Here are today’s AJ highlights.
In Venice, musicians from Teatro La Fenice marched through the city to protest the political overreach of their music director—a defense of artistic independence that sounded through St. Mark’s Square (AP). On Broadway, the actors’ union nearly went dark before a deal was struck in the eleventh hour (The Hollywood Reporter), while director Bartlett Sher explained to the Observer that theatre’s job isn’t to instruct, but to “help us live with ambiguity” (New York Observer).
The Louvre is racing to rebuild its sense of security—literally—after a jewel heist forced a $92 million “master plan” for its defenses (Artsy). Two U.S. art museums face their own reckonings: a revolt over the Palm Springs Art Museum’s new director (Los Angeles Times (MSN)) and the firing—after investigation—of the Philadelphia Museum’s chief (The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)).
And the BBC is burning: its top two news executives quit under political and legal fire as Trump threatens a billion-dollar lawsuit (The London Standard).
Editor’s Note: Maybe we don’t crave stability in the arts at all—just a better class of turbulence. The rest of today’s stories below.
