The lot was composed of 104 “CryptoPunks,” a historic and popular PFP NFT collection designed by Larva Labs in 2017. The estimate for the lot was $20 million–$30 million, but in the end, the lot didn’t sell at all. “ - ARTnews
The Readers were explicit that this was not to do with any actual words on the page, but because they could tell that I personally had not done “the self-reflection and self-education that is necessary to understand the underlying reason that so many people felt harmed by work”. - Unherd
“I have clarified my stance against Valery Gergiev and urge him to also clearly and indisputably distance himself from the brutal assault, Putin against Ukraine and now especially against our partner city Kyiv. If Valery Gergiev does not clearly position himself here on Monday, he can no longer remain the chief conductor of our philharmonic.” - OperaWire
This forces me and so many others whose lives have included hours spent in the building to examine how we connect with a theatre conceptually, when there is no longer a fixed location. Is a theatre the building or the work? - The Stage
"Freed from the need to fill a half-hour (actually, 21 minutes with commercials) or an hourlong (e.g., 44 minutes plus ads) time slot in linear TV, producers are allowing their shows to breathe — and let the story dictate how long or short an episode can be." - Variety
Why might a person let her team down in one situation but give it her all in a different one? Sometimes, as in the first scenario, teamwork is demotivating. In fact, in German, ‘team’ is an acronym for Toll, ein anderer macht’s, meaning ‘Great, someone else does it.’ - Psyche
The Chicago company Collaboraction has edited the proceedings of the 1955 case — in which an all-white Mississippi jury acquitted two white men who later admitted killing the 14-year-old victim — into an immersive theater piece titled Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till. - MSN (Chicago Tribune)
Campaigners have urged the arts and culture sector to cut all ties to oil companies over claims of greenwashing. BP said it was proud of the 10-year partnership, which Scottish Ballet said had reached a "natural conclusion". - BBC
To avoid costly shutdowns, they're shelling out for hospital-grade filtration systems, daily testing regimes for performers and crew, more staff to check vaccine cards and IDs, and COVID compliance officers to ensure quality control. But all that health and safety comes at a price these institutions can't afford. - The Stranger
In 2017, after 20 years as a principal at ABT, Herrera became artistic director of the Ballet Estable del Teatro Colón, where she trained as a child. Early this month, she resigned in frustration, saying that the company's work rules make consistent excellence impossible. (in Spanish) - La Nación (Argentina)
In 1976, Sam Woodhouse and D.W. Jacobs launched a theater company "for a San Diego that didn't exist at the time" — cosmopolitan, with a vibrant downtown. After more than 330 productions, including 50+ world premieres, that helped create the city he envisioned, Woodhouse is stepping down. - The San Diego Union-Tribune
"Black Opals" had only four issues, in 1927-28, but it's now among the most requested items in the Free Library of Philadelphia's rare books collection, valuable both as literature and as evidence that the 1920s flowering of Black American creativity extended well beyond Upper Manhattan. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
"Paramount was very unprepared for (the film's) success. … Instead of saying, let's preserve the original negative because it's going to be a valuable asset, they basically wore it out something awful because they used it to make so many prints." - The New York Times
Ten months after inaugurating the Rady Shell on the city's waterfront, the orchestra has begun what's budgeted as a $125 million overhaul of Copley Symphony Hall that includes improved acoustics, reconfigured space onstage for orchestra and chorus, larger seats, and expanded backstage facilities. - KPBS (San Diego)
