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Prominent Artist In Hong Kong Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For “Subversion”
"Clarisse Yeung, 38, is an artist and, previously, an elected member of Hong Kong’s district council. She first rose to prominence during the 2014...
2024 Word Of The Year From Cambridge Dictionaries Is “Manifest” (As A Verb)
"The formal 600-year-old word (has) been given new life by Olympians like Simone Biles, entertainers like Dua Lipa, and people across social media who...
Watching The World Premiere Of “Rust” Amid A Crowd Full Of Cinematographers
It's a real movie, not just a morbid curiosity, but the latter can't help but overshadow the former — especially at a cinematography festival....
Berlin Announces Major Cuts To Its (Substantial) Arts Funding Budget
"Overall, Berlin is slashing its cultural funding budget by around €120 million ($127 million), or about 12%. The budget for 2025 will now be...
The Grim Reality Behind Comcast’s Spinoff Of Its Cable Channels
"Comcast's move is the strongest sign yet of alarm reverberating throughout Hollywood's traditional companies. Cable channels have long been a key economic pillar, generating...
Jacob’s Pillow Is Ready To Open Its Rebuilt Doris Duke Theater
The original building, the smallest of the dance festival's three venues, was destroyed by fire four years ago. The rebuilt Duke, opening July 9,...
Berkeley Symphony Music Director Joseph Young Announces Departure
After six years on the job, the 42-year-old conductor will step down at the end of this season. He is only the fourth music...
Banana-On-The-Wall Artwork Sells For $6.24 Million At Sotheby’s
Maurizio Cattelan's conceptual piece, titled Comedian, first sold for $120,000 at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019; last night, cryptocurrency mogul Justin Sun agreed...
National Book Award To Percival Everett’s “James”; Jason de León Beats Out Salman Rushdie
Everett's revisionist riff on Huckleberry Finn continued its prizewinning streak in the fiction category; in nonfiction, de León's Soldiers and Kings pipped Knife, Rushdie's...
Van Gogh Did Not Intend His Irises To Be Blue
He painted them, back in 1889, in a deep, vibrant purple. Here's how two conservators at the Getty figured that out — and why...
After 46 Years, Re-Creating One Of Pina Bausch’s Seminal Dance Works — With Original...
Meryl Tankard was one of the dancers in the 1978 premiere of Bausch's Kontakthof, and she has now restaged the piece with herself and...
Rediscovered: Philadelphia Orchestra Recordings From 80 Years Ago, And They Were Massive Hits
A budget series called "World's Greatest Music," produced by RCA Victor and marketed and distributed by the New York Post, included 38 discs (78...
“Les Miz” Has Never Been A Hit In France. This New Production Hopes To...
Les Misérables was originally written in French by two Frenchmen, based on a classic French historical novel — and the musical has been...
Author Richard Flanagan Wins Baillie Gifford Prize For Nonfiction — And Turns Down The...
Accepting the award for his Question 7, the Australian author said he would not take the £50,000 which comes with the prize until sponsor...
Longtime Chicago Theater Critic Kris Vire Is Dead At 47
"He was part of the founding editorial crew of Time Out Chicago, once a major force in local arts coverage. … Vire stayed with...
TKTS To Open Discount Ticket Booth In Philadelphia
The outlet, near Independence Hall, will offer 30% to 50% discounts, up to three days before curtain, to select music and dance performances (including...
Comcast Will Spin Off Its NBCUniversal Cable Channels Into Separate Corporation
"The company, which last month said it was studying the idea, will separate off entertainment and news channels including MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen, E!,...
Utah Symphony’s Next Music Director Will Be Markus Poschner
The German maestro is currently chief conductor of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz in Austria; he begins his term...
For The First Time, A Magritte Painting Sells For Nine Figures
One of several versions of René Magritte's "L’Empire des lumières” sold for $121 million at auction at Christie's New York. - CNN
Boston University Puts Hold On Admissions To PhD Programs In Humanities
The university's College of Arts and Sciences has suspended admissions to doctoral programs in a dozen humanities and social science departments, including English, philosophy,...
This Composer Created An Entire Week-Long Piece Specifically For People’s Living Rooms
"Drawing from a bank of over 7,000 'musical shapes, textures and gestures,' as (Michael) Schumacher describes the mix of sampled audio, field recordings and...
The ABC Sports Producer Who Pioneered Real-Time Livestreaming Of A Calamity — In 1972
Geoffrey Mason, aged only 30, was a producer helping run coverage of the Munich Olympics when terrorists from the Black September group took hostage,...
Airbnb Wants To Stage Gladiator Battles In The Actual Colosseum. Romans Are Appalled.
Airbnb and the Colosseum Archaeological Park have signed a $1.5 million deal to offer 16 tourists a chance to "unleash their inner gladiator." Colosseum...
What You Get When You Train AI On Werner Herzog Movies
You get a film titled About a Hero, interspersing an AI-written narrative starring Herzog (as a character) investigating a mysterious death with interviews with...
Federal Judge In Texas Temporarily Halts The Onion’s Purchase Of Infowars
"The bankruptcy judge overseeing the Chapter 7 liquidation of Infowars and Jones’ assets on Thursday temporarily halted the transfer of Infowars to The Onion...
