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Artist Faith Ringgold, Who Wove Black History Into Quilts And Books, Has Died At...
“For more than a half-century, Ms. Ringgold explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of media, among them...
Clara Bow’s Film Premieres, 101 Years After It Was Made And Lost
"Film-maker Gary Huggins inadvertently snapped up a slice of lost silent film history at an auction in a car park in Omaha, Nebraska, that...
Eleanor Coppola, Who Made The Documentary About Her Husband’s Apocalypse Now, Has Died At...
Eleanor was "a writer and film director who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola's iconic films, including the infamously...
Please Stop Calling The Whitney Biennial ‘Safe,’ People
“It’s usually art-world people and critics, who tend to say it every two years, as if the museum has ever intentionally sought controversy or...
Why, And To Where, Did The Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert Bus Disappear?
“For years, no one has known where the bus used in Stephan Elliott’s film went. Not long after the 38-day shoot finished in 1993,...
The Long-Hidden Sexual Assault Scandal At The New York Phil
Even now, "some employees, particularly female employees, continue to feel unsafe. A current member of the orchestra told me about an incident this past...
How Longtime Fans Feel About Sex And The City On Netflix
Look … even superfans know that “the test of time is a hard one to pass, and the show’s record is far from perfect....
DC’s Trivia Scene Is Facing A Cheating Scandal
"Don’t use Shazam on your Apple Watch to figure out the songs on the music round. … Don’t throw your arm up in the...
Why Is Civil War So Evasive About The Nature Of Its Civil War, And...
"Garland sets so far apart from the fray that their objectivity starts to look like incuriosity. Journalists, at least the old-fashioned kind, are...
The Joys And Hazards Of Replacing Dudamel In Los Angeles
"What might a young music director mean to an orchestra and to a city when an amazing crop of international and, for the first...
The Film Composer Who Helped ‘Drive My Car’ Win An Oscar Is Driven By...
Eiko Ishibashi says that in scoring Ryûsuke Hamagachi’s new film, she felt his raw emotion - “anger that felt directed towards the way humans...
What Beatrix Potter Did With All Of Her ‘Peter Rabbit’ Money
She bought land - and sheep. So many sheep. Honestly, #goals. - Washington Post
Artist Mary Miss Sues To Stop The Des Moines Art Center’s Planned Destruction Of...
"Seeking a temporary restraining order to preserve , Miss alleges that the Center both failed to consult her before determining that the installation wasn’t...
It’s True: Writing Can Be, Well, Therapeutic
"Reader and writer, therapist and client, come together to conjure something in a mysterious symbiosis that will help make sense of the experience of...
The States Driving Hollywood Incentives Ever Higher
“As Oklahoma poured more and more funding into its rebate program, major productions came to collect. The incentives helped attract Killers of the Flower Moon, an Oscar...
A British Artist Completely Transformed His Rented Flat, And Now It’s Got Protected Status
"His artwork, inspired by ancient Greece and ancient Egypt, included fireplaces in the shape of a lion and a minotaur, Egyptian and Greek murals...
Casey Benjamin, ‘Free-Spirited Saxophonist’ For The Robert Glasper Experiment, Has Died At 45
Benjamin "brought colorfully expansive saxophone flourishes to the Grammy-winning Robert Glasper Experiment and added rich layers of texture to recordings by Solange, A Tribe...
Michael Jackson’s Accusers Would Like To See Those Sealed Records, Please
Jackson's production company "believes Robson and Safechuck’s actual target is a series of nude photographs of Jackson included in the records,” or so they...
Visa Costs For International Artists In The U.S. Have Risen Astronomically, And With Devastating...
One musician says, "Every time I go over there, I'm losing money. … We’re never making money, it's not a possibility. I'm lucky enough...
Astrid Roemer Is Making Sure You Know Darn Well Where Suriname Is
Newly translated, her books are winning attention. Says writer Raoul de Jong, "There was a whole system in place to keep voices like hers...
Notes From The Guy Who Lifted A Rodin
"Chilean politicians have been plundering for years. So I thought: why not explore theft almost as if it were an artistic intervention, and see what...
Rachel McAdams Is Ready For The Next Step: Broadway
"In Hollywood, taking a step back can mean audience amnesia and producer disinterest — but McAdams braved it before, at the height of her...
Why Are Canadian Festivals Struggling So Hard?
“Festival organizers say they are still recouping losses from COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns while they contend with inflation. ... 'The sponsors and the grants are...
An Oral History Of Playing Mrs. Lovett, One Of Theatre’s Bloodiest Roles
Lea Salonga, on the song “The Worst Pies in London": "There are a whole lot of built-in reversals and crazy shifts. And I don’t...
The Gang That Targeted The United States’ Small Museums
They stole Yogi Berra’s World Series rings. “‘These kinds of artifacts tell people the story of who we are, and they connect us to...