Lubaina Himid won the prize in 2017 and has shows planned all over Europe this year. "All were programmed before the prize was announced, but Ms. Himid is now using her enhanced clout to req…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PM[SHARE]Renaissance tapestries are cold, ice cold - no one seems to want to spend substantial amounts of money on them. But new tapestries? Think computer-assisted, bright, and built to last. "Artis…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PM[SHARE]Mont-Saint-Michel, in northwestern France, was evacuated Sunday after a man made threatening remarks on a morning shuttle to the site, got into a fight with café owners, and made threats ag…
SOURCE: www.france24.com at 03:06PM[SHARE]Mark Swed: Terry Riley's 'In C' "is simply a collection of 53 melodic motives, all in or around the key of C. Any instrument or vocalist " and any number of them " can play or sing. Each mot…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:06PM[SHARE]Tim Hetherington, killed on assignment in 2011, "abhorred violence, but he took it upon himself to explore the subject of war on the front lines, alongside soldiers in Liberia, Afghanistan, …
SOURCE: www.vice.com at 02:04PM[SHARE]"The union that represents stage performers announced this week that it would cease using the title 'Gypsy Robe' to describe one of its most cherished insider rituals " the passing of a colo…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:04PM[SHARE]Here's why: "Literary recognition would transform every other young black boy writing rhymes. It would stick two fingers up at the notion that the only way young black boys can get respect i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PM[SHARE]Violinist and Pulitzer jury member Regina Carter: "I just sat down and it was like wow. I just felt like what he had to say and how he would say it, you had to really sit down and think abou…
SOURCE: The Atlantic Subscription at 12:54PM[SHARE]Mattel's been met with a temporary injunction after "Kahlo's great-niece Mara de Anda Romeo argued in a Mexican court that Mattel does not have the rights to use Kahlo's image as part of its…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM[SHARE]This wasn't a fast decision about the man who didn't use anesthesia when he performed experimental surgeries on the women. "The removal of his 80-year-old statue comes after eight years of p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM[SHARE]Jaina Lee Ortiz is starring in a show about firefighters, so naturally, she "signed herself up for the firefighter's Candidate Physical Abilities Test as soon as she landed the Station 19 ro…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:42AM[SHARE]Eliot, whose non-pen-name was Mary Ann Evans, lived for decades with her partner, whose open marriage meant that when his wife had a baby with a different man, he was fine with it (and suppo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM[SHARE]Look, Australia only has about 24 million people, and not that many of them are in acting. So that means, when U.S. streaming services start bringing in the Aussie content by the bucketful, …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:36AM[SHARE]The museum buzzword is "transhistorical," and it's being applied to everything from Franz Hals paintings to the Met's big "Unfinished" exhibition from 2016. "Suzanne Sanders, an art historia…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:36AM[SHARE]The British writer and lyricist Marita Phillips, a descendant of Pushkin's, grew up with a large book of his fairy tales, and she's wanted to mount an opera about him, and his tragically ear…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM[SHARE]CB1 will close when the current show closes, after claiming they were having cash-flow problems. "Those cash-flow issues are what prompted a group of artists to publish an open letter allegi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:33AM[SHARE]Why? Well, the previous owners sold the building to a development corporation - which asked for a $1 million per month increase in rent after the lease expires June 30. So, according to new …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:05AM[SHARE]Rosie Lee Hooks has been director of Los Angeles' Watts Tower Arts Center since 2010, and she has grown programs, attendance, and attention by leaps and bounds. Now, supporters say, there's …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:54AM[SHARE]Yes, there's even a name for this phenomenon. "In recent years, so-called Anglocreep, the subtle adoption of British phrases into everyday American speech, has become a tic (or some might sa…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:54AM[SHARE]Though many podcast networks are on the move right now, one has been dominant since its founding, taking advantage of "a quirk of the iTunes chart, which appears to reward an influx of new l…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:05PM[SHARE]Writer Renno Eddi-Lodge: "Design is something that seamlessly slots into your life: my clothes, the tech I use, the bike I ride, kitchenware. I try to prioritise function; I am not someone w…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 10:54AM[SHARE]Whew, Met Museum. Some people are not thrilled with your selection of Max Hollein: "It feels like a very ho-hum decision on the part of the Met, almost like electing an old pope who will onl…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 10:54AM[SHARE]One American anthropologist asked for a file kept on her by the secret police in Romania - and she was shocked to find that more than 70 people had informed on her during her time there, and…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 10:54AM[SHARE]For a National Geographic documentary, astronaut and engineer Paolo Nespoli turned into a cameraman - with a famous trainer. But that didn't help much when space intervened: "The sensor seem…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 09:30AM[SHARE]A summary would include several committee resignations after a failed vote to exclude a poet whose husband - not who, herself - has been accused of rape and sexual harassment. But wait: "It …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 09:15AM[SHARE]Historians may rejoice, while fans of mythology might be a little sad: "One driving force behind the renovation was to put artworks into proper historical context. Mr. Potts and his team hav…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]The Echo prize went to Kollegah and Farid Bang, whose lyrics include claims that their bodies are "more defined than Auschwitz prisoners," which they say is not anti-Semitic. The upshot: "Th…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 08:45AM[SHARE]Not every book needs to be splashy. Author Silas House: "To me, good literature examines the way the biggest moments of life happens in the quiet moments. I think the characters I create ten…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 08:30AM[SHARE]French law forbids the exclusion of any children, but the singer left his estimated £100 million estate only to the daughters he adopted with his fourth wife. But he made his will in Cali…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 08:15AM[SHARE]There's an old bromide that people want certainty in uncertain times - and crime fiction usually ends with a very certain solution, that of the main mystery. In addition, "while the essence …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Ayres "used her hands, brushes, parts of cardboard boxes and brooms to arrange the vivid images that distinguished her work for more than 60 years. She often spent more time staring at a wor…
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