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Has The Gagosian Gallery Left San Francisco?
As of Thursday, Dec. 31, the gallery phone was disconnected and the exterior banner as well as signage in the window had been removed....
The Biggest Archaeological Finds Of 2020
As always, Egypt was fruitful ground for archaeologists, with the discovery of the first ancient Egyptian funeral parlor, the world’s oldest Illustrated book, and a mummy buried...
When Theatre Comes Back To Stages It Will Be Different. But That’s OK
"While there have been times during the past year when theatre and all who work in it have felt helpless, unloved and ignored, there...
More Museums Are Presenting “Sponsored Content.” Is This A Problem?
"On either side of the Atlantic, museums have teamed up with corporations in an effort to utilize their spaces—and collections—in order to reach new...
What Recent Research Reveals About Narcissists
"There’s a difference between everyday selfishness and real narcissism – and there’s a distinction between a normal personality trait and the harmful, rare personality...
Inside The Largest Trove Of Nazi Propaganda
Today, one of the world’s largest collections of Nazi propaganda sits in a climate-controlled warehouse at Fort Belvoir, in northern Virginia. Much of it...
Progress Report: BIPOC Representation In American Theatre
"Time will tell if theater grantmakers adopt the coalition’s demands en masse, and some of the demands have yet to make it into grantmakers’...
IRS: Executors Undervalued Prince’s Estate By $80 Million
The IRS determined that Prince’s estate is worth $163.2m, overshadowing the $82.3m valuation submitted by Comerica Bank & Trust, the estate’s administrator. The discrepancy...
The TikTok Musical That’s Already Earned $1 Million
At a running time of 51 minutes, and with perhaps only half the numbers required for a full adaptation of the 2007 animated Oscar-winner,...
The Institutions That Used To Support Creative Work
"Artists in the middle of the twentieth century flourished not because the economy was inherently favorable to them, but as a result of powerful...
Frida Kahlo Has Become An Icon – At The Expense Of Her Art?
Her claims to eminence were those of someone who as a woman of her time, and disabled too, needed to find ways to make...
Lessons For Classical Music After The Lockdown
"Yes, musical organizations will talk about learning pragmatic lessons from this pandemic. But as the industry begins the long march back toward some semblance...
25 Dancers, Choreographers And Companies To Watch In 2021
Want to know where dance is going in 2021 as the world (hopefully) comes out of COVID lockdown? Here are 25 bright lights to...
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Musicians Protest Met Tactics
“Every other major orchestra has been compensated since the very beginning of the pandemic. Met management is using the pandemic opportunistically. They are not...
Congress Passes New Controls On Antiquities In The Defense Authorization Bill
Regulators have long worried that the opacity of the antiquities trade, where buyers and sellers are seldom identified, even to the parties in a...
Study: Was Stonehenge Built As A Giant Amplifier?
The study found that people who spoke or played music inside the monument would have heard clear reverberations against the massive standing stones. Testing...
Star Museum Directors Talk The Future Of Museums
As the Ford Foundation’s president, Darren Walker, recently told me, “museums are in a crisis because America is in a crisis.” Museums shape narratives...