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Is TikTok Really An Agent Of The Chinese Government? In Today’s China, It’s Not...
"Simply put, there’s no clear line between the state and society in China in the same way that there is in democracies. The Chinese...
Actors From The Bombed-Out Theatre In Occupied Mariupol Return To The Stage
"A small group of actors and staff from the theatre have resurrected the troupe in Uzhhorod, in the far west of Ukraine. Performances take...
Putin Has Sent His FSB To Go After Russian Artists
"The (secret police) have reportedly searched at least 30 artists’ homes and studios across at least eight cities. … Among those targeted were members...
For The First Time, A Full Wagner “Ring” Cycle With Historical Instruments And Singing...
"In 2026, it will be 150 years since Wagner premiered the full Ring at his festival in Bayreuth, Germany. Each year until then, (Kent)...
How Britain’s Labour Party Can Fix The Arts Funding System That The Tories Have...
"Labour’s first easy (and free) win would be to talk proudly about arts and culture – and especially the biggest cultural powerhouse the country...
Even 34 Years Later, Tips Still Come In About The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum...
"About 20 tips (were) reported to the museum over the past year from people who thought they saw one of the two most recognizable...
Andrew Crispo, Gallery Owner Involved With Murders And Financial Crimes, Is Dead At 78
"Though he lacked formal training in art, he was widely respected for his exacting eye, which he used to identify promising young painters. …...
Ballet Dancers Are Not All Anorexic (Anymore) And Other Myths Busted
A principal dancer and the director of Munich's Bavarian State Ballet explain that dancers are athletes as well as artists, they're thin because they're...
The Frida Kahlo You Probably Didn’t Know About
Yes, we know she was intelligent and gifted, leftist and patriotic, long-suffering physically and emotionally. She also scorned the New York elites feting Diego,...
The Fierce, Frustrated Life Of The Real-Life Inspiration For Strindberg’s Miss Julie
Victoria Bruzelius Benedictsson, marooned in a stifling Swedish village, began writing and publishing books and stories under the name Ernst Ahlgren, left her family...
Meet The Last Of Venice’s Artisan Gold-Beaters
Three hundred years ago, the city had around 300 battilori hammering out gold leaf using traditional techniques. Today, Marino Menegazzo's family workshop is the...
Argentina’s New Right-Wing Populist President Is Defunding The National Film/TV Agency
"Javier Milei is forging ahead with his administration’s plans to defund the country’s film-TV institute INCAA, which will adversely impact national film festivals such...
Who’s Putting Together A Bid To Buy TikTok? Trump’s Former Treasury Secretary
Steve Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs banker who founded his own private equity firm after leaving Washington, says he's gathering a group of investors...
How The Economist (The Economist?!) Is Pulling In Young Readers
It's with the app called Espresso, whose 2023 subscriber numbers were up 64% from 2022. Says marketing VP Nada Arnot, "It's a snack-size version...
The Priest Who Ordered 300-Year-Old Frescoes To Be Painted Over
A contrite Father Héctor Lunar, a Venezuelan refugee on Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands, says he had no idea that the murals of his...
The Bill That Just Passed The U.S. House Does Not Ban TikTok
The legislation would just require the app's owner, the Chinese corporation ByteDance, to sell it to some other entity that isn't under the ultimate...
Ranking U.S. States By Arts Vibrancy
"Key insights: States with higher proportions of rural population tend to have lower levels of arts vibrancy – with some notable exceptions. States ranking...
National Theatre In London Is Planning A $160 Million Renovation
"(The project's) number-one priority will be to ‘support urgent infrastructure updates to the National Theatre building’. … This will free up the NT’s technical...
Irish Gaelic Is Actually Becoming Cool In Ireland
"Across Ireland, English is playing second fiddle to Irish in emerging arts scenes. Even though fewer than 2% of the population speak it daily,...
Ballet Ireland Drops An Ohad Naharin Piece Because He’s Israeli
"'We stand by the right to freedom of artistic expression, and despite our belief that art should not be drawn into politics, we feel...
Bassem Youssef (“Egypt’s Jon Stewart”) On Building His US Comedy Career While Advocating For...
"A year ago, Youssef wouldn’t have expected his defense of the Palestinian people to be the arc of his return to public discourse. Meanwhile,...
Reality TV Stars Are Suing Bravo. Just How Bad Were Things On Set?
"A recent flood of allegations from reality stars describe issues that go far beyond public perception – and raise serious questions about the legal...
The Student Who Became A YouTube Star By Transcribing Jazz And Pop Songs
"George Collier … takes snippets of videos from live performances by well-known artists like Wynton Marsalis and Celine Dion, or bedroom musicians who’ve posted...
VAULT Festival, London’s Largest Theatre Event, Is Shutting Down
Held in the vaults under Waterloo Station, the festival hosted hundreds of plays and comedy shows during the winter months and became an important...
Art Sales Worldwide Fell By 4% In 2023
"Auction sales were down on both sides of the Atlantic and there was a conspicuous lack of marquee estates on the block. Bu, 2023...
