"The case concerns 'the sale of hundreds of pieces for tens of millions of euros', which were allegedly looted from Egypt, Syria and Yemen as well as zones in Libya under Islamic State contr…
"Aunt Nellie's Diary," a 9,000-word piece written when Alcott was in her late teens, "is narrated by the 40-year-old title character, and follows her observations as a romantic triangle appe…
"There is a pervasive idea that if you are a great dancer, you are automatically qualified to teach, whether you have training or experience in education practices or not. There is also an a…
Last week, AMC, Regal, and Cinemark all issued elaborate safety plans for reopening " but all three said that they wouldn't require patrons to wear masks except where local governments order…
Two actors have publicly accused Eric Schaeffer, who has been the Northern Virginia company's artistic director since its beginnings in 1989, of repeatedly grabbing their genitals during pub…
Bahl, who succeeds Thomas Wilkins at the start of the 2021-22 season, becomes the second conductor of color in a row to hold the music director position in Omaha. An Indian-American born and…
"The [museum] is moving to cut more than 100 jobs from its staff through furloughs, voluntary departures, and possibly layoffs. The furloughs will go into effect July 6, museum officials tol…
"The U.S. internet giant has for years tried to fend off demands for payment from news publishers worldwide in return for using their content, with European media groups among their fiercest…
Lee Pringle, founder of the Colour of Music Festival in Charleston: "The average white orchestra fears that Colour of Music will shine a huge light on the fact that while you can't put black…
"To counter its elitist image, the museum will strive for a 'cultural democratisation' to make its treasures more accessible with improved presentation, labelling and curating. [Director Jea…
The program includes $90 million to underwrite bank loans to fund new productions, $35 million in additional money for organizations already funded by the federal government, $50 million to …
In January I made the difficult decision to leave The New School when my current contract ends. My heart and mind have been calling me to other lands, to other ways of being and living in th…
"A game of 'international chess' is how Maxime Cottray describes the current state of the global production business. 'Right now, everyone's moving their pieces around the board, trying to f…
As one development exec for a major company puts it, "During a crisis, it's not really the time to go out and ask for those five-year campaign pledges. It's the time to say, 'how are you' an…
"With more crossover than ever, the line between the two once-distinct career paths feels increasingly blurred. Broadway shows now feature every style from hip hop to ballet to the work of c…
Johnny Mnemonic. The Net. Hackers. Strange Days. "It's hard to know what's most dated about these mid-'90s curios: the primitive-looking effects, the funky fashions or the clunky technology …
"Colleagues say his legacy includes dismantling multinational looting and trafficking rings; recovering tens of thousands of Greco-Roman artifacts from secret storehouses; and compelling wha…
"The Metropolitan Museum of Art plans to open its doors on Aug. 29, after more than five months of pandemic shutdown … If everything goes smoothly with New York's phased reopening, museums…
"As Americans grapple with the country's history of racism, many of them have turned to books, propelling titles like How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi and So You Want to Talk About …
After an investigation by the BBC and a Syrian-American archaeologist found a network of groups trading in ancient objects stolen from Middle Eastern war zones " including loot-to-order offe…
"Whether it's the artist Tschabalala Self discussing the fraught experience of seeing her paintings be sold, like her ancestors, at auction or the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Michael R…
When things shut down in March, Mercury Theater proprietor L. Walter Stearns " one of the few commercial theater producers in the city to own the real estate they operate on " thought he'd b…
"I survived the gun-to-the-head modernism, back when I was a student " you know if you weren't crunching elbows on the keys and counting up to 12 all the time, you weren't being much of a co…
Whenever someone of visibility in the music industry proclaims that what the pandemic lock-down world needs now is this (whatever that is), the chances are good that it's here already. " Dav…
From Taiwan to Germany to Spain to Quebec, lockdowns are lifting and orchestras are figuring out ways to make music again. David Patrick Stearns looks into what they're trying, from Yannick …