"Ordained on the same day as his brother, Ratzinger proved to be a talented musician and went on oversee the recording of numerous masterpieces and concert tours around the world by the Rege…
"For decades, the Met's programming has been associated with a kind of elegant classicism. The Breuer, it seemed, would allow the museum to strike a new balance between grandeur and somethin…
"Literary critics say [that Bless Me, Ultima,] Anaya's World War II-era novel about a young Mexican-American boy's relationship with an older curandera, or healer, influenced a generation of…
Haruki Murakami famously wrote his first novel in English and then translated it into his mother tongue himself, resulting in a plainspoken, "neutral" (his word) style far removed from stand…
"The coronavirus had barely arrived in Germany just before Sofiane Sylve was hired Feb. 1 as the new artistic advisor for Ballet San Antonio. Her experiences there in May with strict coronav…
Conductor Kazushi Ono and the players of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra spent two days at the Bunka Kaikan concert hall in mid-June with researchers from a university and medical …
"With his charming, easeful baritone and a crisp, efficient touch at the piano, Cole carved out a professional career of more than 65 years. … Because of a familial resemblance in vocal ti…
"The space, which features fourteen dark paintings by Rothko, is famous for being dim and moody. It's a sensory deprivation chamber that also functions as a theological deprivation chamber."…
"It's precisely because Code Switch has spent years interrogating the effects of race and identity on society that it's the podcast many listeners are now turning to. Launched in 2016, Code …
"[The decision is] a surprise legal victory in a fraud case his supporters say was politically motivated and a test of artistic freedom in Russia. Suspended sentences are widely seen as the …
With coronavirus cases surging again in much of the U.S. and not really slowing in the UK, and with the release of the summer's two big tentpole titles, Tenet and Mulan, postponed, AMC and C…
The global circus giant was struggling with an estimated $900 million in debt (much of it incurred by acquiring other companies) even before the pandemic hit and ended all ticket income. In …
The National Gallery and Royal Academy will accept visitors the following week, but the Tate won't open its four locations until July 27; others are waiting until August or September, and ma…
"Mário Frias … is the fifth person to hold the role in the 17 months since president Jair Bolsonaro was elected and, like most of his predecessors, Frias has no political experience.  
Curtis Foley, who danced with the Royal Winnipeg ballet and Les Ballets Grandiva, was, until this year, a ballet master at the Polish National Ballet He had just arrived to coach the ballet …
The polymath Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz was only one of numerous women in Spain and its New World colonies who became accomplished authors during the 16th and 17th centuries (and who should b…
"Perhaps one reason why America's national reckoning on police brutality took so long to arrive is because TV is conditioning its citizens to view cops as reliable heroes. Of the 69 scripted…
"At great personal risk [he] documented the dark side of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, producing powerful black-and-white images that remain a rare visual testament to the brutality of t…
Until just a few years ago, the august Florence museum "acted like the internet didn't exist": it didn't even launch a website until 2015 and only got itself a Facebook page after the COVID …
The 50-year-old Russian, celebrated at home and overseas for his productions of theatre, film, and opera, is artistic director of the Gogol Center, Moscow's most celebrated stage for avant-g…
"As states ease restrictions, many museums and animal attractions are next in line to reopen, if they haven't already. Like other businesses, they must enforce social distancing rules and re…
Steven Brosvik comes to Utah from the Nashville Symphony, where he was Chief Operating Officer. He has previously worked in management at the Baltimore, Houston, and San Antonio Symphony Orc…
"Classical musicians of African descent have existed on the margins of obscurity for centuries " in the classroom, the concert hall, the record industry, and on the radio," says Terrance McK…
When the Flea Theater was founded by Sigourney Weaver, playwright Mac Wellman and two others in 1996, it was intended to have no stable location and to shut down after five years. Twenty-six…
"On Thursday, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden published the five-stage plan for a 'phased return', which will initially let performances take place outdoors, with indoors performances to fol…