ISSUES

"Citing a cost of between $80,000 and $100,000, Premier Chris Minns, whose Labor Party defeated the conservative Coalition government in a state election in March, argued the financial burden on taxpayers would have been significant and said the sails were being lit too often." - The Guardian

Of the four genres, performing arts centers and ballet compete for the “most recovered” position by the end of 2022, in different ways. - TRG Arts

Raymond Chandler, in 1945, "described Hollywood as a cauldron of 'egos,' 'credit stealing' and 'self-promotion' where scribes were ruthlessly neglected, marginalized and stripped of respect; toiling at the mercy of producers, some of whom, he wrote, had 'the artistic integrity of slot machines.'" - Los Angeles Times

Dreyfuss: "No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is. What are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that. You have to let life be life." - The Guardian (UK)

"What is consistently missing in the national conversation about book banning: the voices of those children and teenagers who see their experiences in print and finally realize they aren’t alone." - The New York Times

"When someone says we ought to separate the art from the artist, they’re saying: 'Remove the stain.' Let the work be unstained. But that’s not how stains work. We watch the glass fall to the floor; we don’t get to decide whether the wine will spread." - The Guardian (UK)

The Bradford Literature Festival used AI to generate its marketing images this year. Illustrator "Chris Mould was due to hold a masterclass at the event, but now says: 'How can I stand under their roof and tell people they can go to art school?'"- BBC

Day Jobs makes the countersuggestion that, for people with creative ambitions, day jobs should be recorded not as losses but as gains. - The Baffler

"A swimmable Seine would be a major turnaround for a busy urban waterway once notorious for its filth, allowing Paris to stage (Olympic) aquatic competition events in one of the world's most famous, photogenic metropolitan riverscapes." Authorities say they can pull it off, though Parisians remain skeptical. - Bloomberg CityLab

"Cancellation comedy permits comedians to recycle their controversies into a staged performance. A distant cousin of reality TV, the genre lets celebrity humorists reflect on scandals whose epicenter they themselves inhabit. Given the nation's bottomless thirst for spectacle, the marketability of cancellation comedy should never be underestimated." - Salon

What about the central question of whether the arts could be a way to confront some of the world’s many challenges? - The New York Times

“There is a massive shift there in terms of interests, what millennials consider relevant and find exciting. It will impact more than just what we put onstage. It will impact the entire economy of the performing arts. And how does that generation feel about philanthropy? - San Francisco Classical Voice

"The board overseeing Disney's special taxing district" – the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board of supervisors – "voted on Monday to sue the company days after the entertainment giant filed its own lawsuit against the board." - CNN

Artists know best what they need to advance their art and to thrive — hire artists as grantmakers and advisors. Support organizations that are founded and led by creatives. - Hyperallergic

"Many people who first heard of an EGOT assume it originated on the hit NBC sitcom 30 Rock. ... It turns out the term dates back to 1984, when only three people had achieved EGOT-hood: the composer Richard Rodgers and the actresses Helen Hayes and Rita Moreno." - The New York Times