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Nigerian Government Transfers Ownership Of The Benin Bronzes, Complicating Repatriation Negotiations
A decree has declared the traditional king of the region where the artworks were made, the Oba of Benin, their official owner. Now...
This Theatre Will Have The UK’s First-Ever In-House Department Dedicated To New Musicals
The Birmingham Hippodrome's Patrick Studio "will be led by a Head of New Musical Theatre, who will commission, develop and produce new musicals in...
Ellsworth Kelly’s Widower is On A Giving Spree With Both Artworks And Money
To honor Kelly's 100th birthday, Jack Shear is dividing 146 works among 19 museums, with MoMA, Art Institute of Chicago, Philadelphia Museum of Art,...
A New Bill In The US Senate Targets Ticketmaster’s Market Stranglehold
"Titled the 'Unlock Ticketing Markets Act,' the legislation aims to 'help restore competition to live event ticketing markets by empowering the Federal Trade Commission...
NPR’s “Fresh Air” Gets A New Full-Time Co-Host
Terry Gross isn't going anywhere; she remains as host and executive producer. Starting May 1, her on-air partner will be Tonya Mosley, a contributing...
The Africa Center In Harlem Is Becoming far More Than A Museum Of African...
It was called the Museum for African Art when it opened in 1984 and for decades afterward. After a long, troubled move into a...
Dissident Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Is Able To Leave Iran For The First Time In...
"Panahi, 62, is best known for films including The White Balloon, The Circle and Taxi Tehran – and for spending his career under close...
Why BuzzFeed News Didn’t Survive While Its Sister, HuffPost, Did
"BuzzFeed News was 'a social media ecosystem company, and the ecosystem went away,' said a former BuzzFeed exec. 'HuffPost was a pre-social media company....
Alexei Ratmansky Cut All Ties With Russia, But The Bolshoi And Mariinsky Are Still...
He's found clips of the works in recent social media posts by the two companies — with his name removed. And, no surprise, they...
DC’s Arena Stage Appoints Its New Artistic Director
"Hana S. Sharif, artistic director of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and a former staffer with organizations in Hartford, Boston and Baltimore, takes...
“There Is Nothing That Fires”: On Location As Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” Very Carefully Resumes...
"(Armorer Andrew) Wert built rifles from individual parts so they would look as real as possible but would not be able to fire under...
Pianist Angela Hewitt On How To Keep So Many Pieces Memorized As She Ages
"At the age of 64, (my brain is) definitely shrinking, and memorising has become a very conscious, frustrating and time-consuming activity. But I stick...
It’s Over: After Several Attempts To Save It, San Francisco Art Institute Goes Into...
"The San Francisco Art Institute has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, a move that will force the 152-year-old institution to liquidate its assets"...
American Museum of Natural History’s New Science Building Gets A Rave Review
"(The) Gilder (Center) is spectacular: a poetic, joyful, theatrical work of public architecture and a highly sophisticated flight of sculptural fantasy. New Yorkers live...
Does The Rise In Movie Attendance Mean We’re Headed For A Recession? (Or Is...
"The data looks like a sign that Americans are continuing to spend on entertainment services and flexing their wallets despite recession fears. But moviegoing...
The Big US Publishers Have Raised Starting Salaries by 23%
"As of April 1, the average entry-level salary for publishing employees located in New York City at the Big Five trade publishers and Scholastic...
Somerset Maugham Said His Plays Were For Light Entertainment Only. Don’t Believe It.
"Maugham is a deeply deceptive dramatist. His plays look as if they are dated old crowdpleasers, yet often challenge conventional ideas. … This is...
When Radio Was A Tool For Long-Distance Education
"Today's Tedium tries its best to capture the excitement of educational radio in the 1920s and 1930s. … (It was) the first truly real-time...
ProPublica Investigates The Met Museum’s Holdings Of Native American Art
Over nearly five decades, Charles and Valerie Diker have amassed one of the country's biggest private collections of Native American art, and they've been...
Ronald Perelman Donates $25 Million For A New Arts District At Brown University
"The Perelman Family Foundation, headed by cosmetics mogul and art collector Ronald Perelman, has pledged $25 million to Brown University to build an arts...
A Cache Of Unknown Songs By Donizetti Has Been Discovered
Musicologist Roger Parker found the works — some of which were published in the 19th century and faded from view, others only in manuscript...
Harry Belafonte, 96
"(He) was born to Jamaican immigrants, grew up in poverty in Depression-era Harlem and became a major Black crossover success in popular music. He...
San Francisco Ballet’s Executive Director Abruptly Resigns After One Year
"Neither Danielle St.Germain nor the Ballet gave any reason for the move. … If there's a sense of déjà vu about this, that's because...
Book Ban Attempts Are At The Highest Level We’ve Ever Seen, Says American Library...
"The ALA ... said in 2022 it had seen the highest number of reports of calls to remove or restrict books since it began...
The Frick Collection Announces Its Return To Its Fifth Avenue Mansion
"After two-plus years of occupying a temporary home on Madison Avenue at the historic Breuer building, Manhattan's beloved Frick Museum has announced it will...
