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Attention In Case Of Murdered Gallerist Brent Sikkema Turns To His Ex-Husband
Alejandro Triana Prevez, 30, has confessed to stabbing Sikkema to death in his Rio apartment, but Prevez's attorney has called the murder a "crime...
Meet The Woman Who Keeps Broadway Singing
"Joan Lader has never advertised, never solicited clients. But for two generations of Broadway stars, as well as dozens of opera singers and pop...
Kwame Kwei-Armah, Director Of London’s Young Vic Theatre, Announces Departure
"Kwei-Armah, who started out as an actor and has been greatly acclaimed as a playwright and director, ran Baltimore’s Center Stage theatre from 2011...
ABT’s Dancers Vote To Authorize A Strike
American Ballet Theatre's dancers and stage managers, members of AGMA, have been working without a contract since September as negotiations drag on. The vote...
A New Fund Will Give $100,000 Unrestricted Grants To Artists
"Trellis Art Fund, a new private family foundation dedicated to funding artists’ practices, … will provide 12 recipients with $100,000 spread across two years....
Lincoln Center President Henry Timms To Step Down
"Timms, who guided Lincoln Center through the turmoil of the pandemic and helped complete the $550 million renovation of David Geffen Hall, will step...
“Like The Beatles For Children”: This Author’s “Magic” Is Real
"I called a friend with kids and said, 'Have you heard of an author named Raina Telgemeier?' 'Of course,' she said, sounding bemused, as...
Argentina’s New Government Takes Over Public Media Companies
"The takeover of state-owned public media companies Educ.Ar, Télam, Radio y Televisión Argentina (RTA), and Contenidos Públicos for one year ... was made official...
Toronto’s Luminato Festival Appoints A New Artistic Director
"Olivia Ansell, current director of the Sydney Festival, is slated to join the Toronto-based cultural organization in 2025 to leads its artistic programming. She...
Stolen Chagall Is Recovered
The 1971 lithograph titled Eve was stolen from a Manhattan gallery last September. Now the NYPD says that two of the three suspects were...
Could Contemporary Dance In The US Be Ready To Start Unionizing?
About two dozen ballet companies are unionized, but only three contemporary dance companies are: Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, and Ballet Hispánico. There are certainly...
“A Partnership For The Ages”: In Praise Of MTT And The San Francisco Symphony
"The number of partnerships between an American orchestra and a music director that have been so productive for so long is vanishingly small. …...
Three Students, Using AI, Decipher Text From Ancient Papyrus Carbonized In Mount Vesuvius Eruption
The scroll is one of hundreds, all far too fragile to unroll, from Herculaneum that constitute the only intact library from the ancient world...
Soprano Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, Star Of Hit 1981 Film “Diva”, Has Died At 75
"The film gave me an exposure that I could not have imagined, and I had to catch up with my own fame when the...
NPR “Founding Mother” Linda Wertheimer Retires
Along with Susan Stamberg, Nina Totenberg, and the late Cokie Roberts, Wertheimer, 80, was one of the women who joined the network in its...
Robert Spano Named Music Director Of Washington National Opera
Spano — currently music director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the Aspen Music Festival and School, principal conductor of the Rhode Island...
Due To Sudden Illness, Tyne Daly Withdraws From “Doubt” On Broadway
An announcement from the Roundabout Theatre Co. says, "Ms. Daly was unexpectedly hospitalized on Friday and unfortunately needs to withdraw from the production while...
Why Gertrude Stein Matters As A Writer, Not Just As Patroness And Lesbian Icon
"Tender Buttons is a collection which attempts to do with words the same thing that Stein’s friend Picasso did with shapes; to render their...
Whistler v. Ruskin, The Founding Litigation Of Modern Art
"To determine libel, the jury had to see his art. After the defense curated a viewing, the plaintiff, objecting to the dim courtroom venue,...
The Philadelphia Orchestra Tries Out A New Happy-Hour Concert Format
"Orchestra After 5" concerts begin with a cocktail hour in the Kimmel Center lobby, followed at 6:30 by a one-hour concert with an informal...
The Dance Scene In Los Angeles Is Finally Flourishing
There's always been an audience for dance there, but for many years fans were content with visits from touring companies. Now, Los Angeles Ballet...
Thieves Steal A Radio Station’s Entire 200-Foot Transmission Tower
Last week intruders stole every single piece of equipment, including the transmitter, from WJLX-AM in Jasper, Alabama, then somehow cut down, disassembled and took...
Edinburgh Fringe Sets Up A “Festival Village” To Help Ease The Desperate Shortage Of...
"A special rate of £269.50 a week is being offered for a private room within the shared student accommodation on the campus, which includes...
Museums Are Now Focus-Grouping Their Exhibitions
"Some of the world’s most renowned museums" — among them the British Museum, SF-MOMA, MFA Boston, and van Gogh Museum — "have been using...
Utah Legislation Would Make Teachers Criminally Liable If Banned Books Are Found In Their...
"HB417 would allow ... public school employees to be charged with a class A misdemeanor if they keep materials specifically deemed 'objectively sensitive' available...
