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Miami Art Dealer Gary Nader’s Art Collection And Gallery Are At Risk In Lawsuits
Nader’s “private collection is filled with blue-chip modern and contemporary artists, including Carlos Cruz-Diez, Joaquín Torres-García, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo,...
Alec Baldwin Isn’t Going To Have A Criminal Conviction For The Rust Shooting
But here come all of the civil suits. - The New York Times
How To Write Funny
Author Sally Franson says that if you want belly laughs, you might have to go through some painful experiences first. “The harder I laughed...
What Will It Take To Revitalize The Twin Cities’ Ballet Scene?
New director Lauren Post, currently dancing Romeo and Juliet with ABT’s corps de ballet at the Met, has some ideas: Focus on education first,...
Punching Artistic Holes In Protest Of Climate Change
Dutch artist Johannes Harm-Hovinga sits, punching holes in a copy of a UN report on climate change, for hours a day - and the...
Equity Actors In Britain File Lawsuit Against A Casting Website
“Spotlight charges performers to appear in its directory, which it says was used to cast 99% of productions in the UK in 2023. But...
Britain Might Be In Line For A Full Cultural Reboot
The Arts Council England chair has a five-point plan, and he thinks now, with the new government, is the time to realize it. -...
An American Novelist, Telling Immigrant Stories Anew
Dinaw Mengestu, on his character Samuel: “There’s a limitation to how fully we can truly understand his experiences. ... That gap becomes part of...
There Is No Such Thing As A Song Of The Summer
Sorry, those who love to rank the bops and decide which one comes out on top, the idea is “more of a cultural myth...
Gen X Actress Shannen Doherty, Star Of Beverly Hills 2010, Has Died At 53
Doherty was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 but continued working, both in TV and in her own popular podcast, including when the cancer...
We Need To Have A Serious Chat About OpenAI’s Security
“Safety issues loom large at OpenAI — and seem to just keep coming. Current and former employees at OpenAI recently signed an open letter demanding better...
The Vein Writers Have To Tap Into
C. Pam Zhang: “It’s fascinating to see that there’s no linear relationship between input and output when it comes to creativity. For me, it...
Bill Viola, Who Showed Us All What Video Art Could Do And Be, Has...
“Many of his most powerful works slow down the passage of time so that viewers become keenly aware of their own physical presence and...
A University In Canada Reconsiders Its Tight Ties To Alice Munro
“Western University on Friday took a step toward reconsidering its relationship with acclaimed local writer and Nobel laureate Alice Munro, announcing it has decided...
Keeping The Lights On, Literally, In The Met
“At the Met, there’s the art — and then there’s the art that goes into displaying the art, and those are the lights.” -...
Goodbye, Redbox, The Wrong Idea At The Wrong Time
“Maybe if we could figure out where all the DVDs in those 24,000 kiosks were going we could start to stockpile for our discless...
New British PM Says The BBC License Agreement Is On For Three More Years
“The Conservative government suggested in 2022 it would abolish the licence fee when its charter was up for renewal and move towards a voluntary...
Anthea Sylbert, Costume Designer For Chinatown Turned Producer With Goldie Hawn, Has Died At...
Sylbert, said Hawn, “didn’t have any fear at all. She fought for what she believed in and made everyone around her better.” - The...
Britain’s Flawed Artist Visa Program Has Serious, Worldwide Consequences
“The problem of visas for visiting artists has become almost as much part of festival season as festivals themselves. … There is also an...
If Scientific Writing Includes The Word Delve, It’s Probably Generated By AI
Then there’s “showcasing.” And many, many more: “A number of words that were extremely uncommon in these scientific abstracts before 2023 ... suddenly surged...
In Liverpool, The Walker Art Gallery Has Decided To Confront Its Colonial Past
“For decades, the sculpture gallery has had mostly blindingly white marble works, which were exclusively of white people. Now it does not. The intervention...
Vandals In Austrian Cathedral Behead Sculpture Of Virgin Mary Giving Birth
"Created by Austrian artist Esther Strauß, Crowning drew intense ire from some conservative Christians who viewed the work as ‘blasphemous’ and ‘scandalous’ before an unknown party...
A Federal Appeals Court Is Looking At Its Own Ruling That Sent Banned Books...
“While the library patrons say removing the books constitutes an illegal government squelching of viewpoints, county officials have argued that they have broad authority...
The Artist Who Won The Turner Prize Might Not Want To Be An Artist...
“‘The problem is not the art, it is the condition of capitalism and the market, and the way that this whole gig operates,’ ...
What To Do With A ‘Stately Home’ In Britain?
Invite in some street artists, and let them do what they want - with the grounds, anyway. - BBC
