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Suspect Arrested In Connection With Vandalizing Home Of Brooklyn Museum Director
“Taylor Pelton, 28, has reportedly been charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime. Pasternak’s Brooklyn Heights residence was splashed with red paint in...
Book Bans Are Hurting Indigenous Authors And Books, And Everyone Else Too
“Books that are getting published today are not just for Native kids. They're important to Native kids because they affirm our existence as Native...
Plagiarism Accusations Are Blowing Up The Dance World – Again
“Given that there are few protections for choreographers’ intellectual property unless that property has been copyrighted, and that copyrighting choreography is highly uncommon and...
Cal Shakes, Not Yet Successful At Its Emergency Fundraiser, Extends Over The Weekend
The company is really hoping to make enough money to produce As You Like It in September. "The 50th anniversary performance ... is supposed...
In Turkey, Archaeologists Find The End Of The Rainbow
That is, what they’ve called “a pot of gold” (golden coins) that help explain the political landscape from the time of the Pelepponisian War....
Philly’s Free Library, Despite The Resignation Of Its Staff, Says Author Events Are Returning
The entire Author Events staff resigned in June, after “layoffs loomed internal meetings became contentious.” The resigning staff said they found the work...
If You Think Climate Change Doesn’t Affect Art, You’re Not The One Trying To...
“Art shipping and storage companies seek to avoid abrupt changes in temperature and humidity as much as possible to prevent possible damage, especially to...
Cracking The Code Of Rembrandt’s Golden Luster
A team of scientists found that “the Dutch Master incorporated 'pararealgar and semi-amorphous pararealgar' — yellow and reddish-orange arsenic sulfide mineral variants that he...
A Cultural History Of London’s Biggest Sandwich Moments
“These are sandwiches that announced themselves, generating queues and crowds and noise, from hollers in the streets to streams of hyper-colourful Instagram photos. This...
Did This College Student Really Find A Hidden Chagall And Buy It For Two...
The California student was at an estate sale. “I looked closely at the back and I saw it said Chagall and I was like,...
Why Is NBC So Obsessed With Showing Us Non-Athlete Celebrities At The Olympics?
“I’ve had mixed feelings about the effectiveness of NBC’s strategy — do I care about what John Mulaney has been watching (and wagering on)...
Buffalo, Desperate For Money, Decides To Add Taxes To Music And Arts Tickets
Surprised "venues received letters saying that going forward the city would require a paid license for every event that 'falls into the category of...
In Minneapolis, Indigenous Teens Get A Summer Filled With Architecture And Design
“Two of the founders of the new camp — architects and friends Mike Laverdure and Sam Olbekson — estimate that there are only about...
Orchestras With Outdoor Summer Home Bases See Revenue Boosts
But the Pittsburgh Symphony doesn’t have an outdoor venue. Could that change - and could it help the symphony survive? - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
As Arts, And All, Journalism Jobs Dry Up, What Skills Are The Journalists Left...
The situation in Australia is grim. "What this all shows is not only the precarity of the journalistic profession, but also the low value...
Five Of The Best Metatextual Novels About Visual Art
“The anxieties of the art maker – the writer – come through in anxieties about painting, or photography, or sculpture, or dance. But the...
Is Dance An Art Or A Sport, Or Both?
At the Olympics, that’s not really in question as it’s part of Paris’s “Cultural Olympiad, a program of multidisciplinary arts events directed by Dominique...
Richard Crawford, Leading Scholar Of American Music, Has Died At 89
Crawford entirely changed the field. He “was a pioneer who shaped the scope of American music research. … It wasn’t about celebrating an unchanging...
Theatres Use Gaming To Attract New Audiences
For instance, Dungeons and Dragons improv can break through barriers and attract nontraditional audiences to theatres. - ArtsHub
Palm Springs Decides To Move Marilyn Monroe Statue To A City Park
The move is a result of a lawsuit from, well, people who love cars. They’ll be disappointed, though; the city council did not decide...
The Lincoln Center Composer In Conversation With Robert Schumann
Hannah Kendall knew, when she read Schumann’s letters about his struggles with depression, that her next piece would be a response to him, and...
Britain Releases Its Stirling Architecture Prize Shortlist
The list includes the entire new Elizabeth Line in London, a dairy farm in Dorset, and the National Portrait Gallery. - BBC
No, The Olympics Opening Ceremony Did Not Refer To Leonardo’s The Last Supper
“A depiction of Greek gods partying atop Mount Olympus at the Olympics opening ceremony spurred conflicting public reactions as primarily conservative critics erroneously claimed...
Francine Pascal, Author Of The Sweet Valley High Books Who Remade YA Publishing, Has...
"The concept: Dallas for young people. The main characters: twin sisters, one mischievous (Jessica), the other more sensible (Elizabeth).” The Sweet Valley High universe...
The State Theatre Of Melbourne Is Under Renovations Until 2027, But There’s A Small...
That is, the old rehearsal room is now a 150-seat theatre. And the size is a plus, they say: “Without The Show Room we...