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Painting Unseen For 65 Years Authenticated As Rembrandt
The artwork, Vision of Zacharias in the Temple, has been in private hands since 1961, a year after art historians declared it not to...
Rebecca Benaroya, Doyenne Of Seattle Arts Philanthropists, Has Died At 103
“Together with her late husband, real estate developer Jack Benaroya, Becky Benaroya championed dozens of arts, humanitarian and civic organizations including the Seattle Symphony,”...
Several Sets Of Regulators Could Still Block The Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal
Among those regulators are the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the European Commission, and the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority. What’s...
Paramount Says It Won’t Sell Off Warner Bros. Cable Businesses
“Paramount Skydance’s leadership says there are no plans to divest or spinoff cable assets after merging with Warner Bros. Discovery for $110 billion. The...
Chicago Launches Plan To Create Loop Arts District
“The district will be supported by nearly 90 Loop arts organizations that will develop the neighborhood as an arts and culture destination. … (It)...
Paavo Järvi Named Next Chief Conductor Of London Philharmonic
Music director or chief conductor, formerly, of (among others) the Cincinnati Symphony and the Orchestre de Paris, and currently of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen...
Indianapolis Museum Of Art Has Closed Its High-Tech Immersive Art Space
The museum opened the 30,000-square-foot space, called the Lume, in 2021 with a 150-projector installation emblazoning images of Van Gogh’s paintings across the walls...
Larry Reed, California’s Master Of Shadow Puppetry, Is Dead At 81
He was among the first Americans to study Balinese shadow theater and then perform it back home, which he did for his entire career....
“Moral Self-Defense” And The Uses of Public Shaming
“There are plenty of self-serving, self-aggrandizing, morally objectionable reasons for why people participate in public shaming. Nevertheless, the concept of moral self-defence reminds us...
Jonathan Groff Is Practicing Sonnets To Prepare To Play Rosalind In “As You Like...
“(I wanted to) just start slow, with some Shakespeare that wasn’t the play,” said the Tony-winning actor, who’ll be starring in an all-male staging...
The Choreographer Behind The Ecstatic Shakers Dances In “The Testament Of Ann Lee”
“The night before we started filming, I was sleeping and, literally, the ghost of Ann Lee was over my bed with angels around and...
A Gay Cultural Critic Resistant To “Heated Rivalry” Explains Why He Finally, Happily Succumbed
Wesley Morris: “Why wouldn’t I have wanted this? A six-episode show that’s exemplary as romance, as physical intimacy, as banter, as athlete psychology, as conversation, confession...
Rena Bransten, Pillar Of San Francisco’s Gallery Scene For 50 Years, Has Died At...
“Rena Bransten Gallery was known as one of the pioneering contemporary art programs in San Francisco. She helped the gallery develop a long tradition...
Venues Hosting Shen Yun Dance In Australia Get Bomb Threats
The theatre presenting the controversial Falun Gong-associated troupe in the Gold Coast had to be evacuated; the venues where the group will perform in...
Public Radio’s Young-Musician Show “From The Top” Acquired By KERA Dallas
“We're not spending a dollar on this acquisition. They're essentially folding into KERA,” said station CEO Nico Leone. “We feel really good about our...
Nadia Boulanger’s Little-Known Opera Revived
Her opera La Ville morte was set to premiere just when World War I broke out; she never returned to it and only a...
France’s Controversial Culture Minister Steps Down To Run For Mayor Of Paris
Rachida Dati, a member of ex-President Sarkozy’s right-wing party Les Républicains (she was once his Justice Minister), is running to succeed outgoing mayor Anne...
DePaul Art Museum In Chicago To Shut Down This Summer
Announcement of the closure, which is effective June 30, comes two months after DePaul University laid off 114 full-time and part-time staff. Administrators cited...
BBC Radio 3 Fires Norman Lebrecht Over Email To Yuja Wang
The broadcaster’s decision to end its long relationship with Lebrecht — the widely-read, controversial critic and blogger who has hosted several interview programs on...
35 Rembrandt Etchings Rediscovered After A Century In A Safe
Charlotte Meyer’s grandfather, who had a sharp eye, picked them up inexpensively back when etchings weren’t highly valued, and they remained in her family’s...
Cellist Steven Isserlis On Composer György Kurtág, Now Aged 100
“Playing to him is transformative in every way. His imagination is boundless; he will produce startling, unexpected images – or point out connections, musical...
A Reporter Starts A “Book Club” For Newspaper Articles
At a St. Petersburg bookstore, Lauren Peace, an enterprise equity reporter at the Tampa Bay Times, moderates conversations about a selected story among its...
Should Young Girls Really Have To Wear Makeup For Dance Class? Or Even Competitions?
“The question of whether children should be encouraged to break out the grease paint has been pressing on parents and dance teachers alike. …...
Why Daniel Radcliffe Is Doing An Audience-Participation Play — Gladly, No Less — On...
“The audience interaction is central to Every Brilliant Thing, … about a man processing his mother’s attempted suicide and his own depression. … It’s an exciting...
Podcasts Have Now Have More Listeners In The U.S. Than Talk Radio
“Podcasts have officially overtaken AM/FM talk radio as the more popular medium for spoken-word audio in the United States, according to Edison Research’s Share of...
