Art and Culture

MILAN (AP) — Dozens of artists in this year’s Venice Biennale contemporary art show are threatening legal action if their names are not removed from the ballot allowing visitors to vote for the…
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A consortium led by Montclair State University has won a competitive process to take over New Jersey’s public television station, the New Jersey Globe has learned. They appear to have beaten out a competing proposal submitted by…
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Serving looks all summer on the green carpet of Kensington Gardens, the often wildly experimental Serpentine pavilion is best viewed as a piece of architectural haute couture. For the last 25 years, it has hosted all sorts of…
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More than 100 artists are threatening legal action against the Venice Biennale Foundation for ignoring their demands that the foundation withdraw their names from consideration for the “Visitors’ Lion” awards at the current edition…
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Late last week, a French judge ruled that a judicial court in Rouen, Normandy, can proceed with handling a legal complaint filed by the heirs of Claude Monet, against the New York gallery dynasty Wildenstein & Co., according to…
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The meanings of words such as honor, sacrifice, and humility have been leaking away from American civic life like red blood cells from an anemic. But if there’s one place where they retain their rich, sticky, life-giving force, it’s…
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The USC Center on Public Diplomacy has published an interview with me pondering the implications of my study of the cultural Cold War, “The Propaganda of Freedom.” You can read the full interview here. Excerpts follow: The book…
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“I think print media is incredibly open. You can hand it to someone, you can read it together,” Obara says, calling mobile phones “very insular.” – Japan Times Source link
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Dame Lynda Topp’s seven-minute speech which included a request for more funding at the Aotearoa Music Awards last Thursday has set off a domino tumble of headlines. First, reports or full recordings…
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The Edinburgh festivals hope to launch a single box office for all the city’s 11 festivals to make it simpler to buy tickets and profit from the “lake” of customer data they hold.Festival directors hope a universal box office will allow…
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