This Week’s Highlights:
MoMA, the Centre Pompidou and Hong Kong’s M+ will treat their holdings as one collection curated across three continents, starting with M+ works on long-term loan in MoMA’s galleries in late 2027 (ARTnews). The Bayeux Tapestry, on view in England for the first time since the 11th century, drew first-hour ticket spending at the British Museum 48 times a normal Wednesday’s, 55 percent of it from buyers under 35 (The Guardian). CD sales are up 16 percent (The Guardian).
The Phoenix Symphony plays its last concert Sunday and lays off 66 musicians, citing rising costs and donations that fell short (AZFamily). Minnesota Opera moved its Halloween world premiere of The Many Deaths of Laila Starr to late 2027 after its orchestra authorized a strike and the union refused a no-strike deal; Opera president Ryan Taylor said he couldn’t risk opening night (MPR News).
Elvis Presley’s rights holders are suing Anthropic over 274 songs, seeking up to $41.1 million and the destruction of copies in its training data (Fox 11). Sanxingdui: Future Past, China’s first wide-release AI-generated feature, grossed $198,000 from 10,000-plus opening-day screenings, about 12 percent of its $1.5 million budget (The Hollywood Reporter).
Philadelphia voters decide Tuesday whether to write the city’s arts office into the charter, so no mayor can close it by executive order, as Mayor John Street did (Broad Street Review).
All this week’s stories below, organized by topic.