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What’s The Point Of Being A Theater Critic? This Is.
"Why would anyone want to be a critic? As I’ve admitted before, it wasn’t in my case an aspiration but a series of accidents...
Speculators Gave Up On NFTs, But The Art World (Some Of It) Is Still...
"In the last two years, even as auction prices have generally come down, 'there’s been a growing recognition for this medium by institutions and...
Just Too Expensive: Vancouver Art Gallery Abandons Starchitects’ Design For New Building
With the estimated cost of the project having risen by 50% to C$600 million, the museum's board decided to end work on the design...
Scotland’s Desperate Arts Sector Gets An Extra £34 Million From Government
Culture secretary Angus Robertson predicted the new funding for culture earmarked for the coming financial year would be 'transformational" for the arts industry. Finance...
How Do Film Critics’ Circles Choose Their Award Winners? Same Way The Guys In...
"One thing voting for awards has taught me is that virtually every outside assumption about how the process works is wrong, (especially) any attempt...
Guardian Journalists On Two-Day Strike To Protest Sale Of Sister Paper The Observer
"Nearly 500 journalists are on strike at The Guardian and its sister paper, the Sunday-only Observer, to protest the planned sale of The Observer...
One Of DC’s Oldest Black Box Theaters Is For Sale — At A Price...
A nonprofit called CulturalDC bought the Source Theatre in 2006 so it could remain a performance space. Now, however, CulturalDC's board wants to sell...
A Choreographer Exhibits At Art Basel Miami Beach
"Diego Vega Solorza does not want people to think of him as a visual artist. He is certainly not a sculptor, he insists, nor...
Lance Morrow, Once A Star Essayist At Time Magazine, Has Died At 85
"(He) was both observer and narrator during a more than seven-decade career that included books and memoirs, more than 20 years with a coveted...
Why Tchaikovsky’s Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy Was Astonishing In Its Day
Today the piece is one of the most familiar sections of The Nutcracker, so it's hard for us to appreciate how unusual the music...
Melbourne Symphony’s Missteps Mean Too Much Money Spent On Lawyers
The orchestra got itself in one legal tangle by cancelling a recital by pianist Jayson Gillham after he made comments about Gaza from the...
Stephen King Is Closing His Three Radio Stations In Maine
"The renowned author … said Monday that at age 77, it’s time to say good-bye to three Bangor, Maine, stations that have been bleeding...
Founder Of Collapsed American National Ballet Sentenced To 20 Years For Shooting Ex-Husband
Ashley Benefield, whose marriage to Doug Benefield disintegrated after the ballet company they attempted to launch fell apart, was acquitted of murder but convicted...
Turner Prize 2024 Goes To Jasleen Kaur
"Jasleen Kaur has won the 2024 Turner prize for her work animating everyday objects to reflect the pluralities of identity and community. The youngest...
When Linguists Become Crime Fighters
Forensic linguistics, as the practice is called, has been a key tool in both identifying perpetrators (most famously, the Unabomber) and exonerating the wrongly...
All Of Hollywood’s Ten Top-Grossing Films This Year Are Sequels. This Can’t Be Healthy.
"In an industry that’s existentially threatened enough to need every theatrical hit it can get, no one in their right mind would dispute the...
Why They Couldn’t Make “Saturday Night Live” In L.A.
"SNL has built a reputation as the way New York sees America, but it’s also always been the way America sees New York. …...
When Historic Preservation Means More Than Just Landmarking Buildings
"So what do we mean when we designate something a landmark? It’s a trickier question than you might think. Landmark laws across the country...
Why America’s Regional Dance Companies Matter
"In the performing arts, it’s often assumed that audiences consider international or 'big-city' imports higher quality than locally-produced talent and creativity. But for decades,...
Ira Glass Says He’s Not As Nice As He Pretends To Be On The...
"I contain that sort of empathetic people-pleasing person who I'm playing on the radio. ... But I'm a person under weekly deadlines, and I...
Though California Shakespeare Theatre Has Shut Down, Its Scenery Shop Is Still Thriving
The shop has been building sets for other Bay Area companies for several years, and when the theatre's board closed the company in October,...
How Low Do Classical Music Ticket Prices Need To Be To Attract Skeptical Newcomers?
For many of Jeremy Reynolds's friends, $40 was too much for taking a chance on the unfamiliar. "It’s the low end of ticket prices...
How One Of America’s Best Author Events Series Fell Apart And Was Put Back...
The series at the Free Library of Philadelphia regularly attracted both A-list authors and large, enthusiastic audiences. Then, this past summer, the entire Author...
Ancient Sculpture Of Roman Emperor Will Be Reunited With Its Missing Head
The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum in Copenhagen is sending to Turkey a 2,000-year-old head which belongs to a bronze statue of the emperor Septimius...
Elton John Says He Can No Longer See
Attending the London opening of the musical The Devil Wears Prada (for which he composed the score), the 77-year-old said that an infection earlier...
