Art and Culture

From Chaucer’s supercilious Madame Eglantine in “The Canterbury Tales,” with her spoiled lap dogs and secular French airs, to Ryan Murphy’s ruthless Sister Jude in 2012’s “American Horror Story: Asylum,” a woman who wears a red negligee…
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That is, the actors playing the costumed characters at California’s Disneyland have voted to join Actors’ Equity. The workers “often endure injury and discomfort due to the physical nature of their jobs,” including aggressive,…
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On-screen, during an early scene in The Fall Guy, the stunt driver Logan Holladay pulls off a move that looks utterly chaotic. He steers an SUV that soars across a beach, parts of it breaking off as it tumbles over and over until landing…
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Editor’s note: This story repeats details of sexual assault allegations, which will be disturbing to some readers.The University of North Carolina School of the Arts has settled a lawsuit with dozens of alumni accusing former officials…
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Vauxhall Bridge, from the Pissing Women series, 1995By Sophy Rickett Photograph: Courtesy: Sophy RickettThe idea for the Pissing Women series came to artist Sophy Rickett at Glastonbury festival in 1994. “For some reason, I was struck by…
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“Baby Reindeer,” the Netflix series that has taken the world by storm since dropping last month, boldly opens with the claim that “This is a true story.” (Unlike another Netflix series, “Inventing Anna,” which opens with the title…
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Photo: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Image What makes a band immortal? What keeps a musical…
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Sam Taylor, 53, was living in rural France with four well-received novels to his name when he realised that he wasn’t going to be able to support his family through writing alone. After being turned down for bar work in nearby Lourdes,…
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Auction prices were once thought to be reliable indicators of an artwork’s fair market value—defined by the IRS as “the price that would be agreed on between a willing buyer and a willing seller, with neither being required to act, and…
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Arts Engines highlights the perspectives of the thought leaders and game-changers who are creating significant impact in the field of the arts. As the only arts show of its kind with an African-American host, it is produced in…
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