Of the 28 proposals submitted, the jury " which included a retired LACMA curator " selected six as the "leading ideas." The winning studios will each receive $1,500 prizes. Nan Goldin declin…
His name was Vicente Lusitano, he was son of a Portuguese father and African mother, he worked in Italy and (later) Germany, and his first book of motets contains daring chromaticism and dis…
"Opening safely is a very complex project that involves countless new procedures and equipment, all of which require extensive training. This is something we cannot and will not do casually …
"The governor proclaimed that all retail outlets, as well as restaurants, movie theaters, museums and libraries, are free to reopen May 1 " but with occupancy no greater than 25%. That's exp…
"[Archaeologists'] study of the three oldest stone enclosures at Göbekli Tepe" " a site in present-day Turkey whose monoliths are thought to be 11,500 years old " "has revealed a hidden geo…
As a post-lockdown city edges into view, we'll have to develop new ways to use the places we share, from public restrooms to restaurants, classrooms, hallways, subway cars, and sidewalks. Pr…
His enormous body of prose fiction, poetry, stage dramas and screenplays (including the Oscar-winning Pelle the Conqueror) won him virtually every major Nordic literary prize other than the …
One challenge is figuring out how to monetize the digital experience for an audience that's bathing in a glut of free content. Another is figuring out how to create an experience that's sati…
Last month, the festival canceled all April and May performances and laid off hundreds of workers. But with the repertory company's actors appearing in several productions and with audience …
Katharina Wagner, the composer Richard Wagner's great-granddaughter, became co-director of the festival (alongside cousin Eva) in 2008 and sole director in 2015. Now, just short of age 42, K…
For 18 years, Gersten was second-in-command to Joe Papp at the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater (where his interventions twice saved Papp's and the company's future), and he spen…
"Opening safely is a very complex project that involves countless new procedures and equipment, all of which require extensive training," said a statement from company management. "This is s…
"Elsewhere around the world, art galleries and museums remain shuttered, hemorrhaging staff and plaintively asking, What will it take to reopen? And just as crucially, What will this new art…
In today's Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column, I consider Robert Benchley's work as a drama critic. Here'a an excerpt. *Â Â *Â Â * Few things are so fleeting as the fame of a pro…
From 2010: If you need to adjust your attitude"and I did"a repeat viewing of Groundhog Day will likely do the trick. I laughed and laughed, then found myself overcome with gratitude at…
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break. William Shakespeare, Macbeth Continue reading Almanac: Shakespeare on sorrow at About L…
Any sustainable and resilient plan for returning to live performance will have to be highly adaptable, nimble, responsive, and risk-tolerant. The trick will be to find loosely-coupled approa…
"We have all sometimes taken opera, and opera houses, and opera singers, for granted. No longer." " The New York Times
Might there be a massive shift in the cultural zeitgeist " and might New York not be quite such a playground for millionaires, billionaires, and real estate firms anymore? If so, the arts wi…
Serge Alain Nitegeka can't travel even when there's not a global pandemic: He lives in South Africa, but he was born in Rwanda, and his family fled during the massacres in 1994. So for an ex…
Those who signed the appeal to the government include Rufus Wainwright, Anish Kapoor, and Simon Callow. The letter calls "for urgent funding for creative organisations and professionals who,…
What timing: "It was an exuberant, whirlwind stretch for Jader Bignamini in late January, when the young conductor was unveiled as new music director for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra." Now…
The alt-right troll army has found, and targeted, the author of a book about abuse. She says, "I knew the book needed to be written " but I didn't know it needed to be written this badly. Th…
Even though it's hard to teach hula online " first the hands, then the feet, then the body, on Zoom calls " one instructor says it's "giving us an opportunity to see each other, 'he alo h…
Axel Sheffler is used to being alone at home as he works on illustrating books. But his publisher had heard from a teacher friend that kids weren't doing as well. The result: A swiftly publi…