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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Cancellation Of NIH Grants

“A judge in Oregon on Wednesday ordered the federal government to essentially freeze more than $200 million withheld from state and local humanities councils across the country and to halt any plans to spend the money elsewhere.” - The Oregonian

UCLA: Trump $584M Cuts Are A “Death Knell” For School’s Research

The University of California president on Wednesday said Trump administration grant suspensions at UCLA total $584 million, cuts that would be a “death knell” to medical, science and energy research and have spurred negotiations with federal officials. - Los Angeles Times

Here’s The Culture Trump’s NEH Is Funding After Canceling Previous Grants

The grants include many focused on presidents, statesmen and canonical authors, including $10 million to the University of Virginia — which the agency said was the largest grant in its history — that will support the “expedited completion” of editorial work on papers relating to the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution and the Founding era. - The New...

San Francisco Arts Community Facing Cost/Funding Squeeze

Financial constraints in the arts in the community are responsible for much more than limiting the amount of entertainment available. - San Francisco Classical Voice

Qatar Is Using High Culture To Flex its Soft Power

“(Landing the newest expansion of the Art Basel franchise is) just the latest coup for Qatar, uncomfortably wedged between Saudi Arabia and, across the Persian Gulf, Iran, as it expands its soft power by hosting global events and securing the friendship of the rich and powerful through investment and entertainment.” - Politico

Britain’s Royal Ballet And Opera Cancels Production Rental To Israeli Company

Following an open letter signed by nearly 200 staffers — a letter which explicitly referenced the house’s recent rental of its staging of Turandot to the same company — the Royal Ballet and Opera has cancelled the planned rental of its production of Tosca to the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv. - The Guardian

How One Arts Group Managed To Get Its Cancelled NEA Grant Restored

“Through a complicated process, Three Bone Theatre received the remaining $13,000 from its three-year, $20,000 grant to help put on a trilogy of plays that retell classic Greek tragedies from a modern Latino and Chicano perspective. The group already had spent approximately $7,000 of the grant when the cuts came down.” - The Charlotte Observer (Yahoo!)

The Smithsonian Now Says It Will Restore Trump To Impeachment Display

Eventually. And by the way, they removed the info, they say, because it "was meant to be a temporary addition to a twenty-five year-old exhibition did not meet the museum’s standards in appearance, location, timeline, and overall presentation.” - Washington Post (Yahoo)

Covering Forty Countries’ Worth Of Arts And Culture Is No Easy Task

One of the Times’ Culture Desk writers in Europe checks 36 news outlets from various countries twice a day, adding in more, from the smaller European countries, twice a week. He asks, "What’s going on in these countries that will really take off” in the US? - The New York Times

Oregon Humanities Council Sues Trump Over Grant Cancellations

Although the suit charges the administration cannot legally cancel grants already approved by Congress, Oregon Humanities Communications Director Ben Waterhouse believes the decision was also political. - Oregon Arts Watch

Royal Albert Hall Seat Owners Lose Suit Over Access To Seats

These investors were granted rights to use or access their seats for the term of the hall's 999-year lease, according to the venue's website. Some 1,268 seats, out of the hall's total possible capacity of 5,272, remain in the private ownership of 316 people. - BBC

Singer Holds Palestinian Flag During Opera Curtain Call: A Political Violation of Art?

Claiming political impartiality in relation to a Verdi opera is like calling Guernica a painting of a horse. - London Review of Books

The Fight To Save Hawaiian Culture Lost In The Maui Fires

Nearly two years later, to drive around Lahaina town is to encounter ghost gas stations, mailboxes without houses and rogue bougainvillea enlivening piles of rubble. - The New York Times

Smithsonian Removes Trump Impeachment From History Museum Exhibit

“In reviewing our legacy content recently, it became clear that the ‘Limits of Presidential Power’ section in The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden exhibition needed to be addressed,” the spokesperson said in a statement. - Washington Post

France Proposes New Law To Return Colonial Art

If approved, the law would make it easier for the country to return cultural goods in France's national collection "originating from states that, due to illicit appropriation, were deprived of them" between 1815 and 1972, said the culture ministry. - France24

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