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Is The Summer Group Show Disappearing From Art Galleries? No, But …
“Some have wondered if the group show is fated to die out altogether. But in talking to dealers and advisers, it seems less like the once-ubiquitous...
Australia’s New Funding Body For Literature And Writers: What Will It Actually Be Doing?
“On the surface, this is welcome news for Australian writers with its funding package of $26 million ($8.6 million per year) over the next...
Japan Has A Big Ballet-Fan Community. Now It’s Working On Homegrown Ballet.
“Until recently, that audience lavished attention mostly on prestigious foreign companies that tour Japan regularly, such as the Paris Opera Ballet and the Royal...
My Nightmare Job Taking Care Of Patricia Highsmith
“Pat was seventy-four and knew she was about to die. ... I was trapped in her world with her, trembling. She had weeks left...
The Company Making Big Operas Work In A Small Theater
Des Moines Metro Opera performs in a house with only 476 seats, yet it has a track record of successfully staging such large-scale works...
Abu Dhabi’s Enormous National Museum Will Open This December
The world’s oldest natural pearl and an 1,100-year-old Qur’an will be among the star exhibits at Zayed National Museum, in a new building, designed...
Barcelona’s Opera House Names Jonathan Nott Its Next Music Director
The 62-year-old Briton — currently music director of the Tokyo Symphony and Geneva’s Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and formerly at the helm of...
Turns Out It’s Hard To Convict A Celebrity In A #MeToo Criminal Case
Sean Combs was acquitted on the most serious charges against him; Kevin Spacey has prevailed in both criminal and civil cases. Even Harvey Weinstein...
Now That Trump’s “60 Minutes” Lawsuit Is Settled, Can Paramount Go Ahead And Sell...
“Is there a chance the fog surrounding the company’s quest to sell itself to Skydance Media is about to lift? So far, it’s not entirely clear — not...
Another Ohio County May Use Cigarette Taxes To Fund The Arts
Cuyahoga County, where Cleveland is located, has long used such a tax to fund arts and culture organizations. Ohio’s newly-enacted state budget includes permission...
SAG-AFTRA Formally Ends Its Video Games Strike
“The 11-month strike waged by the performers’ union was brought to a tidy end on Wednesday as members voted overwhelmingly to ratify a labor...
Training AI To Transcribe Cursive (Because So Many Younger Americans Can’t Read It)
It’s a particular issue for historians in and of Philadelphia, since so many 18th- and 19th-century documents are in that hard-to-read script used in...
Oscar Wilde’s Forgotten Play About Russian Revolutionaries
The 1879 play Vera; or, The Nihilists is about a young woman and her band of radicals who plan to kill the tsar. Its...
Paul Libin, For 67 Years One Of New York Theater’s Leading Producers, Is Dead...
“Libin produced more than 250 Broadway, Off-Broadway and touring productions. He led Circle in the Square Theatre for 62 years until his death, serving...
How Dr. Phil’s TV Network Fell Apart After Barely More Than A Year
“Phil McGraw‘s Merit Street Media is in bankruptcy court and is simultaneously suing its distribution partner, Trinity Broadcasting, for breach of contract that the company says...
After Centuries Of Neglect, One Of Fra Angelico’s Earliest Frescoes Has Been Restored
“Hidden high in the chapter house of San Domenico (convent) in Fiesole, the quietly majestic Crucifixion — possibly the artist’s earliest known work — has...
California Legislators Save State Fund For Boosting Pay At Small Arts Orgs
“A series of budget bills (passed) on July 1 have restored the $11.5 million Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund, intended to help pay performers and...
Well, At Least New Hampshire’s Arts Funding Budget Is More Than $1
Yes, $1 was the figure being considered by legislators for the New Hampshire Council on the Arts in the new state budget. In the...
Doris Duke Theater At Jacob’s Pillow, Literally Risen From Ashes, Is Now One Of...
With an advanced acoustical system, plenty of fiber-optic cable, responsive lighting, spatialized audio capabilities, virtual/augmented reality infrastructure, and a trippy immersive exhibition called “Dancing...
Curtis Institute Of Music’s Newest Building Severely Damaged In Fire
Known informally as the Art Alliance building, the mansion on Rittenhouse Square was one of the University of the Arts properties auctioned off last...
For The First Time In Over 900 Years, The Bayeux Tapestry Will Be Seen...
The enormous cloth, which depicts the Norman Conquest of England, has spent almost all of its existence in France. Next year it will be...
Owain Park Of The Gesualdo Six Named Next Chief Conductor Of BBC Singers
The founder, director, and low bass of the much-admired vocal sextet is already principal guest conductor of the BBC Singers, Britain’s only full-time professional...
India’s Most Progressive State Is Arguing Over Zumba Classes
“Some 14,000 state-run schools in Kerala have been asked to organise daily Zumba sessions as part of an anti-drug campaign launched by the government...
Fully Half Of Our Global Audience Watches Anime, Says Netflix
“According to Netflix, more than 50% of its members — amounting to over 150 million households, or an estimated 300 million viewers — now...
La Scala’s New Rule: No Beach Wear
“Operagoers have been warned they will be banned from entering Milan’s prestigious La Scala theatre if they turn up wearing shorts, tank tops or flip-flops. Kimonos,...
