There Are 200 Priceless Artworks From Moscow On View In Paris. Will They Make...
The exhibition from the Morozov Collection — estimated to be worth $2 billion, with pieces by (among others) Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet, and some...
Can The Art World Live Without Its Fixes Of Russian Oligarchs’ Money?
The Russian robber barons' colossal fortunes have had an outsize effect not only on the commercial market, but on museums and not-for-profit galleries and...
UK Revokes RT/Russia Today’s Broadcast License
The media regulator Ofcom's announcement said, "Following an independent regulatory process, we have found that RT is not fit and proper to hold a...
What’s The Most Fortified Building In Odessa? The Opera House
"The barricades blocking the path to the Odessa Opera and Ballet begin three blocks away. Two more walls like that further protect the entrance....
Barbara Kruger On Life In The Digital World
"I don’t sue people. I will let all these corporations who are old-school robber barons do that. I think copyrights are euphemisms for corporate...
We’re Studying How Literature Is Preserved (It May Be Important)
“Thinking about how cultural heritage survives seems like a useful thing to do, because right now—among many other things—that’s one of the important things threatened...
Why Do So Many Operas Kill Off Women?
Of the top 20 most performed operas worldwide in the 2017–2018 season according to Operabase.com, 75 percent feature female characters who were dead by the...
Study: Listeners Wearing Headphones Are More “Persuadable” Than Those Listening Through Speakers
The driver of this greater bond with listeners is the idea that headphones make it sound like the voices are inside one's head, meaning...
Embattled Nielsen Ratings Company For Sale?
Nielsen is in the midst of a months-long joust with some of its biggest clients, the nation’s TV networks. The networks and their owners have...
Researchers Use Thoreau To Study Climate Change
The copious notes the author made the springtime arrivals of flowers and birds provided valuable data to a team of Boston University scientists investigating...
A New Gehry Concert Hall Across From Disney Hall
The hall will stand behind the Grand — the spectacular, multipurpose complex across the street from Disney Hall that was also designed by Gehry...
An Excellent Question: “When Will Publishing Stop Starving Its Young?”
Molly McGhee, an assistant editor at the Macmillan sci-fi imprint Tor Books, just saw her first acquisition hit the NYT Bestseller List at #3...
Russian-Owned Philips Auction House Faces Rocky Future
Despite it donating £5.8m to the Ukrainian Red Cross Society from a recent auction in London, and its CEO condemning the Russian invasion, those...
A Young Belarusian Conductor Reports From The Polish-Ukrainian Border
Vitali Alekseenok's had been expecting to spend March and April working in Ukraine, including at the Kharkiv Music Festival, which he directs. Instead, he...
St. Louis Symphony Plans Makeover And Reconception Of Its Home
The new project, which includes both renovations to the existing structure and a 65,000-square-foot expansion, is focused on accessibility and furthering community connections. - St. Louis...
Meet The Consultant Who Rescues Hollywood Execs From Cancel Culture — Meaning From Their...
"At some point during the pandemic, Hollywood's creative underclass realized it had power — on Slack, on Twitter, and in blind quotes to a...
Did Capitalism Strand Classical Music?
Capitalism first created the space in which such music could flourish, and then took it away, leaving behind a frozen, formalized tradition. - Jacobin
After 11 Years, Rubens’ Massive (And Very Heavy) “Baptism Of Christ” Is Brought Out...
The 13½-by-22-foot, 1,225-pound painting is back in place at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, which is about to reopen after a...
From Vaccine Rules To Visas To Shipping Delays, The Dance World Is Having A...
Sarah Kaufman: "To better understand the pressures facing these artists and how they'll affect audiences, I spoke with presenters, consultants and company leaders about...
Youth America Grand Prix Finds Ballet Schools To Take In Ukrainian Contestants
Academies at top companies all over western and central Europe have given refuge to more than 60 young dance students since the war started,...
Museums In Shanghai And Shenzen Close Again As China Faces Another Wave Of COVID
At least seven major institutions in Shanghai's West Bund and Pudong districts shut their doors on March 10, just before local schools were closed....
Strike At Chicago’s PBS Station
"Broadcast technicians and other employees at WTTW-Channel 11 went on strike Wednesday at the ... public television station shortly before the start of the...
France Creates €1 Million Emergency Fund For Refugee Ukrainian Arts Workers
"The emergency reception program will finance Ukrainian artists and cultural professionals and their families for a period of three months (with) residencies within the...
Russian Air Force Bombs Theater Where More Than 1,000 Ukrainians Were Sheltering
Very luckily, it appears that most of the civilians inside the Mariupol Drama Theater were able to get down to the building's bomb shelter...
Ballerina Quits Bolshoi Ballet Over War
It was announced on Wednesday that Olga Smirnova, who was born and raised in St Petersburg, has now joined the Dutch National Ballet, where...
