But despite the great numbers – the best total since 2012 – the numbers for visits to about half of the Smithsonian Museums were down from 2015.
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How The U.S. Got A New ‘One Day At A Time’
The showrunner for the new Netflix-owned-and-produced comedy says, “I knew that I wanted to write something personal, I knew I wanted to write a multi-cam, and no joke, the first phone call I got was, ‘Hey, Norman Lear wants to sit down and talk about doing a remake of One Day at a Time.’ Yeah, the stars aligned.”
As The Year Ends, The Oscars Race Heats Up
Who, and what, will get nominated for Academy Awards – and what’s still in the running even as the discussion narrows?
Berlin Cancels Show Of Contemporary Works From Iran After Getting No Approval From Tehran
The best collection of Western modern art outside of Europe and North America will not travel to Germany. The head of the Berlin museum authority says that as far as he knew, “Iran’s culture minister and foreign minister both backed the exhibition. All that was required was the signature of the president, Hassan Rouhani, for the export licenses to be granted, and that signature never came.”
The Young Ballerino Dancing His Way From The Slums To The Stage
Joel Kioko “grew up in Nairobi’s Kuwinda slum and took his first dance class five years ago in a public school classroom, with bare walls, no barre and no mirror, the desks and chairs pushed outside.”
Donald Judd: Artist, Thinker, And Philosopher-Critic
A new book of his writing, edited by his son and a Judd Foundation archivist, shows the artist as “a deeply read student of history who tended to believe Western culture hadn’t yet emerged from the Middle Ages and that, more than people cared to acknowledge, violence, oppression and ignorance continued to be societal defaults.”
As The World Turns Its Back On Art Historical Expertise, Ignorance Will Reign
You can blame the threat of lawsuits for just about all of the problems, including a contraction in the value of Old Masters. And without real experts, “There will be an even greater consolidation and reliance on a small number of powerful artist foundations and committees, who have the money to deter or fight litigation.”
Zubin Mehta Sets A Retirement Date From The Israel Phil
Mehta, the musical director of the Israel Philharmonic for nearly half a century, said that he’ll step down in 2019.
So Why, Exactly, Is There No Emoji For Hummus?
The process involved in getting an emoji through the Unicode approval process is long and vast – and now brands are getting in on the act, including Taco Bell’s influencing the 2015 addition of (you guessed it) a taco emoji.
Carrie Fisher’s Considerable Acting And Writing Skills Turned Into Eight-Shows-A-Week Stamina At A Theatre In Los Angeles
The autobiographical “Wishful Drinking,” which later went to Berkeley Rep, Broadway and HBO, got its start at the Geffen. That theatre’s artistic direector: ‘We found with ‘Wishful Drinking’ her appeal absolutely crossed all boundaries … men just love her, women absolutely love her, from young to old. She was just universally admired and loved and had such a unique brand of humor.’