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UNESCO Keeps Venice Off List Of World Heritage Sites In Danger
It seems that last week's announcement of a cruise ship ban had the desired effect. (Now the question is whether the ban will stick.)...
Oregon Ballet Theatre Acknowledges It Fired Artistic Director Kevin Irving
"It is true that the Board approved a resolution to end his tenure with the company," read a statement released by an OBT spokesperson....
Why I Loved The Video Of Greek Police Dropping A Picasso
Sophie Haigney: "I thought, before seeing this video, that I was tired of art. … It was only after watching this video repeatedly that...
Wallace Shawn, ‘The American Theatre’s Most Insistent Class Traitor’
"Other writer-actor types have played the upper-middle-class intellectual as a kind of sheepish hero, all the while hiding, or prettifying, or justifying the dark...
Who Figured Out How To Type Chinese Characters On A QWERTY Keyboard? A Political...
Zhi Bingyi had an engineering Ph.D. and a German wife, so when the Cultural Revolution hit, he was, of course, declared a reactionary. Trapped...
So What Do Other Documentarians Think About Using The AI-Simulated Voice Of Anthony Bourdain?
"Way overblown," declared one, who said the backlash shows "that people ... really don't understand how documentaries are edited." Others weren't so certain: "If...
Uffizi Gallery Is Suing Pornhub Over Its ‘Classic Nudes’ Virtual Museum Tour
Last week the adult website launched an online guide to erotic(ized) artworks at six of the world's great museums. Then one of those institutions...
Two Long-Separated Fragments Of Egyptian Book Of The Dead Reunited
Well, reunited digitally. The two pieces — one now at the Getty in L.A. and the other in Christchurch, NZ — are from linen...
Substack Is Launching Its Own Podcast Network
While the service already carries several podcasts, this venture, called Booksmart Studios, is its first major investment in audio, "Substack sees the venture …...
Battle Breaks Out Over Who Gets Benin Bronzes Returned To Nigeria
The Western institutions who now hold the looted treasures have been assuming the works were destined for a state-sponsored Edo Museum of Western African...
John McMeel, Who Brought Us ‘Doonesbury’, ‘Dear Abby’, And ‘The Far Side’, Dead At...
He and a friend started Universal Press Syndicate in 1970; Garry Trudeau was their first cartoonist. Among the many other cartoons and columnists he...
BBC Proms To Play To Full Houses
"The BBC Proms will open at full capacity and without social distancing this summer, but attendees will be required to provide proof of their...
The Cancelers Are Wrong: Chaucer Was No Rapist, Racist Or Anti-Semite
"My decades of research show he was no raunchy proponent of bro culture but a daring and ingenious defender of women and the innocent."...
‘The British Fox News’ Is Off To A Very Messy Start
Actually, 'risible' is the adjective the headline for this article uses to describe the first month on air of GB News. Here's a shake-your-head...
After Two Decades And $800 Million, Berlin’s Humboldt Forum Is Finally Welcoming Visitors
"The museum's programs are to reflect three core themes: the history of the site, the brothers Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt's global discoveries, and...
You Probably Hadn’t Heard Of The National Ballet Of Canada’s New Director. That’s Good.
Hope Muir: "I feel like more people like me, who weren't necessarily huge stars, are going to end up in these roles, with a...
France Now Requires COVID Pass For Visiting All Cultural Institutions
"Beginning July 21, the 'pass sanitaire' or 'health pass' will be required for venues with more than 50 people. Visitors over 18 will be...
Asians May Seem Ubiquitous In Classical Music, But They Still Face Discrimination
Interviews with more than 40 Asians and Asian-Americans in the classical world reveal that, in 2021, many still have to put up with astoundingly...
Maybe Netflix’s Move Into Video Games Isn’t Such A Great Idea
Said one securities analyst. "This is like Starbucks saying, 'We've decided to get into the FedEx business because people come to our store already....
Sound Crew Stages Walkout At Williamstown Theater Festival
They'd been working 13-hour days with no overtime pay, outdoors with expensive electronics during an unusually wet summer. When a final tech rehearsal was...
Gil Wechsler, Who Lit The Met Opera’s Productions For Decades, Dead At 79
The company's first-ever resident lighting designer, he illuminated 112 productions over 20 years (1976-1996), and some of his work is still in use. He...
Edinburgh International Festival Director Announces Departure
Fergus Linehan, who came to the EIF from the Sydney Festival in 2014, reveled that next year's festival will be his last. - The...
UNESCO Revokes World Heritage Status Of Liverpool Waterfront
The UN's cultural heritage organization had been warning for years that unchecked building development was destroying the beauty and character of the old port...
HMV At 100: UK’s Favorite Record Store Is Hanging On
Since 2000, the once-hugely popular chain has entered bankruptcy twice, changed ownership twice, and closed, reopened and closed again hundreds of stores. In 2019...
What Ever Became Of Joy Womack, The American Who Joined, And Quit, The Bolshoi...
At 15 she entered the Bolshoi's school; by 17 she was a company soloist. In 2013, aged 19, she claimed she couldn't get solos...
