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Poland’s Independent Media Go Dark To Protest New Advertising Tax
"Many private Polish TV channels and radio stations fell silent and online sites and newspapers ran black front pages on Wednesday in a concerted...
Polish Region Loses $2.25 Million European Cultural Grant After Declaring Itself ‘LGBT-Free Zone’
The money was to go toward developing a Carpathian "heritage" trail" in Poland's Podkarpackie region. After a local activist brought to funders' attention a...
Why This Afghan-Born Poet Is ‘The Father Of Uzbek Literature’
Alisher Navoiy was born in 1441 in Herat, now in Afghanistan but historically a Persianate city. He wrote in Arabic, Persian, and Chagatai, the...
How Do You Play a Flower Pot?
What makes washtubs sound best? How about coffee cans? For the answers, check out Lou Harrison’s instructions for his Concerto for Violin and Percussion....
George Washington Carver Wasn’t Just A Food Scientist, He Was A Gifted Painter
In fact, he was a very promising art student, excelling at plants in particular, but a professor who worried that he couldn't support himself...
How’s New York’s Dance World Navigating A Year Of Pandemic? Better Than They’d Feared
"As they announce plans for the spring and summer — mostly digital, garnished with a little outdoors and in-person — many New York dance...
Last Summer, Museums Made Promises About Diversity. What Are They Actually Doing?
"Many workers regarded it as a positive step this summer when numerous leading institutions released detailed diversity, equity, and inclusion issues (DEI) plans. But...
New National Museum Of African-American Music Open In Nashville
"The museum tells a chronological story of Black music starting in the 1600s through present day and framed around major cultural movements including the...
Flory Jagoda, Living Storehouse Of Sephardic Song, Dead At 97
"A Bosnian-born guitarist and accordionist, brought the traditional ballads of her Sephardic ancestors and the melodies of the Ladino language to American...
Paramount Battles Truman Capote Estate For Right To Remake ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’
"Paramount has a screenplay for a new movie, according to court papers. But Alan Schwartz, Trustee of the Truman Capote Literary Trust, has been...
New L.A. Arts Recovery Fund Has $38.5 Million For Small And Midsize Nonprofits
"The J. Paul Getty Trust initiated the fund, to be officially announced Tuesday, and the California Community Foundation is administering it. Struggling arts organizations...
Frick Collection Set To Open At Old Whitney Museum Building
"The Frick Collection will open in the Breuer building as the Frick Madison on March 18, the museum announced on Tuesday, beginning a two-year...
Facing Another COVID Summer, British Theatres Are Building Outdoor Stages
Social distancing is easier outdoors and there's more air circulation, not to mention the fact that, as one director puts it, "Outdoor arts is...
Defying National Government, French City’s Mayor Reopens Museums
"Louis Aliot, the right-wing mayor of Perpignan, a city in the south of France, will let four museums begin welcoming visitors once more, effectively...
An ‘Intersectional Trainwreck’ — Alex Ross On ‘The Great Gay Jewish Poetry Brawl Of...
"In the shouty Valhalla of pointlessly destructive literary feuds, a place of honor must go to the verbal duel between the poets Heinrich Heine...
Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière Dead At 89
He wrote the screenplays for a remarkable number of important films: Luis Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Belle de Jour, and That...
Fox News’s Response To Smartmatic’s $2.7 Billion Lawsuit: Don’t Blame Us, Blame Trump’s Lawyers...
In the network's motion to dismiss the voting company's defamation lawsuit — which alleges that Fox News and three of its hosts knowingly spread...
Pianist Lara Downes Is Reviving The Work Of Black Composers And Reframing The History...
Her project, called Rising Sun Music, "is a series of newly recorded works written by black composers — including many works that have never...
To Deaccession Or Not, And Why? Museum World’s Long Argument About This Is Now...
Once the AAMD, looking at the financial carnage wrought by COVID, relaxed its strict rule about museums selling their art only in order to...
First Arab Woman To Direct A Feature Film, Moufida Tlatli, Dead At 73
" remains best known for her breakthrough 1994 feature The Silences of the Palace, a lyrical study of a woman's return to an abandoned...
Governor And Mayor Announce Programs To Revive New York’s Live Performance Industry
And, given the notorious personal relationship between the two men, it's no surprise that their plans are entirely separate. Governor Cuomo's scheme, called NY...
Broadway’s Shutdown Has A Long Economic Reach
"By one count, Broadway is directly responsible for nearly 100,000 jobs in New York City alone and, as a leading attraction for people who...
Paris Opera Ballet Publishes Report On Race In Company, And Management Will Act On...
"'There will be no blackface, or yellowface,' Neef told reporters, but works like La Bayadère and The Nutcracker would remain, with possible further...
Louvre’s New Conservation Facility Will Hold One-Third Of The Museum’s Entire Collection
The Louvre Conservation Center, located in Liévin (20 miles or so southwest of Lille), "has six storage areas, including dry, low-humidity areas for metalworks,...
Germany Earmarks Another €1 Billion In COVID Relief To Its Arts Sector
"This marks the second chapter of the so-called 'Neustart Kultur' program (New Start Culture), which was first launched last July with a bailout of...