ArtsJournal1
Guggenheim Museum Staffers Have Their First-Ever Union Contract
"The two-and-a-half-year contract is retroactive to July 1 and includes a minimum salary increase of nine percent, starting with three percent now and again...
Due To DeSantis’s Law, Public Schools In Tampa Will No Longer Teach Complete Shakespeare...
"English teachers in Hillsborough County … (and) school district officials redesigned their instructional guides for teachers because of revised state teaching standards and a...
Michael Boyd, Former Director Of Royal Shakespeare Co., Is Dead At 68
"Boyd's tenure at the RSC (2003-2012) helped rejuvenate the organisation after the rocky stewardship of his predecessor Adrian Noble. It also saw him direct...
Only One Person Came To See Her Edinburgh Fringe Show. She Tweeted Sadly About...
"There was one person in my audience today when I performed my one-woman play, 'Sunsets' at #edfringe. It's fine, isn't it? It's fine …?"...
Inside The Making Of A Medieval Illuminated Manuscript
Morgan Library curator Roger Wieck explains just how an elaborate 15th-century Book of Hours was copied out and embellished — and paid for. -...
“I’m Not A Philanthropist. I’m A Dance Educator.” Really, She’s The Godmother Of Dance...
Jody Gottfried Arnhold taught children in New York City schools before and after she married an extremely wealthy banker; she even created a dance...
In Boston, Artists Pushed Out By Gentrification Are Fighting Back
"An unlikely group of artists and activists known as the Art Stays Here Coalition has emerged to combat displacement. The small, all-volunteer group is...
“Barbie” Has Become A Surprise Hit In China: Middle-Class Women Can Really Relate
"Despite limited availability, Barbie has quickly become widely discussed on Chinese social media, at one point even topping searches on Weibo, China's version of...
With The Philly Pops In Limbo, The Kimmel Center And The No Name Pops...
As the Philly Pops' legal and financial difficulties drag on, the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc. will produce a holiday pops concert with...
Cecilia Bartoli Moves Into Opera Management
At 57, though her singing career is not yet over, she's becoming a top administrator: having been artistic director of Salzburg's Whitsun Festival for...
In This Rural Town, If Conservatives Can’t Ban Books From The Library, They’ll Shut...
In Dayton, WA, about halfway between Seattle and Boise, when the public library's board refused a demand to remove or sequester a list of...
“Jeopardy!” Finds A Resourceful Way Around The Writers’ Strike
With no more new clues being written during the work stoppage, the game show will re-shuffle and re-use answers and questions from earlier seasons....
William Friedkin, Director Of “The French Connection” And “The Exorcist”, is Dead At 87
"In a checkered filmmaking career spanning 50 years, Mr. Friedkin was regarded as both a cinematic pacesetter, responsible for two box-office juggernauts, and a...
It’s Official: Simon & Schuster Has Been Acquired By Capital Firm KKR
"In a move that some in the industry will welcome as putting at least a temporary stop to industry consolidation, the private investment firm...
Who Invented Public Libraries? Roman Emperors
"If Asinius Pollio was the one who 'first by founding a library made works of genius the property of the public', it was Augustus...
Meet New York Magazine’s New Theatre-Critic Tag Team
"Alongside longtime entertainment reporter Jackson McHenry … will be Sara Holdren, a theatre director who stepped into the job for a brief, blazing tenure...
Staffers At Picasso Museum In Málaga Will Strike Next Month
"Citing wages and working conditions that they claim are unequal to those of other Spanish art institutions, workers at the museum announced plans to...
“He Wasn’t The 21st-Century Robert Moses; He Was Moses In A Hurry”: Justin Davidson...
"Every time someone sees a show at the Whitney, buys a saw at Bronx Terminal Market, commutes by subway to Hudson Yards, or watches...
The Broadway Musical With Choreography For The Audience: “Here Lies Love,” With Its In-Theater...
"As at a disco, those standing can dance as they like. But they are also herded by wranglers in magenta jumpsuits with light-up wands...
SAG-AFTRA Strike Waivers: An Explainer
"Some independent films and television productions are being granted waivers by the union that will allow them to continue … amid the strike. …...
Public Radio Has Been Losing Listeners, But Revenue Is Steady
"Pew Research Center's just-published findings … as part of its bi-annual 'State of the News Media' show that public radio's audience trended down in...
For Its Upcoming Expansion, Dallas Museum Of Art Selects Spanish Architects Little-Known In U.S.
"Widely respected in European architecture circles but virtually unknown in the United States, Nieto Sobejano was chosen from a field of six finalists, among...
The Rape Trial of Opera Star David Daniels Begins
Daniels, one of the first countertenors to find wide success in mainstream opera houses, and his husband, Scott Walters, were charged in 2019 with...
Greece Sets Limits On How Many People May Visit Acropolis Each Hour
"Visits to the Acropolis of Athens, Greece's most popular archaeological site, will be capped starting next month at a maximum 20,000 daily and subject...
Boston Symphony And Its Musicians Quietly Ratify New Three-Year Contract
"Specific contract details were not made available. But the announcement stated, 'The new contract restores traditional annual wage growth going forward and includes a...
