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Benjamin Millepied Leaves Behind His L.A. Dance Project To Start Up The Paris Dance...
"Despite his success in the United States, … Millepied says it is easier to work in France. … But French society can feel less...
Why The Public Theater Dropped The Under The Radar Festival (And What Happens Next)
Oskar Eustis, the Public's artistic director, said proudly that bringing Under the Radar to the theater was "the first artistic choice I made" in...
Radio Host Sues OpenAI For Defamation After ChatGPT Produced Copy Accusing Him Of Embezzlement
"Mark Walters, who hosts the Salem Radio Networks-distributed 'Armed American Radio' program, is suing OpenAI after its ChatGPT program accused him of embezzling funds...
Britain’s Telegraph Newspapers Are To Be Sold Off
"The Daily and Sunday Telegraph are to be put up for sale in a deal that promises to reshape the media landscape after the...
Juilliard Fires Composition Professor Robert Beaser
The dismissal comes after "an independent investigation (into sexual harassment allegations) found 'credible evidence' that he had 'engaged in conduct which interfered with individuals'...
Wow, Egypt Is Really Upset About That Ancient-Egypt-And-Hip-Hop Exhibition In The Netherlands
The "Kemet: Egypt in Hip-Hop, Jazz, Soul & Funk" show at the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden has so incensed authorities in Cairo...
National Gallery Of Canada Appoints A New Director
Jean-François Bélisle, currently director of the Musée d’art de Joliette in Quebec, "arrives in Ottawa during a troubled period where a strategic plan to...
New York State Rescinds Policy Restricting Prisoners From Publishing Creative Or Journalistic Work
"A May 11 directive established a stringent, months-long approval process … (and) gave prison superintendents the power to block publication of work that violated...
The “New Michelangelo”: This Italian Sculptor Has A 21st-Century Take On The Art Of...
The 36-year-old artist known as Jago says he uses the same techniques his Renaissance forbears did. He's so highly regarded for his ability to...
This Year’s Theatre Olympics Are Especially Fraught, Shot Through With Europe’s War And Tensions
"At the heart of the 10th festival stands the divisive figure of Attila Vidnyánszky, artistic director of the Theatre Olympics and director of the...
Japan’s Hot Young Kabuki Prodigy Is … French
This may be surprising in a genre that's both deeply Japanese and family-based — but it's less surprising than you might think. Maholo Terajima...
Why Are More And More Americans Watching TV — Even When It’s In English...
It drives writer Devin Gordon nuts, but he learns that people have good reasons for doing it. (At least one of those reasons is...
The Australian Ballet’s Dancers Are Preparing For A Strike
"The sticking point is management’s refusal to maintain a clause in the dancers' contract that guarantees pay will keep pace with inflation, a guarantee...
Mike Bloomberg Gave $130 Million To Get The Ground Zero Performing Arts Center Finished
It's called the Perelman Performing Arts Center because Ron Perelman gave the $75 million that finally got the building started in 2016, but the...
Pianist George Winston, 73
"Selling more than 15 million albums worldwide, Winston became synonymous with a distinctive, highly imitated flavor of solo piano: warm, melodic and pastoral. His...
West Virginia Symphony Appoints A New Music Director
Maurice Cohn, a 27-year-old native of rural Illinois and an Oberlin graduate who's currently assistant conductor (to Fabio Luisi) at the Dallas Symphony, begins...
When Adrienne Kennedy Turned John Lennon’s Book Into A Play For Olivier’s National Theatre
The Black American playwright was inspired to adapt Lennon's In His Own Write by her son's Beatlemania. To her initial surprise, Kenneth Tynan picked...
Insults Through History (They’ve Changed Less Than You Might Think)
"Despite the different time periods and languages used, the content of insults hasn't evolved: They're still highly personal barbs about people's courage (or lack...
How Actors’ AI-Generated “Digital Doubles” Are Already Being Used
"So are we on the cusp of major studios forcing Meryl Streep into a sequel by casting her digital double? Not quite. It's not...
“Nobody Dances In Prison.” But In This One, They Do.
Dance is far rarer than other art forms in prison arts programs: it "goes against prison-culture codes of masculine behavior." But two inmates decided...
A Safeway Blasted Classical Music At Top Volume Nonstop For Days, Driving The Neighbors...
A Safeway in San Francisco has been playing classical music from a speaker in a parking lot security tower for months in order to...
The Job Of A Museum Director Has Changed Enormously
In addition to knowing art history and being a good administrator and fundraiser, a museum director these days may have to address diversifying her...
London’s Donmar Warehouse Names A New Artistic Director
"Tim Sheader …, who currently runs Regent's Park Open Air theatre, will take over from Michael Longhurst in March 2024 and will also be...
A Big, Multicolored Outdoor Artwork Near San Francisco Bay Has Vanished
"A colorful collection of wooden slats woven into a fence along the Richmond Parkway near the Chevron refinery, titled 'Fencelines: A Collective Monument to...
Lincoln Center Plans To Renovate Its Western Edge So It No Longer Looks Like...
The Amsterdam Avenue façade of the campus has always seemed sterile and forbidding, the tall, blank walls of the building giving the feeling of...
