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The Architect of the Capitol Assesses the Damage: Our Nation’s Art & Architecture (if...
This was a week when blogging-as-usual struck me as irredeemably frivolous. Trying to promulgate commentary about art and the artworld seemed fatuous, at a...
Aaron Copland: “One Red to Another”
“If they were a strange sight to me, I was no less of a one to them. It was the first time that many...
Why Are A Bunch Of Teens Convinced That Helen Keller Wasn’t Deaf-Blind?
Blame TikTok and the pathologies of social media in the age of fake news. A couple of (so-called) satirical videos were posted last year...
‘Now I’m Sounding Like One Of My Characters’ — Suzan-Lori Parks On Playwriting
"It's like what 'Michelangelo' said, right? He's working with the marble and taking away everything that's not the sculpture. And let's put Michelangelo in...
‘Star Wars’ Fan Fiction Video Is All Over The Place — And Disney Is...
"Such films have existed almost as long as the franchise itself. Early examples were spoofs, like the 1978 short Hardware Wars and a 1997...
Medieval Silver Hoard Unearthed In Polish Village
Archaeologists from the Polish Academy of Sciences discovered a ceramic vessel containing well over 6,000 coins and rings as well as silver bullion near...
Venice’s Mayor Wants Museums To Stay Closed, And Half The Town is Furious
"The decision by Luigi Brugnaro, the mayor of Venice, to extend the closure of the city's 11 civic museums — including the Doge's Palace,...
France’s Cultural Venues Will Be Closed All Month
"Prime Minister Jean Castex confirmed … museums, cinemas, theaters, concert halls and gyms 'will not in the weeks to come'." Venues had...
Consider The Word ‘Sedition’
"Sedition — Merriam-Webster defines it as 'incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority' — is a word that echoes across American history,...
Simon & Schuster Cancels Sen. Josh Hawley’s Book In Wake Of Capitol Riot
From the company's announcement: "We did not come to this decision lightly. As a publisher it will always be our mission to amplify a...
Montreal Symphony’s Next Music Director Is Rafael Payare
A graduate of Venezuela's El Sistema, the 40-year-old music director of the San Diego Symphony begins a five-year term at the Maison symphonique in...
Nina Ananiashvili Sent To Siberia (For Her New Job)
Once one of the biggest stars at both the Bolshoi and ABT, she returned to her native Georgia in 2004 (at President Saakashvili's personal...
After A Year Away, Boston Symphony’s Music Director Is Back
Andris Nelsons, who has been in Europe since before the pandemic started, returned to Symphony Hall to record three programs pairing Beethoven symphonies with...
The Ballet World In Degas’s Paintings Was A Mean, Sordid Place
"In Paris, its success was almost entirely predicated on lecherous social contracts. Sex work was a part of a ballerina's reality, and the city's...
‘One Of Last Great Shared Texts In Our Culture’ (And It’s A 70-Year-Old Comic...
"In a highly polarized culture … the most recent and arguably final example of a great American work of art loved broadly and...
Ellen Burstyn On Her Fame (She’s Been *Very* Fortunate)
"It was never really my intention to be a movie star," says the actress, who's probably about to get her seventh Oscar nomination at...
What New Anti-Money-Laundering Rules Will Mean For The U.S. Art And Antiquities Market
One of the provisions added to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2021 makes antiquities dealers subject to the Bank Secrecy Act. One of...
Could Percussion Ensembles Become The String Quartets Of The 21st Century?
After all, "in 2009, critic Allan Kozinn declared in The New York Times, 'If you think about it, drums are the new violins,' pointing...
How Pete Docter Is Healing Pixar After #MeToo And #TimesUp
Things might have seemed iffy for the multibillion-dollar animation powerhouse after its founding creative director, John Lasseter, abruptly left in 2017 amid allegations of...
‘Obscenities, Inanities And Treason’: A Critic On The Riot At The U.S. Capitol
Philip Kennicott: "The whole drama, the body language, the flags and the onslaught, was borrowed from other dramas — genuine displays of revolutionary fervor...
MD High Court Rules Rap Lyrics Can Be Used As Evidence Against Defendant
"Three weeks before trial, Montague used a jailhouse telephone to record a rap verse, which was then uploaded to Instagram. , the State...
The Stage 100 For 2021 Honors British Theatre’s Response To COVID
"Arts workers in the NHS, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, actor Michael Balogun and theatre company 20 Stories High are among those recognised in this...
Parisian Billionaire’s Museum Is, At Last, Ready To Open
"At 84, the billionaire François Pinault will finally realise a 20-year plan to build a private museum for his contemporary art collection in Paris....
Orbán Gov’t In Hungary Fans Rightist Backlash Against Black Lives Matter Artwork
"Commentators on pro-government television chatshows threatened to pull the statue down if it was erected, and compared it to putting up a monument to...
Why Doesn’t The Entertainment Biz Give Proper Credit To Its Choreographers?
The Emmys and Tonys give their Best Choreography trophies without the TV cameras running; the Oscars don't even have a category for dancemakers, and...