Love, Marilyn
If you're someone who reads Poets & Writers for the photos, the Summer Reading issue has fab cover art: a photo of Marilyn Monroe reading "Ulysses."
View ArticleIn Italy, Michelle Obama Opens for George Clooney
Michelle Obama and then George Clooney visited L'Aquila, the earthquake-ravaged city in Italy, on Thursday.
View ArticleChief of American Academy in Rome Is to Step Down
Adele Chatfield-Taylor, who has led the independent research institution for 25 years, announced she will leave at the end of 2013.
View ArticleGood News and Bad for Pompeii
A restoration project starts -- the day after an arrest connected to restoration work.
View ArticleThe Empire Writes Back
Chimurenga is a lively literary magazine started in Cape Town in 2002 by Ntone Edjabe, a literary scenester and DJ originally from Cameroon. At the Cape Town Book Fair last month, Chimurenga unveiled a...
View ArticleAt Venice Film Festival, Errol Morris Asks, ‘Who Is Donald Rumsfeld?’
“The Unknown Known” is one of two documentaries in competition. It is the first year that documentaries have been in the running at Venice.
View ArticleScenes From the International Contemporary Art Fair in Paris
Beneath the vaulted glass ceiling of the Grand Palais, viewers debated whether the fair highlighted the poetry — or the nothing.
View ArticleAmerican Academy in Rome Names New President
Mark Robbins, the executive director of the International Center of Photography, will take over from Adele Chatfield-Taylor.
View ArticleLa Scala Musicians Endorse Successor to Barenboim
The orchestra of Teatro alla Scala in Milan approves the choice of Riccardo Chailly to succeed Daniel Barenbom as artistic director.
View ArticleSnapshots From the Fall Art Season in London
A show at the Victoria & Albert Museum focuses on Chinese Painting while the Tate Britain showcases the work of Vija Celmins.
View ArticleStoried French Piano Manufacturer to Close
The company was founded in 1807 by Ignaz Pleyel, who studied with Josef Haydn.
View ArticleLa Scala Confirms Chailly Will Be Principal Conductor and Music Director
The Milanese conductor will become the opera house’s principal conductor in 2015 before becoming its musical director in 2017.
View ArticleAn Irish Laureate, for Fiction’s Sake
The Irish Arts Council announced it was creating a Laureate for Irish Fiction, who will receive 150,000 euros over three years to focus on writing and to help promote Irish literature.
View ArticleJane Campion to Lead Cannes Film Festival Jury
Ms. Campion is the only woman director to have won the festival’s highest honor, the Palme d’Or.
View Article‘Lady and the Unicorn’ Tapestries Return to View in France
After a nearly two-year absence and a thorough cleaning, "The Lady and the Unicorn" tapestries have gone back on view at the Musée National du Moyen Age here, their rich colors more vivid than ever.
View ArticleVictoria & Albert Museum to Overhaul Baroque and Rococo Galleries
The renovation is expected to be completed in December and cost $20.4 million.
View ArticleUnpublished Chaplin Novella to Be Released
Called “Footlights,” the 1948 novella served as the inspiration for Charlie Chaplin's 1952 film, “Limelight,” widely considered his last great film.
View ArticleCannes Film Festival: Nicole Kidman Defends ‘Grace’; Harvey Weinstein Skips...
The co-chairman of the company expected to distribute the film in the United States said a long-planned trip to Syrian refugee camps means he won't be able to attend a screening of the much-disputed film.
View ArticleCannes Film Festival: Jane Campion Accuses Film Industry of ‘Inherent Sexism’
The head of the Cannes jury says, "Time and time again we don't get our share of representation."
View ArticleCannes Film Festival: Major Deal for Denis Villeneuve Film
Paramount pays a reported $20 million for distribution rights for the sci-fi film.
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