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Arlington Cemetery’s Confederate Monument Is Coming Down
The issue with the moment was the artist's "representation of a White soldier going off to fight on the Confederate side of the Civil...
The Gesture For OK Now Lives In ‘The Purgatory Of Meaning’ Thanks To Politics
The University of Nebraska mascot no longer makes an OK symbol "because the universal symbol of approbation—curling the index finger to touch the thumb, forming...
The Tate Modern Looks North For Its New Director
Karin Hindsbo, a Danish art historian who oversaw the revision and remodel of Norway's National Museum, was named director of the Tate Modern "at...
Just How Similar Are The Ed Sheeran And Marvin Gaye Songs?
It's clear that "Thinking Out Loud" and "Let's Get It On" have some similarities - but how similar are they? The BBC breaks it...
James Harithas, Museum Director And Founder Who Brought Activism To His Work, 90
"He looked outside the art world and its hierarchies to a much larger pool of artists. ... It was his commitment to social justice,...
Jane Austen, But Make It Muslim, South Asian, And Martial Arts
"Potential financiers would ask if she could make the central family a white one. Others would have preferred something a little bit less action...
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...