A Philadelphia Orphans' Court judge ruled that the sale " The Bride, the nonprofit that owns the center, had sold it for $4.5 million to a developer who planned to build condos on the site "…
A few months after public concerns arose about their delay, LVMH CEO Bernard Arnualt has signed a formal agreement with the Fondation Notre-Dame for the €200 million he pledged toward …
In the cultural sphere, architects, graphic designers, grant writers, and fine artists are identified as exempt, as are photojournalists and journalists who contribute fewer than 35 times a …
"Throughout its four-season run, the Jill Soloway series defined an entire [new] genre of TV comedy and opened new avenues for TV storytelling" " crossing boundaries of mood, narrative style…
The original statistics were 5,799,000 for Tate Modern and 5,709,000 for the BM in the financial year 2018/19. But the BM's original figures for October-December 2018 appeared too low, and a…
"Over the years, Murphy has teased fans with talk of a comeback, but this time, inspired by [his new movie, Dolemite Is My Name], he appears to mean it. He signed a deal with Netflix to put …
Writer Sammy Sussman reports on allegations of inappropriate comments and touching, aimed at both male and female graduate students, by a composition professor at UT-Austin's Butler School o…
"The popular misconception that price is the chief barrier to access to the arts has taken hold in the sector, while in reality, price is only one of a complex set of factors affecting engag…
Why? Because the RSC accepts sponsorship money from BP, which funds the company's program offering £5 tickets to young adults. Says an open letter just sent to the theatre, "If we, as you…
"A new arts district opens next weekend in the Swiss city of Lausanne, on the site of the city's former train sheds. After a decade of planning and development, Plateforme 10 includes the re…
In today's Wall Street Journal drama column I review an off-Broadway revival of Caesar and Cleopatra and the Broadway transfer of The Height of the Storm. Here's an excerpt. *Â Â *Â Â…
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Shirley Temple dance together in The Little Colonel, directed in 1935 by David Butler: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos th…
"And then, the French put things so well"so clearly. They are not afraid of platitude." Maurice Baring, Cat's Cradle
It's been a busy month at Tula's, a jazz fixture in the US Pacific Northwest for more than two decades, as most of the top jazz musicians in Seattle are playing their last gigs at the club a…
This show turned out to be more timely than the NYBG could have known when it began to organize what it billed as its "largest botanical exhibition ever." " Lee Rosenbaum
The new mega-airport, the second in Beijing, was designed by the late architect Zaha Hadid in the shape of a starfish with five connected concourses. It is said to be the world's largest sin…
"On some level, you've got to ask your arts organization a really hard question: If there's no positive impact you can measure, why hang your hat on the idea? After all, inspiring change is …
Justin Davidson: "Society has changed, and the Met is limping to keep up. When the news about Levine's transgressions broke, the company called in lawyers to run an investigation, bury the r…
OCMA's new three-story, nearly 52,000-square-foot building will rise from a dirt lot next to the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. The project i…
Choreographer Lin Hwai-min, who founded the company in Taiwan in 1973 and led it to acclaim abroad and superstar status at home, is stepping down as artistic director at the end of this year…
"Whatever you call it"public shaming, call-out culture, or cancellation"what's happening now is in no way a new phenomenon. But what is new is the scale of it all. This isn't just happening …
The announcement pours cold water on publishers' hopes of obtaining more money from the tech giant for displaying their content under the European Union's new copyright regime, which France …
Until his death, Badura-Skoda had been among the last pupils of Edwin Fischer still performing. He was much respected, having played under the baton of Fischer's friend and colleague Wilhelm…
"What we do is share content that gets people riled up. Research has found that the best predictor of sharing is strong emotions " both emotions like affection (think posts about cute kitten…
Zoe Madonna: "It's time for Gelb to go, and take the board with him. Time to bring in a team that wants to reclaim the beautiful living tradition of opera for the 21st century, this messy ep…