$340 Million Performing Arts Center Is Central Issue In Dallas Exurb’s Election
“The two bond measures before voters in Frisco … are crucial in the city’s bid to establish a large-scale performance hall. ... Debate over...
Art Institute Of Chicago Ordered To Turn Over Schiele Portrait
“A judge in New York ruled on Wednesday that the Art Institute of Chicago must surrender a 1916 drawing by Egon Schiele to investigators...
U.S. Ballet World’s Favorite Shoemaker Is Sold To Private Equity Firm
“Capezio is changing hands after more than a century of family ownership. On Thursday, Argand Partners LP, a New York-based middle-market private equity firm,...
Mauritshuis Museum Says Three of Its Rembrandts Have Turned Out To Be Copies
“The museum (in The Hague) has 11 pieces currently attributed to Rembrandt, including the famed Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632). The museum also has...
Eunice Golden, Pioneering Female Artist Of Male Nudes, Is Dead At 98
“(Her) bold paintings of male nudes challenged ideas about feminism, art and sexuality — although, like many of her peers, she was not recognized...
Philadelphia Orchestra’s New CEO Comes From Inside
“The understudy has landed the starring role. Ryan Fleur, after twice serving as interim leader, has been named president and CEO of the Philadelphia...
Electrician Stumbles Across Hidden 17th-Century Frescoes
Davide Renzoni was inspecting cables in the Pompeian Hall of Rome's Villa Farnesina when he opened two trap doors in the ceiling and happened...
Letter Reveals Shakespeare Did Not Abandon His Wife
For more than 200 years it has been believed that Shakespeare left his wife in Stratford-upon-Avon when he travelled to London and that a...
Five Months In, How’s America’s First TKTS Booth Outside New York Doing?
“Based on recent ticket sales and Visitor Center website traffic, … the formula has proven to work in Philadelphia. … While Philly tourism and...
The New Yorker: A Magazine Of Words Defined By Iconic Wordless Covers
Beyond the masthead and issue date, no set typography has ever been allowed, maintaining a unique wordless space in magazine publishing where only an...
Why The World Is Fascinated By David Hockney
Since 2020 there have been 32 exhibitions of his work, staged everywhere from the National Gallery in London to Washington DC, Tokyo, California, Ontario,...
Does Music Really Need A Purpose?
I’m inclined to agree with Adorno on at least some of this. I am allergic to the suggestion that music needs to be attached...
“Improper Ideology” And The Smithsonian’s African-American History Museum
“The Museum … is not a place that traffics in improper ideology. It …recognizes that America has been suffused with improper ideologies for most...
Pope Dies And “Conclave” Viewership Surges
The film, which won best picture at the Baftas earlier this year and was nominated for eight Oscars, is available on assorted streaming platforms...
Anti-Streaming: A New Video Store Opens In Brooklyn
Just in time for Easter, the physical video store has risen again. This month, Night Owl Video in Williamsburg became New York City’s first...
Venice Renews And Expands Day-Tripper Entry Fee
“Visitors who download a QR code at least three days in advance will pay €5 — the same amount charged last year throughout the...
Why Did A Chinese Online Censor Help A Critical Writer?
No matter how tactful, restrained and oblique the criticism, the Communist party still detests it. A lot of content is deleted, and accounts on...
Detroit Arts Institutions Stand Up, Stay The Course On Diversity
“We have to resist and persevere,” Barclay said in a video interview. “Attempts to undermine the significance of our culture are nothing new to...
Jacksonville University Axes Music, Theatre
Jacksonville University will cut music and theater programs from its curriculum in a reorganization that will affect about 100 students and cost 40 faculty members...
Kronos Quartet Has New Violinist And Violist For First Time In 47 Years
“The annual Kronos Festival … introduces the Bay Area to the quartet’s latest incarnation, with violist Ayane Kozasa and violinist Gabriela Díaz taking over...
Chief “60 Minutes” Producer Resigns, Saying His Independence Is Threatened
“In a memo obtained by CNN, (Bill) Owens said to 60 Minutes staff that the last few months have made it clear that he...
Judge Temporarily Halts Trump Order To Shut Down Voice Of America
“Judge Royce C. Lamberth … wrote that the administration's decision to dismantle the agency was ‘arbitrary and capricious. … Not only is there an absence...
Pawn Shop Owner In L.A. Charged With Trying To Sell Stolen Warhol
“Glenn Steven Bednarsh, 58, has been charged with knowingly buying a stolen Warhol trial proof depicting Soviet Union leader Vladimir Lenin in February 2021...
Woman Sues Kehinde Wiley For Sexual Assault
Artist Ogechi Chieke sued under New York City’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law, filing the day before the window closed. The suit claims...
Elon Musk’s DOGE Pays A Little Visit To The National Gallery Of Art
“Members of the U.S. DOGE Service met with National Gallery of Art leadership Thursday, ... signaling that cuts or other changes may be on...
