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The Ways We Must Change The ‘Nonprofit Industrial Complex’ For Artists
"Dignified wages and sufficient financial resources are the two most pressing areas of concern for artists," but arts organizations "overestimate the extent to which...
Is It Time To Rename The Audubon Society For This Bird Artist?
Rex Brasher, who left "almost 900 large-scale watercolors documenting American bird life and habitat," was not a self-promoter. He preferred to learn from birds...
Ukrainian Sisters Staying In the UK Celebrated As Musical Prodigies
The 17-year-old and 12-year-old "have now received scholarships to two of the UK’s foremost music schools, less than a year after fleeing their home...
The Potential Writers Strike Isn’t Just About Wages
It's also about artificial intelligence in the writers' room, and whether writers will be replaced by programs - the so-called Nora Ephron problem: "Hollywood...
Opera Ebony Turns Fifty This Year, But Can It Survive?
When Opera Ebony was founded, the Black Arts Movement was underway. "Spirituals, work songs, jazz and gospel, all were included in Opera Ebony's repertoire,...
French Actress Wins A Lawsuit For Her Salary In A Film That Never Got...
Eva Green won her $1 million fee after she "sued White Lantern Film, saying she was owed the sum after the film collapsed amid...
A Dancer Retires Young, But With A Plan
Harrison Ball was promoted to principal dancer at City Ballet last year, after years of being wild, getting sober, and living through the pandemic....
The Value, Joy, And Community Of Local Libraries
When you can't find a place to just sit down in the middle of a city, the library is there, with books, newspapers, community...
Writers And Producers Meet Again To Try To Avert Monday Night Strike
"After talks Saturday in the AMPTP’s Sherman Oaks offices, the two sides have scheduled further negotiations for Sunday in hopes of sealing a deal...
How Strong Is Disney’s First Amendment Case Against DeSantis?
It looks like "Disney’s retaliation claim is a strong one because corporations have substantial rights to express their views under the 1st Amendment, just as...
We Need To Remember Not Just What We Listened To And Watched, But How
And that how is together. "The very idea of collectively tuning in to history as it happens has been altered, as the profusion of...
The Joys And Perils Of Staging Don Giovanni
The opera is a work "of slippery psychology, frank humanity and, crucially, crystalline construction that punishes any mistake onstage or in the orchestra pit."...
When One Actor Ruins A Whole Show
David Choe's acting isn't bad. But "instead of being able to enjoy its cathartic portrayals of Asian American rage, I found myself disturbed every...
BBC Chair Who Had Improper Dealings With Boris Johnson Has Resigned
"The probe was set up after reports in the Sunday Times revealed Sharp, a close associate of Mr Johnson, had played some role...
Principal Ousted In Michelangelo’s David Controversy Sees The Real Thing In Florence
"'There is nothing wrong with the human body in and of itself,' Carrasquilla said while visiting David on Friday, according to a statement from...
Found In Manhattan: Manuscripts Likely Looted From A Greek Monastery During WWI
The manuscripts, dating to the 16th and 17th centuries, were probably lost in 1917 "when Bulgarian combatants are said to have plundered nearly 900...
Why Rural Artist Residencies Are So Important
Residencies need funding to continue to exist - and not to charge the artists for their time - but "even when funding is available,...
How Can A Judge Decide If Ed Sheeran Copied From Marvin Gaye?
"The music industry is keenly interested in the outcome. Over the last decade, the business has been rocked by a series of infringement suits...
In The Heart Of Paris, Archaeologists Uncover 2000-Year-Old Graves
The Gallo-Roman graves "will offer further insight into the funeral practices of the Parisii, the Gallic tribe that inhabited Lutetia. In the process, we...
The Leonardo Ferry Is Left High And Dry By Bureaucracy And Climate Change
"Since the last ferry operators left to run a more lucrative water taxi in Lake Como, no one has bid to take over the...
When Hilary Mantel Died, She Left Behind A Jane Austen-Inspired Manuscript
The book world is salivating. "Imagine the post-modernist-Austenite novel that would have been! Imagine the Mantel treatment being given to poor Charlotte Lucas, not-quite-good-enough-and-not-rich-enough...
Why Do Apps Love The Color Blue So Darn Much?
"It’s a very distinct color, it’s a distinct design. Paramount and Prime are a little bit on the lighter side, Disney+ has more of...
This Is How The Universe Ends
Not with a bang, but a black hole (or a few). - Wired
NBCUniversal CEO Ousted For Inappropriate Relationship
The news "sent shockwaves through the Burbank-based company, is unfolding days ahead of Comcast reporting its first quarter results on Thursday, including a conference...
The New Canon Of Julius Eastman
"We’re firmly enjoying some new period of appreciation for the pioneering but once-overlooked work of this Black queer composer and multi-instrumentalist; archival recordings and new...
