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DANCE
IDEAS
- Bill T. Jones Will Close His Dance Company
Good Morning,
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company will stop performing at the end of 2027, after 45 years and creating more than 140 works. Jones, nearly 75, says he wants to ask “new questions about how I want to create” (BroadwayWorld).
The Vatican Museums hold about 80,000 objects that missionaries sent to Rome for a 1925 exhibition, and this month is the museum’s centenary. A Vatican source says the plan is to lie low; a McGill art historian says missionaries looted Canadian graves to fill the show (The Guardian).
In September France’s Goncourt prize dropped Haitian-Canadian writer Thélyson Orélien’s best-seller from contention over claims that AI wrote it. Kyle Berlin, a Paris magazine editor, compares it to 1972, when Yambo Ouologuem, the first African winner of the Prix Renaudot, was accused of copying Graham Greene; the writer never published again (The Atlantic).
The Met will stream the sold-out final performance of Lincoln in the Bardo, Missy Mazzoli’s opera, free on YouTube Saturday, asking viewers to donate in the live chat toward its $1.5 billion campaign (Playbill).
Two Italian scholars announced authentication of two early Caravaggios in two days. One, a portrait of a young man, sold at a Vienna auction in 2017 as Tuscan school for €3,810 (Artnet).
All of today’s stories below.
- NY Phil’s First European Tour With Dudamel Hit Some Bumps In The Road, But It Was A Hit
“The tour … was striking in its ambitions: 17 days, four countries, 10 performances and an army of 147 musicians, backup conductors, sound technicians, librarians, stagehands, donors, executives and a tour doctor. They traveled on trains, bus caravans, and chartered and commercial airplanes.” – The New York Times
- Art Basel To Discount Gallery Fees After Paris Show Closed Early
“We will exceptionally be extending a 20 percent reduction on booth fees to all galleries that participated in the Paris fair, in recognition of the closure,” on October 24–25, Art Basel chief executive Noah Horowitz told ARTnews in an interview. – ARTnews
- AI Has Become The Next Generation’s Way Into The Film Biz
While it can seem like a daunting time for students to enter an industry grappling with contraction and AI-driven shifts, many educators who have embraced AI remain optimistic. They choose to focus on the emerging opportunities for the next generation of talent. – Los Angeles Times
- The Vatican Has A Huge, Little-Known Collection Of Indigenous Art. Should It All Be Repatriated?
“The Anima Mundi, formerly the Ethnological Museum, (is) home to around 80,000 objects from across the globe, many of which were ‘gifted’ to the Catholic church in Rome by Indigenous peoples at a time when its missionaries were powerful, and sometimes dubious, figures in their far-flung communities.” – The Guardian
ISSUES
- Art Basel To Discount Gallery Fees After Paris Show Closed Early
“We will exceptionally be extending a 20 percent reduction on booth fees to all galleries that participated in the Paris fair, in recognition of the closure,” on October 24–25, Art Basel chief executive Noah Horowitz told ARTnews in an interview. – ARTnews
- The Vatican Has A Huge, Little-Known Collection Of Indigenous Art. Should It All Be Repatriated?
“The Anima Mundi, formerly the Ethnological Museum, (is) home to around 80,000 objects from across the globe, many of which were ‘gifted’ to the Catholic church in Rome by Indigenous peoples at a time when its missionaries were powerful, and sometimes dubious, figures in their far-flung communities.” – The Guardian
- Scholars Announce Two Caravaggio Rediscoveries In Two Days
One historian announced his authentication of a previously unattributed painting at a conference this past Saturday, while another revealed on Sunday that the original of a painting known only from copies had been located. – Artnet
- The National Mall In DC Is Getting Too Full, And The Reason Why Is Not A Happy One
“The sylvan landscape around the Lincoln Memorial is a mess, and it will only get worse. … A landscape that was meant to symbolize peace and reconciliation after the Civil War is becoming cluttered mainly with memorials devoted to war” — too many to fit in this one place. – The Washington Post (MSN)
- The Louvre’s New Director On The Museum’s Many Challenges
The new challenges in recent weeks come at a time when Mr. Leribault has had to deal with everything in his brief tenure from the threat of staff strikes and a perennial shortage of visitor bathrooms to a whopping funding drive to finance the museum’s planned refurbishment and reorganization. – The Wall Street Journal
MEDIA
- Claim: AI Has Made It Almost Impossible To Assess Students
Universities should go back to traditional exams and in-person presentations to grade students after lecturers complained that AI has made it “close to impossible” to assess coursework, according to an investigation by England’s higher education regulator. – The Guardian
- Project To Make Downtown Chicago A “Cultural Stadium” Takes A Step Forward
“Former Michigan state representative Donna Lasinski was announced Wednesday as the initiative’s inaugural president. … The project has been discussed in abstract for years but is now moving from idea to reality with the appointment of Lasinski, who has served as the Cultural Stadium’s senior adviser since April.” – WBEZ (Chicago)
- “Art Is The Great Democrat”
“Art is the great democrat,” wrote Kennedy, “calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color.” He saw art as a means of transcending difference, as both a product of democracy and a contributor to its flourishing. – San Francisco Classical Voice
- Aquaterra: The Vast Lands Of Civilization We’ve Not Yet Explored
To understand where—and what—Aquaterra is, you have to think about how sea levels fall and rise during an ice age. As the planet cools, ocean water becomes locked up in continental ice sheets, and sea levels fall by hundreds of feet. – The Atlantic
- Canada Has New Tax Relief For The Arts And Artists
It’s not 100 percent clear who, exactly, will benefit. “There’s little to no way to know whether, for example, a violin teacher or a filmmaker is more likely to be approved.” – CBC
MUSIC
- The Worst Thing About Using AI To Write?
Above the chaos is a question: Why did this novel, thematically rote and stylistically bland as it is, receive such acclaim in the first place? – The Atlantic
- Rethinking What Biographies Are For
On its face, biography is the genre of the integral subject—a person interacting with others but distinct from them, not dissolving in a sea of substance. For Carlisle, though, the “metaphysical selfishness” of a world composed of discrete human beings “reinforces moral selfishness, and vice versa.” – The New Yorker
- In Default Judgment, Court Orders Pirate Site To Pay Publishers Millions In Damages
“A federal judge in Manhattan has ordered the pirate site WeLib to pay 13 publishers $19.5 million in statutory damages. Judge Victor Marrero also directed the companies that register and host its domains to take it offline, after the site’s operators failed to respond to the publishers’ copyright infringement suit.” – Publishers Weekly
- Canadian Government Announces New Investment In Books
The new budget released by the government of Canada last week permanently increased the Canada Book Fund by CDN $5 million annually. This increase, the first since 2001, will bring the Canada Book Fund’s total annual budget to approximately CDN $43.4 million starting in 2027–28. – Publishers Weekly
- For The First Time, The Booker Prize Goes To A Bona Fide Sci-Fi Novel
“Eighty-one-year-old M John Harrison has won the Booker Prize for The End of Everything, a postapocalyptic novel set on a near-future Kent coast, becoming the oldest winner in the award’s history.” Booker Prize Foundation CEO Gaby Wood called it “the first Booker winner to have emerged from the bona fide SF world.” – The Guardian
PEOPLE
- Bill T. Jones Will Close His Dance Company
Good Morning,
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company will stop performing at the end of 2027, after 45 years and creating more than 140 works. Jones, nearly 75, says he wants to ask “new questions about how I want to create” (BroadwayWorld).
The Vatican Museums hold about 80,000 objects that missionaries sent to Rome for a 1925 exhibition, and this month is the museum’s centenary. A Vatican source says the plan is to lie low; a McGill art historian says missionaries looted Canadian graves to fill the show (The Guardian).
In September France’s Goncourt prize dropped Haitian-Canadian writer Thélyson Orélien’s best-seller from contention over claims that AI wrote it. Kyle Berlin, a Paris magazine editor, compares it to 1972, when Yambo Ouologuem, the first African winner of the Prix Renaudot, was accused of copying Graham Greene; the writer never published again (The Atlantic).
The Met will stream the sold-out final performance of Lincoln in the Bardo, Missy Mazzoli’s opera, free on YouTube Saturday, asking viewers to donate in the live chat toward its $1.5 billion campaign (Playbill).
Two Italian scholars announced authentication of two early Caravaggios in two days. One, a portrait of a young man, sold at a Vienna auction in 2017 as Tuscan school for €3,810 (Artnet).
All of today’s stories below.
- NY Phil’s First European Tour With Dudamel Hit Some Bumps In The Road, But It Was A Hit
“The tour … was striking in its ambitions: 17 days, four countries, 10 performances and an army of 147 musicians, backup conductors, sound technicians, librarians, stagehands, donors, executives and a tour doctor. They traveled on trains, bus caravans, and chartered and commercial airplanes.” – The New York Times
- Art Basel To Discount Gallery Fees After Paris Show Closed Early
“We will exceptionally be extending a 20 percent reduction on booth fees to all galleries that participated in the Paris fair, in recognition of the closure,” on October 24–25, Art Basel chief executive Noah Horowitz told ARTnews in an interview. – ARTnews
- AI Has Become The Next Generation’s Way Into The Film Biz
While it can seem like a daunting time for students to enter an industry grappling with contraction and AI-driven shifts, many educators who have embraced AI remain optimistic. They choose to focus on the emerging opportunities for the next generation of talent. – Los Angeles Times
- The Vatican Has A Huge, Little-Known Collection Of Indigenous Art. Should It All Be Repatriated?
“The Anima Mundi, formerly the Ethnological Museum, (is) home to around 80,000 objects from across the globe, many of which were ‘gifted’ to the Catholic church in Rome by Indigenous peoples at a time when its missionaries were powerful, and sometimes dubious, figures in their far-flung communities.” – The Guardian
PEOPLE
- Bill T. Jones Will Close His Dance Company
Good Morning,
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company will stop performing at the end of 2027, after 45 years and creating more than 140 works. Jones, nearly 75, says he wants to ask “new questions about how I want to create” (BroadwayWorld).
The Vatican Museums hold about 80,000 objects that missionaries sent to Rome for a 1925 exhibition, and this month is the museum’s centenary. A Vatican source says the plan is to lie low; a McGill art historian says missionaries looted Canadian graves to fill the show (The Guardian).
In September France’s Goncourt prize dropped Haitian-Canadian writer Thélyson Orélien’s best-seller from contention over claims that AI wrote it. Kyle Berlin, a Paris magazine editor, compares it to 1972, when Yambo Ouologuem, the first African winner of the Prix Renaudot, was accused of copying Graham Greene; the writer never published again (The Atlantic).
The Met will stream the sold-out final performance of Lincoln in the Bardo, Missy Mazzoli’s opera, free on YouTube Saturday, asking viewers to donate in the live chat toward its $1.5 billion campaign (Playbill).
Two Italian scholars announced authentication of two early Caravaggios in two days. One, a portrait of a young man, sold at a Vienna auction in 2017 as Tuscan school for €3,810 (Artnet).
All of today’s stories below.
- NY Phil’s First European Tour With Dudamel Hit Some Bumps In The Road, But It Was A Hit
“The tour … was striking in its ambitions: 17 days, four countries, 10 performances and an army of 147 musicians, backup conductors, sound technicians, librarians, stagehands, donors, executives and a tour doctor. They traveled on trains, bus caravans, and chartered and commercial airplanes.” – The New York Times
- Art Basel To Discount Gallery Fees After Paris Show Closed Early
“We will exceptionally be extending a 20 percent reduction on booth fees to all galleries that participated in the Paris fair, in recognition of the closure,” on October 24–25, Art Basel chief executive Noah Horowitz told ARTnews in an interview. – ARTnews
- AI Has Become The Next Generation’s Way Into The Film Biz
While it can seem like a daunting time for students to enter an industry grappling with contraction and AI-driven shifts, many educators who have embraced AI remain optimistic. They choose to focus on the emerging opportunities for the next generation of talent. – Los Angeles Times
- The Vatican Has A Huge, Little-Known Collection Of Indigenous Art. Should It All Be Repatriated?
“The Anima Mundi, formerly the Ethnological Museum, (is) home to around 80,000 objects from across the globe, many of which were ‘gifted’ to the Catholic church in Rome by Indigenous peoples at a time when its missionaries were powerful, and sometimes dubious, figures in their far-flung communities.” – The Guardian
THEATRE
VISUAL
- Why We Are Not Our Brains
Remember that the brain itself is merely another object in the world. To talk about it at all is to have already accepted a level of objective existence which cannot be reduced to sensory experience. – 3 Quarks Daily
- The Death Of Online Search?
Even Google may not be too big to fail, as pessimism mounts about the possibility of Search ever again working the way it used to. – The New Yorker
- We Need To Change Our Approach To Digital Life
It’s increasingly clear to me that we will not survive as a society without some seismic intervention that separates us from our screens, our algorithms, and our little simulacra of social life. – The New Yorker
- How Did Equality Come To Mean Different Things?
Today, it’s evident that the word ‘equality’ means very different things to different people. What once seemed capable of providing common ground is now just another source of controversy. What explains this shift? – Aeon
- The Ethics Of Entertainment Values
“Is the value of my experience at Disney World undermined by the fact that it is, at the end of the day, a production of the Walt Disney Company? Can I trust a profit-hungry corporation to teach my children universal values? – Psyche