Art and Culture

“The art director of Obsession disclosed her paycheck for about three weeks of work: $6,741.36, after taxes.” The movie has now made $300 million on a budget of $750,000. – The New York Times Source link
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One of the questions Candice Carty-Williams has spent the past few years batting away is whether she is Queenie. It is perhaps inevitable: her best­selling debut novel followed Queenie Jenkins, a twenty­something south London journalist…
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This Week’s Highlights: The week’s most encouraging data is people rebuilding discovery of culture by hand. Bookstores are booming even as literacy declines (Lit Hub), summer box office has surged (Deadline), and the Book…
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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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A previously unknown manuscript by Béla Bartók has come to light after being identified by Hungarian antiquarian bookseller Ádám Bősze, who acquired the document at a Spanish auction where it had been mistakenly catalogued as a…
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Penske Media Corp. has acquired the remaining digital brands of Vox Media — including Eater, The Verge, SB Nation, Popsugar, The Dodo, Punch, Thrillist, Vox Studios and Vox Creative. “I am very proud to welcome this tremendous…
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When the Trump administration removed from the site panels telling the history of the enslaved people who lived with the Washingtons there, the city of Philadelphia sued. A lower-court federal judge ordered the panels restored; a…
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The Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi and eight members of a production team, including musicians, have been reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for performing in a concert livestreamed on Ahmadi’s YouTube channel in 2024.According to court…
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What went wrong? The short answer is: The art world expanded wildly, but the art market — the total dollar volume of art sales — did not. In fact, if you read the Art Basel/UBS Art Market Report for 2026 carefully, and adjust for…
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Fans are diagnosing big musical acts with "blue dot fever" — with some saying it's due to high ticket prices.The term comes from the blue dots on Ticketmaster's website for any given show, representing unsold seats. Some upcoming…
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