Unboxed (as the bundle of events is actually called) attracted a total audience of 18 million, but the vast majority of those watched online; in-person attendance was 2.8 million. The festival cost British taxpayers £120 million. - The Guardian
Judith Sánchez Ruíz, who danced with the company from 2006 to 2009, will choreograph a work titled Let's Talk About Bleeding next year. Says the company's executive director, "We're happy to do Trisha's work forever, but we feel the field is asking for something more." - The New York Times
"Sources with ties to the company say discontent among some board members had been building (and) there was discussion about replacing Chapek as far back as the directors' late June meeting. ... As for current and even former Disney insiders, the change did feel insane, though welcome." - The Hollywood Reporter
"The orchestra’s new female majority could prove fleeting — it currently has 16 player vacancies to fill, in part because auditions were put on hold during the pandemic — but it still represents a profound shift for an ensemble that had only five women (50 years ago)." - The New York Times
"The art-attack tactic ... shows how social movements are warped and distorted by the logic of spectacle, undermining their longer-term viability by forcing them to become the worst version of themselves just to get a media hit." - Artnet
"On Friday in Paris, Milan, and Oslo, climate activists from local organizations under the umbrella group A22 Network doused sculptures with orange paint or flour, as U.N. climate talks were taking place in Egypt. This time, the works were hit directly, and lacked protective covering." - ARTnews
In the wake of a judge's decision to block the union of the two giants on anti-trust grounds, Paramount Global, the conglomerate which owns Simon & Schuster, is simply allowing the $2.2 billion sale of the publisher to Penguin Random House to collapse. - Reuters
The renowned troupe “strongly encouraged” star dancer Ashley Bouder, 38, not to perform in its star-studded fall gala because of her “appearance,” Bouder posted this week on Instagram. “I have hit my proverbial wall,” Bouder wrote. She accused the company of longstanding “systemic” and “institutionalized” body-shaming. - New York Post
“The defendants are alleged to have operated a website for over a decade whose central purpose was providing stolen intellectual property, in violation of copyright laws.” - The Verge
Yotta (24 zeroes) was the largest prefix in the metric system before the new additions. Now, the Earth's mass can be said to be about 6 ronnagrams rather than 6,000 yottagrams. The sun can be said to be about 2,000 quettagrams rather than 2,000,000,000 yottagrams. - NPR
Conversations about ethics and ethical judgment are usually missing from good governance discussions. A code of conduct, which is typical of other professions, would help the field more formally address these issues. - Journal of Philanthropy
Stored in a drawer in the vault is the original, ink-blotched, handwritten state constitution signed on July 2, 1776, declaring New Jersey’s independence from Great Britain and rejecting the authority of Governor Franklin, who had already been arrested. - The New York Times
All of these products are unprofitable and have lost $5 billion annually in the past few years. Most of these devices are loss leaders because Amazon normally subsidizes the cost to get more market share. - GoodReader
Hill, the inaugural Audain senior curator of Indigenous art, had worked at the gallery for 22 years. He is a specialist in Iroquoian languages and culture, and in global contemporary Indigenous art. - The Globe & Mail (Canada)
