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Art Basel Paris Closes Two Days Early

This Week’s Highlights:

Art students blocked the Louvre’s glass pyramid on Monday and closed the museum, two days after a nationwide protest over public schools ended in about 2,400 arrests and a burned town hall in Limoges (ARTnews). By Thursday, Art Basel Paris had cut its run to end Friday at 7 p.m. instead of Sunday, leaving dealers to rebook shippers (ARTnews).

The Phoenix Symphony suspended its season after November 1 and is laying off 66 musicians, though revenue rose more than 50% between fiscal 2024 and 2026 (FOX 10 Phoenix). The Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts closed a campaign at $344 million against a $330 million goal, including a $55 million anonymous gift (The Philadelphia Inquirer). In April a jury found Live Nation illegally monopolized live events (Los Angeles Times).

Three French entrepreneurs launched the Prix Pascal for novels co-written with AI, the day Quebec publisher Boréal confirmed that Thélyson Orélien’s Fnac-prize-winning novel was (CP24).

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