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70 Years After It Was Discovered, An Ancient Near Eastern Script Is Being Deciphered
"The researchers have proposed the name Eteo-Tocharian to describe the newly identified language, which is believed to have been, at one point, one of...
Iran Jails Filmmaker For Showing His Movie At Cannes Without Official Permission
"A court in Iran has sentenced prominent film director Saeed Roustayi to six months' prison for the screening of his film Leila's Brothers at...
More Turmoil At West Virginia Public Broadcasting As Executive Director Steps Down
"The executive director of West Virginia Public Broadcasting has stepped down after one year on the job, the latest sign of upheaval at a...
Orlando Museum Of Art Sues Its Former Director Over Fake Basquiat Scandal
"(The museum) has sued its former director, Aaron De Groft, as well as others who were instrumental in bringing the now disgraced 'Heroes &...
Opera News Magazine To Cease Publication As Metropolitan Opera Guild Shuts Down
The Guild, founded in 1935 to support the Met, has been suffering with financial troubles similar to those faced by many arts nonprofits in...
Soprano Renata Scotto, 89
"Like Callas, Ms. Scotto possessed a voice that was riveting without being traditionally beautiful. … Also like Callas, she was known for fully inhabiting...
So, Who’d Have The Perfect Voice For Reading Poetry Written By An A.I. Robot?...
"For the editors of I Am Code: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks, the answer was obvious. … 'They had an understanding that I wasn't the...
An Existential Ethics Review At America’s Leading Medical Museum
"In common with many other museums, the Mütter is plagued by questions around the rights of acquisition of its collection. Earlier this year, the...
Stand-Up Comedians Vs. A.I.: Can The Bots Win?
"Until recently, comedy has been seen as so quintessentially human that it was assumed A.I. would kill humanity before it would at a club....
A Daughter of Korean Immigrants To America Could Win Olympic Gold In Breakdancing
"Sunny Choi is now one of the 10 best B-girls in the world, and won silver at the 2022 World Games. Her ascendence comes...
Parisian Booksellers Explain How They Are Preparing For The 2024 Olympics
"With a diving suit and helmet, and with dark glasses, earplugs, and a plan for retreat to the countryside." "We'll of course have a...
“Barbie” Arrives In The Cinemas Of Saudi Arabia
"That this was happening in Saudi Arabia — one of the most male-dominated countries in the world — was mind-boggling to many in the...
Directors Of Theatres All Over Britain Are Resigning Because The Job Is So Miserable...
"While larger institutions ... can still attract and keep good artistic directors, regional theatres and arts centres are struggling. A job heading of one...
SAG-AFTRA Will Stop Granting Strike Waivers For Indie Productions
"SAG-AFTRA (had) argued that (waivers) supported the strike because they involved independent producers who agreed to all of the union's demands. But they have...
Opera Philadelphia Cuts Budget And Staff, And Its Director Will Step Down
The company has cut this year's budget by about 20% and eliminated six positions. One of this season's productions, Joseph Bologne's The Anonymous Lover,...
London Evening Standard Is Hemorrhaging Money And Would Shut Down Without Its Deep-Pocketed Owner,...
"The (paper) has lost a further £16m and said it was reliant on extra funds from its owner, Evgeny Lebedev, to continue publishing. …...
National Gallery In London Extends Its First Pay-What-You-Wish Program
While admission to the general collection and some special shows is free, the NG does charge for certain special exhibitions. Last year, amidst the...
U.S. Ballet Companies’ Budgets Dropped By Almost A Third In FY2021
The first full fiscal year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a drop in aggregate spending by the largest 150 classically-based companies of 31.62% from...
Australia Will Be The Only Country With Holocaust Museums In Every State And Territory
In 2019, the country's right-wing Liberal-National government, encouraged by then-Treasurer Josh Frydenberg (a descendant of survivors), pledged millions of dollars to fund the building...
Preserving Nigeria’s History by Digitizing Its Newspapers
"A nonprofit startup called Archivi.ng is attempting to digitise every edition of every newspaper – 50 in all – published in Nigeria since 1...
“Hamilton” Has Now Become A Sims-Style Video Game
"In the Hamilton Simulator, players use their own avatars as they rub shoulders with the musical's characters through 10 levels set during the Revolutionary...
A New Music Director And New Approach At Dallas’s 102-Year-Old Classical Radio Station
WRR Classical 101, long owned by the city of Dallas, is now run by public radio outlet KERA: there are sponsorship announcements rather than...
Virtual Restitution: Activist Group Takes Scans Of Rosetta Stone And Benin Bronzes And Makes...
A collective called Looty "seeks to give people from former colonies who are unable to travel to the West three-dimensional replicas and knowledge of...
The New Yorker Has Chosen Peter Schjeldahl’s Successor As Art Critic
"Jackson Arn has written several pieces for The New Yorker, including reviews of a Georgia O'Keefe show at MOMA and a van Gogh exhibit...
Cleveland Institute Of Music Clears Conductor Carlos Kalmar Of Sexual Harassment
"(An administrator wrote that) 'the specific allegations against Carlos Kalmar did not violate the Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, and Sex Non-Discrimination Policy Under Title...
