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New Curator Of African Art At New Orleans Museum Of Arts Is White, And...

In response to criticism on social media, the museum said in a statement, "While we can't speak about others considered for this post, (Amanda)...

Architect David Adjaye Accused Of Sexual Misconduct, Steps Away From Major Projects

In a report in the Financial Times, three women employed in the Accra, Ghana office of Adjaye's firm accused him of sexual harassment, a...

Robert Sherman, A Fixture At Classical Radio Station WQXR For 68 Years, Is Dead...

"For nearly 70 years, Bob Sherman worked his radio magic at WQXR, wearing almost every imaginable hat along the way. … In addition to...

Teaching Rohingya Children To Read And Write Their Language For The First Time

"The Rohingya language remained an oral tradition until the 1980s, when scholar Mohammad Hanif developed a script based on Arabic letters" — only to...

Maxine Peake’s New Theatre Company Is Staging An Artists’ Dystopia In A Manchester Library

Kay Dick's 1977 novel They depicts a world in which any painter who creates beyond an official limit is blinded, any musician deafened, etc....

The Chicago Symphony Brass Section Is A Hotbed Of Period Instruments (Who Knew?)

We're not talking valveless Baroque trumpets or 16th-century sacbuts, mind you, but several of the CSO's musicians are serious collectors of trumpets and trombones...

Actor Alan Arkin, 89

"(His) background in improvisation and knack for comic drama were cornerstones of his genre-hopping career that yielded enduring characters from the 1960s comedy The...

In Some Cities, Libraries Are Remaking Themselves As Locations For Remote Workers

"In addition to resources such as free internet and printer access, they're building up offerings aimed at small-business owners and professionals, renovating to include...

In US Contemporary Dance Companies, The Leadership Is Largely Female: Dance Data Project

"Clearly, the contemporary and modern dance world offer far more leadership opportunities for women than classical dance. However, as noted in the first report,...

If The Actors In SAG-AFTRA Go On Strike Next Week, This Is Why

"Despite tensions, guild leaders said that talks with the studios have been 'extremely productive.' But key differences remain, and the union is under heavy...

As The Legislative Session Ended, Oregon Lawmakers Shortchanged The Arts

"A 2023 session that began hopefully for the state's arts and cultural industries ended in deep disappointment, with many requests rejected outright or funded...

For The Second Time This Year, British Museum Workers Will Go On A Weeklong...

"Visitors services and security staff in the Public and Commercial Services union have announced that they will walk off the job July 11-16. The...

Union Accuses Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Management Of Reneging On Pay Raises In Contract

"Less than a year after a bitter, nearly three-week long strike, the (museum) and its workers are again locked in a dispute — this...

Going Virtual During COVID Turned Into A Major Success For Dallas Black Dance Theatre

"(Executive director Zenetta) Drew said the theatre's (online) programming has continued to net six figures each year and has also brought in new audiences...

Why Wisconsin’s Arts Funding Is So Low

"Arts groups say Wisconsin ranks last in the nation in per-capita funding for the arts and want to see some of the state budget...

Jeremy O. Harris Gets 36 Minutes On “Fresh Air”

The playwright talks about producing Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, the awkward conversation with a straight guy that inspired Slave Play,...

Fledgling San Antonio Philharmonic Appoints Its First Executive Director

The new chief of the orchestra — formed last year by the musicians of the defunct San Antonio Symphony — is Roberto Treviño, a...

With San Francisco Art Institute Bankrupt And Closed, Its Diego Rivera Meta-Mural Is For...

SFAI attempted to sell the work, titled The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City, in 2021, hoping to save the...

David Richards, Former Theater Critic For The Washington Post And New York Times, Is...

"He covered cultural news stories and profiled stage luminaries such as director Jose Quintero, playwright Edward Albee and actors Julie Harris and Carol Channing....

Theater Development Fund Executive Director Victoria Bailey: The Exit Interview

"A few months after she took the job, the booth was shut down because of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and in the time since...

New York Public Radio Has An $8 Million Deficit

"As its fiscal year comes to an end on June 30, New York Public Radio is facing an $8 million deficit, which is causing...

National Geographic Has Laid Off The Remainder Of Its Writing Staff

"The cutback — the latest in a series under owner Walt Disney Co. — involves some 19 editorial staffers. … Article assignments will henceforth...

Painter At Center Of Old Master Forgery Ring Is Arrested — Again

"Once again, Italian authorities have arrested Pasquale 'Lino' Frongia, the artist suspected of forging a string of Old Master paintings that have appeared at...

Folger Shakespeare Library Director Michael Witmore Will Depart Next Year

"The announcement comes during a period of dramatic change for the research center, which houses the largest Shakespeare collection in the world and is...

College Librarians Under Siege In Ron DeSantis’s Florida

"Lots of librarians have wasted a ton of time cleaning up files in their OneDrives; removing their names from projects, committees; taking down …...