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    • Turmoil At Korean National Ballet Over Choice Of Next Artistic Director

      Following widespread rumors that the chosen candidate was a politically-connected university professor with no experience in ballet, the company’s dancers issued a public statement stressing the importance of a qualified, experienced director. The Culture Minister responded, insisting that no choice had been made and the rumors were groundless. – The Chosun Daily (Seoul)

    • Report: Arts Audiences Are Growing In Australia

      The survey, conducted since 2009 and last published in 2022, has found that almost all Australians (98%) engage with the arts in some capacity – whether through music, reading, festivals, creating art, digital engagement or live attendance – and more Australians are recognising the positive impact of the arts on the economy and ourselves. – Limelight

    • Why We Crave Social Interaction

      Among humans, “you can feel lonely at a party, or you can feel fine alone in your office.” Whatever the ideal degree of togetherness, Tye and others think that an animal’s need to balance time alone and time with others represents a kind of homeostasis: an equilibrium that’s critical for survival. – Knowable

    • Have You Ever Really Looked Carefully At The Declaration Of Independence?

      It’s poetry, philosophy and polemic, all in a little more than 1,300 words and all represented in its second and most famous sentence. – The New York Times

    • When Gates Testifies About Epstein, Will the Mask Drop?
      <a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2026/06/when-gates-testifies-about-epstein-will-the-mask-drop.html" title="When Gates Testifies About Epstein, Will the Mask

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    • Report: Arts Audiences Are Growing In Australia

      The survey, conducted since 2009 and last published in 2022, has found that almost all Australians (98%) engage with the arts in some capacity – whether through music, reading, festivals, creating art, digital engagement or live attendance – and more Australians are recognising the positive impact of the arts on the economy and ourselves. – Limelight

    • Arguing For The Arts: Careful What You Claim

      Why aren’t people more careful when it comes to making claims about the benefits of the arts? Quite frankly, because shoddy research and even shoddier interpretations can have positive results in convincing policy makers of the importance of the arts—whether for economic development, educational outcomes, good health, and a variety of other public goods. – Nightingale Sonata

    • Hampshire College Confirms It Will Offer Final Semester This Fall

      ‘Hampshire College says it has secured financing that will allow it to complete a fall 2026 semester before closing for good, reversing concerns raised last week that the school might not have enough money to carry out the process.” – Boston.com

    • What I Saw From Inside The Kennedy Center Meltdown

      Palermo also said Trump’s Truth Social post about handing control back to Congress sounded like an attempt to distance himself from an institution. He adds that he believes the Trump administration has driven the center into bankruptcy. – NPR

    • Will People Embrace The First AI Art Museum?

      Dataland — a museum built with artificial intelligence — arrives as debates explode across socio-political lines about the impact of the advancing technology on our culture, cognition, communication, economy, environment and careers, including in the arts. – Los Angeles Times

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    • Turmoil At Korean National Ballet Over Choice Of Next Artistic Director

      Following widespread rumors that the chosen candidate was a politically-connected university professor with no experience in ballet, the company’s dancers issued a public statement stressing the importance of a qualified, experienced director. The Culture Minister responded, insisting that no choice had been made and the rumors were groundless. – The Chosun Daily (Seoul)

    • Report: Arts Audiences Are Growing In Australia

      The survey, conducted since 2009 and last published in 2022, has found that almost all Australians (98%) engage with the arts in some capacity – whether through music, reading, festivals, creating art, digital engagement or live attendance – and more Australians are recognising the positive impact of the arts on the economy and ourselves. – Limelight

    • Why We Crave Social Interaction

      Among humans, “you can feel lonely at a party, or you can feel fine alone in your office.” Whatever the ideal degree of togetherness, Tye and others think that an animal’s need to balance time alone and time with others represents a kind of homeostasis: an equilibrium that’s critical for survival. – Knowable

    • Have You Ever Really Looked Carefully At The Declaration Of Independence?

      It’s poetry, philosophy and polemic, all in a little more than 1,300 words and all represented in its second and most famous sentence. – The New York Times

    • When Gates Testifies About Epstein, Will the Mask Drop?
      <a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2026/06/when-gates-testifies-about-epstein-will-the-mask-drop.html" title="When Gates Testifies About Epstein, Will the Mask

    PEOPLE

    • Turmoil At Korean National Ballet Over Choice Of Next Artistic Director

      Following widespread rumors that the chosen candidate was a politically-connected university professor with no experience in ballet, the company’s dancers issued a public statement stressing the importance of a qualified, experienced director. The Culture Minister responded, insisting that no choice had been made and the rumors were groundless. – The Chosun Daily (Seoul)

    • Report: Arts Audiences Are Growing In Australia

      The survey, conducted since 2009 and last published in 2022, has found that almost all Australians (98%) engage with the arts in some capacity – whether through music, reading, festivals, creating art, digital engagement or live attendance – and more Australians are recognising the positive impact of the arts on the economy and ourselves. – Limelight

    • Why We Crave Social Interaction

      Among humans, “you can feel lonely at a party, or you can feel fine alone in your office.” Whatever the ideal degree of togetherness, Tye and others think that an animal’s need to balance time alone and time with others represents a kind of homeostasis: an equilibrium that’s critical for survival. – Knowable

    • Have You Ever Really Looked Carefully At The Declaration Of Independence?

      It’s poetry, philosophy and polemic, all in a little more than 1,300 words and all represented in its second and most famous sentence. – The New York Times

    • When Gates Testifies About Epstein, Will the Mask Drop?
      <a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2026/06/when-gates-testifies-about-epstein-will-the-mask-drop.html" title="When Gates Testifies About Epstein, Will the Mask

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