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‘Poetry Out Of Pragmatism’: An Assessment Of Pritzker Prize Winners Anne Lacaton And Jean-Philippe...
Oliver Wainwright: "It is a fitting moment for a prize once reserved for flamboyant sculptors of icons to be awarded to a practice that...
Pritzker Prize Goes To Architects Whose Motto Is ‘Never Demolish’
More fully stated, the professional creed of Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal is "Never demolish, never remove or replace, always add, transform, and reuse!"...
Theatre Leaders In Five Countries Talk About How Their Companies Have Coped With The...
Ivo van Hove at the Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Stéphane Braunschweig at the Odéon in Paris, Thomas Ostermeier at the Schaubühne in Berlin, Kajsa Giertz...
Will Russians Have To Run All Cultural Programming Past Censors Again?
"Over 1,000 cultural figures, including artists and curators, have addressed a letter to President Vladimir Putin and parliamentarians expressing fears that law is...
‘Little Did I Know’: A Theater Critic Considers The Anniversary Of The COVID Shutdown
Helen Shaw: "The pandemic has been a period of getting a lot of 'little did I know' stuff out into the open, including (but...
Could Netflix Transform Africa’s Cinema Ecosystem?
In Sub-Saharan Africa there are and have been numerous impressive filmmakers, but only Nigeria and South Africa have fully developed industries in which films...
Netflix And Amazon Want To Make Lots More Programming In India, But Hindu Nationalists...
"U.S. video streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are looking to the Indian market to power their global growth. But their shows...
Boris Johnson Says The Elgin Marbles Will Not Be Returned To Greece
"Boris Johnson has used his first interview with a European newspaper since becoming the UK's prime minister to issue a point-blank rejection of the...
What Should A COVID Memorial Look Like?
Justin Davidson: "No memorial, no matter how grand or artful, can encompass the infinite varieties of pain, or comfort everyone who experienced a global...
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Will Happen This Year, But Outdoors Only
"Even by the standards of 2020, Jacob's Pillow had a tough year. Not only did the dance center in Becket, Mass., have to cancel...
Comparing Different Countries’ Pandemic Relief Funding For The Arts
"We added up the total emergency cultural aid packages from nine countries around the globe to show you how they compare. We looked at...
Why Did It Take Four Years For Spain’s National Library To Report The Theft...
"The technical department had known that the original had been replaced by a copy since May 2014, when book restorers discovered it by accident...
This Year, The Salzburg Easter Festival Will Be The Salzburg All Saints Festival
The state of the pandemic being what it is just now, management didn't want to cancel the event entirely as they did last year,...
AAMD’s Deaccession Dilemma (& the Met’s Equivocations)
Is the “slippery slope” on the verge of becoming even more treacherous? In conversations with its members this week, the Association of Art Museum...
Your Guide To The Nastiest Profanities In French
A hard-R-rated primer to what gets said in the language of Molière when one is really f***ing p****d off, what you can use to...
Tony Hendra, Comic Writer/Editor/Actor, Dead At 79
" began writing and performing comedy while a student at Cambridge University, traveling in the same circles as future members of the Monty Python...
How The Revenue From Music Streaming Gets Parcelled Out To Artists (And Why It’s...
"Clearly, the 'every track play pays the same' model (known in the jargon as 'platform-centric') has the potential to seriously damage classical music and...
How The Breakdancing Competition At The 2024 Olympics Will Work
"Sixteen b-boys and 16 b-girls will compete in Paris, chosen through qualifying events organized by WDSF on five continents. There will be no numbered...
Between Budget Cuts And COVID, Mexico’s Arts Sector Is In Full-On Crisis
"Citing corruption and waste under previous administrations, centre-left President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced hefty budget cuts across all government departments in May 2019....
It Was A Mosaic From Caligula’s Pleasure Yacht. It Became A Park Avenue Coffee...
"Officials unveiled the mosaic at the Museum of Roman Ships, which was built in the 1930s specifically to house the treasures of two huge...
The Oprah Effect: What Being Interviewed By Winfrey Can Do For You
" means being ready to expose yourself to her satisfaction, in exchange for having one of the world's great empaths help you reshape your...
Theatre In America After A Year Of The Pandemic
Rob Weinert-Kendt: "So what happened — what changed — in this past 12 months, and how will this lost, frantic year be remembered? I...
‘Culture Of Fear’ At Detroit Institute Of Arts, Outside Study Found
"The Detroit Institute of Arts is taking steps to improve its workplace culture following a critical review by outside investigators who said they had...
What Does Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill Have For The Arts?
"The relief bill includes $470 million earmarked for cultural organizations, with $135 million each for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National...
Only Half Of Britain’s Billion-Pound Arts Relief Fund Has Been Paid Out
"The National Audit Office … examined the allocation of the funds so far and found that of the £1bn that has been made...