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Italy’s Nationalist Government Replaces Directors Of Ten Top Museums With Italians — Such As...
The German-born Schmidt, widely admired for his stewardship of the Uffizi in Florence, acquired Italian citizenship last month; he'll be replacing French national Sylvain...
Watching A Robot Turn A Block Of Carrara Marble Into A Sculpture, Step By...
A company near Carrara called Litix has developed software to make carefully crafted mechanical arms carve the legendary stone into statues (occasioning many a...
Why Are So Many Theaters Making Curtain Times Earlier? Let These Directors Tell You.
Not only have start times been changing from the traditional 8:00 pm to 7:30 or even 7:00, but more weekend matinees are being added...
How The UK Became A “Soft-Power Superpower”
"(It was) no accident: the British state was one of several which sought to expand their influence and bolster their economies in the interwar...
Georgia’s Film/TV Subsidy Is Bringing In Far Less Money And Creating Fewer Jobs Than...
"The Georgia film and TV tax credit creates 34,354 jobs per year, according to a new state audit of the program — about half...
Cleveland’s County Arts Funder Ends A Difficult Year With An Apology To Artists
Disagreement between board members of Cuyahoga Arts & Culture — over how and to whom to distribute a shrinking amount of money (revenue from...
Our Concert Hall Will Reopen In 2024, We Promise, Says San Diego Symphony
The $125 million redesign/renovation of Copley Symphony Hall, begun in late 2021, was supposed to be done this fall, but the scheduled Nov. 4...
The Unholy Mess At Peoria’s Public TV Station
In September, the CEO resigned and then commited suicide. Two weeks later, the board announced that an audit found "questionable, unauthorized or improper" expenditures,...
New York City Has A New Law Banning Employment Discrimination Due To Body Shape....
"In theory, it will be a useful legal tool for all job seekers — and particularly powerful for artists. But in practice, it is...
Masha Gessen Stripped (Sort Of) Of Hannah Arendt Prize After Comparing Gaza To Jewish...
The much-honored Russian-American journalist, who is Jewish, made the comparison in a December 9 New Yorker essay criticizing Germany's unequivocal backing of Israel in...
Cleveland Ballet’s Artistic Director Is Under Investigation And Suspended. Now The Interim Artistic Director...
Cynthia Graham, a principal with a previous incarnation of the company who retired from the stage in 1992, stepped in last month to direct...
One Of France’s Greatest Living Actresses Is Sentenced For Tax Fraud
Isabelle Adjani — who has won five Best Actress César awards and gotten two Oscar nominations (in French-language films, no less) — was fined...
Stephen Sondheim Was One Of America’s Great Classical Composers (Yes, Classical)
Joshua Barone makes the case. - The New York Times
The 15 Best Art, Design And Archaeology Discoveries Of 2023
"Whether lost at the bottom of the ocean, tucked away in a library’s archives or hidden behind a kitchen wall, this year’s arts, archaeology...
How Subtitled Foreign Films Have Finally Entered The American Mainstream
When Parasite director Bong Joon-ho accepted his Oscars in 2020, he told the audience, "Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you...
This “Choreorobotics” Engineer Will Be Dancing An Eight-Hour Duet With Her Robot
"(Dr. Catie) Cuan has performed with robots for many years at venues such as the Smithsonian and Brown University, but her first public performance...
The Long Partnership Between An Indigenous Amazonian Chief And A Belgian Filmmaker Has Fallen...
"For five decades, Amazonian tribal leader Raoni Metuktire and Belgian director Jean-Pierre Dutilleux enlisted presidents and royals, even Pope Francis, to improve the lives...
This Week In Newly Discovered Ancient Roman Mosaics: “Luxuria” In A 2,000-Year-Old Home
"The luxurious residence, dating back to the latter half of the 2nd century BC to the conclusion of the 1st century BC, has been...
Has The Job Of Artistic Director Of A Theatre Company Simply Become Impossible?
"This year has seen several high-profile exits from that position, often after unexpectedly brief stints in charge. Questions have been raised about the viability...
Arguments And Cancellations Over The Israel-Hamas War Are Roiling Germany’s Cultural Scene And Hurting...
"Recent cancellations, … and growing fear that artists may lose funding and opportunities due to political views on Israel-Palestine ..., are casting a shadow...
First Woman To Accuse Gérard Depardieu of Sexual Assault Has Committed Suicide
In a 2019 Facebook post, Emmanuelle Debever alleged that Depardieu groped her on the set of Andrzej Wajda's 1982 film Danton. On Nov. 29,...
Debut Author Who Review-Bombed Competitors On Goodreads Loses Her Publisher And Agent, Checks Into...
"Cait Corrain admitted that she had created six profiles on ... Goodreads in order to boost the ratings of her forthcoming debut sci-fi novel,...
Patti Smith Hospitalized In Italy Due To “Sudden Illness”
"The 76-year-old singer (was) to perform in Bologna but she cancelled the concert after suffering what the city’s Teatro Duse described as a 'sudden...
An Encyclopedia Of European Odors
"When the European Union put out a call to researchers to help museums enhance the impact of their digital collections, 'We immediately thought: smell,'...
Native Americans’ Ambivalence About “Killers Of The Flower Moon”
"Many, particularly members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma, welcomed the movie, applauding Scorsese for his meticulous portrayal of Osage culture. … But other...
