Spanish Police Seize Forged El Greco, Goya, And Modigliani Paintings
"The counterfeit canvases came from a non-specialist collector based in the province of Toledo who had intended to sell the works as originals. …...
Massive Amounts Of Money Intended To Help South African Artists Through Pandemic Are Missing
The South African government allocated 300 million rand (roughly $20 million) to a rescue fund for artists who lost their livelihoods due to COVID-related...
Movie-Viewing Habits Have Changed. Will Audiences Return To Theatres?
“Cinema-going will inevitably initially be at much lower levels, the question is what level will they return to,” says Richard Broughton, research director at...
The Poetry Problem — It’s All Around Us, But Poets Constantly Worry About Readers
"No wonder most people would rather read Instapoems, or listen to a spoken-word performance, than engage with traditional poetry: the barriers to entry are...
New Memoir Dishes On Iran’s Fabulous Art Museum Created For The Shah
The museum was conceived by the Empress Farah Diba Pahlavi, wife of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, and opened to international acclaim in 1977. Just...
Regional UK Museums Say They’ll Return Benin Bronzes
This, of course, in contrast with the country's national museums, which have declined to repatriate the art. Evidently, the regionals have more flexibility in...
Italians Bristle At The Suggestion Dante Was “Less Modern” Than Shakespeare
A German newspaper had made the claim and Italian readers and Italy's leaders pushed back vociferously. - The Guardian
Want To Visit The Louvre? Its Collection Is Now Viewable Free Online
The French museum has released an online platform featuring all of the museum's artworks, consisting of more than 480,000 pieces, the Louvre announced Friday...
The Royal Albert Hall At 150: A Strange History
Way, way beyond the Proms: To mark the sesquicentennial of the hall's opening (Queen Victoria was all verklempt), the Beeb recounts some of the...
Obtuse in Syracuse: How the University’s Deaccession Symposium Got Compromised by Conflicts of Interest
Although last week’s Syracuse Symposium was nominally about Deaccessioning After 2020, it was mostly focused on the new museum imperative — advancing DEIA (Diversity,...
Sophie Fuller Talks Women Composers
A Programme Leader at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance in London speaks about the inspiration of women who write music. - Aaron...
Will Hollywood Boycott Georgia For Filming?
Some of those outspoken industry figures have even gone as far as to call for a boycott of the state, a movement that's waxed...
First Plays From Modern-Translations-Of-Shakespeare Project To Be Published
"A project, called Play On! Shakespeare, launched in 2015 by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, … commissioned 36 playwrights from diverse backgrounds … all...
The Artists Making Money On Crypto Digital Art
“NFTs have been a thing for years, but recently it's been exploding,” says Seattle-based digital sculptor Sam Clover, aka Planttdaddii. Clover started selling her...
How The Dance Student Convention/Competition Network Is Emerging From The Pandemic
"Now, against all odds, programs are rising from the ashes to bring you meaningful training and performance opportunities both in person and online. We...
Documentary About The World’s Last Blockbuster Soars On Netflix And Makes Store A Celebrity
In the backroom, staff members have been busy packaging thousands of online orders for Blockbuster T-shirts, hats and face masks, which are all made...
Paul Laubin, Master Oboe Maker, Dead At 88
"In a dusty workshop near the Hudson River, lined with machines built as long ago as 1881, Mr. Laubin crafted his oboes and English...
Extraordinary Times Call For A Different Kind Of Philanthropy
"Our field is rich with expertise and is ripe for bountiful partnerships. As we move through recovery, it will be critical that we center...
Appeals Court Rules Against Warhol Foundation In Case Of Prince Portraits
"In a major loss for the Andy Warhol Foundation, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that the famed Pop artist did...
Truman Capote Heir Sues Over ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ Remake That Nobody Has Greenlighted Yet
"Alan Schwartz, the trustee of a Truman Capote charity, is advancing a new copyright claim that arises from how Paramount has circulated a screenplay...
Cambodia Nixes Theme Park/Resort At Angkor Wat
The $350 million development, called Angkor Lake of Wonder and planned for just beyond the temple complex's southern boundary, was to be "a Khmerfied...
The New Yorker’s Unionized Staffers Vote To Authorize Strike
"Union workers at The New Yorker, Pitchfork and Ars Technica said Friday they had voted to authorize a strike as tensions over contract negotiations...
Antonio Pappano To Leave Royal Opera House For London Symphony
The Italian-British conductor has been music director at Covent Garden since 2002; at the end of the 2023-24 season, he'll move three miles or...
Leavers Are Raising Funds For A Museum Of Brexit
"Although all those involved in the project are keen Brexit supporters and the museum has had no public endorsements from pro-Europeans, the trustees said...
In Hong Kong, Fears That Beijing Is Coming After The Arts
"Decisions in Hong Kong not to display a politically sensitive photograph in a museum exhibition and not broadcast the annual Academy Awards for the...
