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Leibovitz can keep portfolio under new debt deal

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:47 +0000

(New York) Annie Leibovitz, the photographer who mismanaged her fortune so badly that she faced losing legal rights to some of pop culture’s most enduring images, has reached a long-term(...)

CAPITAL CULTURE: Obama drops cautious arts policy

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:22:44 +0000

(Washington) In his first year, President Barack Obama has marshaled the largest infusion of cultural funding in decades – despite a few stumbles.

Though still far less than arts advocates(...)

Chinese gays step quietly toward progress

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:30:37 +0000

For China's gay community, this week's film festival and an art exhibition on sexual diversity in Beijing, along with last week's first gay pride festival in Shanghai, are quiet steps forward after years of slow but unmistakable progress.

Withers: Oscar Wilde Bookshop will close in March

James Withers — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:50:02 +0000

Come March, New York’s cultural life will be a little less exciting because Oscar Wilde Bookshop is closing its doors.

A victim of a bumpy economic climate and a reading culture that is(...)

Canadian opposition MPs cite censorship, abuse of power in arts cuts

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:13:23 +0000

(Ottawa) Opposition MPs have raised the specter of government censorship and abuse of power as they launched a House of Commons review of nearly $45 million in cuts to arts funding.

“They were(...)