Art and Culture

Markus Hinterhäuser is out as artistic director of the Salzburg Festival after a decade in one of Europe’s most influential cultural roles, cutting short a tenure that had been set to run through…
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“One thing that could help turn things around is if opera companies offered audiences works in the language they speak (and) a musical language they can readily recognize and enjoy. … Too often composers and producers reject music that…
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PBS and ITVS have launched a YouTube channel focused on documentaries in a bid to “meet new audiences where they already are.” The channel, called PBS Documentaries, launched on Wednesday with the YouTube premiere of the…
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West End theater tickets are regularly less expensive than on Broadway, even for the same shows. Last year, the average West End ticket price was about $81, while last season the average Broadway ticket price was roughly $129. –…
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As the US-Israel war on Iran enters its fourth week, neighboring Gulf states, a hub of much of the region’s contemporary art production, are projecting an image of normalcy, with many galleries and museums reopening. It’s a…
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Jennifer Schuessler: “Ordinary Americans are far less interested in fighting about history than it might seem. People who work at historical sites, whether government-run or private, report that most visitors, whatever their politics,…
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This is old news by now, but the staff felt an obligation to memorialize it. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt “President Trump has been right about everything, and he will be right again when these short-term…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir49HwUiRl8 The “Tristan” participants at the Met on March 9, 1935. Artur Bodanzky is top center. I am in Ann Arbor, participating in a Mahler project with Ken Kiesler and his fervent University of…
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Insulating yourself from inconvenient facts is not an effective long-term life strategy, even for someone powerful enough to externalize the costs of most of their bad decisions onto others. – Artnet Source link
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