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Lego Set To Release Its Largest-Ever Set, Of Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia In Barcelona
News of the upcoming set, part of the company’s Architecture series, was leaked by a long-time leaker known as Chief Wiggum, whose predictions have proven...
50 Years Ago, This Fairuz Song Became Lebanon’s Great Anthem Of Hope. Now The...
Through year after year and decade after decade of turmoil, Fairuz’s “Bahebak Ya Lebnan” (“I Love You, Lebanon”) inspired hope and pride in the...
Why Are Arguments About “Project Hail Mary” All Over Social Media?
“With the movie’s release came a flurry of social media posts, as audiences debated everything one could possibly imagine to be a potential topic for debate....
Melvin Edwards, Influential Sculptor Of Steel Assemblages, Has Died At 88
“Working primarily with found steel objects, Edwards created masses of hooks, chains, and beams, some of which were abstracted beyond recognition. His titles …...
The First Dance Artist Robert Rauschenberg Ever Choreographed Is Being Revived
Pelican, as it’s titled, will be staged on a roller-skating rink — just as the original was in 1963 and 1965. - Artnet
Wait, George Clooney Made How Much For His Broadway Run???
Between his roles as producer, co-playwright, and star of Good Night, and Good Luck, about CBS newscaster Edward R. Murrow, Clooney himself took in...
The “South Park” Guys Never Wanted “The Book Of Mormon” To Be Offensive
“Matt Stone and Trey Parker, having grown up around church members in Colorado, did not want to make fun of them or their religion....
Dalí’s Largest Painting Acquired By Dalí Museum In Florida
The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg paid $293,240 for his 13-panel, four-canvas, 65’x100’ set for Bacchanale, which he called his first “paranoiac-critical ballet” and which premiered...
“That Damned Baby”: The New Ending To The Met’s “Tristan And Isolde” And What...
During the opera’s final minutes, rather than simply having the titular lovers embrace death, director Yuval Sharon has Isolde birth a child. Thus, writes...
Two Crucial Documents From U.S. History Placed With Declaration Of Independence In National Archives’...
For the 250th anniversary of the USA’s founding document, the Emancipation Proclamation and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution (the one which gave women...
The Guardian Launches Its First Experiment With Substack
“(The paper) has decided to experiment with Substack by recreating its weekly food newsletter Feast on the platform. The Substack play is part of Project Berger,...
Sacramento Ballet Appoints A New Artistic Director
Tiit Helimets, an Estonian dancer and choreographer who was a principal at San Francisco Ballet from 2005 to 2023, will take up his new...
This Canadian Province Is Increasing Arts Funding To An All-Time High
The Alberta government’s provincial budget includes a record C$40.1 million allocated to the arts, including C$38.1 million (up C$3.5 million from last year) to...
As US Publishing Deals With Its First AI Scandal, Industry Folk Are Unsure What...
“One week after Hachette Book Group pulled Mia Ballard’s Shy Girl for strong suspicions of AI use, the industry is reeling — and struggling to contend...
What Director Joe Mantello Learned From Arthur Miller’s Draft Typescript Of “Death Of A...
The playwright’s handwritten notes, stage directions and edits made during rehearsals for the play’s world premiere contain some telling and even surprising details. “Sometimes,”...
On Set, Seeing How Microdramas Get Made
“As opposed to a traditional set, there are no luxury trailers for the stars, no furnished dressing rooms or green rooms for the execs....
Trouble At Chicago’s Theater Awards, The Jeffs
“A week after boos rained down in a ceremony honoring Chicago’s top storefront theater companies, the Joseph Jefferson Awards — known as ‘the Jeffs’ — are...
Reconsidering Morton Feldman In His Centennial Year
“In his time, many composers were preoccupied with structural rigor. His quietly sensual works were humanist, exploring the common yet profound experiences of distorted...
Eurovision Song Contest Is Expanding Into Asia
The Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026, with finals scheduled for November in Bangkok, has confirmed at least 10 countries as contestants: Thailand, South Korea,...
The World’s 100 Most Visited Museums In 2025: Some Surprises Among The Perennials
The Louvre is still no. 1, with the Vatican Museums a distant second; the National Museum in Seoul surpassed the British Museum to take...
Choreographer Ben Stevenson, Who Brought Houston Ballet To Prominence, Has Died At 89
"Known for the organic beauty, narrative drive and humor of his productions, (he) became the most famous ballet choreographer in Texas, and one of the...
Is There A New Rembrandt At The Art Institute Of Chicago?
A portrait, currently on loan to the Institute, in a UK collection that has long been dismissed as a workshop copy of an almost...
Officials Seize Property Worth $23 Million Allegedly Embezzled From Actress Ursula Andress
Italian authorities said Thursday they had seized €20 million of assets in Tuscany, including property, vineyards. and artworks, allegedly bought with money embezzled from...
A New Theory About Where The Book Of Kells Was Made
It’s been widely assumed that the 8th-century manuscript was copied and illuminated at St. Columba’s monastery on Scotland’s island of Iona — this despite...
Making Dance Into A Professional Team Sport, Like Basketball Or Football
“In its first official season, starting May 2 in New York City, the International Dance League is offering contracts to top-level dance teams and...
