New features and series from the streaming giants deal frankly with such subjects as corruption, government dysfunction, the drug trade, religious and communal violence, and female sexuality…
"The first black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature, … Ms Morrison placed African Americans, particularly women, at the heart of her writing at a time when they were largely re…
That quote comes from a longstanding guide at the museum, who added, "I did not think it was possible to show such amateurism." Paris's most visited painting has been moved while its usual r…
According to a letter from the dancers' unions at the Rome Opera Ballet to the theater's board (a letter which Italy's largest press agency published in full), Eleonora Abbagnato screamed ob…
The world's most visited museum has become a victim of its own success, with its usual crowd control problems made even worse by the move of the Mona Lisa to a new room. So reservations, whi…
"Restorers at the laboratory for wooden objects at the Grand Egyptian Museum have begun fumigating the gilded coffin" " the outer one, largest of three (the two inner coffins are the ones th…
"[GlaucÃa] da Silva plays in a quartet called Orquestra de Rua (Orchestra of the Street), alongside other classical musicians from Rio's favelas. They met through a local youth music init…
Kyle V. Hiller: "I've long felt that my relationship with pop culture, media, and art have lacked something. It took me years to realize that I just wasn't finding voices like my own represe…
"There need to be multiple voices channeling that learning, from multiple stakeholders who have a cultural authority in this conversation. And I think that's somewhat new, but it felt really…
"We've always been a teaching and training organization. And one of the things that we realized will help ensure our ongoing relevance is that we need museum professionals who more accuratel…
"There have been quick and outwardly-positive changes that highlight inclusivity, but broad and meaningful change requires long-term work and systemic shifts in how theatres operate. … It'…
"Tara Beagan's drama about a Blackfoot woman seeking to avenge her sister's murder confronts the violence suffered by Indigenous women from the standpoint of those affected." " The Guardian
"Making a ballet company more diverse doesn't happen overnight " and it needs to happen at the level of its youngest students, to create generations of dancers who look like all of us. PNB's…
"While it was nominated for two Tony Awards, it did not win any of them. It has no stars, a tiny cast, and no special effects, and everyone both onstage and backstage are Broadway newbies. A…
In a Q&A, Cecelia Watson, author of the new book about the oft-misunderstood punctuation mark, talks about how the semicolon has elicited romantic love, inferiority complexes, class rese…
"Somehow I didn't remember " or didn't see " what has been right there onscreen the whole time. Which is that Mr. M is a monster " a distillation of human moral squalor with few equals in mo…
While PBS has offered on-demand streaming for a number of years, it will stream programming live on YouTube TV. "Based on their markets, 333 member stations will be available to users." " Ar…
The Chronicle struggled in the first few years after Gwaltney and John A. Crowl established it in 1966, but became widely-read and influential for its coverage of unrest and social issues on…
"Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater announced Thursday that Jamar Roberts has been selected to be the company's first ever resident choreographer. Mr. Roberts, a veteran company member, will…
"It explicitly states that the cathedral must be rebuilt as it looked before the fire … and it limits derogations to the existing heritage, planning, environmental and construction codes t…
Kourlas has been writing reviews and features for the Times on a freelance basis since 2000; she has also been dance editor of Time Out New York and an editor of The Paris Review. " The New …
Instrument maker David Klavins's custom-built 470i piano, with a vertical steel frame six meters (19.7 feet) long and strings up to five meters (16.4 feet) long, has been installed in a new …
"His first exhibition was of the sculptor Alison Wilding, whose work he continued to show until his death. It was in 1988, though, that … three of the [Goldsmiths] art school's new graduat…
The Balitmore Symphony is not alone; almost every concert season sees news stories about a U.S. orchestra facing potential ruin (often with a strike or lockout raising the stakes). Why? Ther…
"Changes to rental rules in Scotland and an increasing lack of affordable accommodation are threatening to turn the fringe into 'a glorified industry showcase', according to artists." " The …