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The Choreographer, Videographer, And Oceanographers Who Worked On Boston Ballet’s New “La Mer”
It's the first live work in North America for beloved Dutch choreographer Nanine Linning, and among her many collaborators are video artist Heleen Blanken...
The Psychiatric Troubles That Made Yayoi Kusama And Her Art What They Are
"From a very early age Kusama has suffered from severe panic attacks and hallucinations, episodes during which pumpkins might talk to her, which is...
As Translated Literature Gains A Higher Profile, Translators Gain A New Role
"In the new visibility, the literary translator possesses a different sort of identity: still the articulate spokesperson for another language and culture, but self-conscious...
“There Is A Much Lower Ceiling Than There Used To Be”: Dallas’s Arts Institutions...
"There is no question that, because of their size, Dallas's big seven arts groups depend more heavily on attendance than others in the region....
Italy’s New Right-Wing Government Wants To Outlaw The Use Of Foreign Words (Yes, Just...
"(The) eight-article proposal includes imposing a fine of up to €100,000 ($108,000) on the use of foresterismi, or foreign words that have Italian translations,...
San Diego Opera Cancels Performances Of An Work It Co-Commissioned
"Citing rising costs and reduced revenue, the San Diego Opera Tuesday canceled performances of (Zach Redler and Jerre Dye's) The Falling and the Rising,...
Some Benin Bronzes Contain Metal Mined In Germany, Say Scientists
"The Edo people in the Kingdom of Benin, modern Nigeria, created their extraordinary sculptures with melted down brass manilla bracelets. … A team of...
Wil Ron DeSantis Come After Mrs. Doubtfire? Florida’s Theater Community Worries About Governor’s Anti-Drag...
A number of organizations, especially larger ones such as Miami's Arsht Center, are confident that shows like Mrs. Doubtfire and Hairspray are sufficiently distant...
Florida’s Department Of Education Gives Its Approval To Michelangelo’s David
"'Florida encourages instruction on the classics and classical art, and would not prohibit its use in instruction,' Alex Lanfranconi, communications director for the Florida...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Labels NPR As “State-Affiliated Media,” Flings Poo When Asked For Explanation
"NPR said it was disturbed to see the description added to all of the tweets that it sends out, with John Lansing, its president...
Britain Fines TikTok Nearly $16 Million For Misusing Children’s Personal Data
"The Information Commissioner’s Office said it issued a fine of £12.7 million pounds ($15.9 million) … (and that) TikTok allowed as many as 1.4...
What Cheryl Strayed Puts Into Her Autofiction, And What She Keeps Out
"How about this woman we create isn't me, but she had that same stuff happen to her in the past and she took a...
Remember Damien Hirst’s Spin Paintings? Now You And AI Can Make One Of Your...
Hirst did the originals, back in the 1990s, by dripping paint onto a rotating canvas. Now he and his partners have set up an...
How Dance Changes When It’s Viewed In A Museum Or Gallery Rather Than A...
It's not just a matter of coming off a proscenium or thrust stage: everything from audience expectations and behavior to documentation practices is different...
$33 Million Rescue By New Government Saves National Library Of Australia’s Digital Archives From...
"Trove, the expansive archival database that holds billions of images, newspapers, documents, manuscripts and myriad other resources that are freely accessible to the public,...
How The Panama Papers Percolated Through Pop Culture
It's not just books, movies, SNL sketches and New Yorker cartoons about to the investigation and resulting scandal. There are at least five bands...
Steve Reich Gets Grouchy About The Term “Minimalism” (Again)
"Michael Nyman had a lot to do with it, and he was probably thinking of minimalist art like Frank Stella. ... What disturbs me...
How Did Tiny Iceland Become A Hotbed Of Orchestral Music?
"In the third decade of the 21st century, no country on Earth has reinvented the language of the symphony orchestra on such distinctive and...
John Kander, At Age 96, Has A New Show Opening On Broadway
Titled New York, New York — yes, after what he calls "that song," which he and Fred Ebb wrote but he's never liked —...
Is The Philadelphia Museum Of Art Sitting On A Vermeer We Didn’t Know About?
"Arie Wallert, a former Rijksmuseum scientific specialist, … is convinced that there are two versions of the young woman playing a guitar: the long-accepted...
Hollywood Is One Step Closer To A Writers’ Strike
"The Writers Guild of America has set a strike authorization vote to begin on April 11. While this marks the first step toward a...
Australia’s National Cultural Institutions Get Big Funding Boost After A Decade Of Neglect And...
"The arts minister, Tony Burke, and the finance minister, Katy Gallagher, will make the $535m pre-budget announcement on Wednesday, throwing a financial lifeline to...
Bill Zehme, Dead At 64, Was The Absolute Master Of The Celebrity Profile
"(His gift was) to elevate the formulaic celebrity profile with humor, a literary voice and the polish of a short story. That was the...
A New Program To Get More Literature From The Indian Subcontinent Onto English-Language Bookshelves
Almost all of the South Asian books known internationally were written in English, but there's an extremely vibrant literary scene in the subcontinent's own...
Every Year There Are Big New TV Shows During Ramadan, And Every Year There...
"It may partially be due to the fact that Ramadan is a religious holiday, which makes associations with socially controversial subjects, and standard soap...
