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What Is It About A Work of Art That Gives A Person Genuine Chills?...
A two-part essay by Ben Davis in which he considers (Part One) what exactly it is about a work that can give someone the...
A Look At The New Version Of The Chicago Manual Of Style
The 18th edition of the now-118-year-old guide has expanded sections on copyright, inclusive language (yes, it endorses the singular "they"), and how to credit...
Maurizio Pollini’s Final Recording, With His Son By His Side
"Dedicated to Schubert, it marks a welcome return to a composer whose music Pollini had not taped since the 1980s. But what makes the...
There’s No Way To Reach The Top Of Hollywood’s Corporate Ladders Because The Boomers...
"Unlike their bosses, some of whom ascended to the heights of authority in their 30s …, young professionals today … see no clear path...
Some True-Crime Podcasters Are Trying Something Different: Focusing On The Victims
"In a saturated and unregulated landscape, some creators — with little to no training on how to cover crime — try to humanize the...
Contemporary Artist Chosen To Supply Bayeux Tapestry’s Missing Panel
Most scholars believe that the enormous embroidery, which depicts the Norman Conquest, is missing a key scene: the coronation of William the Conqueror as...
How Choreographers Are Experimenting With AI
"The impact of artificial intelligence ... can already be seen across film, television and music, but to some extent dance seems insulated, as a...
Odesans Fight Back As Regional Governor Tries To Erase City’s Russian-Language History
"Where the governor sees Russian imperialism, Odesan artists, writers, musicians and scholars and their friends in Ukraine and across the world see a high-handed...
The Baltimore Sun Eliminates Its Entire Features Department, And With It Most Arts Coverage
"(This will be) the first time since at least 1888 the newspaper won’t have even one reporter dedicated to covering the city’s cultural life,"...
Actress Teri Garr Has Died At 79
She began her career as a backup dancer in Elvis Presley movies and made countless guest appearances on TV series, but she's best remembered...
Here’s Why They Have To Charge So Much For Tickets To A Good Haunted...
The owner of Blood Manor, one of New York's top Halloween attractions, explains how much he has to spend every year — not just...
A Dostoevsky Ballet?? Yep. ABT Is Dancing “Crime And Punishment”
"Acknowledging that the idea sounds inadvisable, (director James) Bonas and (choreographer Helen) Pickett explained in interviews what they saw instead as promising: Dostoyevsky’s hefty...
After 50 Years, The Hirshhorn Museum Is Dealing With Something New: Popular Success
"Could the Hirshhorn be a major institution? These days, Director Melissa Chiu says it should assume its role as 'the national museum of modern...
Packing And Moving Museum Art Is One Of The Trickiest, Most Challenging, Most High-Stakes...
"Everyone who works (in the job) has stories about the expensive, delicate, sacred and impossibly large things they’ve had to pack into a crate...
Non-EU Citizens Should Pay Higher Admission For Sites Like The Louvre, Says French Culture...
"Is it normal for a French visitor to pay the same price ... as a Brazilian or Chinese visitor?" said Rachida Dati, who wants...
Midnight Book Release Parties Aren’t Just For Young People’s Lit Anymore
The phenomenon — in which bookstores open at midnight on a title's release date, so readers can get their fix as quickly as possible...
Is The True Crime Podcast Genre Returning To Its Public Radio Roots?
Serial is, after all, a spinoff of long-running public radio hit This American Life. After Serial's massive success, countless people wanted in on true-crime...
After Violinist Lara St. John Went Public About Sexual Abuse By Her Teacher, Many...
"I definitely did not know that it was this widespread," she said. "I’ve heard from people all over the world, mostly about sexual abuse...
In Pompeii, A Little House Full of Well-Preserved Frescoes Is Unearthed
"While the home is modest in size, researchers say that its decorations — including erotic scenes — are equal to those of much larger...
Gérard Depardieu’s Rape Trial Postponed Until Next March
"Gérard Depardieu's trial on charges of sexual assault has been postponed until March because the French actor is in poor health, a court in...
An All-AI Bot Radio Station Hits The Airwaves
"Weeks after letting its journalists go, OFF Radio Krakow relaunched this week, with what it said was 'the first experiment in Poland in which...
Call Of Duty? The Long And Symbiotic Relationship Between The Video Game Industry And...
"In fact, when the modern gaming industry was coming online, the Department of Defense already had skin in the game. … And Call of...
There’s A Whole New Wave Of Contemporary Dance In Museums And Galleries
It's nothing new for visual art institutions to host new and experimental dance works, but there's been a real uptick in recent years. Why?...
Artists And Performers In Republic Of Georgia Wonder If They’ll Have To Leave The...
"Two new laws — cracking down on organizations that receive international funding and what the government calls L.G.B.T. propaganda — and the violent response...
Ten Years After An Aborted Shutdown, San Diego Opera Announces Ambitious Five-Year Expansion Plan
"How ambitious? It will require raising an additional $10.5 million over the next five years to fund the expansion of live performances; the re-establishment...