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Leif Segerstam, Admired Conductor And Astoundingly Prolific Composer, Is Dead At 80
The Finnish eccentric, known for his long white hair and beard, rotund figure and quirky personality, composed 371 symphonies, most single-movement works with colorful...
Two Presidents Of Project 1619 Die Within One Month, Organization To Regroup
"Only a few weeks after the death of Project 1619 founder and President Calvin Pearson, his successor — William Wiggins — has also died....
Manhattan DA’s Art Trafficking Unit’s Authority Challenged In Court By Art Institute Of Chicago
The unit seized from museums and collectors 11 works by Egon Schiele; most were surrendered when agents proved the pieces had been looted by...
US Customs Seized 13 Ancient Egyptian Artifacts At JFK Airport
Documents filed earlier this month indicate that, in 2020-21, agents at the airport impounded a vase, jars, figurines, and other items dating from roughly...
Han Kang Wins Nobel Prize For Literature
"A slow-burning literary success who won multiple awards in (Asia) and Europe, Han is the first Asian woman and the first South Korean writer...
The Real Reason That Texas School Superintendent Cancelled That High School’s “Oklahoma!”
The Sherman High School's production became a subject of nationwide controversy after a transgender boy was removed from the cast, his fellow students protested,...
Houston Grand Opera Music Director Patrick Summers Announces Departure
After 28 years, the conductor will depart HGO at the end of the 2025-26 season. - Houston Press
Remembering Lewis Lapham, My First Boss
"It’s a strange thing to have a walk-on role in the fifth act of a great man’s life. Lewis was exactly fifty years and...
Choreographer Hofesh Schechter On Why Audiences Have Such Powerful Reactions To His Work
"I think the simple answer is because the work is about people. It’s not about dance. Dance and music are tools (to get to)...
How Trump-In-The-’80s Biopic “The Apprentice” Got Out Of Legal Limbo And Onto US Screens
"The Hollywood Reporter spoke with (director Ali) Abbasi and (producer and distributor James) Shani to discuss The Apprentice‘s counter-intuitive approach to the world’s most...
Discovering The Ruins Of One Of Shakespeare’s Playhouses Changed Our Understanding Of Theatre History
"There was a received narrative that proper playhouses start off round and then just get bigger, with the pinnacle of that evolution being the...
President Emmanuel Macron On France’s Support For The Arts Amid The Rise Of The...
"I don’t think it can ever be taken for granted. Decisions could be made in a rash manner. I don’t think everyone is pleased...
Cincinnati Symphony Concert Series Goes Immersive And Interactive
"Still largely experimental, (CSO Proof concerts) might include elements of dance, lighting, theater and atmosphere to accompany a short program of classical music. The...
Salman Rushdie Is Working On His First Volume Of Fiction Since He Was Almost...
Speaking by videolink from New York to the Lviv BookForum, the author revealed that the book will be a trilogy of novellas about "the...
Astral Artists, Philadelphia’s Agency For Budding Classical Stars, Is Shutting Down
"Astral Artists, the small but important Philadelphia arts group that has boosted careers and fostered artistic development of classical musicians nationally, is shutting down....
Israeli Air Strikes In Lebanon Nearly Hit Ancient Ruins At Baalbek
"Lebanese Culture Minister Mohammad Mortada has called for international action after an Israeli airstrike hit perilously close to Baalbek, a triad of Imperial Roman...
Studio Museum Of Harlem Will Open Its New Building In Fall 2025
"Its first show there will bring the museum full circle by focusing on the work of Tom Lloyd, the artist, educator and activist who...
Philadelphia Orchestra To Tour To China For Record 13th Time
"After scrapping its 50th anniversary tour of China in 2023, the Philadelphia Orchestra is picking up where it left off. The full ensemble will...
When Texas Cities Cut Arts Funding, Who Loses?
"The last decade has seen substantial growth in many Texas cities, and with that has come growth in city funding of the arts. However,...
Judge Decides Who Owns Basquiat Painting Which Inigo Philbrick Sold Twice
"A US magistrate (ruled) that a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting used by Philbrick in his illegal scheme belongs to a collector he misled — and...
Public Radio Layoffs Hit Central Pennsylvania’s WITF
Last year, the station, which serves Harrisburg, Lancaster, and Chambersburg, was gifted Lancaster's daily newspaper, LNP, and its website, LancasterOnline, by their now-former owner....
The Acoustics At David Geffen Hall: Did $550 Million Fix The Problems?
"By gutting and rebuilding the interior (of the New York Philharmonic's home), the project was meant to break, once and for all, the acoustical...
Dance Data Project Counts Up U.S. Ballet Companies’ Financial Assets
This is DDP's first-ever report examining the value of ballet companies' endowments and the book values of buildings the companies own. - Dance Data...
In DC, The Problem For Small Theater Companies Is Finding Theaters To Perform In
"A number of companies that cater to smaller audiences with niche or experimental productions are struggling to find or keep their spaces in the...
Book Banners Are Trying A Stealth Method To Get Targeted Books Off Library Shelves
Regular weeding — librarians' term for removing from collections books that are out-of-date, damaged, or too seldom checked out to be worth shelf space...