It’s suddenly plausible to imagine that freethinking, that tradition of poking and prodding at all fixed ideas and institutions, will drift into obsolescence, because an oracular machine will instantly spit back answers to life’s questions with an aura of scientific authority. - The Atlantic
It's the first live work in North America for beloved Dutch choreographer Nanine Linning, and among her many collaborators are video artist Heleen Blanken and scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who provided video material and extensive consultations with the creative team. - MSN (The Boston Globe)
A businessman who made more than £1m selling fake vinyl records was caught after a fan of punk band the Clash complained that the sound quality of an LP he had bought was not as sharp as it should have been. - The Guardian
"From a very early age Kusama has suffered from severe panic attacks and hallucinations, episodes during which pumpkins might talk to her, which is nice, or a sense that an entire universe of patterns was eliminating her, which is not." - Literary Hub
Twenty-seven years, reams of research and hundreds of thousands of dollars later, Ayers’ associates have come forward to claim the artwork, called the Flaget Madonna, as a work from the studio of Raphael, an Italian painter from the High Renaissance. - Chicago Tribune
"In the new visibility, the literary translator possesses a different sort of identity: still the articulate spokesperson for another language and culture, but self-conscious as an interpreter, at once scholarly and creative. The translator as writerly intellectual." - Literary Hub
E-books that had been published and sold in one form were retroactively (and irrevocably) altered, highlighting what consumer rights experts say is a convention of digital publishing that customers may never notice or realize they signed up for. Buying an e-book doesn’t necessarily mean it’s yours. - The New York Times
"There is no question that, because of their size, Dallas's big seven arts groups depend more heavily on attendance than others in the region. Here, we take a look at the big seven and how they're coping." - MSN (The Dallas Morning News)
A good example of this is Cartoon Network which advertises itself as targeting a core audience of boys and girls aged 6-12, now though most of its viewers are over the age of 18, with 75% of its viewers are now over the age of 18 and 43% over the age of 30, according to Statista. - CordCuttersNews
"(The) eight-article proposal includes imposing a fine of up to €100,000 ($108,000) on the use of foresterismi, or foreign words that have Italian translations, in official and public-facing communications. This includes names or acronyms used for professional roles — say, manager, or CEO." - Quartz
"Citing rising costs and reduced revenue, the San Diego Opera Tuesday canceled performances of (Zach Redler and Jerre Dye's) The Falling and the Rising, a co-commissioned work originally scheduled to premiere in 2020 but postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic." - Times of San Diego
"The Edo people in the Kingdom of Benin, modern Nigeria, created their extraordinary sculptures with melted down brass manilla bracelets. … A team of German researchers compared their metal with metallic ores and mines across Europe before tracing them to the Rhineland in western Germany." - The Guardian
A number of organizations, especially larger ones such as Miami's Arsht Center, are confident that shows like Mrs. Doubtfire and Hairspray are sufficiently distant from "adult entertainment" to be okay under new laws. (Kinky Boots? Well …) Smaller companies and school groups are more nervous. - WLRN (The Miami Herald)
"'Florida encourages instruction on the classics and classical art, and would not prohibit its use in instruction,' Alex Lanfranconi, communications director for the Florida Department of Education, said in a statement." - ARTnews
"NPR said it was disturbed to see the description added to all of the tweets that it sends out, with John Lansing, its president and CEO, calling it 'unacceptable for Twitter to label us this way.' … Asked for comment, Twitter's press office responded with an automated poop emoji." - AP
