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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo has been selling out theaters for 50 years. Now some American venues won’t book them — not for lack of audience, but because presenting a drag ballet company might cost them what little government funding they have left (The Irish Times). Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto is going further, pausing all US engagements because of the political situation and urging American orchestras to find a collective voice (The Strad). And the Presidio just lost its entire board of trustees, fired a year after the administration threatened to downsize the San Francisco landmark (San Francisco Chronicle).
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, Arts Council England is distributing £130 million to more than 100 cultural venues — the largest such investment in a decade (The Guardian).
And in Indianapolis, a $13 million contemporary art campus comes with a chicken-themed wedding chapel, artist housing, and no interest in doing things the usual way (The New York Times). Can Indianapolis’ newest contemporary museum reinvent the genre?
All of today’s stories below.
