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L.A. Opera Calls Off Premiere Of Missy Mazzoli’s “Lincoln In The Bardo”
For the second consecutive season, Los Angeles Opera has cut costs by canceling a planned world premiere. After withdrawing Mason Bates’s The Amazing Adventures...
Suspect Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Egyptian Antiquities Into US
"Ashraf Omar Eldarir, 52, … pleaded guilty on Monday to smuggling hundreds of precious artifacts, including ancient Egyptian talismans, gold amulets and a sculpture...
Salomon Bausch On Maintaining The Legacy of His Mother, Pina
He had just finished law school when his mother suddenly died in 2009. Within two weeks, he was heading the Pina Bausch Foundation, where...
Ratings Chaos: How Many People Really See A Given TV Show? Nobody’s Sure.
"People now watch so many programs at so many different times in so many different ways — via antenna, cable, app or a website,...
France’s Arts Sector Alarmed By Double-Whammy Budget Cuts
"The budget cuts ... will axe €150 million in the Ministry of Culture's funding, leaving museums, theatres, and festivals reeling. And it’s not just...
To Fight Tik-Tok-Style Addiction, A TikTok-Style Algorithm For Wikipedia
"WikiTok, where users can swipe through an endless stream of Wikipedia article stubs in a manner similar to the interface for TikTok, (is) a...
Painter And Critic Walter Robinson, Founding Editor of Artnet Magazine, Is Dead At 74
"(His) art was known to many, ... and (his) writing was at one point read by just about anybody who mattered in the city’s...
Off-Broadway Stage Crews Unionize; Producers Worry
"Many workers see the unionization of stage crews as long overdue, noting that the sector has come a long way from its scrappy origins....
Cast Of Dolly Parton Musical Walks Offstage When Audience Member Shouts “Homophobic Abuse”
The incident happened last Wednesday at the Manchester Opera House in England during the musical Here You Come Again, currently on a national tour....
Court Throws Out Countertenor David Daniels’s Wrongful Dismissal Lawsuit
"A judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday by (the singer,) who sued the University of Michigan over his firing for what the school deemed sexual...
Vandal Attacks High Altar At St. Peter’s In Rome
"A video capturing the incident shows the individual jumping onto the altar, removing the altar cloth, and kicking six gold candle holders. The candelabras...
Trinity Rep/Brown University Theater MFA Programs “Paused” Indefinitely
"'While there may come a time in which we create and implement a new academic model for the programs, that will not come in...
Strike At New York Magazine Averted As Union And Vox Media Agree On Contract
"The three-year provisional deal, which is still subject to a ratification vote ..., creates guardrails around the publication’s use of AI tools and addresses...
One-Third Of New York Times Subscribers Don’t Subscribe To Its News
"In its full-year results for 2024 The New York Times Company reported ending the year with 10.8 million digital subscribers — an increase of...
Yet Another Director For Berlin’s Most Troubled Theater
"Many theater lovers are hoping that (Matthias) Lilienthal’s appointment marks the end of a prolonged period of turmoil at the Volksbühne, which … in...
What Carlos Acosta Looks For In Dancers
"From day one I said: 'This has to be a company of virtuosos,'" says the former Royal Ballet star and current director of the...
David Edward Byrd, 83, Designed Iconic Broadway And Rock Posters
"(His) swirling, psychedelic, instantly entrancing illustrations gave the rock mecca Fillmore East its signature look and contributed at least two of the greatest, most...
One Of Luis Barragán’s Greatest Buildings Will Reopen As Cultural Center
"Architect and philanthropist Fernando Romero purchased La Cuadra San Cristóbal, a historic, hot pink estate on the outskirts of Mexico City last year though...
Digital Subscriptions Will Soon Pay For Entire Newsroom Of Le Monde, Says CEO
"Digital subscriber revenue is expected to cover the costs of Le Monde’s entire editorial staff within the next two years, according to chief executive...
Classical Music Is Good For Babies, Even Before They’re Born: Study
A team of researchers in Mexico worked with 36 pregnant women, playing them "The Swan" from Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals and Arpa de...
NEA To Shift Funding Priorities Toward U.S. 250th Anniversary
"The National Endowment for the Arts said Thursday that it will alter its 2026 grant guidelines, eliminating a fund for underserved communities and prioritizing...
Fulton County, Which Encompasses Atlanta, Cuts Arts Funding By More Than Half
County commissioners on Wednesday rejected calls to undo their reduction of their arts and culture budget from the previous $3 million to $1.3 million....
Christie’s Pulls El Greco From Auction At Request Of Romanian Government
The painting, which depicts the martyrdom of St. Sebastian, had been in the collection of the Romanian monarchy. The country's postwar government "allegedly" had...
Karla Sofia Gascón Says She Will Sit Out Awards Campaigning
Following criticism from Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard (who called Gascón "self-destructive"), she posted on Instagram, "I decided … to let the work talk...
All About Screen Savers (Remember Those?)
"Today’s Tedium ponders the screen saver, including how we got it and what it represents today. The toasters are flying." - Tedium
