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Calder Gardens In Philadelphia Will Open On September 21
“Philadelphia’s long-sought shrine to sculptor Alexander Calder will open its doors to the public Sept. 21, officials announced Tuesday. ... The sculpture garden (will...
If The Trump Administration Won’t Fund Radio Free Europe, The EU Will
Temporarily, at least: “The European Union agreed Tuesday to provide emergency funds to help keep Radio Free Europe afloat after the Trump administration stopped grants to...
“Recklessly Disregards The Truth”: Former Kennedy Center President Calls Out Trump Team’s Allegations About...
Deborah Rutter: “I stand by my assertion that at the time of my departure, the Kennedy Center was fiscally sound. … This malicious attempt...
Former Whitney Museum, Marcel Breuer’s Brutalist Stack, Gets Landmark Status From New York City
After the Whitney moved downtown in 2015, the Metropolitan Museum operated the building as the Met Breuer until the 2020 pandemic. Sotheby’s acquired 945...
Art Basel To Open A Fair In Qatar, Its Fifth Location
Art Basel Qatar will have its inaugural edition next February, joining the events in Basel itself, Miami, Hong Kong and Paris. - ARTnews
For The First Time, A Short Story Collection Wins The International Booker Prize
It’s also the first time the prize has gone to a book never published in its particular form in the original language. Translator Deepa...
One Study Says The Semicolon Is Disappearing; Another Disagrees
The language-app company Babbel commissioned research which found that use of the semicolon in books published in the UK fell by almost half during...
Cleveland Orchestra Finds Its New Concertmaster In The Dover Quartet
Joel Link, the quartet’s first violinist, starts in Cleveland this fall. What’s more, the quartet’s violist, Julianne Lee, is returning to her previous job...
Tallahassee Symphony Names A New Music Director
The choice is Yaniv Dinur, currently music director of the New Bedford Symphony in Massachusetts (a job he’ll keep) and formerly resident conductor of...
No, Munch’s “The Scream” Does Not Have Bird Poop On It
Yes, he liked to paint in open air, and yes, he stored his works outdoors or in sheds, exposed to the elements. There might...
Yuri Grigorovich, For Decades The Director Of The Bolshoi Ballet, Has Died At 98
He was the most influential figure in postwar Soviet ballet, and it was his choreography that established what is still considered the signature Bolshoi...
Netflix Will Give “Sesame Street” A New Home
Following the decision by Warner Bros. Discovery to drop the show, which had aired on HBO since 2016, Netflix will both stream the show...
CBS News President Resigns Amid Trump’s $20 Billion “60 Minutes” Lawsuit
"Left unstated but hanging over (Wendy McMahon's) announcement: CBS's corporate parent, Paramount Global, and its controlling owner, Shari Redstone, are involved in settlement negotiations...
One Suspect In Theft Of Gold Toilet Avoids Prison
“Frederick Doe, 37, also known as Frederick Sines, was given a suspended sentence at Oxford Crown Court for his role in helping to sell...
Certain Items At Smithsonian’s African-American History Museum Are Being Taken Off Display. Why?
The items removed as part of what museum administrators call normal rotation include Harriet Tubman’s hymnbook and a first edition of Frederick Douglass’s memoir....
New Kennedy Center Chief Calls For Criminal Investigation Into Its Finances
“Richard Grenell, whom President Trump installed as the president of the Kennedy Center, claimed Monday night that the center’s deferred maintenance and its deficit...
Major Shift: Kennedy Center Will Host Non-Equity Theater Productions
“Two non-Equity national theatrical tours – Mrs. Doubtfire and Chicago – are on the 2026 schedule of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., marking...
Luigi Alva, One Of The 20th Century’s Great Light Tenors, Is Dead At 98
His easy stage presence, comic timing and small but perfectly formed voice (combining lightly-sprung agility with a distinctive sweetness of tone), were ideal for...
This Year’s Cannes Film Festival May Be The Most Politically Charged Since 1968
With open letters and festival speeches referencing Gaza, the Trump administration, the Ukraine war, and #MeToo in France’s film industry, an event which used...
Willem Dafoe On His Upcoming First Season Leading The Venice Theater Biennale
Unsurprisingly, considering his decades with New York experimental-theater legends the Wooster Group (which will perform at the Biennale), Dafoe is focusing on the avant-garde,...
Salman Rushdie’s Attempted Murderer Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison
“A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of attempted murder and assault in February. … Matar received the maximum 25-year sentence for the (stabbing)...
Dance World Surveys Damage Already Done By Withdrawal Of NEA Grants
“It was 5:45 pm on Friday, May 2, when Megan Kiskaddon, executive director of Seattle’s On the Boards, learned that the grant for that night’s...
Gauguin’s Final Self-Portrait May Not Be A Selfie After All
“The Kunstmuseum Basel …, which has housed Self-Portrait with Glasses (1903) since 1945, is re-examining the work following claims that it may have been painted not...
Auschwitz Memorial Creates Digital Replica Of Death Camp For Filmmakers’ Use
“Organisers of the Picture from Auschwitz project said they have harnessed ‘cutting-edge 3D scanning technologies’ to build a digital model of the concentration camp … ‘down...
Remaining Kennedy Center Employees Start Unionization Process
“The union, which they’re calling the ‘Kennedy Center United Arts Workers,’ would be in partnership with … the UAW. It would consist of nonsupervisory...
