6,111 stories by "Artsjournal1"
"[He] championed the work of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, wrote a provocative study of suicide and explored his own risky pastimes in [bestselling] books about rock climbing and professional…
A survey of more than 600 arts professionals (half of whom are directly involved in pricing decisions) reveals some interesting points about how those decisions are made " not least that a l…
Researchers in Copenhagen have scanned and examined an unusually well-preserved half-length tomb sculpture, discovered in 1928 and dubbed The Beauty of Palmyra, and analyzed the surviving fr…
"On Tuesday, Vox Media agreed to acquire New York Media, the company behind the biweekly print magazine and five popular online offshoots, in an all-stock transaction. … While consolidatio…
A nonagenarian in the French town of Compiègne had had the painting hanging on the wall above her hot plate for decades, thinking it was a common Greek icon. The 8-by-10-inch image turns ou…
The move comes as the company investigates an allegation "that the 42-year-old tenor allegedly groped a female chorus singer during a curtain call " in front of fellow performers and the aud…
One day before he was due to take the stage in the title role of Verdi's Macbeth, both the tenor-turned-baritone and the opera house announced his withdrawal from the production. (Domingo sa…
Jérôme Bel has decided to do his part to reduce greenhouse gases by ending his travel by air. Catherine Gallant is dancing his new solo work, Isadora, in New York. Reporter Roslyn Sulcas…
"Every European Capital of Culture offers a unique selling point " it goes with the territory for those attempting to brave the European Commission's exacting selection process. For sheer bo…
"A pianist of percussive fire and boundless soul, with a language that pulled from hard bop, post-bop, Memphis soul and the blues, … Mabern had a strong yet supple attack at the piano, wit…
Back in 1809, the newly renovated Theatre at Covent Garden in London raised the cost of the cheapest tickets by half a shilling, and people fought in the streets over this for three months. …
"I am resigning from @washingtonpost as of Nov. 22 to work on my book, be home at night for my son, and see what the next chapter holds. … The Post is committed to replacing me, and it wil…
A deteriorated oil sketch that Albert B. Roberts bought for $600 at an upstate New York auction in 2002 has turned out to be a study from circa 1620 for Van Dyck's Saint Jerome with an Angel…
"In the past year alone, errors in books by several high-profile authors … have ignited a debate over whether publishers should take more responsibility for the accuracy of their books.  
By the time Welser-Möst's extension runs out in 2027, he will have been the orchestra's music director for 25 years, one year longer than George Szell. Early in 2020, the orchestra will beg…
"The Independent Shakespeare Co., which has put on [the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival] since 2010, said the city soon will build a $4-million permanent stage where the temporary st…
"In 2012, after receiving a $1.2 million grant from Google and working with computer engineers and social scientists, Davis launched the Geena Davis Inclusion Quotient, or GD-IQ, a method of…
For the time being " this season " management got what it wanted: a reduction of the orchestra's season from 52 weeks to 40. Thanks to a special donation, the musicians will be paid for next…
Bertoldo di Giovanni, a favorite of Lorenzo de' Medici and now the subject of a compact but comprehensive Frick Collection survey, is a Florentine sculptor who has been overshadowed by his m…
Kerry Politzer, Diagonal: A Tribute To Durval FerreiraThe pianist recruits several of her talented Pacific Northwest colleagues for this album of pieces by a Brazilian composer whose works w…
"Over the course of 2 years, we conducted a three-part study to determine the demographic make-up of arts and cultural organizations' workforce and audiences compared to the demographics of …
Says artistic and music director Jeffrey Brillhart, "No single concert is going to change the world. But I think if audiences can be sensitized to the humanity rather than to labels, if they…
"'We are as close to a town square as Oakland has,' says Lori Fogarty, the director and chief executive of the Oakland Museum of California, founded 50 years ago by the city as a 'museum for…
"Lee Francis IV is a self-proclaimed 'Indigenerd.' The comic book writer, a member of Laguna Pueblo, helped establish Albuquerque's Indigenous Comic Con several years ago, and believes story…
"They may look like a professional dance company but they're actually students from Esperanza College Prep, a high school located in the primarily Hispanic East Los Angeles. Students there a…
