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When It Was First Shown, Picasso’s “Guernica” Bombed (Ahem)
"Picasso, deeply apolitical, had shown little interest in the Spanish Civil War. ... Nor had he ever done a public mural, let alone one...
The War Between TV Studios And Their Creative Workers Over Pay Is Going To...
"In the 2023 round of negotiations with the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, the discussions are sure to...
Henry Louis Gates Is Editing A New Dictionary Of Black American English
"A new dictionary — the Oxford Dictionary of African American English — will attempt to codify the contributions and capture the rich relationship Black...
The New Yorker’s Archive Editor Accuses Editor-In-Chief David Remnick Of Inserting Errors Into Her...
In a 40-part tweetstorm, Erin Overbey argued that she was put under a performance review after complaining that female and male staffers at the...
Is Lincoln Center Edging Classical Music Out Of Its Summer Programming?
Lincoln Center president Henry Timms: "In terms of volume, probably, the amount of classical music being presented hasn't changed much. The nature of it...
2022 Kennedy Center Honors: Tania León, Gladys Knight, George Clooney, U2, Amy Grant
"The performing artists recognized for their lifetime contributions to American culture include actor and filmmaker George Clooney; contemporary Christian and pop singer Amy Grant;...
Baltimore Symphony Makes History Again, Appointing Its First Black Music Director
Jonathon Heyward, now 29 and chief conductor of the Northwest German Philharmonic, will be (after the late James DePreist of the Oregon Symphony) the...
Big Publishing’s Lawsuit Against The Internet Archive’s Open Library Is “A Trojan Horse”
The big-firm plaintiffs' brief accuses the Internet Archive of "mass-scale copyright infringement" and giving away "full-text digital bootlegs for free." (The Archive's Open Library...
Teaching Refugees To Tell Their Stories Via Standup Comedy
"The award-winning British comedian Tom Parry ... led facilitators in Athens and Lesbos in teaching the infamously nerve-racking art of standup comedy. Speaking to...
What’s The Most Watched News Publisher On YouTube? Vox
In number of subscribers, Vox is fourth, behind the BBC, ABC News, and CNN. But in average number of views per video, Vox racks...
“What If Arts Funding Was Honest And We Finally Admitted That It’s All Just...
"That beauty is subjective and all of our interests are conflicted. What if we replaced this arbitrary system that we pretend is rational, with...
The Nine Best Operas Of The 21st Century (So Far): A Reader Poll
Popular new opera? Well, yes: the Met did four main-stage contemporary works just last season. (Also, we're talking the likes of Jake Heggie, not...
More Interesting Finds At Jerusalem’s Church Of The Holy Sepulchre
Archaeologists have announced that they've discovered rock layers from the quarry whose granite was used to build the Byzantine Emperor Constantine's original church in...
One Of Iran’s Most Famous Historic Mosques Has Been Damaged During Restoration Work
The 17th-century Shah Mosque in Isfahan, widely considered one of the country's most beautiful buildings, has suffered damage to the tiling and shape of...
Iran Imprisons Award-Winning Filmmaker Jafar Panahi For Six Years
Last week, when Panahi went to Tehran's Evin Prison to inquire about a colleague who'd just been arrested, he was taken into custody himself...
Toronto Symphony MD Gustavo Gimeno Accepts Music Director Job At Madrid’s Teatro Real
"The new role is slated to begin in the 2025/2026 season. Assuming (he) isn't renewing his contract with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, he is...
Netflix Lost Almost A Million Subscribers Last Quarter. This Is Actually Good News.
Even though the tally, 970,000, is the largest such loss in the company's history, executives and analysts had expected the number to be more...
Did This British Dance School Really Eliminate Ballet From Its Curriculum Because It’s “Elitist”?
Not exactly, no (certain headlines notwithstanding). What the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds (Britain's only dance conservatory that's not in London) has...
Richard III, Shakespeare’s Most Fraught, Most Contested Villain
Not only is there the longstanding question of whether or not the actual English monarch was as evil as depicted, only a decade ago...
South Africa’s Arts Minister Announced A New National Orchestra. People There Are Very Angry...
Last week, when minister Nathi Mthethwa presented plans for the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra, with an annual budget of 30 million rand (about $17.6...
In Medieval Europe, Cities Used Musicians As First Responders
Indeed, they were often required to keep watch at city gates and were sometimes required to show skill at swordsmanship. This isn't just because...
“He Is France Incarnate, In All Its Glory And Awfulness” — On Gérard Depardieu...
"(He) is firmly woven into the fabric of French cultural identity. As such, to condemn Depardieu amounts to a kind of self-harm. ... 'He...
A Symphony Of Ships’ Horns In A Newfoundland Harbour
Every other summer since 2004, composer Delf Maria Hohmann has been visiting the vessels docked in the harbor at St. John's to learn about...
If Theatres Phase Out Unpaid Internships, There Will Be A Tradeoff
"In conversation with (several) artistic directors, one trend seems abundantly clear: more equitable access to better opportunities for fewer people. ... Is that a...
The Heatwave In China Has Melted The Roof Right Off Of A Museum
The Forbidden City Cultural Relics Museum, which opened in 2020 in a restored Yangtze River-front warehouse complex in Chongqing, had a large number of...
