Today’s highlights: The visual art market faces a “dominant vibe” of endings rather than expansion, with a wave of gallery closures and downsizings signaling a correction for an oversaturated industry (ARTnews ).
In performance and media, specific disruptions are making headlines. The Kennedy Center’s Christmas Eve jazz concert was abruptly canceled after its host withdrew in protest of the venue’s renaming (AP ). In Chicago, classical station WFMT has baffled listeners by declining to renew the contract of 82-year-old host Bill McGlaughlin, a fixture of the station for two decades (Symphony Magazine ).
Finally: On January 1, thousands of works from 1930—including iconic films and music—will finally enter the public domain (NPR ). And in Egypt, the massive solar boat of King Khufu is being reassembled in public view at the new Grand Egyptian Museum (AP ).
All of today’s stories below:
