves the city’s budget for arts and culture with a total of $3,365,057 for fiscal year 2027. While still above...
Buffalo AKG Art Museum Director Janne Sirén To Step Down
The move comes almost three months after news broke of a six-figure loan the museum made to Sirén for buying a house; the loan...
Hampshire College, Soon To Close, Will Sell Off Campus Of Pay Off Debt
“The college has around $25 million in debt, between loans and a private partner. It was primarily taken in 2010 and 2016.” - MassLive
In Defense Of Liam Scarlett, Five Years After His Suicide
Clarissa Hard argues that, with no hard evidence of serious sexual misconduct ever revealed, the gifted young choreographer should not have been made a...
A Change To Portland’s Widely-Disliked Arts Tax
“’We’ve not identified a way to make (the tax) not annoying,’ said Council President Jamie Dunphy, the architect of the new policy. ‘But we’ve found ways...
Lost Copy Of Oldest Surviving English Poem Turns Up In Rome
“Scholars from Trinity College Dublin uncovered the manuscript that contains Caedmon’s Hymn at the National Central Library of Rome. Bede, the medieval theologian revered...
Stephen Colbert On CBS’s Stated Reason (Financial) For Canceling His Show
“They’ve got the books, and I (have no) desire to debate them over what they say their business model is and how it does...
The Man Who Discovered The Inside-Job Thefts At The British Museum Has Died At...
“Dr. Ittai Gradel ... alerted the British Museum and the police after he was able to buy dozens of museum artefacts on eBay over the course...
Old Globe Theatre In San Diego Selects New Managing Director
Trish Santini — who, as executive director, oversaw the construction, opening, and programming of the Barry Diller-funded Little Island just off the shore of...
Opera Philadelphia To Continue $11 Ticket Scheme, Revive Timely Gershwin Show After 93 Years
There's a slight change to the all-tickets-for-$11-or-name-your-price scheme for next year: subscribers get first crack at tickets. And what is this "timely" Gershwin show?...
How Do You Put The Venice Biennale’s Central Exhibition Together After Its Curator Died?
Only days after she was diagnosed with liver cancer last year, curator Koyo Kouoh passed away. Nevertheless, the Biennale’s flagship show will open next...
Compromise: Russia Will Have Show At Venice Biennale, But It Will Be Closed To...
“According to new reports from Italian news outlets, Russia‘s group exhibition ‘The tree is rooted in the sky’ will only be accessible to members of the...
Minnesota Orchestra Musicians And Management Agree To New Contract Months Early
The new two-year agreement, effective Sept. 1, includes a 2.5% salary increase each year as well as what are described as “temporary changes to...
One Of America’s Oldest Period-Instrument Orchestras Names Its Second-Ever Music Director
Boston Baroque was founded back in 1973 by harpsichordist/conductor Martin Pearlman, who stepped down as artistic director last year. His successor, as of this...
“Ghost Imaging” Recovers Text Of 1,500-Year-Old Biblical Manuscript
The 6th-century Codex H included a Greek-language copy of the New Testament's letters of St. Paul. Sometime in the Middle Ages, though, the monks...
The Obsessive Who’s Rescuing And Preserving Indian Cinema’s Early History
“Seventy per cent of India’s films made before 1950 are gone forever. Film Heritage Foundation founder Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is trying to save the rest.” - Variety
When A Fierce Street-Dancing Competitor Starts Choreographing On Contemporary Dance Companies
“’Usually, when I walk in rooms, people are afraid of me,’ the choreographer Courtney Washington said recently.” - The New York Times
