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Hollywood Mega-Agency UTA Closes Its Visual Art Division
United Talent Agency was, starting in 2015, the first major entertainment agency to expand into representing visual artists. The decision to shutter UTA Fine...
New Jersey Performing Arts Center Is Building A Major Housing And Retail Complex
The $336 million project, called ArtSide, is one of the largest real estate projects in Newark in decades. It will include roughly 350 apartments,...
British Theatre Cancels Entire Run Of “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Over “Free Palestine” And Trans...
The production at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, which was to run from last week into early October, was a modern retelling of...
The World’s Oldest Sunday Newspaper Is For Sale
The Observer, first published in 1791, has been owned by the parent company of The Guardian since 1993, and the papers' content is integrated...
New York Philharmonic Begins Its Season In A Tricky Position
The administration is negotiating a new contract with the musicians, who haven't had a raise since 2019. The messy sexual misconduct case involving two...
R. Peter Munves, Master Mass Marketer Of Classcial Recordings, Is Dead At 97
At Columbia Records and RCA, Munves was responsible for such innovative hits as "Switched-On Bach" as well as composers' "Greatest Hits" compendia and, later,...
Never Mind, Kathy Bates Is Not Retiring After “Matlock” After All
"Bates said the retirement buzz was 'kind of a misunderstanding' after she referred to Matlock as her 'last dance' in an interview with The...
Three London Theatre Critics On Ian McKellen’s Portrayal Of Their Profession
Arifa Akbar: "My quotidian reality as chief theatre critic of The Guardian cannot compare: a supermarket sandwich wolfed down before the bell, a frantic...
When’s Touring Less Stressful Than Staying Home? When You’re The National Ballet Of Ukraine
"Tours provide relief from the constant stress and noise of incoming fire, the principal dancer Nataliia Matsak said in a video interview. 'Even though...
University Of The Arts In Philadelphia Files For Liquidation, Will Sell Its Buildings
"Philadelphia’s nearly 150-year-old University of the Arts has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after (suddenly) closing this summer. The process will allow the school...
“I’m Going To Lead The Biggest Transformation of Any Museum In The World,” Says...
Nicholas Cullinan: “Physically, our masterplan is a huge project. But intellectually, too, it’s an enormous challenge. Yes, fixing the roof is urgent. But if...
More Turmoil And Staff Departures At New York’s 92NY Over Gaza War
Last October, the entire staff of the organization's poetry center quit after an author's live talk was canceled after he signed a petition calling...
San Francisco Symphony Chorus Authorizes Strike Ahead Of Thursday’s Season Opener
"According to AGMA, 100% of the paid choristers voted in favor of the authorization, with 98% of eligible members participating. Additionally, 81% of the...
Even More Cuts At New York Public Radio
Out of 302 staffers, 14 were laid off and 12 left voluntarily; programming cuts are being made on WNYC, classical station WQXR (including the...
San Antonio Philharmonic Plagued By Board And Staff Turnover
"The resignation, on the day before the opening concert of the season, of CFO Sylvia Romo, hired by Executive Director Roberto Treviño in January,...
With “Oscar,” Christopher Wheeldon Brings Explicit Same-Sex Love Into Classical Story Ballet
While same-sex pairings aren't unusual in contemporary dance or in abstract ballets, they're almost never seen even in new narrative ballets. With this new...
Cultural Tourism Barely Existed In Australia 40 Years Ago. Now It’s A Billion-Dollar Industry.
Here's a look at the enormous development in the field since the 1980s, including the spread of cultural tourism far beyond the big cities,...
All About Pedro Almodóvar’s Mother
She earned money by writing and reading letters for illiterate neighbors in their village, and Pedrito noticed that what Mama said aloud didn't always...
Alan Cumming Is Taking Over A Theatre In His Native Scotland
The Emmy- and Tony-winning actor will become artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre, a well-regarded company located near his birthplace in the highlands of...
The Breakdancer Who Got Zero Points At The Olympics Is Now Ranked No. 1...
Yes, Raygun (civilian name: Dr. Rachael Gunn), the Australian academic whose singularly odd performances and (ahem) perfect score made her one of the viral...
Just Like The Old Days: Russian Books That Would Be Banned At Home Are...
"The StraightForward Foundation ... acts like a pro bono literary agency. It connects Russian authors, writing about sensitive topics, to publishers abroad, who publish...
Judge Throws Out City Of Portland’s Lawsuit Against Oregon Public Broadcasting
In October 2023, OPB's environmental reporter filed a public records request for documents about Portland's Clean Energy Fund. City officials denied it, and she...
Longtime San Francisco Symphony Chorus Director Calls Budget Cut “Deeply Insulting”
"Vance George, who led the Chorus for 23 years, called the Symphony’s proposal to slash up to 80% of the group’s budget 'simply awful,'...
Florida School District Must Restore Banned Books To School Libraries
Under a settlement agreement, the School Board of Nassau County (along the border with Georgia, about 35 miles northeast of Jacksonville) must restore access...
Who Will Succeed Glenn Lowry At MoMA? The Guessing Game Begins
One thing which these reporters seem confident of is that the Museum of Modern Art's next boss is unlikely to be a white man....
