This is a rather unbelievable story. "When [the two researchers] met, Pentcheva started telling Abel about the Hagia Sophia " how we couldn't really understand the experience of worshipers t…
Mantel says there are so many stories in the Cromwell trilogy that the books are like a pamphlet. But of course: "At a combined total of more than 2,000 pages " with [forthcoming book three]…
"As a critic Ms. Tobias did not pull punches. In the early 1980s, for instance, when other critics were tiptoeing around the decline in the dance skills of Rudolf Nureyev, who was then in hi…
How did we get here, with most U.S. audiences only seeing subtitles on non-English-language films and many other countries using excellent voice actors and technology for dubbing, and where …
Asian Americans remember how excited " and worried " they were when the show was announced five years ago, after a two-decade drought for Asian American representation on network TV. Did the…
Australians took 12.3 million daytrips and 13.4 million overnight trips within Australia that included arts activities in 2018 " an increase of 14 percent and 20 percent respectively since 2…
"No matter where I've worked, it has always been obvious that if everyone agreed to use language in the way that it is normally used, which is to communicate, the workday would be two hours …
"This choice might immediately strike some as counterintuitive; it certainly runs against the dominant conventions of criticism, in which theatres offer free tickets to all critics actively …
"Indigenous performance has been grossly under-reviewed and while the tide is shifting, the lens with which predominantly white critics view the work has been problematic. The lack of IBPOC …
Yolanda Bonnell isn't the first artist to say that white critics get away with not knowing the cultural reference points of work outside of their own interests " but doesn't cutting reviewer…
"Although it is theoretically 'points-based', the reality is that it will be impossible to accrue enough points with a salary below £25,600 (without a PhD) unless the role is on the short…
According to the museum's most recent 990 tax forms, filed in 2018, LACMA is carrying $331 million in county bond debt that was used to pay for construction of the Resnick Pavilion, the Broa…
"This diagram, created by WordTips, breaks down the world's 100 most-spoken languages by their roots (e.g., Indo-European for English and Spanish, or Sino-Tibetan for Mandarin) and by the nu…
"The management may demand in respect to its right to object to any song, speech, dialogue, business, costume or gesture that forms part of the production, that may offend the ticket buyer; …
"Between June and December of 1950, a government-backed exhibition of Moses's picturesque American scenes toured six European cities. … One Foreign Service officer who was involved with th…
Research from Arts Council England (ACE) and innovation foundation Nesta has revealed "a widening gulf" between large and small organisations' capacity and capability to adopt " let alone ma…
"At its core, gentrification is about what it means to belong. And few places in Los Angeles are more hotly contested in those terms than Boyle Heights," the Los Angeles neighborhood where t…
More than eight out of ten survey respondents agreed that "workers in the arts and cultural sector who share controversial opinions risk being professionally ostracised". The overwhelming me…
"Levit's career is a stark demonstration of the dissolving boundaries between art and commerce, journalism and public relations, particularly in Germany. … He is a friend to media personal…
The open letter, published in the French newspaper Libération and originated by choreographer Maguy Marin and theatre director Atiane Mnouchkine, threatens to withhold rights to all signato…
"A little more than two decades after a Calder museum was first proposed for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the long-dormant idea has blossomed again, funding has materialized, and backers s…
A researcher and executive over the years at Xerox, Apple, Yahoo, and Amazon, Tesler had enormous influence over the experience most people have when using a personal computer today: in addi…
"A radar survey around the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt's Valley of the Kings has revealed possible evidence of further hidden chambers behind its walls. The findings … resurrect a controv…
"Working with a group of social scientists, the [Oakland Museum of California] devised an innovative plan to take stock of both its ability to connect with visitors and to foster connections…
Pornhub launched this particular initiative in increasing access for the disabled to the arts four years ago, hiring professional freelance writers to produce text and professional voice act…