Many parents, both in and outside China, have celebrated Beijing’s past parental controls as the right approach for a government to take. But will all those people be comfortable with the government’s ever-intensifying restrictions? - MIT Technology Review
Marden’s style may have made him different from many of his colleagues with more explicitly conceptual ambitions, but he continued to find admirers because of it. - ARTnews
To survey the film and television industry today is to witness multiple existential crises. Many of them point to a larger trend: of Hollywood divesting from its own future, making dodgy decisions in the short term that whittle down its chances of long-term survival. - The New Yorker
"This highly specific medium morphs every which way, with new outspoken repertoire, an influx of vocal talent from the early-music community and liberated performance manner." David Patrick Stearns talks with singers, pianists, and composers about how song recitals are developing today. - Gramophone
For theater, as we know it, to have any future at all, a new economic model must take its place, founded on a simple principle:Â fund artists directly. Then let the artists produce their own work, rent their own venues and pay their own collaborators. - Washington Post
"Brent Ottley ... says it became obvious two decades ago that Australia had begun 'running out' of piano tuners. He estimates there are just 250 left in the country and just 20 or so high-level technicians, with most of them close to retiring age." - The Guardian
"Germany has seen more than €3.2 million in revenue (US$3.5 million) generated for cultural products, events, and services thanks to the rollout of that market's new KulturPass for 18-year-olds," who get €200 (US$219) to spend on cultural offerings by registering on an app. - Publishing Perspectives
The Lebanese culture minister said, "The film goes against moral and religious values in Lebanon, as it encourages perversity and gender transformation while calling for the rejection of patriarchy and ridiculizing the role of mothers." Kuwaiti authorities banned the film to protect "public ethics and social traditions." - Variety
The company, which is considered one of the Bay Area's leading professional theatres and has won the special Tony Award for regional theatre, already postponed this summer's new musical. Executive director Debbie Chinn says TheatreWorks must secure the $3 million by November. - MSN (The Mercury News, San Jose)
The local court with jurisdiction over the will of museum founder Albert Barnes ruled that the Foundation may loan a limited number of works to other institutions and may make some changes to the arrangement of works on display, both forbidden by Barnes's original 1922 indenture. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
"(The court) determined that production of the Sorkin version … did not infringe on any interest held by the Dramatic Publishing Company, which contended that its (Christopher) Sergel script was the only one (permitted) in most theaters not part of Broadway, the West End or a national tour." - The New York Times
Subsidence became a problem not long after construction began in the 12th century, and by the early 1990s the tilt had worsened enough that experts feared the structure's eventual collapse. An eight-year stabilization project and ongoing careful monitoring have made the tower safe. - CNN
In a country where nearly every iota of our psyches and our physical spaces has been captured for the purpose of generating a profit, the ongoing existence of public libraries feels not just radical, but astonishing. - Popula
We should not assume that motivated reasoning, or all other biased thinking that involves ignoring high quality and relevant information, can only lead us astray. Sometimes judgements that are more reflective of the information available around us can bring poor consequences, preventing downstream knowledge gains. - IAI
With over 30 million followers on TikTok alone, Rodriguez has developed a following that has even extended to the outside world. Considered merely by follower count, he would be the most recognizable artist in the world. - ARTnews
