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The Leading Independent Russian TV Network Has A New Home: The Netherlands
TV Rain (Dozhd) – once headquartered in Moscow, long harassed by Putin's government, and finally shut down in the months after the invasion of...
The Three Amigos Of Ancient Norse Rock Art
"The three enthusiasts have transformed knowledge about prehistoric art in Norway, more than doubling the number of carvings known in their home region. And...
West Virginia Public Radio Reporter Says She Was Sacked After Reporting On Abuse At...
"Reporter Amelia Ferrell Knisely claims she was fired from West Virginia Public Broadcasting … after investigating the alleged abuse of disabled patients at state-run...
Venice Has Yet Another Problem: Its Lagoon Is A Dumping Ground For Abandoned Small...
"The wrecks are a threat to other vessels – a boat's engine may be damaged if it passes over them. But they are an...
Here Are The Winners Of The 2023 Golden Globe Awards
The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and The Fabelmans led the feature film categories (with The Fabelmans upsetting Tár for Best...
We’ve Seen Afrofuturism. Now Comes Indofuturism.
"These visions, whether expressed through science fiction, music or art, are rooted in staples of traditional Indian culture such as spirituality and folk customs....
A Dance Critic Writes Her Farewell After A 50-Year Career
Jill Sykes: "There was remarkable generosity in the dance world towards an enthusiastic young observer, allowing me into the innermost work processes. I came...
Germany Runs A Special “Culture Train” From Berlin To Poland
On the 4½-hour trip between the German capital and the Polish city of Wrocław, "passengers encounter writers, musicians, creative artists, a library and a...
Marin Alsop On “Tár”: “I Was Offended As A Woman, As A Conductor, As...
"There are so many men – actual, documented men – this film could have been based on but, instead, it puts a woman in...
Glyndebourne’s Touring Opera, Its State Funding Cut, Cancels This Year’s Season
While the main Glyndebourne Festival receives no public money and is unaffected, its touring and education activities were supported by Arts Council England, which...
An Amateur Researcher May Have Just Identified A 20,000-Year-Old Form Of Proto-Writing
Many of the now-well-known cave drawings of animals include dots, short lines, and crosses; archaeologists suspected that they had some meaning but couldn't work...
Charles Simic, Former US Poet Laureate And Pulitzer Winner, Is Dead At 84
"Author of dozens of books, Simic was ranked by many as among the greatest and most original poets of his time, one who didn’t...
Administrators In Florida Cancel A High School Production Of Paula Vogel’s “Indecent”, Which Is...
"Jacksonville's Douglas Anderson School of the Arts has canceled performances of a play involving censorship and the first lesbian kiss in American theater, triggering...
Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters Damage Major Modernist Artworks In Brasilia
Vandals in the crowd seriously damaged several paintings and sculptures and destroyed a couple of pieces entirely — this on top of the damage...
The Louvre Will Reduce The Number Of Visitors It Admits By A Third
"The Louvre in Paris, the world's most well-attended museum, will now limit the number of daily visitors to 30,000 'in order to facilitate a...
Ailing Daniel Barenboim Steps Down From The Job He’s Had For 30 Years
Following a three-month hiatus from conducting due to a neurological condition, Barenboim announced that he'll retire as general music director of the Berlin State...
The High-Tech Wizard Of Biblical-Era Manuscripts
"(Michael Langlois's) approach, which combines the close linguistic and paleographical analysis of ancient writings with advanced scientific tools … can sometimes make long-gone inscriptions...
A Revival Of Morse Code Is Putting The Digit Back In Digital Communication
"Strangely enough, while the number of ham operators is declining globally, it's growing in the United States, as is Morse code, by all accounts....
Bachtrack’s Annual Classical Muic Statistics Show Most-Performed Works, Composers, Busiest Artists, Etc. For 2022
Among the surprises: nearly a fifth of the 100 most-performed works were written after 1918, and topping the entire list is Ravel's La Valse....
Turns Out One Of The More Controversial Russian Oligarchs Is, Behind The Scenes, A...
A wrongful termination lawsuit against production company New Republic Pictures by its founder has revealed that billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev — major art collector, soccer...
More Theater Companies Consider Moving Away From The Traditional Artistic Director Model
Lily Janiak looks at the situation in the Bay Area, where small companies in particular have had trouble hiring or retaining ADs — the...
Paris’s Rodin Museum Abandons Its Unpopular Plan To Build A Satellite in The Canary...
"The Rodin Museum in Paris has scrapped its controversial €16 million (roughly $17 million) project to build an outpost in Santa Cruz de Tenerife...
Archaeologists Unearth Massive 1,000-Year-Old Viking Hall
"Archaeologists digging in the village of Hune in Denmark have discovered the remains of a vast Viking hall — what they're calling the 'largest...
Academic Freedom Wars Continue After Professor Is Fired For Showing Students Images Of Muhammad...
The incident happened in a virtual art history class at Hamline University in Minnesota last fall: the professor gave his students advance warning before...
San Francisco’s Basement Performance Venues Flooded By Repeated Storms
"As with the historic storm that pummeled the Bay Area over New Year's weekend, the outside world doesn't always stay outside. Now flooded venues...
