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Auctioneer In Counterfeit Basquiat Scheme Cops Plea And Faces Prison
"A former Los Angeles auctioneer," Michael Barzan, "has agreed to plead guilty in a scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the...
A County In Texas Considers Closing Its Public Libraries Rather Than Returning To The...
"After a federal judge ordered the return of more than a dozen books improperly pulled from the Llano County Public Library shelves for their...
Elon Musk Backs Down, Says Twitter Will Change Its Labeling Of BBC From “Government-Funded”...
"I know the BBC for example's not thrilled about being labelled state-affiliated media. If we use the same words that the BBC uses to...
In Praise Of Long, Complicated Sentences (Take That, Strunk And White!)
"Within a long sentence — clause upon clause, the commas and semicolons, em-dashes and colons, parentheticals and appositions piling up — there can be...
The Revival Of Cambodia’s Arts Capital (Which Is Not Phnom Penh)
"The wealth from (agriculture provided) plentiful funds to carve the most beautiful Buddhist temples, craft the finest musical instruments and produce high-quality motion pictures....
The World’s Oldest Piece Of Tartan Is Found In A Scottish Peat Bog
"The (16th-century) textile was found in the 1980s in Glen Affric, a region in the Scottish Highlands about 19 miles west of Loch Ness....
Radio Stations’ Struggle To Stop US Automakers From Dropping The AM Band From In-Car...
"Facing an existential moment in the 100-year history of the medium, AM broadcasters are banding together, calling on allies in Congress, and enlisting listener...
Anna Netrebko’s Husband And Frequent Stage Partner Is Now Running A National Opera House
TThe tenor Yusif Eyvazov has been appointed director of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in his hometown, Baku. (The couple has...
Another Thing TikTok Has Changed About Dance: Earning A Living
"TikTok creators, professional dancers, choreographers, and dance companies … said the app had changed the way they choreographed, helped them earn more money, and...
Canadian Gets Trapped Inside Outdoor Sculpture
A 26-year-old man (acting against his girlfriend's advice) climbed on top of a public artwork called Talus Dome and made of stacks of stainless...
Florida School Removes Anne Frank Book After Complaint That It Minimizes The Holocaust
"Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation was removed from a library at Vero Beach High School after a leader of Moms for Liberty in...
Choreographer Jennifer Muller Is Dead At 78
"Her choreographic career, which spanned more than five decades and produced more than 125 dances, set her apart from her postmodern contemporaries. 'I'm not...
British Theatre Audiences Behaving Even More Badly (We’re Talking Fists, Screams, And Urine)
"A front-of-house assistant at a theatre in the north says disruptive incidents now occur weekly and are increasingly serious: “Myself and my colleagues have...
Al Jaffee, Legendary “Mad” Magazine Cartoonist Who Retired At 99, Has Died At 102
"Few of the magazine's self-billed 'Usual Gang of Idiots' contributed as much — and as dependably — as the impish, bearded cartoonist. For decades,...
How Terence Blanchard’s “Champion” Got Upsized For The Metropolitan Opera
When the piece premiered at Opera Theatre of St. Louis ten years ago, it had a small pit orchestra, a four-piece jazz combo, and...
Laura Benanti Reveals How She Literally Sang Through An Onstage Miscarriage
"On Monday April 3rd, I performed on stage for 2000 people while having a miscarriage. I knew it was happening. … If it had...
The Enslaved Painter Who Modeled For Velázquez And Became A Star Artist In His...
"(Juan de Pareja) remains an elusive figure within art history, with details of his life prone to myth, his paintings often misattributed and no...
A Critic Makes The Rounds Of Immersive Art Shows
Adam Platt: "As you move from one pleasantly distracting set piece to another, pondering when to ingest the lemon-flavored edible in your pocket, it...
Brussels Museum Schedules, Then Cancels, Sparring Match Between Police Officers And Local Boxers
"The MIMA contemporary art museum in Molenbeek had planned to host a sparring session between around 20 amateur boxers from the Ixelles branch of...
Museum Of Peru’s Shining Path-Armed Forces Civil War Is Abruptly Closed
"Since its controversial inception in 2015, the Place of Memory, Tolerance and Social Inclusion has received about 60,000 visitors a year. But Lima's ultra-conservative...
It Took A Dozen Years For “Shucked” To Plow Its Path To Broadway
"The history of iterations of Shucked is an interesting one, since it bears almost no resemblance to the show that McAnally and Clark started...
Will A Proposed New York City Law Banning Size Discrimination Make A Difference On...
"The bill … would 'prohibit discrimination on the basis of a person's height or weight in opportunities of employment, housing, and public accommodation.' …...
This Magazine With 1,000 Subscribers Has Become A Serious Force In Irish Literature
"Founded in Dublin in 1997 as a receptacle for 'all this great writing floating around,' The Stinging Fly has reached its 25th year as...
Pergolesi Meets Pole Dancing In Performance; Priest Punished With Death Threats
A performance titled Passions croisées (Crossed Passions) in a historic Strasbourg church featured Pergolesi's Stabat Mater accompanied by athletic (and non-raunchy) pole and silk...
Mimi Sheraton, Restaurant Critic And Food Writer, Is Dead At 97
"It's hard to find anywhere in the food universe that wasn't touched by (her) pen or panache. She helped shape modern food writing as...
