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“Persepolis” Author Marjane Satrapi Refuses France’s Legion Of Honor
"I can't continue seeing the children of Iranian oligarchs come to spend their holidays in France, even become naturalised," she wrote, "while at the...
The National Dance Project Is Ending (At Least In Its Current Form)
Since its founding in 1996, the regranting program has played a crucial role, supporting the creation of new dance works, funding touring, and fostering...
Calder Gardens In Philadelphia Announces Opening Date And Lead Curator
"The long-awaited showcase for one of Philadelphia’s most famous artists is starting 2025 with two major announcements: plans for a mid-September grand opening and...
No, The Academy Is Not Considering Cancelling The Oscars
The Sun, one of Britain's downmarket tabloids, posted a story Tuesday night saying that, due to the Los Angeles fires, there's a contingency plan...
Des Moines Art Center Will Pay Land Artist Mary Miss $900K And Remove Her...
"A nearly year-long legal battle between the (museum) and a New York-based artist has ended. The center will pay artist Mary Miss $900,000 to...
The Moral Decay Of One Of Post-Soviet Russia’s Finest Novelists
"At a time when many of his literary peers have fled Russia for political reasons, (Victor) Pelevin’s descent from dazzling young writer to misogynist...
Founder Of Ace Gallery Gets Two Years In Prison For Embezzlement
"(Douglas) Chrismas, 80, helped build the Los Angeles art scene of the 1970s and ’80s through ambitious exhibitions at his gallery, Ace. But he...
Ballet Memphis CEO To Step Down
Gretchen Wollert McLennon, a former student at the company's school who succeeded company founder Dororthy Gunther Pugh in 2020, will depart at the end...
“This American Life” Is Considering Layoffs
While the public radio favorite, which turns 30 this year, remains one of the most popular weekly audio shows in both radio and podcast...
Mohammad Rasoulof Explains How He Filmed “The Seed Of The Sacred Fig” In Secret
For example, the director himself was already persona non grata and anyone involved with him would be in danger, so the film was cast...
Prolific Young Producer Takes Over Off-Broadway Theater Left By Second Stage
Greg Nobile's Seaview Productions, which was behind such notable shows as Slave Play, Romeo + Juliet, Sea Wall/A Life (starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom...
Looters Use Electric Saw To Cut Historic Cave Paintings
"Archaeologist Yuri de la Rosa Gutiérrez investigated (the site at La Cueva Pinta in Mexico's Coahuila state) and found one painting had been stolen...
Author Neil Gaiman Accused Of Multiple Sexual Assaults
The week's issue of New York magazine features a cover story by Lila Shapiro detailing allegations of repeated assaults by the author on women,...
Arnold Schoenberg’s Publisher And Its Archives Completely Wiped Out In L.A. Wildfires
The Pacific Palisades fire destroyed the headquarters of Belmont Music Publishers, the sole publisher of Schoenberg's works. Lost were the complete inventory of sales...
San Francisco Girls Chorus Fires Executive Director For “Lewd Conduct”
Last week, 13 staff members received an email containing screenshots of WhatsApp messages, including images "pornographic in nature," between an unnamed individual and Executive...
Climate-Protesting Grave Vandals Deface Charles Darwin’s Resting Place
Two activists from the group Just Stop Oil used orange chalk to scrawl "1.5 is dead" (referring, in degrees Celsius, to the rise in...
“Post-Woke”? Is The Art World Set To Move Away From “Radlib” Identity Politics?
Ben Davis: "The main issue that will dominate, I believe, is cultural institutions trying, and probably failing, to process the confused splintering of the...
Can Dogs Really Talk To Humans By Pressing Buttons?
Heaven knows there's a ton of social media videos purporting to show that the answer is yes. What do animal-cognition scientists think? - The...
Versailles Was, Believe It Or Not, A Center of Scientific Advancement
"In 1666, Louis XIV established the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, which, unlike peer institutions in Italy or Britain, paid members a salary...
Why Do So Many Critically Acclaimed Shows Come From London Only To Be Panned...
Jesse Green, who admits to being one of those New York critics doing the panning, has some ideas. - The New York Times
The Most Intimate Theatre Experience You Could Have Might Be A Deal With The...
That deal is not metaphorical in Yannick Trapman-O'Brien's Undersigned, a show which he describes as a "psychological thriller for one." - Los Angeles Times...
TikTok “Is Harming Children At An Industrial Scale” — And Knows It
Jonathan Haidt and Zach Rausch: "Our evidence comes mostly from research done by 14 (state) Attorneys General. … The briefs include hundreds of quotations...
Can Chicago Keep Its Grant Program For Individual Artists Going?
The question seems crucial as the dawn of the second Trump Administration approaches. - WBEZ (Chicago)
Another Way That Dancing Can Help Treat Parkinson’s Disease
Several past studies and subsequent clinical experience have shown that dancing can help with the physical symptoms of the incurable neurological disorder. A new...
France Has Thousands Of Historic Churches It Can’t Afford To Repair
Since the Revolution, churches in France have been the property of the central government, and most of them which aren't Notre-Dame de Paris can't...
