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England’s Arts Funding Agency Backs Away From Implied Threat Against Political Work
"Arts Council England has released new guidance confirming it will not penalise organisations for working with artists who make political statements, after earlier advice...
Comedian Richard Lewis, 76
"A regular performer in clubs and on late-night TV for decades, … known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes, … he re-introduced...
Chicago Public Radio/WBEZ Cuts Its Flagship Local News Show In Half
A decade ago, WBEZ had four hours of weekday local news; as of next week, there's one hour, as Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons loses...
Mr. Fruit Salad Explains Why His Absurdist Standup Comedy Is An Excellent Vehicle For...
"Absurdism is like smoke – it shifts before your eyes and takes on strange, beguiling patterns, but if you try to close your hand...
We Recreated Leonardo Da Vinci’s Harpsichord-Viola From His Own Designs
After five years of research, a team at Leonardo3, an interactive museum/exhibition center in Milan, built the instrument from drawings and notes in the...
Why Armistead Maupin, The Echt-San Francisco Writer, Up And Moved To London
"In fact, he and husband Chris Turner – a photographer in his early 50s – have been living in England for nearly five years,...
500-Year-Old Flemish Triptych Turns Up In (Of All Places) Guernsey
"Experts said it is from the workshop of important Flemish artist Pieter Coecke van Aelst, or by an artist in his circle. The triptych,...
By The End Of This Year, Streaming Video Will Be Pulling In More Money...
"Streaming revenue is poised to overtake pay TV subscription revenue by the third quarter of 2024, boosted by the recent uptick in ad-supported offerings,...
The Maven Who Assembled A Massive, Now-Priceless Collection of Yiddish Literature
"Scholars had estimated that there were about 70,000 books waiting to be rescued. (Aaron) Lansky went on to gather 1.5 million Yiddish books —...
Israel Will Not Be Disinvited From Venice Biennale, Says Italy’s Culture Minister
"In a tersely worded statement sent out earlier today, (Gennaro) Sangiuliano called (an open letter calling for Israel to be excluded) 'shameful' and claimed...
Jaap van Zweden’s Next Band Will Be L’Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France
As he finishes up his terms as music director of the New York and Hong Kong Philharmonics and begins a new tenure at the...
Edinburgh Fringe Frustrated As Its Bid For Long-Term Funding Is Rejected
In fact, the enormous theatre festival hasn't been on Creative Scotland's list of "regularly-funded organisations" (those with three-year "core funding" grants) since 2018, and...
England’s Local Governments Are Flat Broke, And Arts Are Among The First Things They’re...
"More than half the councils that responded to a survey said they were likely to be unable to balance their books in the next...
Literary Festivals Are Now Having To Worry About Safety And Risk Management
For instance, moderators at the Perth Festival Writers’ Weekend in Australia were sent a memo titled "Facilitator safety tips." Among those tips: discussing with...
For Its 30th Anniversary, An Oral History Of “Schindler’s List”
"Speaking to those who labored to get the film onscreen — including stars Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes, composer John Williams, agent...
The Photographer Whom Kirill Serebrennikov Calls “A Russian Cartier-Bresson”
"(Dmitri Markov's) subjects were always the most vulnerable in society: orphans, alcoholics, addicts, homeless people, the very old and dying, conscripts and children. It...
North Carolina Theatre In Raleigh Cancels Season And Files For Bankruptcy
"The theater’s board announced the decision Friday, citing 'external forces during and after the pandemic,' including higher production costs, the loss of corporate and...
John Waters Is Making His First Movie In 20 Years
The film, set to begin shooting in Baltimore (of course) later this year, is an adaptation of Waters's 2022 novel Liarmouth (subtitled "A Feel-Bad...
Conductor Jan Latham-Koenig Pleads Guilty To Soliciting Sex From A Minor
Prosecutors say the 70-year-old was chatting, first on an dating app and then directly on WhatApp, with someone he believed to be a 15-year-old...
Simone Young Extends Contract As Chief Conductor Of Sydney Symphony
She began her initial term in 2022, and it was set to expire at the end of this year. With her contract ending in...
Looking At The Financial State Of Dance In the U.S.
"Multiple reports published since last summer have shed long-awaited light on the fiscal health of the country’s dance sector. What those numbers say isn’t...
Another Week, Another Gérard Depardieu Sexual Assault Allegation
"(A) 53-year-old (set) decorator alleges that Depardieu grabbed her and kneaded her waist, stomach and breasts during filming for Les Volets verts, or The...
West Virginia Bill Would Let Museums Be Prosecuted For Displaying “Obscene” Artworks
House Bill 4654, now in the state senate, would "remove exemptions for criminal liability from schools, libraries, and museums, allowing them to be criminally...
Texas High School Cancels Student Production Of “The Laramie Project”
When notifying parents, school district leaders in the Fort Worth suburb of Keller gave no reason for cancelling the docudrama about the 1998 murder...
“Harassment” And “Governance Concerns” Lead Ontario Region’s Arts Fund To Suspend All Activity
"The activities of the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund have been paused effective immediately, with the region saying the move was necessary due to...
