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In Pompeii, A Little House Full of Well-Preserved Frescoes Is Unearthed
"While the home is modest in size, researchers say that its decorations — including erotic scenes — are equal to those of much larger...
Gérard Depardieu’s Rape Trial Postponed Until Next March
"Gérard Depardieu's trial on charges of sexual assault has been postponed until March because the French actor is in poor health, a court in...
An All-AI Bot Radio Station Hits The Airwaves
"Weeks after letting its journalists go, OFF Radio Krakow relaunched this week, with what it said was 'the first experiment in Poland in which...
Call Of Duty? The Long And Symbiotic Relationship Between The Video Game Industry And...
"In fact, when the modern gaming industry was coming online, the Department of Defense already had skin in the game. … And Call of...
There’s A Whole New Wave Of Contemporary Dance In Museums And Galleries
It's nothing new for visual art institutions to host new and experimental dance works, but there's been a real uptick in recent years. Why?...
Artists And Performers In Republic Of Georgia Wonder If They’ll Have To Leave The...
"Two new laws — cracking down on organizations that receive international funding and what the government calls L.G.B.T. propaganda — and the violent response...
Ten Years After An Aborted Shutdown, San Diego Opera Announces Ambitious Five-Year Expansion Plan
"How ambitious? It will require raising an additional $10.5 million over the next five years to fund the expansion of live performances; the re-establishment...
That Banana-Duct-Taped-To-The-Wall Artwork Seems To Have Been A Very Good Investment
One of three "editions" of the piece, titled Comedian, by prankster conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan (he of the gold toilet titled America) sold five...
A Brain Abscess Left Alison Stewart Unable To Speak. Here’s How She Worked Her...
She had spent decades as a TV and public radio journalist and host, and, this past February, she suddenly found herself unable to utter...
Pig Iron’s MFA Program In Devised Theater, Left Orphaned By Collapse Of UArts, Finds...
"The Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training will become part of Rowan University in New Jersey, almost four months after it was cast...
San Diego Museum of Art Reveals Initial Design For Redesigned West Wing
"The proposed design is likely to please critics who feared the renowned English firm (Foster + Partners) would build a glass dome, high-rise tower...
Metropolitan Opera Settles Decade-Long Case With Mezzo Who Was Injured Onstage
During a 2011 performance of Gounod's Faust, Wendy White was injured when a piece of scenery collapsed and she fell eight feet. In 2013...
Is The Arts Sector Preparing For A Possible Trump Victory?
"Can they take action now to mitigate its potentially serious consequences? Calling around, I found that many people were not eager to discuss the...
“The Worst Insult I Ever Heard As An Opera Singer” (A Letter To The...
"Recently, I was playing guitar and singing a cute little country ditty that required no vocal skill. My sister-in-law, who was listening, exclaimed, 'That...
How The Book Publishing Industry Deals With American Election Season
"Because publishers can’t rely on surprise bestsellers like Hillbilly Elegy, they find themselves playing a game of 4-D chess every fourth fall: How can...
Adapting Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove” For The Stage
Writer-producer/adapter Armando Iannucci (Veep), director Sean Foley, and actor Steve Coogan (playing all of Peter Sellers's roles) are brave and perhaps foolhardy, but they...
The African-American Woman Who Turned J.P. Morgan’s Collection Into The Morgan Library
"In 1905, Morgan’s bibliophilic nephew recommended a co-worker in the library at Princeton: Belle da Costa Greene. … She would remain at the helm...
ByteDance Introduced A Sister App For TikTok. Will It Catch On?
"Since last summer, Lemon8 has more than tripled its user base, hitting 12 million downloads in the US (less than a tenth of TikTok's...
South Korea Has Become A Hotbed Of Contemporary Dance
"Its popularity and reach are evident throughout the country, especially among the dozens of companies, in Seoul and other cities, that share dancers, choreographers...
Smithsonian Receives $40 Million From Lilly Endowment For US Semiquincentennial In 2026
"(Celebrations) will include exhibitions and events throughout the Smithsonian's museums (and zoo), an expansion of the institution’s annual Folklife Festival, temporary public reopenings of...
Former Chicago Tribune Architecture Critic Pays For His Successor Out Of His Own Pocket
Why is Blair Kamin doing this? "I’m a realist, and I realize that, given who the Tribune is owned by now and given the...
The 20 Best Art Museums In The U.S. (Per The Washington Post)
Yes, the Met tops the list (by Post art critics Philip Kennicott and Sebastian Smee), and museum aficionados will have heard of the others,...
America’s Ten Best Small Art Museums (Per The Washington Post)
Some of these institutions are so famous that a reader may be surprised that they're considered small museums, but they are. And just about...
Top College Art Museums In America (Per The Washington Post)
"With special connections to world-class research programs and academic expertise, college art museums can compete with the best of them. Here are five of...
San Francisco Opera Extends Music Director Eun Sun Kim’s Contract
The South Korean-born conductor, who began her initial five-year term at the company in 2021, is now contracted through the 2030-31 season. - San...
