We appreciate the journalists who write stories about the heroic efforts of artists and musicians in the news. Here is a sample of stories that caught our attention.

‘A Dozen Dreams’ Review: Eerie Memories Bring Magic to the Mall

‘Blue’

‘Concert between explosions’ provides respite in Kharkiv subway shelter

“Durme, Durme”, a Ladino Lullaby

“Polish Anne Frank” Diary

2 Russian Women Put on a Play. Then the State Came for Them.

A 92-Year-Old Piano Teacher Won’t Let Students Miss Bach in the Pandemic

A message from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, January 27, 2016

A poet’s ground-level account of the collapse of Uyghur society

A Prisoner’s Artwork: A Ship from Guantanamo

A Ukrainian girl sang ‘Let It Go’ in a Kyiv bunker. She just performed for thousands in Poland.

Afghans are scrambling to protect their art from the Taliban. Upheavals have forced culture underground before.

Afghans bury paintings and hide books out of fear of Taliban crackdown on arts and culture

Alarmed by Trump, a Renowned German Violinist Boycotts the U.S

All-Female Orchestra In Afghanistan Fights The Taliban With Music

Amid Violence In Baghdad

An Orchestra Supports Ukraine, and Reunites a Couple Parted by War

And now in America, our Artists Respond

Anselm

Artists and cultural workers face life under Taliban 2.0

Artists prove that bombing in Baghdad was not the end of street of booksellers

Artists say Putin’s push for patriotism is killing Russian culture

Badiucao: Speaking Out Through Art Against Censorship and Oppression

Before leaving her apartment in Kyiv she plays the piano for the last time

Belarusian political dissidents on spreading their message of freedom: ‘We never know when our life will end’

BFT’s “Burning Doors”

Brazil’s First Indigenous Curator: ‘We’re Not Afraid Anymore’

Bridging Time, Distance and Distrust, With Music

Canceling Russian artists plays into Putin’s hands

Chased by conflict in Ukraine, an artist finds a haven in Helsinki

Congolese Plantation Workers Are Making a Living Selling Chocolate Sculptures to the Art World

Congolese-Plantation Workers Making Living Selling Chocolate Sculptures Art

Covid. A Coma. A Stroke. José Parlá Returns From the Edge.

Cultural Placemaking

Demands of Far-Right Party Unsettle Artists in Germany

Dreaming of van Gogh in Gaza

Edmund de Waal to create exhibition in Jewish Ghetto in Venice

Flogged, imprisoned, murdered: today, being a poet is a dangerous job

Founder of Violins of Hope Amnon Weinstein Receives French Legion of Honor

Freedom of artists in Saudi Arabia?

Giving Voice to Nazi Prisoners Through Unearthed Music

Hamed Sinno, Lebanese Rock Musician, openly gay in an Arab world

Healing Power of Story Cloths

His Story Never Died: An Interview With Arn Chorn-Pond

Hong Kong Protests, Silenced on the Streets, Surface in Artworks

How artists are changing Sri Lanka

How photos of Nazis partying at Auschwitz gave rise to a new play

Illusions by a Chilean Immigrant

In Place of War

Indonesia-Female Metal Band

Inside the Former ‘Underworld’ Where Ai Weiwei Makes Art.

Iranian Musicians Jailed, Facing Possible Execution For Playing Metal

Iranian Singer Cancels Concert After Female Players Banned from Stage

Israel-Inspired Response Through Music

Israeli Artist, 102, Harnesses the Dark and the Light

Israeli Holocaust violin restorer receives award for service

Japanese manga about a Uighur woman’s persecution in China becomes viral hit

Josette Molland, Who Told of Life in Nazi Camps Through Art, Dies at 100

JUST IN: AUSCHWITZ MUSICIAN IS AWARDED THE GERMAN NATIONAL PRIZE

Kim Jong-nam, the Hunted Heir to a Dictator Who Met Death in Exile

Local artists portray the generational pain of the Holocaust

Music Festivals Are Gaining Popularity in Asia. Just Not With Officials.

Odessa’s beloved opera house plays starring role in wartime drama

On canvas, Iranian artists capture the hope and turmoil of an uprising

Opinion  Ukraine’s secret weapon: Art

Opinion — How Cuba’s investment in writers and artists came back to haunt its regime

Opinion Today

Opinion: Volodymyr Zelensky, the modern warrior-artist

Painting outside the lines: Israel’s ultra-Orthodox women take their quiet revolution to art school

Palestinian Artists Call For Eurovision Boycott; Israel Responds With PR Campaign

Palestinian Artists Call For Eurovision Boycott; Israel Responds With PR Campaign

 Chibok Girls: Our Story

Playwright and director sentenced to six years in prison by Russian court

Pussy Riot arrives in Iceland, urinates on a Putin portrait

Root Foundation: Shaping the future of vulnerable kids

Saudi Arabia

Some orchestras begin to cancel Tchaikovsky concerts, or replace his music, in response to invasion

Sources of Self-Regard: Self-Portraits From Black Photographers Reflecting on America

Sri Lanka: 72-year-old man protests over the attacks of the UNHRC chief

Thailand-Faiyen’s Music Was Their Crime

The Artists Taking on Mass Incarceration

The First Female Rapper in Afghanistan

The Heroic Efforts of Venezuelan Musicians

Turkey’s Theatres Closed

Uganda: “Unseen Dreams” to Raise Awareness about Children with Disabilities

Undaunted by Air Raids, a Ukrainian Duo Gets Ready for Eurovision

USA: Museum Removes Immigrant Art

What it’s like to be a Russian artist now

When Artists Can’t Go Home All That’s Left Is There Art

Why Authoritarians Attack the Arts

Why Authoritarians Attack the Arts

Zilia Sanchez’s “Repression”

Zimdancehall in Zimbabwe