The Secret Racial Identity Of Merle Oberon, One Of Hollywood’s Golden-Age Stars
The story spread by publicists: she was born in Tasmania and moved to India as a young girl. In fact, she was born in...
Where, Exactly, Did The Blues Originate?
Every one of the hypotheses has some evidence to support it, although not every case is equally convincing. - Ted Gioia
Australian Ballet Goes All In
“To be the nation’s ballet company, to be one of the leading arts organisations in the country, we have to not only do a...
Why Do People Lose Interest In Music When They’re Depressed?
It's a much-commented-on phenomenon, and that lack of pleasure is an important marker for distinguishing depression from plain old sadness. What's going on with...
We Live In An Isolating Culture. The Arts Are Swimming Upstream
Collecting people in a certain space, at a certain time, on a certain date, in a certain seat, to see an unknown quantity —...
Climate Change Is Slowly Eating Away Ancient Buildings Of Mesopotamia
There has always been salt in the sand and groundwater of central Iraq, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. But salinity levels are rising...
Fired San Antonio Symphony Conductor Speaks Out
“I think this is really to be seen as a hostile action against the musicians more than against me. Now you're undermining the efforts...
Mosul Residents Are Learning Historic Building Techniques To Repair The Shattered Old City
"119 local women and 670 men are being trained in traditional stone masonry techniques using 'Mosul marble' — a kind of gypsum alabaster native...
A Nonbinary, Male-Born Dancer Could Be Headed Toward A Career Performing On Pointe (And...
Ashton Edwards, a 19-year-old apprentice at Pacific Northwest Ballet, has been dancing on pointe in class as a matter of course, performs both male...
Michel Bouquet, One Of France’s Most Revered Actors, Dead At 96
"Bouquet appeared in nearly 120 film and television roles" — he was a favorite of filmmakers Claude Chabrol and François Truffaut — "even as...
Shock: Netflix Says It’s Bleeding Subscribers
"Netflix lost 200,000 subscribers in Q1 and expects to lose another 2 million in the current second quarter, the streamer said in its first-quarter...
The Philadelphia Inquirer And The Museum Of The American Revolution Get Gifts Of $50...
The donations, the largest in each organization's history, come from the estate of H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest, the board chair who oversaw the Museum's creation...
Putin’s Government Allocates Millions To Fund Russian Arts Projects Cut Off By Other Countries...
The Russian government will provide 1 billion rubles ($12.1 million) to cultural projects and institutions which have lost money due to "sanctions pressure" because...
Edinburgh Fringe Is Becoming Untenable Because Lodging Is Just Too Expensive, Warn Producers
Francesca Moody, who produced at the festival the original stage version of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag, is one of several frequent participants who said the...
Sorry, But Paris Is Dead
Paris is dead, and many people like it that way. Living in the ruins of an old Cathedral, Parisians are the ivy that overtake...
Streaming Subscription Fatigue Taking Hold In The UK?
Just 3% of UK households signed up to a new video streaming subscription in Q1 2022, compared to 4.2% during the same period in...
Immersive Theatre Company Punchdrunk Signs Worldwide Representation Deal
Founded in 2000 by Felix Barrett, the British firm has developed a passionate fanbase thanks to its unique form of immersive theater, which leaves...
Special Challenges For Some Participants In The Venice Biennale
For artists and curators from countries that have been hit hardest by Covid-19 or those that have struggled most to foot the bill—presentations require...
The World’s Biggest Arts Event Returns — But Has It Learned To Manage The...
A record-breaking 3841 Fringe shows were registered in 2019, consequently, like many in Edinburgh I enjoyed having ‘my’ city back in the summer of...
A Makeover Of A San Diego Contemporary Museum Defies Critics’ Concerns
The redesign, led by the firm’s founder, Annabelle Selldorf, has gracefully unified a jumble of buildings from various eras, added 30,000 square feet of...
Are Netflix’s Glory Days Over?
Globally Netflix announced it expected to add only 2.5 million new subscribers in the first three months of the year, well down on the...
Flameout: When Pop Stars’ Careers Suddenly End
The writing on the wall is only easy to read in hindsight. At the time, it’s all a blur. - The Guardian
What Makes The Difference Between A Dialect And A Language? Depends On Who’s Answering...
For governments, the quip that "a language is a dialect with an army and navy" is more-or-less true — so Czech and Slovak, Hindi...
How The World Is Uncoupling From Russian Artists And Culture
Few places now seem to epitomise Russia’s cultural decoupling from the west better than the large, empty walls of GES-2, created as Moscow’s answer...
A Critic’s Lament For The Humana Festival Of New American Plays
Jeremy Gerard: "There are so many reasons to mourn its passing, but I will dedicate my Kaddish to this: We critics tend to be...
