Art outpaces policy as audiences vote with their feet.
Highlights from today’s stories:
- Institutions in flux:
Princeton’s new museum balances scale and intimacy — ARTnews.
Academia contracts as Harvard cuts Ph.D. cohorts — Harvard Crimson — and the humanities push back against “vibe” thinking — LA Review of Books. - Power and policy:
Cultural leadership calls for coherence amid disruption — Artnet.
Labor unrest hits Rockstar Games, with union-busting claims — The Verge. - The audience retreats:
October’s box office slumps to a 28-year low — Variety.
Editor’s Note:
Arts institutions caught between momentum and fatigue — museums rebuilding, classrooms emptying, labor organizing, and audiences recalculating attention.
The rest of today’s stories below.
