Art and Culture

Section of the cover art for Steven Horowitz and Scott Looney’s The Theory and Practice of Writing Music for Games | Credit: Austin SmithAt first blush, the suggestion seems outlandish, almost blasphemous, but Steve Horowitz’s grin is…
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by Martin ButlerRecently I read an article which included the idea that nature can have rights, something I have to admit I had not come across before, despite a keen awareness that nature needs protecting. I discovered that this is a…
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On Oct. 19, 1944, a play titled “I Remember Mama” opened on Broadway. It was a sentimental drama, centered on a Swedish immigrant family, that had a smallish role played by a 20-year-old newcomer: Marlon Brando. Bobby Lewis, a veteran of…
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Just as more baby boomers are stepping down from the top spots, fewer people want to take their place, and those who are interested — especially people of color — are moving into leadership out of dissatisfaction with the…
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Members of the American Federation of Musicians voted to ratify the union’s agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The agreement, which covers basic theatrical motion picture and basic…
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Carlo Fuortes – Sovrintendente del Maggio, photo by Michele Monasta, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Less than a week ago Carlo Fuortes – formerly head of Rome Opera and then the RAI, Italy's state broadcaster – was nominated as the new…
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Image: Ink Drop (Shutterstock)Spotify is once again raising prices. This time around, the subscription bump is to pay for something that subscribers might not want in the first place. Johnny Knoxville Loved Collectibles | First…
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Enlarge / Billie Eilish attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024, in Beverly Hills,…
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When Scott Rothkopf, the former deputy director and chief curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art, stepped up as director of the New York institution last fall, he knew he would have to hire his replacement in the curatorial area.…
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French court bailiffs seized more than 100 avant-garde works from an art laboratory in Paris in February, following suspicion that they had been stolen from a private collector. As first reported by the Art Newspaper, the…
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