"Stories of visitors praying or breaking down in tears before the portraits circulated on social media." (Not unlike Jerusalem or Lourdes.) Says the director of the National Portrait Gallery…
The 81-musician orchestra, based in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk (a few hundred miles northeast of where the borders of Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, and Russia meet), was to have made a t…
"A group dedicated to protecting the German capital's nightlife took its campaign to parliament on Wednesday, urging more protection as more venues are closed to make way for new-builds and …
The script was first produced by the Negro Ensemble Company (Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, and David Alan Grier were in the cast) back in 1982, and Fuller never did anything like it …
"[She] began her career in the 1960s performing with the Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey and Donald McKayle dance companies … [and] became a leading black performer on Broadway … and later tu…
Two bookstores in England are offering book(s)-of-the-month services in which, after some discussion with the customer, a knowledgeable staffer selects and ships books the staffer thinks the…
"As scholar in residence, [Naomi] André acts as an adviser to help Seattle Opera become more inclusive, both for audiences and behind the scenes. … Her most visible role involves a series…
"The RNZ board has backed down on the decision to take Concert off the FM transmission. The move comes after widespread criticism from the arts community and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's …
With a public outcry having convinced Radio New Zealand's management not to eviscerate its classical service, advocates for the country's MÄori-language radio stations are arguing that th…
Todd Ellison's contract took effect last July 1, and on January 21 he and the Pops "separated," according to a statement from the orchestra. Principal guest conductor David Charles Abell has…
Four owners in a condo building had gone to court for an injunction requiring the museum to screen or block off part of its popular 10th-floor viewing gallery so that "hundreds of thousands …
"For generations, dancers have been thrust into professional life at a young age without much preparation or tools, sinking or swimming on their limited industry know-how. Today, some indepe…
Actually, U.S. viewers were getting more comfortable with subtitles even before Parasite became this year's Oscar hit. That's thanks to two major entities: the FCC and Netflix. " The New Yor…
"To learn more about AB5's effect on artists, The Times asked readers to write in. We received more than 120 responses from artists across California " jazz and classical musicians, director…
Don't be lulled into false complacency, art-lings, on the theory that Congress will again resist the President's call to ax support for NEA, NEH, IMLS and CPB. Contact your Congressional rep…
"For readers, the anonymous author holds a simple and compelling promise. Here is someone who " by concealing their identity " can reveal the complete and shocking truth. … [Yet] this is t…
"The César Academy has been under fire since announcing the 12 nominations for Roman Polanski's An Officer and a Spy, as well reportedly shutting out feminist personalities such as the [fil…
Over three decades, "millions [of Americans] have undergone an experience that can range from a board game to an immersive nightlong ordeal, complete with horseback-riding paddy rollers and …
Obviously, the challenges of rendering timing, tone of voice, and wordplay into a silent medium are daunting. Worse (since comedians aren't exactly known for respecting boundaries) is when a…
"[Her work] did nothing less than heighten the stakes of what we expect from a photograph, expectations that persist. … She was an artist under the guise of a journalist and an activist un…
One local company head says that the "wild ovation" man can be very helpful, as can the step below, but anything lower stops single-ticket sales dead. The Chronicle's arts editor grants that…
The 1632 Portrait of a Young Woman was attributed to Rembrandt van Rijn when it was given to the Allentown Art Museum in 1961, but during the 1970s the attribution was changed to a student f…
The 1916-17 Portrait of a Lady, stolen from an art gallery in Italy in 1997, was discovered hidden in a wall of that very museum this past December. Now an entry in the diary of the gallery'…
The world's oldest ballet competition, held every second year on an outdoor stage in the Bulgarian seaside resort town of Varna, simply hasn't raised enough money to go ahead this summer. " …
The Uruguay-born conductor will be 63 when he departs in the summer of 2021 after 18 seasons. He raised the profile of the orchestra considerably during his tenure, most notably with a very …