The installation at Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is by Kirsha Kaechele, wife of museum founder David Walsh, a math prodigy who made his $200 million fortune by gambling. Kaechele said in court that "(men's) experience of rejection IS the artwork." - The Guardian
"(The Society) had projected that the museum, centrally located on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, would draw 250,000 visitors a year. The revenue from ticket sales for the museum show a much lower number, maybe as low as 5,400 visitors in fiscal year 2022." - Christianity Today
The 202,900 professional artists in Canada represent 1.0% of the national labour force. A finer analysis shows that 1 in every 102 Canadian workers is an artist. - Hill Strategies
"Labour’s first easy (and free) win would be to talk proudly about arts and culture – and especially the biggest cultural powerhouse the country possesses, the BBC. That would be a good start. But in the longer term, here are the more concrete matters it should focus on." - The Guardian
The act places a number of legal and transparency obligations on tech companies and AI developers operating in Europe, including those working in the creative sector and music business. - Billboard
Classical education is premised on the idea that there is objective truth, and that the purpose of school is to set kids on a path toward understanding it. - The New Yorker
"It’s hard to know whether this performative strain in tech culture reflects something essential about the industry.” But … could they just, please, for the rest of us, stop? (Maybe join a community theatre?)- The Atlantic
And it’s appropriately dramatic: "The indictment says Saliterman knew they were stolen, and that he threatened to release a sex tape of a woman and 'take her down with him’ if she didn’t keep her mouth shut about the slippers." - Seattle Times (AP)
Whew, Netflix, why? "Irish Wish is a thinly veiled Trojan horse for the conservative agenda, a crypto-fascist work of art cluttered with right-wing dog whistles and dialogue that could have only been written by a malevolently programmed artificial intelligence." - Vulture
Rio Cinema said, "With own slogan in mind, we hope that we can all be United By Music again soon. We will continue to organize fundraising events for the charities we support, including Doctors Without Borders and Medical Aid for Palestine." - Variety
Lorrie Moore, Maaza Mengiste, and many others signed a letter criticizing PEN America for not doing enough to highlight 'the scale and scope of the attacks on writers in Gaza’ … and drew a contrast with the organization’s forceful condemnation of the war in Ukraine." - The New York Times
And they call for more help: "About two-thirds of the 67 respondents said they need increased public funding in order to stay open, with many saying they would need about $50,000 annually for the next three years to close immediate gaps." - CBC
First, and most simply, philanthropy is most certainly a business model, or at least the core of such a model, because it is at the heart of financing nearly every private university and almost all of the country’s leading cultural institutions, from museums to the performing arts, as well as most organized religious institutions. - Second Rough Draft
As governments spin up new AI programs, regulators around the world are urgently trying to hire AI experts. But some of the job ads are raising eyebrows and even chuckles among AI researchers and engineers for offering wages that, amid the current AI boom, look pitiful. - Wired
"Key insights: States with higher proportions of rural population tend to have lower levels of arts vibrancy – with some notable exceptions. States ranking higher on arts vibrancy generally have lower poverty rates; but having low levels of poverty doesn’t guarantee a top arts vibrancy ranking." - SMU Data Arts
