Soprano Christine Goerke Named Associate Artistic Director Of Michigan Opera Theatre
"The move brings a singer at the peak of her international career to Detroit. She will perform locally at least once a season, take...
Actor George Segal, 87
" long career began in serious drama but who became one of America's most reliable and familiar comic actors, first in the movies and...
After National Backlash, Australian Festival Cancels Artwork That Was A Very Bad Idea
"On Tuesday afternoon organisers of the festival, which is run by the Museum of Old and New Art , announced that the work...
How “Dance Marketing” Helped An Indian Clothing Company Flourish
Telling us how the team came up with the idea of dance marketing, Lekhinee shared, “We were going to launch our Saris. We were...
How To Understand NFTs And What It Means For The Art World
"Imagine digital Beanie Babies, but with only one existing copy of each. For art works, the N.F.T. format functions a little like a museum...
Blurb-Off
Book blurbs are ridiculous. And competitive, as it turns out. - The New Yorker
The Genius Of Natural Selection. Will AI Wreck It?
"On the face of it, many of the familiar characteristics of animals and plants that we see around us would simply disappear if the...
Imagination Is A Superpower
Aristotle called this imaginative power phantasia. We might mistakenly think that phantasia is just for artists and entertainers, a rare and special talent, but...
Is It Wise To Build A $915 Million Museum On A Site That Keeps...
"The Parramatta River in Sydney broke its banks on Saturday, flooding the path that runs alongside the museum site and inundating the ground floor...
Hear For Yourself The Difference Between A $5,000 Cello, A $180K Cello, And A...
Wendy Law uses the same bow, in the same room with the same microphone, to play the opening of Bach's First Cello Suite on...
What Do NFTs Mean For The Art World?
Even the middlemen whom NFTs are designed to cut out are trying to understand what this revolution means for them. Mario Paredes runs Mexico...
It Seems We Do Know What Shakespeare Looked Like — ‘A Self-Satisfied Pork Butcher’
That choice phrase from a 20th-century critic was about the effigy installed above Shakespeare's grave in Stratford-upon-Avon. The general presumption had been that the...
Opposition Growing To Proposed Ordinance To Restrict Chicago House Museums
“This zoning proposal would make the future uncertain for existing cultural exhibits and house museums and could derail efforts already underway to open new...
How Did This Ballet Company Keep Its Dancers Working Throughout The Pandemic? Giving Them...
The St. Paul-based Ballet Co.Laboratory has " dual-contract structure provides its dancers with administrative employment, whether in management, communications, development or teaching —...
Harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper, 79
Mr. Cooper’s adventurousness went hand in hand with scrupulous musicianship and articulate technique. He was a sensitive partner in chamber works, as in his...
Two New York Times Critics Discuss Whether They Dare Go To An Indoor Play...
Laura Collins-Hughes: Alexis, when you saw the invitation, what went through your mind?Alexis Soloski: Panic, basically. … I won't be vaccinated for months and...
Canadian Arts Leaders Call For Guaranteed Income For Artists
The arts leaders call the measure a crucial part of any sustainable future for arts and culture in Canada. And, as they point out,...
Scavenging For A Library From The Ruins Amidst Syria’s Civil War
"In a town under siege from Assad's regime, a small group of revolutionaries found a new mission: to build a library from books rescued...
The Return Of Tower Records?
Inspired by the vinyl LP revival, new CEO Danny Zeijdel thinks he can make a go of the online business and, ultimately, brick-and-mortar....
COVID Has Changed The Way Hollywood Works For Good
"'People are fooling themselves if they think we're going back to a pre-pandemic work lifestyle,' says Arianna Bocco, president of IFC Films. … To...
World’s Oldest Wooden Sculpture Is Far More Ancient Than We’d Thought — 12,500 Years
That's more than twice as old as Stonehenge and the Giza Pyramids and by far the oldest surviving piece of ritual art. The new...
Germany In Talks To Return Benin Bronzes To Nigeria
As the issue of repatriating art and artifacts looted by European colonizers came to the fore over the past few years, Berlin came under...
Adam Zagajewski, ‘Poet Of 9/11’, Dead At 75
Already known and admired in his native Poland, he came to the English-speaking world's attention when The New Yorker published his "Try to Praise...
Berlin Does Series Of Dry Runs For Reopening Performance Venues
"The pilot project, backed by Berlin Culture Senator Klaus Lederer, includes a series of nine events, held at seven different venues, including theaters, opera...
The Art World’s Pivot To Digital (How’s It Working Out?)
While a recent report revealed that 2020 witnessed a global downturn in art sales overall, online sales surged, making up a quarter of the...
