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UK Arts Venues Sigh With Relief As Supreme Court Rules Insurers Must Pay COVID...
"The case has been rumbling on for a while, triggered when a variety of insurance companies stated that their business interruption schemes did not...
Opera Director Elijah Moshinsky Dead Of COVID At 75
"He made his operatic debut in 1975 when he directed a stripped-back Peter Grimes at the Royal Opera House. The production was so successful...
U.S. Cultural Institutions Are Hiring Diversity Officers. It’s A Start.
"At the same time, experts warn, longstanding challenges remain — antiracism goals that are hard to measure; finding funds to pay for these efforts;...
Paris Loses One Of Its Favorite Bookstores
"Gibert Jeune, a popular chain, has announced it will be closing its flagship shop in the Latin Quarter in March – the latest in...
Fire At Brussels’s Major Art Museum
Flames broke out on the roof of Bozar (the Musée des Beaux-Arts) in the Belgian capital on Monday afternoon (Jan. 18). No civilians were...
This Old Dutch Master’s Art Is Totally Homoerotic — How Did Everyone Miss This...
Powerfully muscled backs, piston thighs, meaty buttocks you could bounce quarters off for days. "In a flare of lusty creativity, from the late 1580s...
When Yiddish-Speaking Puppets Roamed The World
Puppetry had never been part of the Yiddish theater tradition, but in 1920s America, they were all the rage. So in 1925-26, a pair...
How Paris Theatres Keep Putting On Plays While The Pandemic Has Stopped Public Performances
Shows were running in the French capital for a few months last year, before a big new wave of COVID infections led to a...
This Broadway Chorus Boy Is Dancing TikTok Duets With The Great Tap Stars Of...
"Cory Lingner … using the app to tap alongside some of the most iconic movie stars, including Gene Kelly, Gregory Hines, Ann Miller...
With Michael Apted Gone, Can His ‘Up’ Documentaries Keep Going?
Beginning in 1964 with Seven Up!, Apted made a series of nine films, shot at seven-year-intervals, following the lives of a group of 14...
Howard Johnson, Pioneering Virtuoso Of Jazz Tuba, Dead At 73
"Before Johnson, in instances wherein the tuba was part of a jazz arrangement, it was typically confined to bass parts. Johnson demonstrated a prowess...
Amazon Sued For Colluding With Big Five Publishers In E-Book Price-Fixing
"The suit, filed in the Southern District of New York on January 14 by Seattle-based firm Hagens Berman, … currently names only Amazon as...
Two Baritones Learned That Where They Were Working When The Pandemic Hit Made All...
Jarrett Ott and Steven LaBrie met in music school in Philadelphia and remained friends as they moved to New York and their careers grew....
Atlanta’s High Museum Receives Major Gift Of 19th-Century French Art
"The gift, from Atlanta collectors Irene and Howard Stein, which includes sculptures, prints and posters, is part of a larger bequest made by Steins,...
In Ontario, Even Livestreamed Performances Without Audience Are Now Banned
As the number of COVID cases continues to spike, "organizers behind a number of livestreaming concerts and theatre shows in Ontario say the province's...
After High-Profile Robberies, Germany To Spend Millions On Security For Arts Venues
"The German government has announced that it will hand out €32 million ($38 million) this year to national cultural institutions undertaking modernization projects, including...
We Need A Moratorium On Comparisons To Orwell’s ‘1984’
Especially for some folks, writes former high school English teacher Rachel Klein. "'This is just like 1984!' the right-wing mob cries as it changes...
Capitol Offense: Metropolitan Museum Blasts “Domestic Terrorism” by “Treasonous Rioters”
Throwing caution to the winds, the Metropolitan Museum today went beyond the more measured words of a few other museums in its angry call...
Negro Ensemble Company: A Brief History Of A Pathbreaking Theater Group
The NEC's roots lay in a drama workshop for Harlem youth that founder Robert Hooks ran in a makeshift theater in his apartment until...
Why Horror Films Were So Popular In 2020, The Most Horrible Year In Recent...
"The past year … saw the horror genre take home its largest share of the box office in modern history. In a year where...
Robert Cohan, Who Brought Contemporary Dance To Great Britain, Dead At 95
"A New Yorker who performed with Martha Graham's dance company, often partnering Graham herself, Cohan moved to London where, in 1967, he became the...
Here’s How A Few Other Countries Have Been Aiding Arts Workers Through The Pandemic
"In December, owners and operators of theaters and music halls across the United States breathed a sigh of relief when Congress passed the latest...
While He Was Being Impeached, Trump Gave Two People The National Medal Of Arts....
The awards to country music stars Toby Keith and Ricky Skaggs weren't even officially announced; word went out in a tweet from Bloomberg News....
45,000-Year-Old Painting, World’s Oldest Non-Abstract Art, Found In Indonesia
"Four years ago, scientists came upon the purplish pig adorning the walls of a cave hidden in a highland valley on the Indonesian island...
Caligula’s Pleasure Garden Has Been Unearthed And Will Open To Public
The remains of part of the notorious emperor's Horti Lamiani (as it was then called) were excavated from under the rubble of a derelict...