"We are being forced out because of lack of funding," said Linda Andrews, the company's artistic director, citing the withdrawal of crucial grants by the Jerome Foundation and the philanthro…
While music directors usually stay silent about orchestras' labor-management disputes, Muti said to the assembled media, "I am here with my musicians. … We try to get a better situation fo…
"About six months ahead of expiration of the current labor contract between the Philadelphia Orchestra Association and its players, the two sides have reached an agreement on a pact that kee…
"Seeking to raise its visibility and welcome more visitors, the Hirshhorn Museum plans to redesign its sunken sculpture garden to create an expanded entrance on the Mall and directly connect…
Each of them " in London, Liverpool, Birmingham, and Brighton " really is called The Choir With No Name, and they're all for people who have struggled with homelessness, addiction, and/or me…
"Scattered throughout the four levels of Terminal 2 of Mumbai's international airport are more than 5,500 pieces of Indian art and handicrafts, including tribal totem poles and a 3-D map of …
"BECTU and Equity and professional associations for stage managers and lighting and sound practitioners have argued that 'excessively long working hours' are leading to 'burnout and serious …
The embargo was instated by Pakistan's Association of Film Exhibitors following last month's flare-up of armed conflict in and around Kashmir. It may seem a patriotic gesture, but there's a …
"Music was really profitable for convents: it brought in money from the community, donating to hear mass on their behalf, while a great musical reputation brought in girls of higher status a…
Aaron Shulman's collective biography of the Spanish Panero family, The Age of Disenchanments " just out from Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins " has a cast of dramatic characters that is not…
Daniel Szabo, Visionary (Fuzzy Music)Szabo's work reflects influences of jazz, classical and modern European music. But more striking is that the music has coherence and " for lack of a more…
It isn't just the normal wear-and-tear of millennia; too many figures have their other features intact for that. In fact, it's because of a particular set of Egyptian beliefs, and a particul…
"We knew by promoting a love story between two men we would make some people uncomfortable," said company officials of Human Abstract, "but we were not prepared for this grotesque display of…
"Incorporating four components into their practice: dance, discussion, writing and American Sign Language, dance company BLAQ works to give black women a space where they can be free of the …
The reason is inertia, basically: "[English] got there first, and there is no major expansion of globalization to shift the balance to another language. Today there are far more non-native E…
"The most noteworthy example may be the New Museum, which is in the midst of an $85m expansion. Despite the institution's progressive founding values, its staff have never been unionised " u…
"[He was] a Columbia University literary scholar who became an early champion of 'popular' fiction within the academy and worked as a critic, editor and novelist, most notably with the grisl…
There are last year's scandals, the excessive secrecy, the ridiculously overdue reforms. (Only after the 2018 debacle did the Swedish Academy decide that it would expel any members with conf…
"As a symphonic conductor, he held posts with the Belgian National Orchestra (1969-73), Cincinnati SO (1980-86) and SWR Symphony Baden-Baden and Freiburg (1986-89). He also served as a Princ…
"Yotam Haber is an established composer and pianist, an assistant professor at the University of New Orleans, a former artistic director of New York's MATA festival and winner of a Guggenhei…
"After a nationwide search that began in 2017, Actors Theatre of Louisville has found its new artistic director " Robert Barry Fleming, a Kentucky native who was previously working as associ…
He served as principal cellist with the Baltimore Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Los Angeles Philharmonic, and was a widely admired teacher, and he's best remembered for a still-legendar…
"The £7m Heritage Impact Fund will provide charities, social enterprises and community businesses " which could include venue operators " with loans to help them deliver 'positive economi…
"[In] Leicester's arts and museums service … four posts will be scrapped as part of a complete reshuffle of the department." Five vacant positions were also eliminated. The savings: £32…
"Presenting a new book on their research, art historians revealed extensive documentation from the Renaissance that appears to prove the [terracotta] statue" " which surfaced about two decad…