Only Months After The Knife Attack, Salman Rushdie Has A New Novel Out
Despite his ongoing recovery from last August's stabbing, which cost him an eye, he's lively and quick-witted, friends say, and is planning future projects....
Odesa’s Old City Is Now A UNESCO World Heritage Site
"The United Nations' cultural agency decided Wednesday to add the historic center of Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odesa to its list of...
B.V. Doshi, India’s Most Prominent Architect And First Pritzker Winner, is Dead At 95
After working as the lead local partner on Le Corbusier's and Louis Kahn's Indian projects, he designed some of India's most renowned works of...
What Gives Food Its Taste?
Turns out it's what's already in your mouth. "When people eat, he explains, they don’t actually savor the food itself, but a mixture of...
The Joys Of Revisiting Edna Ferber
Even a century ago, "Ferber is not interested in cautionary tales of shrinking violets, favoring instead women who, out of necessity or desire or...
Why Did Cate Blanchett Choose Her Role In Tar?
Because, she says, she's "an experience junkie" - and playing a conductor was a new and challenging experience. - El País
British Opera Singer Creates A Work Based On Music Of Enslaved Ancestors
Baritone Peter Braithwaite: "These folk traditions are really strong; they’re about resistance and they’re about remembrance of former freedoms, but they’re also about laying...
There’s An Inheritance Battle Over the Site Of Caravaggio’s Only Known Ceiling Mural
The Texas-born "Princess Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi has ... defied the court order demanding she vacate Rome’s Villa Aurora. The property is known for...
Victor Navasky, Editor Of The Nation And Voice For Progressive Journalism, 90
Navasky "appreciated the work of making news stories passionate and beguiling. He told NPR he watched Fox News for years, because Bill O'Reilly and...
All Robots Should Dance — Just Like M3GAN Does
Choreoroboticist Kate Sicchio: "It's really interesting to have this unfamiliar device do this uncanny human thing. It’s similar to why we love putting googly...
Why Is The Rebuild At The Glasgow School Of Art Taking So Long?
The post-fire clearance took forever - "'intricate and painstaking' work, done by hand, of removing from the site and evaluating in excess of 2,400...
Books As Home Decor, With Professional Designers To Select Them And Lay Them Out
"More often than not, these books come across as props intended to be on camera — signifiers much like a Birkin bag or expensive...
The Rise Of Queer Comics, And Why Bans Will Backfire
"Long before witty digital comics found a home on your Instagram feed, depicting things from the struggle with Grindr to birth-control access, there were...
How The Arts Fared In New Zealand Under Jacinda Ardern
"Ardern (who kept the culture ministry herself) had a lot going on as Prime Minister — the Christchurch Mosque attacks, the eruption of White...
Dance Artists Of Color Are Getting More Chances To Lead
Kiyon Ross at Pacific Northwest Ballet: "The skills you learn as a choreographer are definitely transferable to being a leader. ... You have to have...
For John Adams, Revising “Girls Of The Golden West” Was Harder Than Composing It
"It was not well received, and I was devastated by the reaction. ... It was way too long in San Francisco and Amsterdam. The...
France’s Cesar Nominations Include Many For A Movie About An Injured Dancer
"Cédric Klapisch’s Rise, about a ballet dancer (Marion Barbeau) who, after an injury, seeks a new future in contemporary dance, picked up 9 César nominations."...
DC’s Theater J, One Of America’s Leading Jewish Theater Companies, Appoints A New Artistic...
Hayley Finn, 48, is a career-long specialist in new plays and has conducted workshops for nearly 1,000 scripts. She's currently associate artistic director of...
Justin Peck Has Created New York City Ballet’s First Evening-Length Abstract Ballet In 55...
Which is to say, not since George Balanchine's Jewels (1967). Premiering this week, Peck's Copland: Dance Episodes is also City Ballet's first use of...
Rupert Murdoch Calls Off The Reunification Of News Corp. And Fox
"Rupert Murdoch sent letters to the board of directors of News Corp. and Fox Corp. on Tuesday, informing both groups he had decided to...
India Bans BBC Documentary About Narendra Modi And Deadly 2002 Riots
The Modi Question examines the anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat state in 2002 and the role in it played by Modi, who was then the...
Everett Quinton, Who Kept The Ridiculous Theatrical Co. Alive, Is Dead At 71
A seminal presence in both Off-Off-Broadway and queer theater, Ridiculous was founded by playwright/director/actor Charles Ludlam in the late 1960s. Quinton became Ludlam's partner...
John Williams Is, Again, The Most Oscar-Nominated Person Alive
With the Academy's nod for his score for Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans, the 90-year-old composer has tallied 53 nominations (and counting), trailing only Walt...
Baltimore Museum Of Art Appoints Chief Curator Asma Naeem Director
"After its last leader departed to head the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art has named a new director:...
Hollywood Won’t Survive Without Actual Movie Theatres
"The solution ... is simple: Put new releases exclusively in theaters and give them a real chance to succeed with paying moviegoers. No more...
