Who doesn’t want to know how a lost civilization got lost, or where it might be hiding? The trouble is that what gets touted as a lost civilization often turns out to have been there all along. - The New Yorker
A £1.5 billion investment is welcome news for a sector buffeted by years of austerity and inflation (not to mention the long tail of pandemic shutdowns). But the devil is in the detail, as ever, and the wider context: definitions of “infrastructure” beyond the landmarks, and its relationship to cultural workers. - The Conversation
You might think that there’s so much at our fingertips now, surely boredom is gonna go away. But what we’re finding is that it’s actually increasing. So one speculation is that our capacity to connect well is diminishing, and as that’s happening, we’re getting more bored. - Nautilus
Lydia Kiesling reflects on how book coverage devolved into bloated, AI-adjacent list culture, tracing her own path through The Millions and the broader media collapse. - The Baffler
Workers on Thursday removed the exhibit, which included biographical details about the nine people enslaved by the Washingtons at the presidential mansion. Just their names — Austin, Paris, Hercules, Christopher Sheels, Richmond, Giles, Oney Judge, Moll and Joe — remain engraved into a cement wall. - Bucks County Beacon
Ultimately, this is an issue not of screens versus humans, but of how families navigate connection in a world where attention is mediated by devices in every age group. - The Atlantic
The most consequential decisions in business have never been about processing information faster or detecting patterns more efficiently. The most salient concerns are questions such as what kind of enterprise a firm should aspire to be, what culture it should embrace. - The New York Times
The source material is a guide from WikiProject AI Cleanup, a group of Wikipedia editors who have been hunting AI-generated articles since late 2023. - Ars Technica
“For the authoritarian, culture is the enemy,” he added. “The uncultured and ignorant and tyrannical don’t like it. And they take steps against it, which we see every day.” - The Guardian
Perhaps the greatest compliment to Wikipedia at 25 years old is the fact that, if the fascists can’t buy it, then they’re going to try to kill it. - Anil Dash
There’s a new executive director, a search for an artistic director, and of course, it’s trying to keep a 71-year-old arts institution going. - Sacramento Bee (Yahoo)
Joshua Sutherland is "the bridge between the music industry and the NFL,” he says - and he’s also in charge of promoting women’s and men’s flag football for the 2028 Olympics. - Boston Globe
The 3,000-seat Keller Auditorium is seismically challenged. Should the city rebuild it, support the new Portland State University Broadway-show-size theatre, or make a third choice? A new study says the city’s population can’t support both. - Oregon ArtsWatch
Maria Manetti Shrem’s influence is everywhere - as is her name, alongside that of her late husband. A short list: The new UC Davis fashion institute, “the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco Opera, SFFilm, KQED.” - San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo)
Graham Granger: “I saw the AI piece and it was just—as an artist myself, it was insulting to see something of such little effort alongside all these beautiful pieces in the gallery.” - The Nation
Charles Fazzino "has been the official artist for Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game for more than 20 years. He’s served a similar role for the Olympic Games, two Fifa World Cup tournaments, five Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies and the Grammy Awards.” - The Guardian (UK)
“‘You don’t get to Cowboy Carter without Candi Staton,’ the musician and podcast host Rissi Palmer said, referring to the Beyoncé album. ‘She was seamlessly Southern and soulful in a way that, historically, kept her from being celebrated as a ‘country’ artist.’” - The New York Times
Who doesn’t want to know how a lost civilization got lost, or where it might be hiding? The trouble is that what gets touted as a lost civilization often turns out to have been there all along. - The New Yorker
You might think that there’s so much at our fingertips now, surely boredom is gonna go away. But what we’re finding is that it’s actually increasing. So one speculation is that our capacity to connect well is diminishing, and as that’s happening, we’re getting more bored. - Nautilus
Ultimately, this is an issue not of screens versus humans, but of how families navigate connection in a world where attention is mediated by devices in every age group. - The Atlantic
The most consequential decisions in business have never been about processing information faster or detecting patterns more efficiently. The most salient concerns are questions such as what kind of enterprise a firm should aspire to be, what culture it should embrace. - The New York Times
Many observers expected the actor to get a nod for Da 5 Bloods (as did the actor). There’s an easy answer about why he didn’t get a nod - it even has a hashtag - but there’s a more complex question about his characters and the movies he starred in. - The Root
A £1.5 billion investment is welcome news for a sector buffeted by years of austerity and inflation (not to mention the long tail of pandemic shutdowns). But the devil is in the detail, as ever, and the wider context: definitions of “infrastructure” beyond the landmarks, and its relationship to cultural workers. - The Conversation
“For the authoritarian, culture is the enemy,” he added. “The uncultured and ignorant and tyrannical don’t like it. And they take steps against it, which we see every day.” - The Guardian
The 3,000-seat Keller Auditorium is seismically challenged. Should the city rebuild it, support the new Portland State University Broadway-show-size theatre, or make a third choice? A new study says the city’s population can’t support both. - Oregon ArtsWatch
"They ruled that Spanish courts had no jurisdiction and were therefore not competent to investigate crimes committed abroad involving complainants who were not Spanish citizens or residents and who had never travelled to Spain with the star." - BBC
"It’s the Trump White House’s latest salvo against the network late night talk show hosts, primarily Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel, who pound away at President Trump nightly in their monologues and offer ample airtime to his political opponents.” - Los Angeles Times
Joshua Sutherland is "the bridge between the music industry and the NFL,” he says - and he’s also in charge of promoting women’s and men’s flag football for the 2028 Olympics. - Boston Globe
“‘You don’t get to Cowboy Carter without Candi Staton,’ the musician and podcast host Rissi Palmer said, referring to the Beyoncé album. ‘She was seamlessly Southern and soulful in a way that, historically, kept her from being celebrated as a ‘country’ artist.’” - The New York Times
“Fleming and the Kennedy Center did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday evening. The center’s website said that she had withdrawn from two May concerts with the orchestra ‘due to a scheduling conflict.’” - The New York Times
More than 100 donors contributed to the campaign, with recent significant gifts from the Perot family, the Hamon Foundation, the Vansickle Family Foundation, Cece and Ford Lacy, an anonymous donor and the TDO board, trustees and honorary directors. - Dallas Morning News
“The company’s recent successes include two Grammy nominations; press attention for the hiring of music director James Gaffigan; announcements of bold new works; and critical acclaim by critics, audiences, and the music ‘industry.’” Asked what her “secret sauce” is, Khori Dastoor replied, “There is no such thing.” - San Francisco Classical Voice
Workers on Thursday removed the exhibit, which included biographical details about the nine people enslaved by the Washingtons at the presidential mansion. Just their names — Austin, Paris, Hercules, Christopher Sheels, Richmond, Giles, Oney Judge, Moll and Joe — remain engraved into a cement wall. - Bucks County Beacon
Graham Granger: “I saw the AI piece and it was just—as an artist myself, it was insulting to see something of such little effort alongside all these beautiful pieces in the gallery.” - The Nation
Charles Fazzino "has been the official artist for Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game for more than 20 years. He’s served a similar role for the Olympic Games, two Fifa World Cup tournaments, five Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies and the Grammy Awards.” - The Guardian (UK)
The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington (across the Ohio River from Cincinnati) is a scaled-down copy of Notre-Dame de Paris on the outside, while the interior is modeled on the French cathedral in St.-Denis. It’s a product of America’s turn-of-the-20th-century Gothic Revival, getting its first restoration in its 125 years. - AP
Lydia Kiesling reflects on how book coverage devolved into bloated, AI-adjacent list culture, tracing her own path through The Millions and the broader media collapse. - The Baffler
The source material is a guide from WikiProject AI Cleanup, a group of Wikipedia editors who have been hunting AI-generated articles since late 2023. - Ars Technica
Perhaps the greatest compliment to Wikipedia at 25 years old is the fact that, if the fascists can’t buy it, then they’re going to try to kill it. - Anil Dash
Writing by hand “allows the cognition of what we're working with to actually move through the visual processes, move through the physical processes of handwriting, and it allows us to have that time to think about the content that we're writing about.” - ABC (Australia)
At least according to Ali Smith, whose 2024 book Gliff is such a good, terrifying book about the surveillance state that you’ll think it’s nonfiction. (Her comfort read, should anyone be looking for such a thing for some reason, is Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book.) - The Guardian (UK)
This weekend, “the festival is bidding farewell to its longtime home and forging forward without its founder, Robert Redford, who died in September. Next year, it must find its footing in another mountain town, Boulder, Colo.” - San Francisco Chronicle
“Jack Murley alleged he was called homophobic names, including ‘fairy boy’, by other staff members and told to sound ‘less gay’ on air by a manager.” - BBC
“Each is a story about standing up to something that seems too big to confront: an authoritarian government, an abusive system, dehumanizing societal norms. Together, they show the power of nonfiction filmmaking, both amateur and professional, in those acts of resistance.” - The New York Times
Apparently, it was too hard to put parental controls on the old characters. So: “We’re pausing teen access to the current version while we focus on the new iteration. When that new iteration is available for teens, it will come with parental controls.” - The Verge (Archive Today)
“Even in a case where a star comes on first, … the casting director has to build an entire world around them — not just actors who fit each individual part but combine to form a harmonious vision, one that can be disrupted by a single off-key line.” - Slate (MSN)
“The Bethlehem-based organization, which includes PBS39, WLVR radio and the Lehigh Valley News website, will lose about half of its workforce, which had stood at 41. It also cut back on some PBS programming ‘to align expenses with sustainable funding.’” - The Morning Call (Allentown, PA) (MSN)
There’s a new executive director, a search for an artistic director, and of course, it’s trying to keep a 71-year-old arts institution going. - Sacramento Bee (Yahoo)
“CalMatters and The Markup tested four commercially-available AI video-generation models — OpenAI’s Sora, Google’s Veo, MiniMax’s Hailou, and Kuaishou’s Kling — and so far, dancers don’t have much to worry about.” - CalMatters
Seth Orza, when he was a principal with Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, developed plantar fasciitis and couldn’t find a shoe that would give his feet enough support and shock absorption to keep the pain at bay. So he designed one, using features copied from running sneakers. - The New York Times
Trot out the national anthem, the flag or a John Philip Sousa march, they believe, and it’s like a free exclamation mark to whatever point they’re trying to make: “Ha! See? The stars and stripes are on my side!” - San Francisco Chronicle
The oldest dance company in the US had been scheduled to perform at the DC venue as part of its centennial tour. The brief statement announcing the cancellation mentioned no reason. - The Daily Beast
OK, sure: Heated Rivalry Night “began as a single event that quickly sold out, leading to extra dates … and more than 100 multi-city pop-ups are planned over the next few months in places like Brooklyn, Washington, D.C., Chicago and London.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
"Stoppard wasn’t telling a story of Nazis and gas chambers; he was exploring the psychological danger of hiding one’s Jewish identity. A month after seeing the play, I decided to fly to London in search of some of my own hidden pieces.” - The Atlantic
“Apprentices can study one of five tracks: directing and artistic programs, lighting design, production management, scenic paint or stage management. The apprenticeships are about 10 months long.” - Seattle Times
Simon Stephens' mixed-reality experiment at The Shed asks the existential question: if actors perform in cyberspace and no one applauds, is it still theater? Four digitally-captured performers test mortality's latest theatrical frontier. - American Theatre
“(State agency) Empire State Development … currently isn’t accepting applications for the New York City Musical and Theatrical Production Tax Credit. … The proposed state budget announced today ‘increases the aggregate amount available under the program by $150 million for productions with initial performances on or after December 1, 2025.’” - Broadway Journal
The Jungle Theater has been wrestling with financial problems ever since COVID hit, but the decision to close comes after an ICE raid near the theater’s doors last weekend. Artistic director Christina Baldwin said, “We’re under siege at the moment and we need a breather.” - The Minnesota Star Tribune (MSN)
“The move not to produce this year is meant to allow the organization to continue to rethink its future after a period of radical change. Leadership is still deciding whether Williamstown will skip only this summer or move into producing the flagship festival on a biennial basis.” - The Washington Post (MSN)
Maria Manetti Shrem’s influence is everywhere - as is her name, alongside that of her late husband. A short list: The new UC Davis fashion institute, “the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco Opera, SFFilm, KQED.” - San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo)
"Famously loyal to her artists, Ms. Goodman aimed to place their work in museum collections rather than in private mansions. Her priorities could amount to a thorn in the side of collectors.” - The New York Times
Elle Fanning has had quite the year. Her “ability to hop between a thorny Norwegian drama and a high-concept alien movie is exactly the kind of exciting malleability that audiences forced to wade through modern cinema’s sea of sameness deserve.” - Salon
González, one of the foremost painters of the late 20th century, painted subjects included "the violence that permeated life in Colombia; the European ‘high culture’ that filtered its way across the Atlantic in cheap reproductions; and the in-your-face commercial aesthetic of pervasive urban advertising.” - The New York Times
“On Friday, Walker, 66, was named president and chief executive of Anonymous Content, the production and management company” which produced, among others, the Oscar-winning film Spotlight and “whose lead investor is Emerson Collective, a company steered by the entrepreneur and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs.” - The New York Times
He was once the most famous Black American in the world, and one of the most accomplished: college football and NFL star, a degree from Columbia Law School, a major career as a classical concert singer and film and stage actor. Then Jackie Robinson, the pioneering baseball player, testified against him. - The Guardian
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The 3,000-seat Keller Auditorium is seismically challenged. Should the city rebuild it, support the new Portland State University Broadway-show-size theatre, or make a third choice? A new study says the city’s population can’t support both. - Oregon ArtsWatch
Graham Granger: “I saw the AI piece and it was just—as an artist myself, it was insulting to see something of such little effort alongside all these beautiful pieces in the gallery.” - The Nation
“Apprentices can study one of five tracks: directing and artistic programs, lighting design, production management, scenic paint or stage management. The apprenticeships are about 10 months long.” - Seattle Times
“Each is a story about standing up to something that seems too big to confront: an authoritarian government, an abusive system, dehumanizing societal norms. Together, they show the power of nonfiction filmmaking, both amateur and professional, in those acts of resistance.” - The New York Times
The company is laying off 22 of its 284 administrative staffers, reducing pay for 35 of its top executives (including general director Peter Gelb and music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin), and dropping one production from next season’s schedule. - The Guardian
This isn’t great for U.S. audiences either - or the producers and promoters trying to bring international artists. “It’s an unbelievable mess, … and no one can provide an answer.”- The New York Times
One huge tell: If you listen to a few of “Rose’s” tracks, “you'll hear a telltale hiss. … That's a common trait of music generated on apps like Suno and Udio - partly because of the way they start with white noise and gradually refine it until it resembles music.” - BBC
But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. “AI music is here to stay, and rather than fighting it, we should understand its benefits as a tool for artists—either to amplify existing production processes or to introduce new ways of designing music.” - Fast Company
“Learning about the end of California College of the Arts was a sad day. And it’s in moments like these that we should rekindle the debate over what kind of city we want to be going forward. Simply put, San Francisco without artists is a dystopia.” - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
Though the number is undoubtedly higher, "among the thousands of civilians confirmed dead are sculptor Mehdi Salahshour, filmmaker Javad Ganji, fashion designer and student Rubina Aminian, and hip-hop artist Soroush Soleimani.” - Art News
