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Gallerist Margo Leavin, Who Helped Make L.A. Into A Contemporary Art Capital, Dead At...
For more than 40 years, she presented some of California's most important artists (e.g., John Baldessari, Alexis Smith) and major solo shows of the...
Higher Education Is Now An American Culture War Battleground. Public Radio Could Get Trampled.
Many listeners don't realize how enmeshed public radio is with higher ed: two-thirds of NPR outlets are affiliated with colleges or universities, many of...
Just What Are Esa-Pekka Salonen And His “Collaborative Partners” At The San Francisco Symphony...
Esperanza Spalding: "You may know who you're writing for, the instrumentation, the length. … But once you actually start populating the spaces with notes...
And Who Are These San Francisco Symphony “Collaborative Partners”, Anyway?
Here's what to know about Nicholas Britell, Julia Bullock, Claire Chase, Bryce Dessner, Pekka Kuusisto, Nico Muhly, Carol Reiley, and Esperanza Spalding. - San...
Royal Shakespeare Company Is UK’s First Performing Arts Institution Given Official Status As Research...
The designation, more typically given to universities, makes the RSC eligible for government research grants and will allow it to expand its work as...
Spain To Give Every 18-Year-Old A €400 Culture Pass
The program, budgeted for 2022, is similar to those established in France (€300) and Italy (€500). A key difference is that the money will...
What People Today Misunderstand About Old Sufi Love Poetry
"What, then, do Rumi and his followers on the Sufi 'path of love' really mean when they say 'love'? The answer turns out to...
Dave Chappelle Has Become A Rorschach Test
"Is the story 'rich comedian attacks marginalized community' or 'Black comedian attacks elite consensus'? … Why are Caitlyn Jenner jokes (greater) grounds for cancellation...
Remembering The Black Artist Collectives Of The 1960s And ’70s
"Musicians and writers, artists and architects, photographers and filmmakers listening, arguing and creating with each other, … drawing inspiration from the collectivizing impulse of...
The Very First Video Game Was Released Exactly 50 Years Ago. Here’s Why It...
Computer Space made its debut in 1971 at a trade show for pinball machines and jukeboxes. (Its creators founded Atari and released Pong the...
Could A One-Atom-Thick Layer Of Graphene Really Protect Artworks From Fading? Very Likely, Say...
"Graphene is a two-dimensional carbon allotrope whose molecules bind together through a phenomenon called Van der Waals forces. … It can be produced in...
Boston Ballet Debuts Free Streaming Platform, Including Virtual Reality
ÜNI, as the site is called, wasn't created to stream the company's live performances: each work on the platform was choreographed especially for digital...
Country Music Is Losing Some Devoted Fans As The Culture Wars Rage On
The stereotype of country music lovers being only Southern and Midwestern conservatives isn't really true — yet. As some industry stars take controversial stands...
Former “Hamilton” Cast Member, Black And Nonbinary, Files Discrimination Complaint Against Producers
Suni Reid, who's done the show in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, alleges their contract wasn't renewed because they requested a gender-neutral dressing...
Half The PPP Loan Money For Culture Went To Only 228 Institutions. They Still...
The purpose of the Paycheck Protection Program was to let businesses hobbled by the pandemic retain their employees. An AFSCME study found that, out...
IATSE Tells Hollywood Studios That Midnight On Monday Is The Strike Deadline
"Unless an agreement is reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers in the coming days, 60,000 IATSE film and TV workers...
Antiquities Dealer Confesses In Court To Selling Thousands Of Forgeries
"Mehrdad Sadigh pleaded guilty to seven felony counts that included charges of forgery and grand larceny. … The prosecution of Mr. Sadigh was something...
You’re A Budding Choreographer. How Do You Land Commissions, And What Do You Do...
A couple of working contemporary choreographers offer ideas about how to get a foot in the door — and then what to consider in...
The Most Influential Science Fiction Books In History
Yes, the obvious candidates are here — Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1984, Dune, Asimov, Bradbury, Octavia Butler — along with some you...
AI Recreates Three Lost Gustav Klimt Paintings In Glorious Color
The Faculty Paintings — three allegorical works titled Philosophy, Medicine, and Jurisprudence — were likely destroyed in a fire near the end of Word...
“The Worst Idea In History” — ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ At 50
That phrase is how one potential investor rejected Andrew Lloyd Webber’s proposal to stage the rock opera he wrote with Tim Rice. (That's why...
Nathalie Stutzmann Named Music Director Of Atlanta Symphony
Stutzmann, a former contralto from France who's currently principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, will start an initial four-year term at the ASO's...
Some Early Good News From The WBEZ-Chicago Sun-Times Merger
In a Q&A, two senior executives at Chicago Public Media (WBEZ) say that they no plans to reduce the newspaper's seven-days-per-week print schedule and...
Inside The Rebuilding Of The New York Philharmonic’s Hall: Will The Acoustics Finally Be...
"Renovation is a weak term for this undertaking. … Acousticians scrutinized every block and beam in the auditorium and the architects bent their design...
Merch! Netflix Does Deal With Walmart To Sell Lots Of Branded Stuff
Hoo-boy. "The new Netflix Hub at Walmart will bring Netflix-branded gadgets, clothes, music and games to Walmart's online store exclusively. … (It) will also...