The Pritzker Prize — architecture’s Nobel — has delayed its annual laureate announcement after renewed scrutiny of Tom Pritzker’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein (The New York Times). The prize is defending its jury’s independence, but the timing speaks for itself.
The pressure on arts and media companies to mind their political manners keeps mounting. Trump demanded Netflix fire board member Susan Rice after she warned corporations not to bend the knee (The Hill). Disney told the creator of Andor — a show steeped in anti-authoritarian themes — not to use the word “fascism” while promoting it (Hollywood Reporter). And someone poured what appears to be motor oil and antifreeze on the Kennedy Center’s outdoor ice rink, forcing a cancellation (Washington Post).
A new report finds three-quarters of Chicago’s independent music venues are not profitable (Chicago Sun-Times). Across the Atlantic, Britain is asking whether its era of free museum entry — long treated as untouchable — may be ending (The Guardian). In Sheffield, at least the supermarket freezers are producing symphonic music for free (The Guardian).
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