What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of soul food? Is it a Sunday-dinner spread of perfectly seasoned fried chicken, collard greens and all the fixins? The overwhelming sense of satisfaction and comfort? Or my personal favorite — the nirvana that takes over when the mac and the cheese and the…
“Can I fall in love with a stranger?” the dance artist Lauren Bakst said. “Could a stranger fall in love with me? Will I be rejected? Will we be disappointed?” It’s hard to know what will happen at Lotto Royale, a two-day presentation of one-on-one performances, but it does bring out the nerves. It’s like…
The Juilliard School has fired a professor who had been accused of sexually harassing students after an independent investigation found “credible evidence” that he had “engaged in conduct which interfered with individuals’ academic work,” the school said in a letter to students, staff, faculty and alumni on Thursday. Juilliard said the professor, Robert Beaser, 69,…
The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) has officially postponed a major exhibition of Aboriginal artwork currently undergoing review after allegations of interference from white studio assistants. On June 7, the museum issued a statement about the exhibition Ngura Pulka – Epic Country officially being postponed. Scheduled to open this month, the show featured the work…
As an “ode to the ultimate summer muse,” London gallery Saatchi Yates has organized the exhibition “Bathers,” on view through August 10. Artists have depicted this subject since Classical antiquity, showing mythical scenes like that of the hunter Actaeon stumbling on the goddess Diana bathing in the woods, from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, and Venus emerging from…