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Chrysler Building Has Been Repossessed by Cooper Union
The art/architecture/engineering school, which owns the land under the midtown Manhattan landmark 35 blocks uptown, had been leasing the building to real estate developer...
Temple University Buys Main Academic Building Of Now-Shuttered University of The Arts
"Terra Hall at Broad and Walnut Streets, just a few blocks from (Philadelphia's) City Hall, is the second UArts building to complete the sales...
Van Gogh Museum Summarily Rejects That $50 Garage-Sale Painting; Experts Suggest Different Attribution
The LMI Group spent years using high-teach chemical and data analysis to produce a 431-page report arguing that the portrait of a fisherman is...
Trial For Knife Attack On Salman Rushdie Begins This Week
Hadi Matar faces attempted murder charges for repeatedly stabbing the author as he was onstage, about to give a public lecture, at the Chautauqua...
Filmmaker Convicted Of Sexual Assault In Major French #MeToo Trial
Christophe Ruggia was found guilty of sexually assaulting actress Adèle Haenel, starting when she was the 12-year-old lead in his film The Devils. -...
Today In Dancing Robots: A Lunar New Year Show In Beijing
"Developed by Hangzhou Yushu Technology, also known as Unitree, the robots kept up with the beat of a Chinese folk dance and danced with...
This Parody Of “Emilia Pérez” Is A Better Work Of Art Than Its Model:...
"In addition to being the most compelling conflict between France and Mexico since the Battle of Puebla, Johanne Sacreblu is the critique of shallow...
This May Be America’s Very Last Store Selling Real Typewriters
Much to the owners' surprise, business has soared at Philly Typewriter since the pandemic. Now they sell machines, train repairers, and host a Type-In....
US Authors Guild Offers Certification Label For Books Created By Real Writers And Not...
"The initiative, called 'Human Authored,' will allow authors to log on to the portal and register their book. They will then be able to...
Have Karla Sofía Gascón’s Old Tweets Torpedoed The “Emilia Pérez” Oscar Campaign?
The discovery of posts from 2020-21 in which she disparaged George Floyd, Islam, Arabs in Spain, China and its COVID vaccine, and even the...
Patti Smith Collapses Onstage In Brazil
The 78-year-old, who had been suffering a days-long migraine, was onstage in São Paulo, reciting some of her writing during a joint performance with...
At Last! Scotland’s Arts Groups Finally Know How Much Funding They’ll Get
While the announcement of three-year funding grants is months overdue, it's finally here — and, at £208 million, more generous than many organizations had...
Over $200 Million Worth Of Stolen Paintings Recovered By French Authorities
"A Paris court has secured 135 stolen paintings estimated to be worth over €200 million for the family of (collector) Uthman Khatib, (who) is...
Design For 2025 Serpentine Pavilion In London Revealed
"Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has unveiled her design for this year's Serpentine Pavilion in London, which will mark the 25th anniversary of the annual...
Three Suspects Arrested In Theft Of Ancient Gold From Dutch Museum
"Dutch authorities on Wednesday arrested three suspects after the theft of a ancient golden helmet considered a cultural icon of Romania and were on...
Marianne Faithful, 78
"(The) British singer-songwriter and 1960s pop star reinvented herself as a new-wave artist and smoky-voiced chanteuse, channeling her struggles with drug abuse and personal...
Quentin Tarantino Says He’s Writing A Play
"If you’re wondering what I’m doing right now, I’m writing a play. It’s probably going to be the next thing I end up doing....
Reviving The Original Staging Of The Tchaikovsky Ballet “Sleeping Beauty”
Pacific Northwest Ballet dance historian Doug Fullington talks about drawing on the original libretto and photos from the 1890s and the Stepanov notation made...
Why So Many Architects Detest “The Brutalist”
"There is nothing more irritating to enthusiasts than when the mainstream tries to portray their niche world and gets it wrong. And The Brutalist...
Two Cultural Funding Agencies Ask Oregon Legislature To Merge Them
"And the two shall become one. That’s the plan that the Oregon Arts Commission and the Oregon Cultural Trust, two state agencies that overlap...
English Heritage Sites To See Layoffs And Winter-Season Closures
"Staff at English Heritage have been shocked to discover that the cash-strapped organisation is planning up to 200 redundancies and the winter closure of...
Another Evildoers-With-AI Problem: Fake Author Profiles On Social Media
Writers and agents have been finding profile pages on Facebook and Instagram which appear to be those of authors but which those authors themselves...
Musical Theatre Adaptation Of Neil Gaiman’s “Coraline” Cancelled Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations
"The musical was to have been staged at Leeds Playhouse from 11 April to 11 May before touring to Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester. …...
Frick Collection In New York Sets Official Reopening Date For This Spring
"After an over-five-year closure, New York’s Frick Collection will once again welcome the public to its Upper East Side Gilded Age mansion — now...
Major Layoffs At BBC World Service
"BBC World Service is set to axe 130 jobs as it seeks to save around £6 million for the next financial year. Planned cost-saving...
