In Rome, Racist Graffiti Defaces A New Mural To An Olympic Champion
The mural, in which a vandal spray-painted pink skin onto a Black athlete, “featured Egonu, who spearheaded Italian women’s volleyball’s first-ever gold medal...
A Second-Century Roman Mosaic Has Been Discovered In England
“The decorated floor covering depicts stylized dolphins and several species of fish. It was located in a home likely owned by a wealthy and...
Americans Love Free Speech, Survey Finds — Until They Think About What’s Being Said
"Large majorities of Americans passionately uphold free speech as a cornerstone of democracy. But fewer of them are supportive of free speech when faced...
Another Bay Area Theatre Meets Its Fundraising Goal, But Plans To Downsize Anyway
Despite raising $500,000 in emergency funds, Aurora Theatre in Berkeley “has shed five full-time workers, including one co-managing director and its entire marketing and...
The True Crime Producer Who Documented His Own Horrifying Illness And Descent
As freelance TV jobs disappeared, John Balson felt lucky to be working 18 hours a day, across three time zones. Then something happened that...
What Do You Get When You Cross “Waiting For Godot” With An Escape Room?...
"Escape From Godot … is a play where audience members become participants, the game requiring patrons to hop on the dials and interact with...
Longtime Curator Resigns From The Mütter Museum
Anna Dhody “is used to people associating her with the Mütter Museum, where she has been the face of the macabre medical history collection...
Yet More Turmoil At Nashville’s Arts Funding Agency As Three Senior Staffers Resign
"One by one, Metro Arts' Communications Manager Daryn Jackson, Public Art Manager Jessica Ingram, and Finance and Operations Director Christiana Afotey announced their resignations....
The Pay Equity Model At The Heart Of The Movie Sing Sing Could Change...
“'We built a model on parity,’ says Sing Sing director Greg Kwedar. ‘Everyone on our movie, the core cast and crew — from the star of...
Raygun, The Professor B-Girl, Earned Her Spot On Australia’s Olympics Team Fair And Square
After her zero-points performance in Paris went viral and spawned a thousand memes, a bunch of skeptics on social media — who ultimately submitted...
How San Francisco Symphony Plans To Makeover Davies Hall (If It Ever Has The...
"Despite its budget deficits and a well-publicized falling out with acclaimed conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the San Francisco Symphony is moving forward with plans for...
Manfred Honeck On What Makes A Great Bruckner Conductor
"Technically, from the baton, how you beat, Bruckner is very easy. It’s not like Stravinsky’s Sacre or Mahler. … You have to understand that...
Talk About Bucking A Trend: The Onion Has Gone Back Into Actual Ink-On-Paper Print
Or, "The Onion: ‘Americans Demand New Form of Media to Bridge Entertainment Gap While Looking From Laptop to Phone’ - The New York Times
Jewels Stolen From Dresden’s Green Vault Are Now Back On Display
"In 2019, thieves infiltrated the Fort Knox–like vault at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and stole more than 4,300 diamonds that once belonged to the...
Another Round Of Layoffs At America’s Largest Public Radio Outlet
"Staff cuts at New York Public Radio, which operates news/talk WNYC-AM/FM, classical WQXR, WNYC Studios, New Jersey Public Radio, and the Gothamist online news...
Peter Marshall, Host Of The Original “Hollywood Squares,” Is Dead At 98
He had a career both before and after as a musical-theater star, but from 1966 to 1981, he was emcee/straight man on one of...
In Saint Pete, The Museum Of Fine Arts Gets A New Executive Director
Why was the museum without a director? Now that is a long story involving the Denver Art Museum, possibly questionable antiquities, and what seemed...
The Walls Have Eyes, Not To Mention Mouths
That is to say, in Chile, artists use murals to communicate ideas. One longtime political muralist says, “In the streets, anonymity is important. …...
A Tale Of Three Translators
“During the Renaissance, no translator had to apologize for following her instincts to champion the work of one of the most extraordinary, under-recognized writers...
Our Memories Are Like Unfinished Works Of Art
We work on them, refine them, and change them, perfecting them forever. “Our self, built on our memories, is our psychological anchor in a...
Ivo Van Hove Finds Inspiration In Bleakness
Of course he enjoys being the new artistic director of the Ruhrtriennale Festival of the Arts, which produces shows “in former industrial sites, like...
Indonesia’s New, Expensive, Environmentally Alarming New Capital Is About To Open
“The new city of Nusantara, on the island of Borneo, will replace Jakarta as the national capital, moving the seat of government about 800...
A Taiwanese Play That Openly Addresses The Question of Independent Statehood
"Written by Swiss and Taiwanese creators and produced in Switzerland, This Is Not An Embassy deals with Taiwan’s lack of global recognition as a...
Gamergate’s Angry Dudes Haunt The Internet
Podcasting, TikTok algorithms, and the GOP’s ability to motivate angry young men - they all play a part. But “while the ideas of Gamergate...
Remembering Doc Brown, “The Prince Of Cakewalking”
"William Henry Joseph Cutter Brown, better known as Doc Brown, was born into slavery in Arrow Rock, Missouri. After emancipation, he moved to Kansas...
