Giant 225-Ton Landscape Art Relocated Across Washington DC
Six years ago, the National Geographic Society, decided that the sculpture, known as “Marabar” and designed by the artist Elyn Zimmerman, was in the...
Choreographing Dance Scenes For Movie Stars Who Maybe Can’t Dance
"Leading industry choreographers Chloé Arnold, Marguerite Derricks and Mandy Moore share their experiences on what it's really like to create dances for the stars."...
Is Dudamel The Right Music Director For The New York Philharmonic?
Norman Lebrecht: "Bernstein was music director for a record 11 years. His successors were doomed by comparison. Pierre Boulez was too ascetic, Zubin Mehta...
A Superstar Of Electronic Dance Music Turns To Composing For Symphony Orchestra
"After spending more than 20 years in public behind shiny, opaque robot-style helmets as half of the pathbreaking dance-music duo Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalter...
Houston’s Leading Theatre Cancels Cancels A Major Production Because It Just Can’t Get The...
Said artistic director Rob Melrose in his announcement calling off Derek Walcott's adaptation of Homer's Odyssey, "We knew going into this production the scope...
Actors’ Equity Threatens Strike Against Touring Broadway Productions
"The union … has been bargaining with The Broadway League, which represents industry producers, presenters and general managers, since mid-January to create a new...
The Doofus Who Broke Off And Stole The Finger Of A 2,000-Year-Old Terra Cotta...
To avoid a charge that could have sent him to prison for up to 30 years, Mihcael Rohana — who did the deed at...
US Federal Judge Blocks Texas County’s Banning Of Library Books
"A federal judge in Austin, Tex., has found that a library board in Llano County likely infringed the constitutional rights of readers in the...
Venice’s Expensive New Floodgates Are Doing Their Job Well. That May Not Be Enough.
"After all of the effort to get the barriers up, the future challenge will be finding ways to keep them down. Venice is already...
Regal Cinemas’ Parent Company Has A Deal To Emerge From Bankruptcy
"Movie theater giant Cineworld … said it still expects to emerge from its Chapter 11 cases during the first half of 2023, even though...
Where Is The Line When It Comes To Revising Classic Novels?
As revelations emerged in recent weeks that the estates of several revered literary figures are altering portions of well-known works, the questions of whether,...
UK Regulator Warns Broadcasters About Use Of Deepfakes
While acknowledging “there are clear benefits to broadcasters” from the use of deepfake technology such as the potential to increase audience engagement, the regulator...
Remember Tetris? How It Swept The World And Continues To Fascinate Decades Later
Less familiar is the true story of how a prototype created in 1984 by a software engineer for the Soviet Union’s Academy of Sciences...
Disney, Entertainment Execs To Testify In Congress About China Ties
Disney and other studios have been criticized by lawmakers for self-censorship of movies as a way of gaining entry into the Chinese marketplace. - Deadline
Why Diversity Efforts In UK Arts Aren’t Making A Difference
The creative industries remain fundamentally white spaces. The latest 2020/21 report found that the diverse workforce in its national portfolio of organisations was 14%. This...
Empress Of The Nile: The Remarkable Archaeologist Who Saved Ancient Artifacts From A Dam
In the early 1960s, Lynne Desroches-Noblecourt’s friendships and grit proved essential to the success of her career’s crowning achievement: the seemingly quixotic campaign to...
Alberto Ibarguen Stepping Down From Running The Knight Foundation
While Knight continues to support journalism programs, Ibargüen has added the arts as an increasingly prominent part of its funding mix — from essentially...
Russian Artists Now Shunned By The West Are Heading To China
China, with its legions of concertgoers and skepticism of Western ideals, has emerged as an attractive market for Russian artists aligned with Mr. Putin. -...
How Many Songs Are Released As Recordings Every Day?
In 2019, Spotify claimed that 40,000 tracks were added each day to its platform. And by 2021, the number increased to 60,000. But last...
Kelly Reichardt On The Slow Death Of The Dreams Of Gen-X Artists
"Frustrated hopefuls like Lizzy once formed the backbone of America’s homespun cultural heritage, and without them, we’re headed toward a barren status quo of...
Some Black Operas Are Changing The Face Of Classical Music
One librettist says, ""Opera just lends itself so well to Black stories because of its epicness, ... because of its fantastical ability to show...
Sometimes, Musicians, You Shouldn’t Accept That State Department Money
The story of the band Blood, Sweat & Tears' 1970 tour of Eastern bloc countries is bizarre, and sobering, a new documentary shows. "This...
Sarah Polley’s Child Intensely Punked Her On April Fool’s Day
A letter posted on Twitter asked Polley to mail her Oscar back to California. "It said she could keep the award for one more...
Recognizing Elizabeth Siddal, Pre-Raphaelite Artist, Much More Than Just A Model
Siddal died young, and her husband Dante Gabriel Rossetti took up a lot of the air about the movement she was part of, both...
Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou, Ethiopian Nun And Pianist Who Combined Traditions, 99
"The styles explored by Sister Guèbrou ... were so singular in sound and structure that music scholars often puzzled over the main source of...
