The lions were removed for their spa treatment on June 14, having been outside for 128 years, Art Institute objects conservator Rachel Sabino told the Tribune at the time. It was their “first deep cleaning in decades,” Sabino said. - Chicago Tribune (MSN)
In 1965 the Pulitzer board rejected a unanimous recommendation from the music jury to award Duke Ellington a special citation for long-term achievement.” It was the second consecutive year that no Pulitzer for music was awarded. - The New York Times
The position has been vacant since April of 2021, which Tom Loughman resigned, but the search for a new director really began in November of last year, after the Wadsworth announced a major change in its leadership structure. - Hartford Courant
Parents constantly provide their children with emotion concepts to disambiguate what is going on. Especially towards the second year, when children start using emotion concepts themselves, parents use emotion words very often. - LitHub
"Yulia Tsvetkova, 29, spent months under house arrest after authorities in the remote city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur launched a criminal case into the 'spread of pornographic material' in 2019. She faced six years in prison for featuring abstract illustrations of female sexual organs of varying shapes and sizes." - The Moscow Times
The Wollongong Art Gallery needed to make some big calls after it was discovered that one of its prominent donors, who passed away 30 years ago, was last month confirmed as a Nazi intelligence officer during the Second World War. - Big Idea
"Expectations that pent-up demand from movie-hungry audiences would lead to packed cinema halls have been belied by millions of dollars in lost revenue, as moviegoers become more discerning about where they spend their money." - BBC
"Ukraine's churches are the hardest hit of all heritage sites in the war-torn country, new data suggests. But a coalition of priests and religious leaders are working together —overcoming ideological divisions and historic allegiances — to document the damage caused to Ukraine's most precious places of worship." - The Art Newspaper
Although the challenging of books and curriculum is hardly new in the United States, what we’re facing now is somewhat different. It is not parents or even school boards driving many of these challenges. It is the power of the state. - Los Angeles Times
In a statement released this week, Ken-Matt Martin writes, "I have decided that I need to take a break from nonprofit theatre administration and would not immediately return if asked. ... (This case is an) example of the industry-wide need to seriously reevaluate our models and modes of operating." - American Theatre
The upshot of all this change is the emergence of a company that is more diverse, and more versatile, than ever before. Taylor dancers are ready to take on the movement style of any creator, and to tackle works from different eras and traditions. - Dance Magazine
"Picasso, deeply apolitical, had shown little interest in the Spanish Civil War. ... Nor had he ever done a public mural, let alone one about a bombed city. And the work was so disdained when it was first shown that it very nearly didn't make it." - MSN (The Atlantic)
"In the 2023 round of negotiations with the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, the discussions are sure to be more charged than usual because of the tectonic shifts across TV and film that were accelerated by pandemic conditions in 2020 and '21." - Variety
"A new dictionary — the Oxford Dictionary of African American English — will attempt to codify the contributions and capture the rich relationship Black Americans have with the English language." The book is a project of Oxford University Press and Harvard's Hutchins Center." - The New York Times
In a 40-part tweetstorm, Erin Overbey argued that she was put under a performance review after complaining that female and male staffers at the magazine were not treated equally — and that, during her review period, errors were put into her work in an attempt to trap her. - The Daily Beast
