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"There has at last been an arrest in a high-profile string of suspected Old Master forgeries uncovered in 2016. An Italian painter, Lino Frongia, 61, was taken into custody in northern Italy…
Harry Nilsson sings a solo version of his song "1941." This performance is an excerpt from The World of Nilsson, originally telecast by the BBC on January 1, 1972: (This is the latest in …
"Just as there is nothing more boring than boredom, nothing more exciting than excitement, nothing more lovable than love or hateful than hatred, so is there nothing that arouses interest so…
It's kind of calling-for-immediate-attention bell that invites a sharp smack with palm or finger, and drives Basil Fawlty to the very verge of derangement. Ping! It's a comedy device " an in…
Think you (or your organization) don't understand the people you are trying to reach? If you are talking about people other than your current attendees/donors and their peers, you are 100% c…
The past few years have seen several of Dublin's murals painted over, street markets canceled, and bars and cultural venues closed. Often, the things replacing them are facilities for touris…
These invectives against "political" music seem to stand out more due to our current contentious climate, which may create the impression that there has been an uptick in the number of moder…
The trust, which operates the Getty Museum, has long focused on ancient Greek and Roman antiquities. This new program, however, is designed to expand the conservation efforts it underwrites …
Sediqa Sherzai founded Radio Roshani in Kunduz in 2008. The Taliban fired rockets at the station the next year. In 2015 they stole the station's equipment and planted mines in the building. …
"Artists should not feel like salespeople. There's a real danger around [perceptions of] Empire 2.0 as a consequence of Brexit. They [the British Council] need to be very careful that UK PLC…
"Twenty years on, the project is no less powerful. In fact, it seems eerily ahead of its time. The turn of the millennium was a time when "iconic" architecture was in its overblown prime, ev…
Twenty-five projects make the list " from Tate Modern to housing in South America to New York's High Line. " The Guardian
"The accompanying political narrative was that the creative industries would champion the social utility of arts and culture as progressive realms to engage fractured communities, realise pr…
Baritone Lucas, who decided to keep singing with her booming, low-voice type after her physical transition rather than trying to retrain her voice to sing soprano or mezzo roles, is rising t…
"With just 10 dancers, [Ballet X is] a model of what is possible for small contemporary ballet troupes " and it embodies many of the ideals that larger companies are striving for today. It c…
In typically developed people, the "foot" part of the map is a solid region, with no distinct representation of the toes. But in the brains of Tom Yendell and Peter Longstaff, there were cle…
Whether any of these gestures will mitigate the pressing problems of global warming and rising sea levels is still unknown " the fix likely requires more than what one landscape architect ca…
"These tufty mammals are the stars of Philippe Quesne's The Moles, which ran at N.Y.U. Skirball over the weekend and kicked off with a Friday afternoon parade through the West Village. A roc…
"As the wind goes around the building, it accelerates, and it creates vortices that alternate, causing the building to move from side to side. Sometimes we can use that phenomenon, cutting o…
Investment includes plans to include a 1500-seat theatre, a 1000-seat performing arts venue, a four-screen cinema and a 670,000 square foot creative co-working space, as well as two hotels, …
Three years ago, the invention of Vantablack, a carbon nanotube coating that absorbs up to 99.965% of all light, made headlines, especially when artist Anish Kapoor acquired exclusive rights…
"As the 2019 school year gets underway, ProjectArt, an initiative founded by Ardash Alphons in Harlem in 2011, is expanding to New Orleans and San Francisco, bringing arts access to two citi…
"After a great deal of reflection," said Woods in a statement, "I have concluded that my hopes and aspirations lie elsewhere, and as a result, I have tendered my resignation." He served in t…
The Orchestre Métropolitain, where native Montrealer YNS held his first music director position (beginning in 2000) and which he brought to international attention, has appointed him Artist…
The 2019 laureates for the Â¥15 million ($141,000) award, created by the Japan Art Association as a sort of Nobel Prize for the arts, are William Kentridge (painting) Mona Hatoum (sculptur…
