Art and Culture

“LA Opera should be an identity, unmistakably, just be L.A. Never imitate any other opera capital in the world. We are not New York, Buenos Aires, Paris, Berlin, Vienna. So, what is L.A.? It’s creativity. It’s cinema, theater,…
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Daniel Weiss had a part-time job as a stock clerk in the gift shop at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., while in school at George Washington University studying psychology and art history. When his boss was fired for substantial…
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Since their series debut in 1976, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the rest of the Muppets have attained an iconic status in pop culture, as evidenced by the four Emmys this picked up last month for Disney+’s “The Muppet Show” special…
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It was Francis Bacon, the statesman and theorist of science, whose Essayes, published in 1597, introduced the concept into English prose. Bacon borrowed the term from Michel de Montaigne, whose first book of Essais had been published…
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Book Review A team of researchers excavates the story of Earl Stendahl, a mid-century gallerist who shamelessly stole ancient Mesoamerican objects and marketed them to the institutional art…
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“My pessimism is reinforced by the zero-sum view of economics that typically accompanies the zero-sum view of moral agency around colonialism. A major piece of evidence for the ‘colonisation explains everything’ thesis is…
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The other side of the room has eight of Krasner’s collage paintings, all produced in a sprint in 1955. Each is almost seven by five feet, and most establish a broad field of color—blue, crimson, orange—across which migrate sharp and…
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“There have long been ballet classes for children, and classes for adult beginners have grown in popularity. But there are relatively few designated spaces for serious former students to practice and perform at a high level, with no…
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The press release said only, “The Board of Trustees thanks Christy (Tanner) for her contributions to NYPR and wishes her well.” Her predecessor, LaFontaine Oliver, is stepping in as interim Acting President and CEO. – Gothamist…
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