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How Thomas More And Thomas Cromwell Ended Up Glaring At Each Other Across A...
That fireplace is at The Frick Collection in midtown Manhattan, and on each side of it are Hans Holbein's famous portraits of Henry VIII's...
Nature Writing Should Be As Unsentimental As Nature Is
"Every writer on nature comes to their own accommodation with the hard facts of wild life. We needn't all look at them too closely,...
Spoilers And Their Relationship To Relentless Capitalist Excess, Explained
In which Emily St. James argues that the culture's arguments about spoilers (to avoid nor not to avoid) are basically another tool with which...
In Australia’s Election, Nobody’s Talking About The Arts. So What Are The Parties’ Arts...
"Just because a policy isn't written down, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. ... By examining a party's record, we can assess the values that...
Watching “Servant Of The People” Now That Volodymyr Zelensky Is Actually President
"(It's) like watching The West Wing knowing that America really elected Martin Sheen — and that he became the most rousing wartime leader in...
Russian’s Rich Lexicon Of Profanity Has Become A Tool In Ukraine’s Resistance
"Obscenity might seem a trivial side note in such a horrific conflict, but understanding it is a way of understanding language, and language has...
Dance Salad, A Festival “Born In Brussels, Brought Up In Houston”
For 25 years, an enterprising Texan named Nancy Henderek has been bringing major artists to her hometown for a three-day festival with "bite-size samplings"...
A Group Of Napoleon’s Personal Effects, Stolen Years Ago, Were Found On eBay
The items — portraits of Napoleon and Josephine, locks of the emperor's hair, and his inkwell set — were stolen from a historic house...
Arena Stage’s “Toni Stone” Was Cancelled Mid-Run Because The Lead Actress No Longer Felt...
"Santoya Fields said it wasn't an illness that led to her being unable to take the stage; it was the impact of what she...
Largest Van Gogh Exhibition In U.S. In 20 Years Opens This Fall
"The coming Van Gogh in America exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts will include 72 Van Goghs, with 56 paintings and 16 works...
Long Beach Opera Wasn’t Racist Or Sexist, Just Poorly Managed: Investigation
When three staffers resigned last month, they claimed a culture of racism and misogyny kept them from being able to do their work, and...
Charlotte Ballet Appoints A New Artistic Director
"The dance company announced Thursday that Alejandro Cerrudo, 41, will be its next leader. Cerrudo has worked as a dancer and choreographer for 24...
She’s Turned A Little RV Into An Eight-Seat Touring Cinema
"Until fairly recently, Kerry Jones's caravan lay rotting and forgotten about in her garden in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders — a home for...
This Spanish Artist Gave An Empty Medieval Chapel An Flamboyant Makeover — Without Asking...
After being hit by "intense inspiration," Jesús Cees has spent much of the past two years painting vivid murals on the previously blank walls...
Outgoing Houston Symphony Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada Abruptly Quits His Other Orchestra
Citing "insurmountable differences" with the orchestra's superintendent, Orozco-Estrada announced his immediate resignation as chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony, a job he started only...
Studio Space For $1 Per Square Foot — Where? And How Is It Possible
Western Avenue Studios & Lofts, a former textile mill in Lowell, Mass. (about 25 miles from Boston), was purchased last month by the Arts...
Arts And Culture Issues In The French Presidential Campaign
The subject has been largely skipped so far, though far-right candidate Marine Le Pen has said she plans to privatize the French public broadcasting...
Connecticut Man Pulls Artworks Out Of The Garbage, Finds They’re Worth Big Money
When Jared Whipple first picked up the works, which came from an abandoned barn in Watertown, he figured he could use them in a...
“Sarah, Plain and Tall” Author Patricia MacLachlan Dead At 84
"Mrs. MacLachlan wrote more than 60 children's books during her half-century career, ... (and is) known to millions of young readers (for her) novel...
Boston Symphony Cancels May European Tour As COVID Strikes Yet Again
BSO management says that 31 musicians (so far) in the orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus have recently tested positive for the virus. The...
Publishers Get Final Win In Suit Against Maryland’s Library E-Book Law
The statute required any publisher selling e-books in Maryland to make those e-books available to libraries "on reasonable terms." The American Association of Publishers...
“Cabaret” And “Life Of Pi” Sweep London’s Olivier Awards
The revival of Cabaret starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley won seven awards, including Best Musical Revival, Best Director, and all four acting categories...
English National Opera’s New Director Meets A Challenging Job With A Challenging Opera
On top of COVID troubles, whoever runs ENO faces the perennial problems of precarious state funding and being the underdog company in London. Annilese...
The Armenian Christian Who Paints Exquisite Mosque Domes
"When people ask Harout Bastajian how a Christian is creating the decorative program of a mosque, he likes to answer, 'God works in mysterious...
Swahili — How A Little Coastal Dialect Became Africa’s Most Widely Spoken Language
Native to the East African coast, Swahili developed as a lingua franca for various nationalities doing business in busy ports like Zanzibar. Now Swahili...
