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Ridley Scott Called These Studios “The Finest Facilities In The World”. The EU Shut...
"One of Spain's most notorious and costly white elephants, the Ciudad de la Luz (City of Light) film studios in Alicante, is to get...
America’s 150 Largest Ballet Companies And Where They Stood Financially In FY2020
DDP's latest report reflects the first part of the toll the pandemic shutdown took on the troupes — and it shows, yet again, just...
Can Cultural Institutions Help Heal Countries Torn Up By Civil War? Look To Bosnia
"Bosnia and Herzegovina share a painful legacy — yet, today, they live an enduring peace. Cities such as Sarajevo and Srebrenica are now largely...
A New Golden Age For Black British Theatre
"A raft of productions from Black theatre-makers have been making waves, garnering critical acclaim and exciting audiences. Black writers and directors are relishing telling...
Women From Trinidad Like Monique Roffey Are Reinvigorating Caribbean Literature
Roffey's The Mermaid of Black Conch "joins an impressive wave of recent books by Trinidadian women writers, including Ingrid Persaud's Love After Love and...
Arts Audiences In Australia Are Coming Back, Even As COVID Cases Rise Again
"Venues and organisations are frantically having to deal with a programming backlog and process delayed projects still 'on the books'. And from the visitor's...
“Country-House Opera” In England Is Thriving, And Not Just At Glyndebourne
Two hours south of London, Glyndebourne is the oldest and most famous of the summer opera festivals at the historic country homes of the...
Bass René Pape Gets Himself Into A Heap of Trouble With A Drunken Facebook...
Last week, after the Met's chorus posted an item about the company's participation in NYC's Pride festivities, Pape added a borderline-incoherent comment saying he...
Anti-Oil Protesters Glue Themselves To More Art In London Museums
On Monday, their target was Constable's The Hay Wain at the National Gallery; on Tuesday, it was a 500-year-old student copy of Leonardo's The...
How Exactly Do They Get Fireworks To Create Fancy Shapes In The Sky?
No longer must holiday fireworks look like either meteors or weeping willows. Pyrotechnicians can make the shells show smiley faces, words, and even dandelions...
Refugee Ukrainian Dancers Have Formed A New Ballet Company In Europe, And They Have...
United Ukrainian Ballet, as the company is called, have set up a headquarters in the former Royal Conservatory building in The Hague. Their next...
At A Comedy Club In Lviv, Finding Humor In The War
When some local comedians realized that one basement comedy club is a designated bomb shelter, they started a regular show there. They call it...
What Will Be The New Australian Government’s Arts Policy?
The new Labor government's Arts Minister is also the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations: Tony Burke. He indicates particular interested in job security...
HBO Max Will Stop Making Original Programming For Large Swaths Of Europe
"As the (new Warner Bros. Discovery) media conglomerate looks to recalibrate its streaming priorities, it will no longer produce originals for HBO Max in...
Peter Brook’s Death “Marks The End Of A Theatrical Era”
"His work, weaned on modernism, liberated by postmodernism and forever revisiting the classics, cared little about aesthetic ideology but was deeply rooted in history....
Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” Has Been An Orchestra Favorite For The Fourth Of July. But...
"Some groups decided to skip it, arguing that its bellicose themes would be offensive during wartime. Others, eager to show solidarity with Ukraine, added...
Paris Reveals Planned Overhaul Of Outdoor Space At Notre-Dame
The redesign by landscape architect Bas Smets will include expanded plazas in front and in back of the cathedral; more plantings, including shade trees...
16th-Century Frescoes Which No One Knew Were There Uncovered In Monaco
Wall and ceiling paintings, believed to be by Genoese artists, were found and conserved in three rooms of the Prince's Palace: the Gallery of...
Mariupol’s Drama Theater Is Destroyed, But Its Theater Company Is Still Working
"In all, 13 members of the Mariupol troupe survived the weeks of bombardment of their city. ... In recent weeks, the group has reconvened...
Stage Director Peter Brook, 97
"He explored the interior world of the self and the nature of reality in dramas of every description – Shakespeare, opera, Asian epic and...
“Disneyfication”: What Has Xi Jinping’s Government Done To The Ancient Silk Road City Of...
BuzzFeed's reporters have compared video and photos from 2017 (not long after the current repression campaign against Uyghurs began) and earlier to more recent...
How Did The Romans Keep Wine From Going Bad In Their Amphorae? Like This.
"By looking at the chemical deposits found within the amphorae, plant tissue residue, and pollen, researchers were able to determine which grape derivatives were...
Why Pittsburgh Festival Opera Is Not Putting On Any Operas This Year
Faced with the challenges of simply surviving as a small independent company post-pandemic, PFO — noting that there's more grant money available for educational...
TikTok Is Now An Integral Part Of The Book Market
"Early last year, the publishing industry noticed that books readers gushed about on TikTok were showing up on bestseller lists. ... A year later,...
An Ancient Roman Home, Complete With Frescoes, Has Been Excavated From Under The Baths...
"The frescoes pre-date the baths themselves, and adorned a house that was part of a neighborhood destroyed to accommodate the baths, which were inaugurated...
