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The Netherlands Joins Ireland In Threatening Eurovision Boycott If Israel Is Included
“Avrotros said it too could no longer justify Israel's inclusion ‘given the ongoing and severe human suffering in Gaza’ and the ‘serious erosion of...
Many Philly Arts Orgs Have Regained Their Pre-Pandemic Audiences, But Theatre Lags Behind
The only truly good news from the report: Performing arts was “the sector with more increased attendance over the past year than libraries, community,...
What Will Take Over For Movies Now That Hollywood’s Superhero Bubble Has Popped?
Video games, of course. In the parlance of our times, "studios see all of these as intellectual property worth mining.” - Los Angeles Times...
The War On Art By, And About, Trans People
“Government websites are stripping away references to trans people, history, and art. Book bans are targeting trans authors in conservative states, eradicating their work from curricula and...
Actors, Directors Sign Pledge Not To Work With Israeli Film Groups They Say Are...
The pledge “claims to draw inspiration from the cultural boycott that contributed to the end of apartheid in South Africa.” - The Guardian (UK)
A New Banksy Mural Appears On The Royal Courts Of Justice Just After 900...
“It depicts a judge in a traditional wig and black robe hitting a protester lying on the ground, with blood splattering their placard.” A...
Reassembling A Jewish Library Disassembled By Nazis In 1944
At the Jewish Theological Seminary in Budapest, Hungary, "about 20,000 books and many valuable manuscripts have been missing since the end of World War...
What Happens When Directors And Actors Go In Directions Their Audiences Never Expected?
Sometimes it’s nearly perfect, as with Scorsese’s adaptation of Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence. Sometimes, it’s a full-on career revival, or reversal (Liam...
In France, AI Money Is Going Directly To Journalists
Could that ever happen in the US? What about novelists? - Nieman Lab
Lizzy Bennet Is Almost Wild, And That’s Why We Love Her
“We don’t judge Elizabeth harshly for going against polite strictures, because she’s often revealing some hypocrisy or injustice. ... Lizzy generally punches up, directing...
Dance Is The Key To One Of The Fall Festival Circuit’s Hottest Films
Sirât director Oliver Laxe: “One of the first ideas that I had for this film was a sentence from Nietzsche: … 'I won’t believe...
A 27-Year-Old Just Won Britain’s Prestigious Painting Prize
Ally Fallon, a 27-year-old from Manchester, won the 2025 John Moores Painting Prize for If You Were Certain, What Would You Do Then? The...
With Billy Porter’s Sepsis Diagnosis, Cabaret Is Ending Its Broadway Run A Month Early
“The abrupt re-scheduled closing is a surprise finish for a staging that has been by all accounts a massive success in London's West End,...
Christoph von Dohnanyi, Longtime Director Of The Cleveland Orchestra, Dies At 95
“Dohnanyi’s adventurous programming, allied to ultra-refined and precise orchestral skills, compelled Time magazine to dub the Cleveland Orchestra ‘the best band in the land’...
Artists Are Using AI In Museums, And That Makes Its Own Meaning
“This feeling of being at the mercy of incomprehensible forces is an old one in art. For 19th-century painters of the sublime like J.M.W....
David Bowie’s Secret Final Project Was A Musical About 18th Century Britain
Who would not want to hear a rousing chorus about the 1778 Catholic Relief Act, written by Bowie? - BBC
Was The Venice Film Festival Jury Afraid Of Fallout, Or Did They Simply Pick...
Honestly: “Every jury decision is a copout. All juries are horse-trading and compromising and collectively accepting second-choice movies that no one objects to from...
Recently Released Police Reports From Jacob’s Pillow Death Indicate Some Workplace Issues
“'Moving the equipment with just Kat and an intern is the last thing that would expect Kat to try to do,’ the report...
There’s A New Game That May Crush People’s Bookshop Ownership Dreams
The game might be a little too realistic: Retail life isn’t easy, and giving book recommendations? Good luck! - Vulture
The Creative Emmys Have Begun, And Severance, The Studio, And The Penguin Are Doing...
Is this a sign of things to come for next weekend’s big Primetime Emmys night? (Alert: The Pitt won an ensemble casting award, and...
How Dutch Journalists Recovered A Nazi-Looted Portrait Based On A Real Estate Listing In...
"Portrait of a Lady belonged to Jacques Goudstikker, a Jewish-Dutch art dealer who fled Amsterdam in mid-May 1940 to escape the Nazis, but died...
At Premiere Of Palestine 36 At TIFF, Actors On Red Carpet Call For End...
“The film's star, Karim Daoud Anaya, posed with a plastic bag, dripping in fake blood, containing a camera and a Palestinian keffiyeh. Other members of...
Author Arundhati Roy Explains How She Persists With Writing In A Time Of Great...
Roy: “‘What have we done to democracy? What happens when it’s been used up and emptied of meaning, and every institution has been turned...
When A Singer Must Customize Her Song For Every Possible NFL Team Matchup
Carrie Underwood, winner of American Idol in 2005, has sung the musical opener for every game of Sunday Night Football for 12 years. “Underwood...
A New Portrait Of Shakespeare’s Possible ‘Fair Youth’ Has Emerged
The reverse of the probable portrait of the Earl of Southampton, a representation of a playing card heart, is defaced with a spade, or...
