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The Movie Museum Is Finally Open
The new PR line is that "the long-awaited cathedral of movies is landing at just the right time — perhaps when the film industry needs it...
The Paintings Within A Painting Of Matisse’s The Red Studio
A new show puts it all in context - and explains why Matisse suddenly decided, when the painting was finished, to make it red....
Could This Facebook Ruling In Australia Eventually Lead To The End Of Comments?
A court ruling "promises to upend what has been a core principle of who gets blamed for bad behavior online — in ways that,...
Glasgow Gets Back Its 26-Ton Floating Head
After decades forgotten and unclaimed in a boatyard, then carefully restored, Richard Groom's Floating Head is back. - The Guardian (UK)
Nicaragua’s Government Is Arresting Prominent Writers Before A Presidential Election
"State prosecutors in Nicaragua have ordered the arrest of one of the country’s most prominent writers, Sergio RamÃrez, accusing the 78-year-old novelist of inspiring...
Theatre Has An Internship Problem
Or, you might say, an exploitation problem. - American Theatre
Michel Laclotte, Champion Of The Musee D’Orsay And The New Louvre, 91
Though debate was hot about the M d'O, as it's now marketed in Paris, that "was a tepid academic tiff compared with the one...
Nino Castelnuovo, Star Of The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, 84
"If he achieved international notice with Umbrellas, he did not truly attain fame in Italy until 1967, for his role as Renzo in a television...
Lashana Lynch And The Case Of The Long-Delayed Bond Movie
The actor still won't talk about her potential future in the franchise. Lynch: Bond "could be a man or woman. They could be white,...
New Yorkers Turned To Poetry After The Towers Came Down
People sent poems to newspapers and posted poetry on bus shelters. "When we went into Manhattan to see the site where the Twin Towers...
The Conductors Climbing The Dudamel Fellows Ladder
"A striking aspect of the former fellows, however, is how little they are like Dudamel — or each other. ... The main thing these...
It’s Time To Reassess The Architecture Of The Twin Towers
Rowan Moore: "Japanese-American Yamasaki was dismissed by his contemporaries for being 'dainty', 'prissy', 'epicene', 'ballet school', for example, on account of the slender gothic-looking arcades...
Nickolas Davatzes, A Force Behind The A&E And History Channels, 79
Davatzes' analysis and plans changed cable. He said, "By network standards, ... our viewership will always be limited. But that is the function of...
Rewriting The Final Night Of The Proms
"This wonderful event must be forward-looking, rather than scanning backwards to old tropes of empire – however good the tunes. It is the ultimate...
Sheila Bromberg, Harpist For British Symphonies And Oh Yes, The Beatles, 92
Bromberg was a busy harpist and mom when her "agent called on March 17, 1967, to offer her a three-hour stint that night as...
How The World Of Theme Parks Affected The New Academy Museum
Dream it and you can do it, or at least you can pretend to lift your own Oscar at the long-awaited museum. - Los...
Some Of The White Art World Is Finally Cluing Into Dindga McCannon’s Work
The artist is well known in many circles - after all, "for more than five decades, McCannon has been making work rooted in who she...
Translators Should Be Named On Book Covers
Weirdly, "the underlying assumption on the part of many publishers seems to be that readers don’t trust translators and won’t buy a book if...
Will Hollywood See Another Bloody Friday?
Not likely, but for the below-the-line workers (props, costumes, camera people, etc.), "after months of protracted negotiations with the major studios, 13 IATSE Hollywood...
Does Publishing Miss The 45th President?
All signs, and an absolute onslaught of books, point to yes. - The New York Times
Hollywood Has Sold Out To China
And it's not likely to change anytime soon. - The Atlantic
Italy Seizes 500 Fake Francis Bacon Works
"Five people have been charged with criminal conspiracy to authenticate and circulate fake works of art and fraud and money laundering." - The Guardian...
All Of The Winners At The Venice Film Festival
And the Golden Lion goes to ... a movie with a very timely subject. (Plus all of the other winners.) - Variety
Soprano Teresa Zylis-Gara, Stalwart Of The Met In The 1970s, 91
Zylis-Gara "displayed a plush voice, impressive versatility and beguiling stage presence during a three-decade international career." - The New York Times
The Real-Time September 11 Conversation Between August Wilson And John Lahr
August Wilson, responding to Lahr, on the morning of September 11, 2001: "Yesterday was a different world, and I am mourning for it." -...
