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The Louvre Is Exhibiting 16 Medieval Ukrainian Icons Smuggled Out While Kyiv Was Under...
"The works come from the Khanenko Museum, which sustained damages from a Russian missile strike last October, prompting increased safety measures to protect its...
Authors Of A Children’s Book About A Gay Penguin Family Join Students In Suing...
"The lawsuit, one of several challenging Florida's policies for launching local book objections, aims to require Lake County officials to make the book —...
The “Astonishing” $52.5 Million Renovation Of Britain’s National Portrait Gallery
"New galleries have been opened up, learning spaces and restaurants added, and a public forecourt created, in a £41.3 million process of surgical slicing...
Winston-Salem (NC) Symphony Appoints Michele Merrill Music Director
The 39-year-old Texas native, a former associate conductor at the Detroit Symphony, succeeds Timothy Redmond, who resigned abruptly in the summer of 2021 after...
A Forgotten Fact: James Baldwin Did Some Of His Best Work While Living In...
He first visited Istanbul in 1961, where, after a long writer's block, he was finally able to finish Another Country. He spent most of...
Pianist Max Morath, Who Led The 1960s Ragtime Revival, Is Dead At 96
"With syncopated piano rhythms and social commentary (he) helped revive the ragtime age on educational television programs, in concert halls and in nightclubs for...
Layoffs At Australia’s National Broadcaster Will Decimate Arts Coverage
"The first mass job cuts at the ABC since 2020 will heavily impact the corporation’s arts coverage and, some argue, may put the corporation...
Sculpture Stolen From A Museum Is Discovered Next To A Dumpster At A Casino
"A sculpture that was stolen from the North Dakota Museum of Art seven months ago was found next to a dumpster at the nearby...
Oh, Great, Now Truther Trolls Are Telling Lies About The Titanic On TikTok
They're saying that the Titanic itself never sank and there was insurance fraud, or that J.P. Morgan or the Rothschilds or the Jesuits ordered...
Manchester’s Big New Arts Venue Gets A Corporate Sponsor And (Of Course) A New...
"One of the most eagerly anticipated new cultural venues in Europe, … the £210 million flagship building in Manchester, previously called Factory International, will...
“Mao’s Last Dancer,” Li Cunxin, Retires For Health Reasons From The Company He Has...
After 16 years as a star of Houston Ballet and four at the Australian Ballet, followed by 13 years as a successful stockbroker, Li...
This Dutch Improv Club Launched The Careers Of Major American Comedians
Next month marks the 30th anniversary of Boom Chicago, an Amsterdam venue featuring Chicago-style improv comedy in English, where Seth Meyers, Jordan Peele, Amber...
Nine Suspects Charged In Theft Of Long-Missing Warhol, Pollock, And Other Works
"The thievery ring operated for more than two decades at 20 museums and stores across the eastern United States and parts of the Midwest."...
For The First Time, One Of The BBC’s Orchestras Has A Woman As Chief...
Anna-Maria Helsing, a Finn who became the BBC Concert Orchestra's principal guest conductor in 2020, will step up to succeed the late Bramwell Tovey...
Manchester’s Hallé Orchestra Appoints New Chief Conductor
Kahchun Wong, a 36-year-old native of Singapore who won the Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition in 2018 and has since worked as chief conductor of...
Grammy Awards Change Their Four Flagship Races From Ten Nominees Back To Eight
"The number of nominees for those categories" — Best New Artist and Album, Song, and Record of the Year — "were suddenly expanded from...
She’s Not A Choreographer Or Star Dancer, Yet She’s Kept Her New York Flamenco...
"In the hothouse atmosphere of flamenco dance, where passionate display of the self is prized, divas abound. But Carlota Santana isn't one of them."...
Online News: Fewer People Are Commenting On It, Or Even Reading It. They Prefer...
"Facebook's exit from news tracks tracks with a move toward TikTok and YouTube, and a worldwide decrease in commenting on and sharing news articles....
The Rumors Were True: Astrud Gilberto Spent Her Last 24 Years Near-Anonymously In Philadelphia
"An air of mystery surrounded stories of Gilberto possibly living in Philadelphia for decades. Was she seen at the Reading Terminal Market? At Rustic...
Airport Art Done Right At The New LaGuardia
"The architects of LGA's new public art program mostly sidestepped the twin traps of blandness and kitsch, demonstrating a seriousness that reflects the importance...
Metropolitan Opera Sold Two-Thirds Of Its Tickets This Past Season, But The Audience Is...
"The Met sold 66% of tickets during the season that ended Saturday, up from 61% during the 2021-22 season. Sales were lower than budgeted...
Even More Artists Are Saying They’ve Been Stiffed By Brown Paper Tickets
"Representatives from several (Philadelphia-area) arts groups report selling tickets through Brown Paper Tickets only to be left hanging for weeks, months, or, in (one)...
HarperCollins And Private Equity Firm KKR Both Want To Buy Simon & Schuster: Report
"Both were among the losing bidders to Penguin Random House's $2.2 billion offer. PRH's acquisition, of course, was blocked by the government last fall."...
L.A.’s Mark Taper Forum Cancels 2023-24 Season Amid Financial Crisis
"Facing a significant budget shortfall, Center Theatre Group on Thursday announced that it would lay off about 10% of its full-time staff and pause...
Oh, Great, Now We Have Climate-Protesting Opera Vandals, Too
Three protestors from the British group Just Stop Oil used air horns and glitter cannons to interrupt Thursday's performance of Poulenc's Dialogues of the...
