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Let Them Eat Cake, Biscuits, And The History Of Art

At Bobby Baker's restaging of her 1976 An Edible Family in a Mobile Home, visitors "five lifesize family members made of biscuits, meringue and...

Boston’s New Repertory Theatre To Close After 40 Seasons

Though it closes with a strong 2023 season, the theatre couldn't get major funders behind it to continue. - American Theatre

Kitty Green Likes To Make Terrifying Movie

Green, who made The Assistant and has the new Royal Hotel out, says - only partly about her films, where women face dangers at...

The Sydney Opera House, At 50

In 1956, Australia held an international competition "to design a national performance venue on Bennelong Point that would put Sydney on the map" -...

Did Brexit Move The Center Of The Art World Back To Paris?

One gallerist says, "The quality of the work is better, things are presented more thoughtfully. And collectors like spending more time here" (despite a...

Authors, Stressed About AI, Take Their Objections To The Courts

Authors are suing to get their work, and characters, out of AI programs. "OpenAI, for its part, has contended that training an AI system...

After A Massive Deal, Microsoft Is Now A Gaming Company

Microsoft "is collecting these infinity stones of game companies." Will this deal be as bad as the Warner Bros.-AT&T merger? - Slate

American Ballet Theatre’s First Woman Artistic Director Takes The Reins

Susan Jaffe has some questions to answer, like how can ABT reflect society, and attract younger audiences - "and how do you make a...

Indie Films May Have A Solid Chance At The Oscars

That's thanks to the writers' and actors' strikes. "If the strike continues without stars on the circuit, voters may be left to their...

The Philadelphia Orchestra Ratifies A New Contract

Two months after a strike authorization vote, the contract ratification means the musicians play on, with a much better deal than management press releases...

A WWII Soldier From The US Stole A Painting From A German Museum

But now it's back. A German curator: "Retrieving a long-lost painting 'is actually a very rare moment for us. ... It’s exciting.'" - Seattle...

Killers Of The Flower Moon May Be In Theatres, But Oklahoma Kids Are Barred...

Teachers are too afraid to teach the book or the reality. "If such policies continue, new generations of Americans will be deprived of the...

The Biggest Failure Of An Art Conservator’s Career

Hey, it wasn't as bad as the botched Ecce Homo restoration in Spain, right? Right? - LitHub

As The Actors’ Strike Reaches 100 Days, Talks To Resume This Week

"'I’m always saying to , you could be the heroes in this,' said Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA. ... 'The eyes of the industry...

Has The Great British Bake-Off Regained Its Mojo?

The first thing to do was to get rid of the deeply alarming "ethnic" bakes. - NPR

Portland’s Artists Rep Lays Off Its New Artistic Director

The grim news for Artists Repertory Theatre continues as the board lays off Jeannette Harrison "in a cost-cutting move." - Oregon ArtsWatch

Counter-Programming The Taylor Swift Movie With The Films Of Her Many Actor Ex-Boyfriends

Sheer marketing genius for Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. - The New York Times

The Streaming Music Revolution Began With A Demo Tape

Thirty years ago, The Ugly Mugs just wanted to get their music into people's hands. - Fast Company

Art Organizations Went On A One-Day Strike In Support Of Inhabitants Of Gaza

On Friday, October 20, "across New York City, Amsterdam, Santiago, Berlin, London, and beyond, dozens of art galleries, museums, and individuals their spaces...

92nd St Y Abruptly Pulls Event With Pulitzer Prizewinner Viet Thanh Nguyen

The author of the new memoir Man of Two Faces had signed a letter critical of the Israeli government's actions in Gaza. - The...

No Movie News, Only Rumors

Marvel has been mighty tight-lipped about where things are headed, so possibly dubious casting rumors are all obsessive fans have. - Washington Post

The Evolutionary Advantage Of Cuteness

Our hardwired love for "cute" may cause a few issues as "new robotic or artificial personas use cuteness to solicit our affection." - The...

The English Town That’s Been Part Of Every Disney Movie Since 2006

Walt visited an English village and heard a lot of tales about his purported ancestors - and thus, in Norton Disney, was the Disney...

How A Shakespearen Actor Prepares For His Roles

Patrick Page - the voice of Hades in Hadestown - loves being a villain, or, currently, all of Shakespeare's bad guys. - Slate

What The Kilroys Did With Their List

They destroyed it - or rather, transformed it, turned it into a web. Will that work in a world obsessed with rankings? - American...