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Paper Magazine Lays Off Its Entire Staff
"The staff of Paper Magazine, the pop culture publisher made famous by the 2014 'Break the Internet' photo shoot with Kim Kardashian, was laid...
BBC’s Chairman Resigns Over Boris Johnson Loan Scandal
"(Richard Sharp) quit Friday after a report found he failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest over his role in arranging ... a...
London’s Tate Modern Gets Its Next Director From Norway’s National Museum
"Karin Hindsbo, who oversaw the consolidation of four Norwegian art institutions into the National Museum in Oslo, will take up her new post in...
The Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Are Back, This Time At The National Gallery In DC
"Protesters smeared black and red paint on the case and pedestal of Edgar Degas's Little Dancer Aged Fourteen sculpture at the National Gallery of...
Locals Complain About “Pornographic” Books In High School Library; Librarian Sues Them For Defamation
"A longtime librarian at Roxbury High School in Morris County (New Jersey) has sued a group of residents she says defamed her by falsely...
Making Contemporary Dance, With Ordinary Local People, In England’s De-Industrialized Northeast
Choreographer Liv Lorent settled in Newcastle 30 years ago; Esther Huss moved to a nearby former mining village more recently. Both see real advantages...
Twice-Exiled: The Life Of A Young Correspondent For Russia’s Only Independent TV Network
Valeria Ratnikova started at TV Rain at age 20; by 23, she was a network star. When Putin's government shut TV Rain down after...
Jerry Springer, Host Of America’s Most Notorious TV Talk Show, Is Dead At 79
The former Cincinnati mayor, who once said that he didn't mind being called the "grandfather of trash TV," hosted a "tabloid talk show known...
Consider The Poetry Slam
"Poetry slam is one of the few examples we have of a 'language game'. ... t is a place to play with words, and...
More Theaters Experiment With Collective Leadership And Term Limits
Several companies in the Bay Area have been finding real advantages in these models: without a single, well-paid executive, the remaining staffers can be...
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...
