Prison Architecture and the Question of Ethics

Perhaps no single theatrical image sums up Broadway‘s 2023 more effectively than Jessica Chastain’s Nora leaving her dreary, unfulfilled doll house life to exit directly into the unlimited possibilities of an honest-to-god New York City street. Unless maybe it’s that huge tree that sprouts up smack dab in the middle of an abandoned Southern plantation […]

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Over the past several weeks, museums across the United States have been covering up and removing displays of Native American ancestors and cultural objects. The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York closed […]

“Bel Canto,” composed by Jimmy Lopez and adapted from Ann Patchett’s best-selling novel, will be given its world premiere by the Lyric Opera of Chicago on Dec. 7. The opera, with a libretto by Nilo Cruz, stars soprano Danielle De Niese and has a cast that includes William Burden, …