The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has named Christina Vassallo as its new executive director, effective January 5, 2026. She follows Paula Marincola, who retired in October after serving as the center’s first director for 17 years. … » Read

The 1977 book The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions , a product of the early post-Stonewall years of gay liberation, offers a fey parable about gender roles and sexuality. Larry Mitchell’s text and Ned Asta’s … » Read

When Frank Gehry died at age 96 on Dec. 5, the world lost a man who “did more than any other single individual in the 21 st century to benefit music.” Such high praise, from Mark Swed, classical music critic for the Los Angeles Times … » Read

Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) has promoted Annabelle Cloutier, its executive director of strategy and communications and corporate secretary to the board of trustees, to be its next president and CEO for a five-year term, effective … » Read

MILAN (AP) — The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk  with a 12-minute standing ovation Sunday, as the storied theater synonymous with the Italian … » Read

The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) has announced the recipients of the APAP Honors Awards, to be presented at the organization’s annual conference in New York on Jan. 12, 2026. “Their leadership and contributions … » Read

The recently concluded U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) agreed upon new rules governing bows for stringed instruments made from pernambuco wood. The convention, held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from November 24 … » Read

OpenAI has awarded $40.5 million to more than 200 nonprofits in the first round of grants it has made since it rebranded its nonprofit as the OpenAI Foundation in October... It said it would announce another $9.5 million in grants in the coming … » Read

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96. Gehry died December 5 in his home in Santa … » Read

In keeping with his intent to remake the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center and everything that emanates from it in his own image, Donald Trump hosted a reception and dinner on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the State Department on the eve of The … » Read