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For all the lore that exists around "Brooklynese" (not to mention the insistence of the Brooklyn borough president), a pair of linguistics researchers found that there was no evidence for th…
Inclusion in fairs can be make-or-break for galleries, especially smaller ones. But it feels as though the balance of power is shifting back to exhibitors. This might well be overdue when it…
The uplifting symbolic content of civic buildings such as the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond or the University of Virginia in Charlottesville came at the expense of human freedom, as sla…
"The past two decades have been especially defining for the medium. The Internet, social media, politics, social mores, and public discourse on race and gender have altered dramatically; ske…
"The figures are still shocking in terms of people who don't exercise or who are not aware of the reality that diet is actually extremely important," she said. "If you want to have a future,…
In a field known for big egos and explosive emotions, stage managers combine calm, nimbleness and competence that balances left- and right-brain attributes. They have to have an eye for deta…
But she did it only by email, which meant she'd have time and space to craft her answers " and, writes reporter Mark Lawson, "the precise replies suggest that her public reticence may come f…
Yes, it's a tricky issue: the video platform, along with Facebook, is facing pressure from many sides to remove violent and extremist content; review and removal by humans is slow (and traum…
The Las Vegas-based network made news in September when it announced "severe cash flow issues," laid off its staff in Reno, and saw its CEO resign. Now the new interim chief says "We were ve…
Heather MacDonald: "It is a grotesque inversion of the proper hierarchy between public accomplishment and private sexual behavior to sacrifice an artist of Domingo's stature for the sake of …
Brigitte Fassbaender had a long and admired career as a mezzo, and after retiring from singing she went on to run the opera house in Innsbruck, Austria. In her recently-published memoir and …
The organization " which used to be called the American Dance Institute until it moved from Rockville, MD into a huge former lumberyard in Catskill, NY " lets dance artists spend one or two …
Not to be left behind in such matters by Abu Dhabi, Qatar, and Oman, the Kingdom announced that the Saudi Museum of Modern Art " to be "designed according to a modern creative concept influe…
In today's Wall Street Journal drama column, I review the off-Broadway opening of Soft Power. Here's an excerpt. *Â Â *Â Â * Talk about timing: "Soft Power," the new David Henry Hwan…
In the online edition of today's Wall Street Journal, I review an off-Broadway revival of Brian Friel's Molly Sweeney. Here's an excerpt. *Â Â *Â Â * "Molly Sweeney,"Â Brian Friel'…
Various forms of the records-that-changed-my-life meme have been making the rounds lately, so I came up with my own version, which I call "The Twenty-Five Record Albums That Changed My Life.…
Shura Cherkassky plays Igor Stravinsky's Circus Polka: For a Young Elephantas an encore at a 1995 recital. This piece was originally commissioned by the Ringling Brothers & Barnum …
"The monomaniac is unlikely to succeed. Most leave only their bleached bones in the roadless desert. But the rest of us, with multiple interests instead of one single mission, are certain to…
I started exploring the long-inaccessible contents of my father's record cabinets when I was in junior high school. There I found $64,000 Jazz, a sampler released in 1955 as a promotional ti…
Visitors' general state of confusion is unlikely to be dispelled unless MoMA rethinks its new installation strategy, which may satisfy curators' desire to shake up static displays, but will …
Says Stuart Kells, "Shakespeare certainly did have books, and he certainly read them. Why, then, have we found none of his manuscripts, and why are there no books with an authentic Shakespea…
Billionaire philanthropist Nicolas Berggruen said she was chosen from a group of 500 who had been nominated for the prize, narrowed down to a list of five finalists. In an interview, Berggru…
From the kindergarten kid who threw a snowball with a rock in it at her, to her father (the school principal), to Hal Prince humiliating her in front of the entire company of Evita, to John …
Maybe that's been happening on a global level. Maybe still we need more of it. There are always arguments for and against processing reality through genre escapism and there are always "heal…
"Finding performances online is a very impoverished view of the inspirational value of making live art. Art should be live. I know this myself because I've grown up throughout the whole peri…
