A series of surveys and workshops has evidently found a consensus that "the big, 700-ish seat theater is kind of the least needed thing" and that adaptive reuse of existing facilities makes far more sense. - Boulder Beat
Comparing their campaign to that of the suffragettes — one of whom attacked a Velázquez at London's National Gallery with a meat cleaver in 1914 — Just Stop Oil spokesperson Alex De Koning said, "If that's unfortunately what it needs to come to, then that's unfortunately what it needs to come to." - Artnet
When conductor Philippe Jordan steps down from the job in 2025, it will be eliminated, announced superintendent Bogdan Roščić. "Historically, the State Opera has been without a music director for much longer than with one," he said. "Both models can have major advantages and disadvantages." - OperaWire
"Though she had an impressive body of work," — most notably, lead roles in the sitcoms Cheers and Veronica's Closet and in the surprise hit movie Look Who's Talking and its sequels — "the later part of her career was marked by Alley's penchant for stirring controversy, especially through social media." - CNN
Our research has revealed that virtual music theatre — music theatre online — allows for a more accessible and a less exclusive way to engage with this art form with many benefits for participants. - The Conversation
Art’s primary task, Perl asserts, is not to “promote a particular idea of ideology, or perform some clearly defined civic or community service.” Art is meaningful, valuable, and exciting precisely because of its irrelevance to our most immediate, surface-level concerns. - Commonweal
It is by far the largest and most important strike in the history of American higher education, with the potential to transform both the status and income of those who work in an “industry” that now employs more workers than the federal government. - The Guardian
Who would put a piece of art by arguably the world’s greatest living sculptor in a place that you cannot access without a location finder, a very serious vehicle and a lot of spare time? The Qataris. - The Globe & Mail
In order for future fans to experience the amazing things on your list, they will need to be technologically empowered to participate in the experience. - Shelly Palmer
FRAN uses this information to come up with a prediction about which areas of a real person’s face would age and how and then overlays the new details onto video footage. The result is “the first practical, fully-automatic and production-ready method for re-aging faces in video images.” - The Verge
“When you change from giving gifts to serfs or beggars to your kids and your spouse, you can’t just give them the stuff you already have in your household,." And in the early 1800s, books, which were typically quite expensive, fit this bill. - The New York Times
Miguel Tomasín's distinctive artistic vision comes from his family, fellow musicians and friends said, from having been born with Down syndrome. His story shows how art can help overcome social barriers, with an effort to elevate a person’s talents, rather than focusing on their limitations. - The New York Times
“Goblin mode” — a slang term referring to “a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations” — has been named Oxford’s 2022 Word of the Year. - The New York Times
British composer Julian Anderson was devastated by the fire. He "began channeling some of his despondence into 'Litanies,' a 25-minute meditation for cello and orchestra. In the second movement, a series of chords emerges then melts away." - The New York Times
