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Greece’s Prime Minister Seeks An “Innovative,” “Win-Win” Solution To The Parthenon Marbles Dispute —...
"We will never recognize that these sculptures are owned, legally owned by the British Museum,” said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. "But again, we have...
Neutraface — The Typeface Of Gentrification?
"Maybe you recognize it from the Shake Shack nameplate. ... Even if you think you've never seen it before, if you step outside, you...
Lumberyard Is Selling Its Upstate New York Headquarters And Pivoting Away From Dance
The facility only opened in 2018, and by the following year, demand for its technical rehearsal residency was nearly outrunning supply. Then the pandemic...
Salman Rushdie Gives Rare Post-Stabbing Public Speech
"Nine months after being stabbed and seriously injured onstage, (he warned) that freedom of expression in the West is under its most severe threat...
A Florida Teacher Is Under Investigation For “Indoctrination” Because She Showed Her Class A...
"Jenna Barbee, a fifth-grade Florida teacher, is under investigation by the Florida Department of Education after showing her class the animated Disney movie Strange...
Claire Chase, Flute Superhero
She's commissioned an extraordinary amount of new repertory for the flute (in all its ranges, from piccolo to contrabass), her colleagues are thrilled by...
A Student Warns Professors: We’re Already Using ChatGPT Far More Than You Realize
"In reality, it's very easy to use AI to do the lion's share of the thinking while still submitting work that looks like your...
How The Barnes Foundation Fights Off The Hordes Of Tiny Art Vandals
No, this isn't about young protesters from Just Stop Oil gluing themselves to Renoirs. It's about moths, mostly, and other pests that might eat,...
Tony Awards Broadcast Will Go Ahead, But Not As Usual, With OK From Writers’...
"Organizers 'are altering this year’s show to conform with specific requests from the WGA, and therefore the WGA will not be picketing the show.'...
Vice Media Declares Bankruptcy And Will Be Sold
"After weeks of speculation, Vice Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday. … The company added that a consortium that includes Fortress, Soros...
L.A. Phil Chief Chad Smith Named CEO Of Boston Symphony
"Chad Smith, who ... traces some of his most formative musical experiences to Boston's Symphony Hall, was named Monday as the next president and...
Seven Great Paintings And The Pigments That Made All The Difference
"Every colour we encounter in a great work of art, from the ultramarine that Johannes Vermeer wove into the turban of his Girl with...
After 33 Years With Nashville Ballet, Artistic Director Paul Vasterling Is Retiring
"During his 25-year tenure as director he transformed the dozen-member troupe into the largest professional ballet company in Tennessee, with 33 dancers and a...
The Big New Thing In Reality Programming: Actual Therapy Sessions
It started with Esther Perel's podcast Where Should We Begin?, continued with Showtime's Couples Therapy, YouTube's Blue Therapy, Audible's podcast Sex Therapy, and the...
A Ramshackle Philadelphia Church Sold Its Grimy Old Stained Glass Windows for $6,000. ...
Last summer, Emmanuel Christian Center bought a 1901 church so dilapidated that the pastor decided on a gut renovation and sold all the furnishings...
Who Was William Shakespeare? William Shakespeare, And The People Who Argue Otherwise Are “Truthers”
Isaac Butler gives a hearty smackdown to the "anti-Stratfordians" he calls "Shakespeare Truthers," pointing out how they use the same techniques that 9/11 Truthers,...
This Librarian Who Was Shushed By A Patron Argues That It’s Fine For Public...
"These days libraries are bustling community centers, where being at least somewhat noisy is the new normal, especially when kids are involved. As someone...
Even Onstage In 2023, “Brokeback Mountain” Is Still A Tragedy Of The Closet
A new play based on Annie Proulx's story (not the 2005 film adaptation), starring Lucas Hedges as Ennis and Mike Faist as Jack, is...
Harry Bass Jr. Foundation Gives $40 Million For New Arts School At University Of...
"The school will be known as the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities and Technology. The largesse of the Bass Foundation follows...
Jacob’s Pillow Reveals Design To Replace Burned-Down Doris Duke Theatre
"The former 216-seat theater of about 8,500 square feet will be reimagined as a nearly 20,000-square-foot, 230-seat, multiuse theater with the same name and...
Fledgling San Antonio Philharmonic Announces Ten-Program Season
The 2023-24 season for the orchestra, founded to fill the void left by the now-closed San Antonio Symphony, will feature two performances of one...
Paris’s Pompidou Center To Close In 2025 For Five-Year Renovation
"Although the museum previously announced a long-term shuttering, it was expected to begin this year and last only through 2027. ... During the closure,...
This French Tycoon Will Try Almost Anything To Get Regular Folks Interested In Arts...
"To Frédéric Jousset, our most irrational ideas can sometimes be our finest. That thinking has led the 52-year-old thrill-seeker ... to build a giant...
Ethereal Words: Famous Writers Huffing Solvents In Late-19th-Century Paris
"The strands of medicine, consciousness expansion, intoxication, addiction, and crime were tightly entangled in fin-de-siècle Paris, where ether and chloroform circulated among bohemian demi-mondaines"...
A Visit To The World’s Largest Museum Of Latin American Art
The Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires (MALBA), in the city's wealthy and artsy Palermo neighborhood, opened during Argentina's 2001 currency crisis...
