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English National Opera’s Musicians Formally Declare Strike
"Members of the Musicians’ Union and Equity will walk out on February 1. … Members of both unions have voted in favour of strikes...
After 14 Years, Stolen Picasso And Chagall Paintings Are Found In Belgian Basement
Picasso's Tête (Head) and Chagall's L’homme en prière (Man at Prayer), whose estimated worth totals $900,000, were stolen from a Tel Aviv collector in...
New York Art Dealer Brent Sikkema Murdered In Brazil
The 75-year-old co-owner of the gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Co., which represents Kara Walker, Vik Muniz, and Jeffrey Gibson, among others, Sikkema was found...
Warning Of Damage To City’s Economy, New York Cultural Institutions Urge Mayor To Reverse...
"Leaders of major cultural institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Carnegie Hall, sent a letter to Mayor Eric Adams urging him to...
President Of The Broadway League Is Retiring
"In a surprise announcement, Charlotte St. Martin ... said she would be stepping down from her current role next month. As the leader of...
A Brief History Of Booing At The Theatre (Which Might Just Be A Good...
"The more straight-faced, incendiary boo of displeasure has been all but silenced, bar lone tuts or harrumphs. But for centuries, theatregoing etiquette allowed for...
France’s New Culture Minister Is A Combative, Controversial Conservative From The Sarkozy Days
"'Everyone knows I like fighting. Don’t be afraid of me,' Rachida Dati announced upon her arrival to the ministry. … She is known for...
Universal Music Group Is About To Eliminate Hundreds Of Jobs
"After weeks of rumors, Universal Music Group has confirmed that it will be laying off an unspecified but significant number of employees in the...
Today In Florida Book-Banning: Dictionaries
"The Escambia County School District, located in the Florida panhandle" (the county seat is Pensacola), "has removed several dictionaries from its library shelves over...
Someone In Georgia Painted An Icon With Stalin In It, And, Well, All Hell...
A right-wing party called the Alliance of Patriots gave Tbilisi's Orthodox cathedral a multi-panel icon of the 20th-century mystic Saint Matrona of Moscow; one...
Eleven Weeks After Hacker Attack, British Library Begins Restoring Online Services
"The British Library is restoring online its main catalogue, containing 36m records of printed and rare books, maps, journals and music scores. … However,...
Thanks To Counterfeit Basquiat Fiasco, Orlando Museum Of Art Is In “Severe Financial Crisis”
Turns out attorneys and crisis PR advisors are expensive. "Within a year’s time we had a 25 percent increase in unbudgeted expenses," executive director...
Cleveland Ballet Fires Artistic Director Gladisa Guadalupe Following Investigation
"The Cleveland Ballet has fired its remaining co-founder after an independent investigation revealed the full depths of the 'toxic' environment dancers and employees have...
Tom Shales, Longtime Washington Post TV Critic And NPR Movie Critic, Is Dead At...
At the Post from 1977-2010, "his column was widely syndicated, and his stiletto-sharp commentary on TV stars, trends and network executives brought him national...
“Succession”, “The Bear”, And “Beef” Rule At The Emmy Awards
"Succession secured its legacy with its third best drama series award, The Bear feasted as the night’s top comedy, and the two shows about...
Joyce Randolph, Who Played Trixie Norton On “The Honeymooners”, Has Died At 99
The last surviving member of the classic sitcom's four leads, she played Trixie in skits on Cavalcade of Stars and The Jackie Gleason Show...
The Latest Additions To The OED: “Wokeism”, “Screenshare”, “Forever Chemical”, “Chekhov’s Gun”
Both "wokeism" and "wokery" refer to culture war issues, though "wokery" has as a second definition cooking with a wok. Among other terms newly...
Dance Data Project Reports On Leadership Transitions In 2023
From 2022 to 2023, artistic director transitions increased from 53 to 66 across companies, schools, and venues. Male artistic director appointments increased by 46%,...
Officials Back Off Plan To Remove Statue Of William Penn From Site Of His...
"Last Friday, the National Park Service (NPS) announced plans to remove the statue, as well as a model of Penn’s original home, from Welcome...
Producer Floats Proposal To Buy Paramount From Shari Redstone — For Cash
"Film producer David Ellison's Skydance Media is exploring an all-cash deal to acquire National Amusements Inc., the company that controls Paramount Global, (and) merge...
Gérard Depardieu Has Finally Brought France To Its Watershed #MeToo Moment
Though the French remain divided over the actor, long a symbol of France's movie industry (he's been in over 150 films), the mounting charges...
Violinist Hilary Hahn Awarded $100,000 Avery Fisher Prize
Previous recipients of the prize, now in its 50th year, have included Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, André Watts, Midori, Joshua Bell, the Emerson and...
Art Thief Arrested On Roof Of Arizona Gallery
Harpreet Singh was captured while trying to escape from American Fine Art in Scottsdale. He had taken works worth hundreds of thousands of dollars,...
Audible, Amazon’s Spoken-Word Unit, Lays Off Five Percent Of Its Staff
The news comes one day after Amazon announced the elimination of hundreds of positions at its movie/video studios. - The Hollywood Reporter
In Response To Federal Regulations, Chicago’s Field Museum Has Covered Displays Of Native American...
"The decision relates to a provision that requires institutions to 'obtain free, prior and informed consent' from tribes before exhibiting cultural items or human...
