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Oliver Grant

Business Correspondent

Oliver Grant covers Music News, Artists and Dance News.

Articles by Oliver Grant

The Starving Artist Myth — Why It Survives When the Paycheck Doesn't Match

The Starving Artist Myth — Why It Survives When the Paycheck Doesn't Match

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Why Public Art Divides Cities — And Delights Them

Public Art Controversy — Why Public Art Divides Cities — And Delights Them

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The Hidden History of Route 66

Route 66 History: The Hidden History of Route 66

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How to Read Poetry Without Fear

How to Read Poetry Without Fear

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How Americans Choose a Congregation — and Why Switching Is More Common Than Ever

Changing Churches — How Americans Choose a Congregation — and Why Switching Is More Common Than Ever

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Why So Many American Towns Lost Their Movie Theaters — and What Fills the Space Now

Downtown Movie Theaters — Why So Many American Towns Lost Their Movie Theaters — and What Fills the Space Now

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Self-Help Before the Shelf: How America Invented the Improvement Book

Self Help Books — Self-Help Before the Shelf: How America Invented the Improvement Book

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Why the Little Free Library Movement Keeps Spreading

Little Free Libraries: Why the Little Free Library Movement Keeps Spreading

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How To Buy Art Without Getting Burned — A First-Timer's Guide

How To Buy Art Without Getting Burned — A First-Timer's Guide

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Who Actually Pays For The Public Library — And Why Washington Barely Does

Who Actually Pays For The Public Library — And Why Washington Barely Does

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Chart of museum store revenue sources across books, merchandise and licensing

Why the Museum Store Matters More Than You Think

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Conservation scientists examining a painting under lab imaging equipment

How Conservators Date a Painting Without a Signature

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Empty granite plaza at dawn where a sculpture once stood

Public Art Controversies: A Field Guide

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Arts administrators reviewing grant applications at a community table

How the NEA Was Born

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Empty rural dirt road and farmhouse under a wide plains sky

The FSA Photographers Who Defined America

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Close-up of a vintage ribbon broadcast microphone on a stand

When Radio Orchestras Ruled the Airwaves

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Families in parked cars watching a movie screen at twilight

How Drive-In Theaters Conquered America and Vanished

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Museum of Science and Industry building beside Jackson Park lagoon at dusk

The World's Fairs That Redrew the American Imagination

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Ceramic mids glazed by hand drying on a wooden workshop shelf

Why America Fell So Hard for Maker Culture

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Families and visitors walking toward a modern museum in a wooded hillside

The Rise of the Regional Art Museum Changes the Map

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Vintage 78 rpm shellac record held in hand near a gramophone

Who Owns a Song From the American Songbook?

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Gallery wall of abstract canvases with an empty bench before it

Why Americans Love Hating Modern Art

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Weathered storefront facade with fresh paint and restored cornice brickwork

The New American Main Street Is Quietly Winning

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Chart mapping how status signals shifted from visible luxury to quiet taste

How Taste Became a Status Symbol Again

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Empty suburban street with parked minivans and mowed front lawns at dusk

How Suburbs Redesigned American Leisure

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Chart comparing permitted and prohibited uses of museum art sale proceeds

The Deaccessioning Debate, Explained Without Shouting

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Chart showing falling attendance and rising costs for regional theaters

Why Community Theaters Keep Closing

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Album listening time measured against single-track plays across decades

What Streaming Did to the American Album

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