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France’s Culture Pass For 18-Year-Olds Has Serious Problems, Says Government’s Top Auditor
"The Cour des Comptes has found several faults with France’s Culture Pass, which gives 18-year-olds €300 to spend on just about any cultural activity...
Kent Nagano Named Next Artistic Director Of Spain’s National Orchestra And Choir
The 73-year-old California native, currently finishing his term as general music director of the Hamburg State Opera, will succeed David Afkham as chief conductor...
This Year, Distributors And Streamers Won’t Go Near Documentaries On Sensitive Subjects
Even when they're getting excellent reviews and prizes, docs like No Other Land (about the West Bank), Union (about labor organizing at an Amazon...
Ensemble At One Of Chicago’s Leading Black Theatres Walks Out, Demands Board Chair’s Removal
"The ensemble of the 25-year-old Congo Square Theatre Company … has told the Tribune it has 'unanimously decided to not participate in any production,...
How Could MIT Buy And Build Land Art By Maya Lin And Not Tell...
The series of 11 grass-covered mounds, titled The Sound We Travel At, is a physical representation of Doppler waves. It's right in busy Kendall...
Sam Goody Is Closing Its Last Two Brick-And-Mortar Music Stores
"Since 2022, the chain’s last two stores were located in the Ohio Valley Mall in St. Clairsville, Ohio, and the Rogue Valley Mall in...
Notre-Dame Cathedral Reveals Design For New Stained-Glass Windows
"Designs for six new stained glass windows in fire-damaged Notre-Dame cathedral were unveiled for the first time on Wednesday, with contemporary French painter Claire...
Far-Right Propagandists Are Using AI-Generated Songs To Spread Hate
While the practice currently seems to be most common in Europe, it's been documented from the US to India to Australia as well. Groups...
The Great Documentarian Of Indonesia’s Massacres Makes A Tilda Swinton Musical (Wait, What?)
Joshua Oppenheimer, who convinced participants of the 1965-66 mass executions to re-enact them for his Oscar-nominated films The Act of Killing (2012) and The...
Marisa Paredes, Almodóvar Diva And Grande Dame Of Spanish Cinema, Has Died At 78
While she appeared in 75 movies by directors ranging from Francisco Trueba to Guillermo del Toro, she's best known outside the Spanish-speaking world for...
Somehow, Dostoevsky Has Become A Hit On BookTok
"Since about December of last year, (the Penguin Classics little black book edition of) White Nights has been all over BookTok and its Instagram...
Where In The World Is Van Gogh’s Missing Final Masterpiece?
"Portrait of Dr. Gachet," painted just weeks before van Gogh's suicide in 1890, had a clear chain of ownership, including years on display at...
Investigating The Physics Of Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night”
Whether, and how well, the swirls in the painting's night sky accurately depict the phenomenon of turbulence has been a matter of interest to...
Are Some Parts Of England Really “Cultural Deserts”? Governmental Review Will Investigate Regional Inequality
Margaret Hodge, who was minister of culture under previous Labour PM Gordon Brown, will lead the review of Arts Council England, the government funding...
“Sesame Street” Is Homeless As HBO Lets Deal Lapse
"After a nearly decadelong run with HBO, the group that produces Sesame Street is seeking a new television partner to continue production and distribution...
National Theatre Wales Shuts Down After Losing All Government Funding
"The company says it has 'ceased to exist' following the loss of all its Arts Council Wales funding in 2023. … The company will...
Rothko Chapel In Houston Is Open Again After Last Summer’s Hurricane
"The mid-century building sustained damage from Hurricane Beryl, which devastated the area in July, however, and left the chapel closed indefinitely. A team of...
Cincinnati Ballet Chooses Longtime Principal As Artistic Director
"Cervilio Miguel Amador has served as interim artistic director since Jodie Gates’s abrupt departure in September 2023 – just 14 months after she took...
The Mathematics Behind The Rockettes’ High-Precision Dance Routines
"During the dance company’s roughly 200 shows over eight weeks, a dancer can do up to 650 kicks in a single day. ... While...
How Shirley Temple Saved Fox Studios
"In 1933, Fox Studios was nearly bankrupt. Founded by William Fox in 1915, it thrived during the silent-movie era. By the time the Great...
The Defining Art Events Of 2024
From fireworks injuries to the collapse of UArts to Venice Biennale drama to prison sentences for the original climate-protesting art vandals, here are 26...
Four Syrian Artists Share Their Hopes For A Future Without The Assads
More than five decades of severe repression under father Hafiz and son Bashar al-Assad left Syria with no structure for any kind of art...
Israel-Hezbollah Conflict Has Badly Hurt Lebanese Publishing
Lebanon's book industry is historically one of the Arab world's most important, due to the country's relative tolerance and press freedom. But this year's...
Consuming Arts And Culture Is Good For Your Health, Says Major UK Study
"Consuming culture is good for your health and wellbeing – and generates £8bn a year worth of improvements in people’s quality of life and...
What’s Entering Public Domain In The US As Of 2025? Popeye, Tintin, Faulkner, Hitchcock,...
The initial versions of characters Popeye and Tintin (though not yet their most famous versions) are becoming available, as are key novels by Faulkner,...
