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When Inigo Philbrick And I Tried To Cut A Banksy Out Of The Wall...
Orlando Whitfield (as recounted in his new book): “I mean, this is great, but it’s on a fucking wall. A door was one thing,...
An All-Male “Macbeth” Gets Pushback, And The Director Returns It
Alex Burns of Philadelphia's Quintessence Theatre Group has been criticized by a number of female and trans actors for, in effect, robbing them of...
The Pop Star Who’s Dancing A Martha Graham Solo With Graham’s Own Company
FKA twigs (née Tahliah Debrett Barnett), the British singer/songwriter/actor, studied ballet and contemporary dance, including Graham technique, throughout her childhood and teen years. This...
Silent Book Clubs Are (Ahem) Booming
"The rules are always the same: 30 minutes before the meeting’s official start time, people can come, share what they are reading and find...
Italian Government Vacillates Over Tax Incentives For TV And Filmmakers, Driving The Industry Nuts
"After reaping the rewards of a protracted growth spurt, Italy‘s film industry is facing a forced slowdown as the country’s right-wing government dithers with...
Putin’s Government Adds Imprisoned Playwright And Director To List Of “Terrorists And Extremists”
"Russian theatre director Zhenya Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk have been added to an official list of 'terrorists and extremists' as they await trial...
“When The Beginning Is Also The End” — Some Of The Very Greatest One-Hit...
Ralph Ellison. Charles Laughton (as filmmaker). Willis Alan Ramsey, the granddaddy of alt-country. Miguel Adrover, a former fashion designer who made a coat from...
Why The Costumed Performers At Disneyland California Are Unionizing
As one cast member puts it, "After a couple of months … the fairy dust fades away, and you see your friends and people...
Florence Is Drowning In Selfie-Seeking Tourists. One Museum Director Suggests A Solution
The city has 360,000 residents, only 40,000 of whom live in the historic center, but receives 11 million tourists each year. Cecilie Hollberg, director...
Flagship National Museum Of Wales Faces Staff Cuts And Possible Closure
Due to funding cuts and an existing deficit, the main gallery in Cardiff could eliminate up to 90 staff positions, and it may have...
Brooklyn Museum Appoints Its First Composer In Residence
Cellist and composer Niles Luther, 27, "is kicking off his residency by composing three musical arrangements to accompany the exhibition 'Hiroshige’s 100 Famous Views...
Hugh Grant, Suing One Of London’s Most Notorious Tabloids, Settles For “An Enormous Sum”
"The actor had accused the Rupert Murdoch-owned Sun of phone hacking, unlawful information-gathering, landline tapping, bugging his phone and burgling his flat and office....
How To Install Hundreds Of Solar Panels Atop A 500-Year-Old Church
Said church is the chapel of King's College, Cambridge, where a year-long (and rather delicate) project to place 438 panels on the roof was...
A Small Nation In West Africa Looks To The Arts To Grow Its Economy
The Republic of Benin — one of the two long-and-narrow countries wedged between Ghana and Nigeria — plans to spend €250 million to put...
Remember The “God Hates Renoir” Demonstrations Of 2015?
"Armed with snobbish hipster fury and signage that read 'God Hates Renoir,' 'ReNOir,' and 'We’re Not Iconoclasts, Renoir Just Sucks At Painting,' the group...
As Tensions Between Russia And South Korea Rise, Ballets Featuring Bolshoi Stars Get Cancelled
Last month a production in Seoul starring Bolshoi prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova was called off following protests. This week, another show featuring 12 Bolshoi...
The Financialization Of Hollywood Is Killing Screenwriting As A Profession
"Profit will of course find a way; there will always be shit to watch. But without radical intervention, whether by the government or the...
“I Have Zero Skill Or Patience For Video Games” Says Playwright Who’s Written Two...
Bekah Brunstetter's The Game "is about a fictionalized version of Fortnite Battle Royale, ... where each round ends with only one survivor. It comes...
Changes Coming At La Scala: Riccardo Chailly Sets Departure Date And New Superintendent Is...
The current superintendent of La Fenice in Venice, Fortunato Ortombina, will take over in Milan this September. For the first year, he will work...
At PEN America, Major Dissension Over The Israel-Hamas War In Gaza
"Several authors have turned down awards and awards nominations from PEN America, citing unhappiness with the literary and free expression organization’s stance on the...
Book Bans In US Schools Reach Record Levels, Reports PEN America
"The new report, Banned in the USA: Narrating the Crisis, reports 4,349 book bans recorded across 23 states and 52 public school districts from...
Faced With Double Funding Cuts, Welsh National Opera Cancels Shows
The company saw reduced support from the Arts Council of Wales and lost all funding from Arts Council England, which helped pay for tours...
“Identity Is Not Private Property” — Edouard Louis Argues Against The Whole Idea Of...
"People who think they are left-wing but put a line between who gets to talk and who should shut up are right-wing. … People...
Major US Publishers Join Lawsuit To Stop Iowa’s Book-Banning Bill
"Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, and Sourcebooks announced that they have joined the initial plaintiffs, which included PRH, the Iowa State Education Association,...
Salman Rushdie Recalls The Loss Of His Right Eye In The Stabbing Attack
"'It was kind of hanging out of my face, sitting on my cheek, I've said like a soft-boiled egg. And blind.' Sir Salman said...
