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When ISIS Made Off With A Magritte Nude (Which Made It Back Intact!)
In 2009, a pair of thieves got into the René Magritte Museum in the Brussels suburb of Jette, located in the artist's former home,...
These Unpublished Charles Schultz Cartoons Are About (!!) Adults
Here's the story of a set of seven comic strips, called "the Hagemeyer strips" after their main character, set in an office, with protagonists...
At 4,300 Years, This May The World’s Oldest War Memorial
"A huge burial mound holding the corpses of at least 30 warriors in Syria could be the oldest war memorial ever discovered, dating back...
These Protesters Faced Down The Colombian Cops By Voguing
As a crowd marched in Bogotá against poverty and police violence, three twenty-something queer folks whose dance video had gone viral a couple of...
Arts Groups To UK: Thanks For Offering Us Relief Funding — Now Could You...
"Hundreds of arts organisations that received grants in the Culture Recovery Fund's second round are still waiting for money to be paid out, causing...
Newark’s Quirks: Examining the Museum’s (& Sotheby’s) Art Sale Shenanigans
In my previous post on the Newark Museum of Art’s dicey deaccessions, I didn’t analyze the overall sale totals, my customary practice when covering...
John Steinbeck Really Did Write A Werewolf Novel. No Way His Estate Is Letting...
"The manuscript, Murder at Full Moon, was completed in 1930 but was never published. A single copy has been sitting, mostly forgotten, in an...
How Biden’s New, De-Trumpified Commission Of Fine Arts Could Make A Real Difference
Philip Kennicott: "The new members aren't just visionaries with a firm command of inspiring rhetoric; they know how to read a plan, look at...
France Reveres Roland Petit. Why Doesn’t It Perform His Ballets More Often?
"Even in Petit's home country, his works haven't been staged with great regularity. Nor do companies seem especially interested in resuscitating any of the...
Charles Larson, Who Established Study Of African Literature In U.S. Academia, Dead At 83
"As a professor at American University in Washington, where he joined the faculty in 1970, Dr. Larson taught some of the first classes offered...
Shakespeare’s Globe’s Bumpy Return To Work
Not only are audience members (at a quarter of pre-COVID capacity) required to stay six feet from each other, so are all the actors...
Fear Of Deepfakes May Be Causing More Problems Than Deepfakes Themselves Are
Simon V.Z. Wood: "Searching for evidence that bad actors were weaponizing artificial intelligence for political gain, what I found instead was an emerging field...
Okay, Public Radio: ‘Our Culture Of Host Hero Worship Creates Monsters, And It Is...
In the wake of Bob Garfield's firing from On the Media for what he's described as "anger mismanagement," Celeste Headlee — who endured mistreatment...
After Investigation, Embattled Head Of Americans For The Arts Departs Permanently
"Robert L. Lynch, the longtime president and chief executive of the Washington-based advocacy organization Americans for the Arts who had been on paid leave...
Sexual Abuse In El Sistema, Long Rumored, Is Now Being Brought To Light
A Facebook post in late April from an alumna of Venezuela's famous system of free musical education "has since sparked a collective portrait of...
Hermitage Museum Satellite In Barcelona Gets Go-Ahead
"The long-awaited Barcelona branch has finally been given the green light for development. The port of Barcelona's board of directors announced on Thursday...
Millions Lost: Australian Ballet Hit Harder By Pandemic Than Most Of Country’s Large Arts...
"The Australian Ballet forfeited $32 million in ticket revenue for 2020, a pandemic blow that it has only survived thanks to an...
We’ve Had Shakespeare In The Park. Now How About Molière?
"Sitting on a bench in Prospect Park recently as flocks of maskless Brooklynites passed by, Lucie Tiberghien reflected on the long, strange journey toward...
It’s The First New Ancient Greek-English Dictionary In 178 Years, And Victorian Euphemisms Are...
Having decided that the old reference works, still in use in English schools and universities, were too "antiquated" to work from, the editors of...
30 Years Ago, SoundScan Completely Upended The Pop Music Business
"On May 25, 1991 — 30 years ago Tuesday — Billboard … started counting album sales with scanners and computers and whatnot, and not...
Lauren Lovette, Retired NY City Ballet Star, Moves Into Her Next Career: Choreography
"For Lovette, becoming a choreographer was something she grew into. 'When I was 18 and I had just joined the New York City Ballet...
Medieval Village In Italy Emerges From Waters That Swallowed It Up 70 Years Ago
"In 1950, the Italian village of Curon was flooded to merge two adjacent lakes and make room for an electric plant. Since then, the...
‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ Author Eric Carle Dead At 91
"Over the course of his career, Carle illustrated more than 70 books for kids. He didn't get started on that path until he was...
BBC Proms Will Have Live Audiences (And “Rule, Britannia!”) This Summer
"While a normal season features about 90 concerts over eight weeks, last year just 14 concerts played to an empty Royal Albert Hall. The...
Tony Awards Finally Have A Date — And A Much-Altered Telecast
"Three of the 25 competitive awards — best musical, best play and best play revival — will be presented live during a television...
