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“For Such A Small Venue, The Variety Of Spaces Is Remarkable”: Inga Saffron On...
"At a time when Philadelphia architecture rarely rises above the goal of extracting money from land, Calder Gardens promises to be a work of...
Sculpture By Three Generations Of Calders In Philadelphia
Already there are famous mobiles and other pieces by "Sandy" Calder at the Museum of Art, PAFA, Federal Reserve Bank, and Free Library, plus...
Scholars Discover Hidden Images In Vermeer’s “The Milkmaid”
"Advanced scanning techniques revealed that beneath the plain white wall that makes the milkmaid's bright yellow and blue clothes stand out, Vermeer had originally...
New York City Ballet Dancers’ New Contract Has Some Real Changes
Not only does the new labor agreement include a 6.7% pay raise and restoration of benefits suspended when the pandemic arrived, the company formally...
What Can The UK’s Arts Sector Expect From New Prime Minister Liz Truss?
It's hard to say just yet — partly because she's so new and partly because she has a reputation for changing positions on almost...
Why Cast “1776” Entirely With Non-Male, Mostly Nonwhite Actors? This Is Why.
Co-director Diane Paulus: "I want the audience to hold that dual reality, of what the founders were, but also a company of actors in...
Bolsonaro Vs. Lula — Where The Arts Stand In Brazil’s Presidential Election
Jair Bolsonaro abolished the culture ministry, slashed arts funding, and demonized the entire sector — which largely returns his hatred and fears he'll stage...
Savannah Jazz Festival Has To Publicly Deny That It Bans Guns
This summer an activist loudly objected to a no-guns rule at Atlanta's Music Midtown festival (in Georgia, no event on public property may ban...
Saudis And Gulf Kingdoms To Netflix: Remove All “Offensive Content”
"A joint statement issued on behalf of ... the Gulf Cooperation Council made the request, saying the unspecified programs 'contradict Islamic and societal values...
Introducing A New Award, A “Turner Prize For Dance”
Sadler's Wells in London has announced the biennial Rose International Dance Prize, with a £40,000 main award for a full-length piece and £15,000 for...
Ruins Of Mohenjo Daro, One Of World’s First Big Cities, Endangered By Pakistan’s Heavy...
The torrential monsoon that has swamped the country has damaged the 4,500-year-old ruins, which were once the largest city in the Indus Valley civilization. ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution To Stop Publishing In Hard Copy On Weekdays: Report
"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will discontinue its daily print edition and go to a weekend print edition, but it will continue its digital news operation...
Two States Declare NFTs Subject To Sales Tax
"In June and July, Pennsylvania and Washington quietly became the first two states in the nation to explicitly list non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as digital...
After Leaving New York, Jaap van Zweden’s Next Philharmonic Will Be Seoul’s
The Dutch maestro is also music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic; he leaves both positions in 2024, as he starts on a five-year...
Britain’s New Culture Secretary Used To Work For WWE
"Michelle Donelan, a former WWE marketing manager who was Boris Johnson's Education Secretary for just 48 hours, is to replace Nadine Dorries as Culture...
Here Are This Year’s Six Finalists For The Booker Prize
"Alan Garner (at 87) has become the oldest author to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and is the only British writer on this...
Pianist And Conductor Lars Vogt Dead At 51
After taking second prize at the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition, he performed concertos, recitals, and chamber music at leading venues for years. In...
The First Artist Management Agency Specializing In Classical Ballet Dancers
Rebecca Haw had a bumpy ride before landing her permanent position in the ballet company at Dresden's Semperoper. Hoping to spare other dancers some...
This Senegalese Monastery Brought An African Harp Into Church And Transformed Sacred Music
In response to the Second Vatican Council's reforms, the monks of the Abbey of Keur Moussa set about Africanizing their worship, researching traditional music...
The Great American Composer You’ve Half-Heard-Of: Marc Blitzstein
"(He) was the influential missing piece in American music, (with) a profound impact on Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, and Broadway from the 1930s to...
Is The Internet Why The Culture Today Seems Boring And Flat? Maybe, But Not...
In her New York Times Op-Ed column last week, Goldberg, drawing on a new book by W. David Marx, seems to argue that the...
In Odesa, A Renaissance Of Standup Comedy
The port city is as famous for its particular sense of humor as New Orleans is for jazz. Says one local comic, "The war...
Almost A Fifth Of Primary Schoolers In England Have No Books At Home
"According to a report by the National Literacy Trust, the percentage of children (aged five through eight) who do not have a book of...
1,000-Year-Old Byzantine Frescoes In Sudan Uncovered And Restored
"The paintings ... were initially found by Sudanese archaeologists in 2021 while excavating the remains of the El Lagia church at el-Ga’ab depression on...
The Movement For Gender-Neutral Acting Awards Is Picking Up Steam. Will The Big Flagship...
"Two more awards shows went gender neutral last week, fueling further speculation about the day when major awards shows — think Oscars, Emmys and...
