"Citing a campaign of sustained harassment by the Russian government, … Alexander Sofeyev, Anna Kuzminykh, and Veronika Nikulshina announced via Twitter that they left in order 'to take a break from constant arrests for a second.'" - Artforum
He started studying acting when he happened to be in the building where Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler taught — and went on to a highly praised 50-year career as a supporting actor in theater, film and television. - The New York Times
Thomas, 76, will now embark on a monthslong course of therapy and has canceled all his public appearances through the end of October. - San Francisco Chronicle
July 1943 happens to coincide with a window in Balanchine’s known itinerary. He might just have worked on this other wartime Hollywood morale-lifter, which MacNeal names “Star-Spangled Canteen”, for the fictitious Gold Brothers Studios. Alastair Macaulay
Word is that the disgraced producer hopes to return, and he claims he's working to improve his notorious temper. Would he be accepted? Some insiders argue there's nobody else with his set of skills, others that nobody is indispensable, and especially not someone so vicious. - New York Magazine
"Some critics and historians have considered King one of the most important British artists of the past half-century, although his reputation has lagged behind that of his mentor, Anthony Caro." - ARTnews
Twitter acknowledged the mistake on Tuesday morning. A spokesperson said: “The account referenced was verified by mistake and that has since been reversed. - The Guardian
Shanta Thake, most recently an associate artistic director at the Public Theater, will assume the role of chief artistic officer at the center, the nation’s largest performing arts complex, as it works to broaden its appeal beyond classical music and ballet. - The New York Times
His influence came not only through his own prolific writing — most notably in a series of books that retold ancient European, Egyptian, and Indian myths — but as editorial director of the Adelphi publishing house, where he had surprising success in making challenging books popular. - The Guardian
“I think creativity by its nature is activism,” says composer-pianist Max Richter. “It’s about meaning, it’s about experiment, it’s about the unknown, it’s about discovery.” - The Guardian
"When Janet Sobel created one of the most recognizable artistic styles, drip painting, on scraps of paper, boxes and the backs of envelopes, she was 45 years old, had never taken a single art class and didn’t even have her own supplies." - The New York Times
Rhoads studied painting, but his fame came from his audiokinetic sculptures, "which ranged from tabletop size to more than 40 feet high, resembled a combination of planetariums, construction girders, carnival rides and pinball machines." - Washington Post
"It is widely assumed that Boulanger consciously renounced composition after her sister died in order to champion Lili's music and focus on teaching. But the biographical reality is more complicated." - The New York Times
Mr. Popeil’s mastery of television marketing, dating to the 1950s but spanning several decades, made him nearly as recognizable onscreen as the TV and movie stars of his era. - The New York Times
The compound at Austin Friars, known to readers of Hilary Mantel's trilogy, was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. But a historian has used what's survived of Cromwell's own archives, along with later drawings and surveys, to work out a clearer idea of what it looked like. - CNN
