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They’re Going To Auction Off $100 Million Worth Of Picassos In Vegas
MGM Resorts collected the 11 works for sale and, for a time, had had them on display at the Bellagio resort. The company says...
Longtime NPR Host Neal Conan Dead At 71
"(He) was a mainstay of NPR programming for most of (its) half-century, joining the outlet in 1977 as a producer and departing in 2013...
Lonnie Bunch Introduces Smithsonian’s New Initiative On Racial Reckoning
"Beginning with a national summit on August 26, a series of integrated events — from conferences to town halls to immersive pop-up experiences —...
Conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti Dead At 75
A student of Sergiu Celibidache, Gelmetti served as principal conductor or music director of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony (1989-1998), the Rome Opera (2000-2009), Sydney...
Is Cancel Culture Stifling Comedy? In A Word, No.
"If the 'wokeism is killing comedy' crew are motivated by a genuine devotion to great comedy, then they can relax, because it is in...
Why Bollywood Is Cranking Out The War Movies This Year
Basically, it's because Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing the country in a more militaristic direction, especially with regard to Pakistan. And "India's wars...
Are We Finally Getting Over The “Show Up For Dance Class, Even If You’re...
Dance psychologist Lucie Clements says we should reassess the value of "pushing past the pain": "You are risking more harm than good if someone...
Egypt’s Greatest Living Novelist Explores Why The Tahrir Square Revolution Failed
Alaa Al-Aswany on his The Republic of False Truths: "I made a big mistake. I thought the revolution was representing all Egyptians, but we...
The Pandemic Has Shown Us That Museums Should Give Up On Blockbuster Shows: Chris...
Says the former director of Tate Modern, now at Paris's Grand Palais, "We probably cannot afford to ship works back and forth, and will...
Provincetown And Its Performers Step Nervously Back Into Action
The arts-dependent Cape Cod town got clobbered by last year's lockdowns, but with vaccination rates up and caseloads down this summer, the scene joyfully...
Walter Yetnikoff, Hot-Tempered Head Of CBS Records, Dead At 87
"(He was) as famous for guiding the megastar careers of Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan and Billy Joel as for his...
California Art Dealer Pleads Guilty To Peddling Forgeries
Jason Harrington, 38, fabricated paintings which he sold as work by the late artists Barkley Hendricks and Richard Hambleton (aka Shadowman) for a total...
“San Diego’s Answer To The Hollywood Bowl”
The Rady Shell was built to be the San Diego Symphony's summer venue, but, COVID rates and the city's weather being what they are,...
Patricia Hitchcock, Daughter Of And Actress For Alfred, Dead At 93
While she acted in other films, radio and TV before retiring to raise her children, she's best known for key supporting roles in several...
Head Of One Of London’s Top Drama Schools Out Over Behavior Allegations
Sarah Frankcom has stepped down as director of LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) as the school's trustees investigate "complaints on...
Why The Icelandic Sagas Remain So Readable After All These Centuries
It's not just that they came from a culture more like ours than most medieval societies (no hereditary aristocracy, a genuine parliament). It's that,...
Italy’s Best Wood For Musical Instruments May Be In Danger
For centuries, the spruces of Val di Fiemme have been used in the greatest instruments Italy produces, from Stradivari violins to Fazioli pianos. Here's...
Texas Monthly’s Lucrative New Income Stream: Selling Old Articles To Hollywood
The magazine has secured rights deals with film and TV production companies for more than 20 pieces from its archives so far — a...
The Most Reliable Stage Director Working In Opera Today
That's how Joshua Barone of The New York Times categorizes Robert Carsen: "His work is by no means repetitive, cautious or dull. But in...
How Did Synchronized Swimming Become “Artistic Swimming”?
The sport's governing body pushed the name change through in 2017, reportedly at the request of the IOC. The athletes weren't consulted, and many...
Now These, Say Some Native Americans, Are The TV Shows We’ve Been Waiting For
Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) and Rutherford Falls (Peacock) "are both Native stories told largely by Native actors, writers, producers and directors. The upshot...
Indigenous Young People Are Using The Internet To Revive Their Languages
From TikTok to Spotify to rap videos to new apps, youth from Mexico to Ecuador to Australia are coming up with new ways to...
Public Art Show In South Florida Falls Apart After Mayor Goes McCarthy On Artists
"Illuminate Coral Gables," an outdoor exhibition of light art that launched only this past winter, has imploded after the Miami-area city's mayor accused two...
New Generation Of Leaders Tries To Resurrect Chicago Improv
Even without the pandemic, 2020 was a difficult year for Second City and the iO Theater, two of Chicago's flagships for improv, and both...
“West Side Story” Revival Won’t Be Returning To Broadway
The controversial staging, directed by Ivo van Hove, co-choreographed by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, and produced by Scott Rudin, barely made it past 100...
