Art and Culture

This Week’s Highlights: The Venice Biennale opened Saturday in something close to disarray. The jury resigned en masse over Israel’s and Russia’s eligibility (Hyperallergic). Iran withdrew days before opening (Artforum).…
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After this weekend’s concerts, the orchestra — founded in 1987 to develop diverse talent and reach underserved audiences — will present no more public programming until 2027. The organization’s only employee will be the CEO, who will…
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Winnipeg's Pantages Playhouse Theatre, shuttered since 2018, is getting a $15-million injection from the Manitoba government to turn it into a performing arts centre.The funding will bring the historic theatre "back to life," said…
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The Trump administration’s cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities grants to scholars, writers, research groups and other organizations was unconstitutional, and the Department of…
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A new report has found that the number of banned non-fiction books doubled during the 2024-2025 school year in the US.PEN America analysed the 3,743 unique titles removed from school libraries and classrooms in the July to June period…
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PEN America’s report released Thursday called “Facts & Fiction: Stories Stripped Away by Book Bans” found that 3,743 unique titles were removed from school libraries and classrooms between July 2024 and June 2025. This included…
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His way of turning chaos into clockwork, of shifting the act of watching ballet to an out-of-body experience, might do a number on a choreographer trying to make a full-scale classical dance at City Ballet. Still, why hasn’t anyone…
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For years they operated as government mouthpieces, using their sprawling reach into homes across Hungary to bolster Viktor Orbán and vilify those he cast as enemies, from the philanthropist George Soros to Ukraine’s Volodymyr…
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A little over a year later, after the Department of Government Efficiency eliminated more than half of the NEH staff and tried to terminate 97 percent of its grants, Trump fired all but four members of the 26-person advisory board,…
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Warner Bros. Discovery is expected to be sold to David Ellison's Paramount Skydance. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press) Warner Bros. Discovery's impending sale has rattled Hollywood — and the company's balance sheet as the…
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