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The Latest Selfie-Taking-Tourist-Damages-Art Mishap Has Gone Down (As It Were) In Madrid
"Alberto Sánchez's ballet set for La romerÃa de los cornudos (The Pilgrimage of Cuckolds), 1933, was reportedly torn in one part by the tourist...
All About Green Screens
"For more than a century, filmmakers have been using the 'green screen' technique. ... So where did it come from? And why is it...
Alexei Ratmansky Reconstructs Petipa’s “Harlequinade”
It's a "miracle," he says, that a ballet in 1900 was notated at all, let alone that the notation survives. As for teaching the...
The Ancient Egyptian Discoveries At Saqqara Just Keep Coming
"This week, archaeologists from Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the recovery of more than 250 sarcophagi, 150 bronze statues and a variety...
Inside Harvey Weinstein’s Disastrous Criminal Defense
"Weinstein had proved his skill at storytelling in the movie business. But trials are not movies, shot under controlled conditions and revised in the...
Australia’s New Arts Minister Promises That The Government Will Stop Attacking The Arts
That this should be considered news says something about the state of things in Australia after years of rule by the conservative Coalition. Declared...
This Week In Art Restoration Mishaps, A Historic Clock Tower In Prague
"The 600-year-old Orloj, ... one of Prague's most famous landmarks, is at the centre of an embarrassing row amid claims that an artist endowed...
After 22 Years, The International African American Museum Has An Official Opening Date
Built on a Charleston waterfront wharf where more than 100,000 enslaved Africans were brought ashore after the Middle Passage, will officially open the weekend...
San Diego Rep Cancels The Marquee Production Of Its Current Festival
Ali Viterbi's multi-award-winning In Every Generation was to be the centerpiece of this year's JFest (officially, the Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival)....
A Guy Who Was “Mad At His Girl” Smashed Up Ancient Greek Artifacts Worth...
On Wednesday night, 21-year-old Brian Hernandez broke into the museum, went up to display cases and started smashing. He told the guard who intercepted...
Legislature Defunds Iowa Public Radio, Which Expects No Major Changes As A Result
"The good news is that the public broadcast group has been operating without much help from the state or its Board of Regents for...
National Symphony In DC Extends Gianandrea Noseda’s Contract As Music Director
The Italian conductor, who became music director in 2017, has extended his term through the 2026-27 season. (As of last September, he is also...
In Kyrgyzstan, Using Traditional Dance To Treat Lung Disease
"Every day on the respiratory ward at one of (Bishkek's) biggest hospitals, nurse Aidai Temiraly kyzy puts on the music and leads her patients...
This Streaming Video Service Relies On An Army Of Unpaid, And Extremely Diligent, Subtitlers
Viki (meaning "video wiki"), which specializes in programming from East Asia, has an estimated 100,000 volunteers subtitling in 150 languages for 53 million subscribers....
In Georgia, Many Arts Workers Are Being Fired, Allegedly For Political Reasons
Since taking office last year, the country's culture minister has had people (including top executives) dismissed from the Museum of Fine Arts in Tbilisi,...
The Matriarch Of Lesbian Hollywood, Who Was Once The Best-Paid Actress In The World
Alla Nazimova, a Jewish-born native of Crimea, was raised in Switzerland, studied at the Moscow Art Theater, became a renowned stage actress in New...
Ancient Mayan City Discovered During Construction For Industrial Park
"Dating from between 600 CE–900 CE, Xiol" — near Mérida on the northern Yucatán Peninsula — "is comprised of 12 structures, including a main...
We Do Not Have “Catastrophic Levels Of People Leaving”, Says NPR Senior VP
The departure in particular of hosts Audie Cornish (All Things Considered), Noel King (Morning Edition) and Lulu Garcia-Navarro (Weekend Edition), all women of color,...
HuffPost Has Actually Become Profitable Since BuzzFeed Took It Over
The site had lost $20 million in 2020, the last full year before the takeover, but deep cuts and new investments led by BuzzFeed...
3,400-Year-Old City Emerged From Tigris River Reservoir As Water Levels Fell
The ruins of the Bronze Age settlement, which include a palace and a large industrial and goods-storage complex as well as other structures and...
With Cell-Phone Cameras Everywhere, Will Stage Actors Refuse To Do Nude Scenes?
Says one publicist, "Ten years ago, I don't think the first thing out of my mouth (to a client) would have been: 'Are you...
Rhiannon Giddens Will Direct Next Year’s Ojai Music Festival
The versatile singer-instrumentalist-composer, whose opera Omar is about to have its world premiere at Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, will head the 2023 edition...
Authorities Seize Five Ancient Egyptian Works From Met Museum
The case that led to the arrest of the Louvre's former director has spread to the US: the Manhattan D.A. office has impounded five...
This 15th-Century Hindu Temple Was Built To Double As A Musical Instrument
"Within the Vijaya Vittala Temple in Hampi, South India are 56 pillars, each 3.6 metres high, which when gently tapped produce delicate musical notes....
Straddling The Boundary Between Historical Fiction And Nonfiction Novel Is An Epistemological Feat
"Both (BenjamÃn Labatut's) When We Cease to Understand the World and (Danielle Dutton's) Margaret The First blur their relationship with historical fact, shifting between...
