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Contemporary Artist Chosen To Supply Bayeux Tapestry’s Missing Panel
Most scholars believe that the enormous embroidery, which depicts the Norman Conquest, is missing a key scene: the coronation of William the Conqueror as...
How Choreographers Are Experimenting With AI
"The impact of artificial intelligence ... can already be seen across film, television and music, but to some extent dance seems insulated, as a...
Odesans Fight Back As Regional Governor Tries To Erase City’s Russian-Language History
"Where the governor sees Russian imperialism, Odesan artists, writers, musicians and scholars and their friends in Ukraine and across the world see a high-handed...
The Baltimore Sun Eliminates Its Entire Features Department, And With It Most Arts Coverage
"(This will be) the first time since at least 1888 the newspaper won’t have even one reporter dedicated to covering the city’s cultural life,"...
Actress Teri Garr Has Died At 79
She began her career as a backup dancer in Elvis Presley movies and made countless guest appearances on TV series, but she's best remembered...
Here’s Why They Have To Charge So Much For Tickets To A Good Haunted...
The owner of Blood Manor, one of New York's top Halloween attractions, explains how much he has to spend every year — not just...
A Dostoevsky Ballet?? Yep. ABT Is Dancing “Crime And Punishment”
"Acknowledging that the idea sounds inadvisable, (director James) Bonas and (choreographer Helen) Pickett explained in interviews what they saw instead as promising: Dostoyevsky’s hefty...
After 50 Years, The Hirshhorn Museum Is Dealing With Something New: Popular Success
"Could the Hirshhorn be a major institution? These days, Director Melissa Chiu says it should assume its role as 'the national museum of modern...
Packing And Moving Museum Art Is One Of The Trickiest, Most Challenging, Most High-Stakes...
"Everyone who works (in the job) has stories about the expensive, delicate, sacred and impossibly large things they’ve had to pack into a crate...
Non-EU Citizens Should Pay Higher Admission For Sites Like The Louvre, Says French Culture...
"Is it normal for a French visitor to pay the same price ... as a Brazilian or Chinese visitor?" said Rachida Dati, who wants...
Midnight Book Release Parties Aren’t Just For Young People’s Lit Anymore
The phenomenon — in which bookstores open at midnight on a title's release date, so readers can get their fix as quickly as possible...
Is The True Crime Podcast Genre Returning To Its Public Radio Roots?
Serial is, after all, a spinoff of long-running public radio hit This American Life. After Serial's massive success, countless people wanted in on true-crime...
After Violinist Lara St. John Went Public About Sexual Abuse By Her Teacher, Many...
"I definitely did not know that it was this widespread," she said. "I’ve heard from people all over the world, mostly about sexual abuse...
In Pompeii, A Little House Full of Well-Preserved Frescoes Is Unearthed
"While the home is modest in size, researchers say that its decorations — including erotic scenes — are equal to those of much larger...
Gérard Depardieu’s Rape Trial Postponed Until Next March
"Gérard Depardieu's trial on charges of sexual assault has been postponed until March because the French actor is in poor health, a court in...
An All-AI Bot Radio Station Hits The Airwaves
"Weeks after letting its journalists go, OFF Radio Krakow relaunched this week, with what it said was 'the first experiment in Poland in which...
Call Of Duty? The Long And Symbiotic Relationship Between The Video Game Industry And...
"In fact, when the modern gaming industry was coming online, the Department of Defense already had skin in the game. … And Call of...
There’s A Whole New Wave Of Contemporary Dance In Museums And Galleries
It's nothing new for visual art institutions to host new and experimental dance works, but there's been a real uptick in recent years. Why?...
Artists And Performers In Republic Of Georgia Wonder If They’ll Have To Leave The...
"Two new laws — cracking down on organizations that receive international funding and what the government calls L.G.B.T. propaganda — and the violent response...
Ten Years After An Aborted Shutdown, San Diego Opera Announces Ambitious Five-Year Expansion Plan
"How ambitious? It will require raising an additional $10.5 million over the next five years to fund the expansion of live performances; the re-establishment...
That Banana-Duct-Taped-To-The-Wall Artwork Seems To Have Been A Very Good Investment
One of three "editions" of the piece, titled Comedian, by prankster conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan (he of the gold toilet titled America) sold five...
A Brain Abscess Left Alison Stewart Unable To Speak. Here’s How She Worked Her...
She had spent decades as a TV and public radio journalist and host, and, this past February, she suddenly found herself unable to utter...
Pig Iron’s MFA Program In Devised Theater, Left Orphaned By Collapse Of UArts, Finds...
"The Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training will become part of Rowan University in New Jersey, almost four months after it was cast...
San Diego Museum of Art Reveals Initial Design For Redesigned West Wing
"The proposed design is likely to please critics who feared the renowned English firm (Foster + Partners) would build a glass dome, high-rise tower...
Metropolitan Opera Settles Decade-Long Case With Mezzo Who Was Injured Onstage
During a 2011 performance of Gounod's Faust, Wendy White was injured when a piece of scenery collapsed and she fell eight feet. In 2013...