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    • San Francisco Ballet And “Anticipatory Obedience”

      Trot out the national anthem, the flag or a John Philip Sousa march, they believe, and it’s like a free exclamation mark to whatever point they’re trying to make: “Ha! See? The stars and stripes are on my side!” – San Francisco Chronicle

    • There’s More Footage Of The Jewelry Robbery At The Louvre — And It Looks Pretty Bad

      “The two perpetrators can be seen wearing balaclavas and using disc cutters to slice open display cases. The theft takes place under the watch of staff members who were not able to intervene.” – Artnet

    • Author and Alter Ego Cruise a River Called America
      <a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2026/01/author-and-alter-ego-cruise-a-river-called-america.html" title="Author and Alter Ego Cruise a River Called America” rel=”nofollow”>For readers familiar with his work, it will come as no surprise that Swiss novelist Christoph Keller’s prose in English, an adopted language, has the idiomatic flare of a native speaker. Nor is it a surprise that much of his latest novel is again set in downtown Manhattan, where he
    • Women-Centered Fantasy Is Fueling The Publishing Industry

      Women are rewriting the rules of sword-and-sorcery, trading testosterone-fueled quests for romance-driven adventures. Publishers are discovering that dragons plus dating equals dollars—who knew female readers wanted both magic and meaningful relationships? — The Conversation

    • Philly Art Museum’s Rebrand Needs a Rebrand (And Might Get It)

      Nothing says “we nailed it” quite like forming a task force to fix your fresh new identity while quietly showing your chief marketing officer the door. Sometimes the most authentic brand move is admitting you got it spectacularly wrong. — Hyperallergic

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    • San Francisco Ballet And “Anticipatory Obedience”

      Trot out the national anthem, the flag or a John Philip Sousa march, they believe, and it’s like a free exclamation mark to whatever point they’re trying to make: “Ha! See? The stars and stripes are on my side!” – San Francisco Chronicle

    • There’s More Footage Of The Jewelry Robbery At The Louvre — And It Looks Pretty Bad

      “The two perpetrators can be seen wearing balaclavas and using disc cutters to slice open display cases. The theft takes place under the watch of staff members who were not able to intervene.” – Artnet

    • Author and Alter Ego Cruise a River Called America
      <a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2026/01/author-and-alter-ego-cruise-a-river-called-america.html" title="Author and Alter Ego Cruise a River Called America” rel=”nofollow”>For readers familiar with his work, it will come as no surprise that Swiss novelist Christoph Keller’s prose in English, an adopted language, has the idiomatic flare of a native speaker. Nor is it a surprise that much of his latest novel is again set in downtown Manhattan, where he
    • Women-Centered Fantasy Is Fueling The Publishing Industry

      Women are rewriting the rules of sword-and-sorcery, trading testosterone-fueled quests for romance-driven adventures. Publishers are discovering that dragons plus dating equals dollars—who knew female readers wanted both magic and meaningful relationships? — The Conversation

    • Philly Art Museum’s Rebrand Needs a Rebrand (And Might Get It)

      Nothing says “we nailed it” quite like forming a task force to fix your fresh new identity while quietly showing your chief marketing officer the door. Sometimes the most authentic brand move is admitting you got it spectacularly wrong. — Hyperallergic

    PEOPLE

    • San Francisco Ballet And “Anticipatory Obedience”

      Trot out the national anthem, the flag or a John Philip Sousa march, they believe, and it’s like a free exclamation mark to whatever point they’re trying to make: “Ha! See? The stars and stripes are on my side!” – San Francisco Chronicle

    • There’s More Footage Of The Jewelry Robbery At The Louvre — And It Looks Pretty Bad

      “The two perpetrators can be seen wearing balaclavas and using disc cutters to slice open display cases. The theft takes place under the watch of staff members who were not able to intervene.” – Artnet

    • Author and Alter Ego Cruise a River Called America
      <a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2026/01/author-and-alter-ego-cruise-a-river-called-america.html" title="Author and Alter Ego Cruise a River Called America” rel=”nofollow”>For readers familiar with his work, it will come as no surprise that Swiss novelist Christoph Keller’s prose in English, an adopted language, has the idiomatic flare of a native speaker. Nor is it a surprise that much of his latest novel is again set in downtown Manhattan, where he
    • Women-Centered Fantasy Is Fueling The Publishing Industry

      Women are rewriting the rules of sword-and-sorcery, trading testosterone-fueled quests for romance-driven adventures. Publishers are discovering that dragons plus dating equals dollars—who knew female readers wanted both magic and meaningful relationships? — The Conversation

    • Philly Art Museum’s Rebrand Needs a Rebrand (And Might Get It)

      Nothing says “we nailed it” quite like forming a task force to fix your fresh new identity while quietly showing your chief marketing officer the door. Sometimes the most authentic brand move is admitting you got it spectacularly wrong. — Hyperallergic

    THEATRE

      VISUAL

      • Why Movies Launch And Music Drops

        A key reason why it’s now more complicated to promote an album than, say, a theatrically released film, is the ephemeral, immaterial nature of contemporary music consumption.  By comparison, most films that see a theatrical release maintain a predictable, streamlined promotional schedule. – The New Yorker

      • How We Lost The Art Of Paying Attention

        Most of us are by now familiar with the broad mechanisms of the “attention economy” – the hijacking and monetising of consumer attention through addictive channels. The ravages of this system are ever more apparent. – The Observer

      • The Death Of The 20th Century Mono-Culture (And What It Means)

        The implications for the battered-and-bruised entertainment industry are obvious. The impacts on our culture are just starting to fully materialize, but will be more significant. Instead of pulling us together, pop culture is another force dragging us apart. – The Wall Street Journal

      • We Think Time Always Moves Forward. This Is A Relatively New Concept

        This picture of time is not natural. Its roots stretch only to the 18th century, yet this notion has now entrenched itself so deeply in Western thought that it’s difficult to imagine time as anything else. And this new representation of time has affected all kinds of things, from our understanding of history to time travel. – Aeon

      • What If AI Changes The Very Nature Of Our Attention?

        What if the next wave of artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t designed to feed that addiction — but to fundamentally change it? What if the future of AI demands young people’s attention, curiosity, and creativity in ways we haven’t experienced before? – Big Think

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