"Inis Nua Theatre Co., a Philadelphia-based company that draws its material from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, has named longtime Philly theater director Kathryn 'KC' MacMillan as artistic director. MacMillan doesn’t hesitate answering the obvious question about Inis Nua." - The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Pop art was just emerging and Bengston spoke its language well with his simple, aesthetically direct and repetitive motifs. His shiny, heavily lacquered surfaces also earned him associations with 'finish fetish.' But it was his flamboyant personality ... that came to define him." - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
The high temperatures necessary for glassmaking require huge amounts of natural gas, whose price has soared by well over 1,000% since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. About four-fifths of Venice's glassmaking facilities have closed for the time being, with the remainder struggling. - Artnet
Cleese's as-yet-untitled show on GB News, shared with satirist Andrew Doyle, will presumably be part of his notorious ongoing campaign against "wokeness" and "cancel culture" and in favor of "free speech." ("The Ministry of Silly Wokes?" quips The Hollywood Reporter.) - BBC
The deal involves the collection of antiquities from the Cyclades islands assembled by philanthropist Leonard Stern: the objects will be legally in the possession of an art foundation overseen by the Greek culture ministry, with a rotating selection of items on 10-year loans to the Met. - The New York Times
Starting at a time when American journalism about the visual arts was strictly by critics, she treated it as a news beat, writing more than 3,000 articles for The New York Times — where she also helped lead a landmark gender discrimination lawsuit against the paper. - ARTnews
Officially launched on 6 October, Bodyheat is installed across two of the largest event spaces within the SWG3 complex – Galvanizers and TV Studio – as well as in its lobby. A sold-out gig in Galvanizers – which has a capacity of 1,250 – could generate 800 kilowatt hours in heat. - The Guardian
The bookshop, which opened in 2019, was in its infancy as a business when it was forced to close during Covid lockdowns. It managed to stay afloat, but Mrs Fridd feared the cost of living crisis could become "the straw that broke the camel's back". - BBC
“I started to be a witness to events. This is a primal function of art … More talented writers of the next generations will take this raw material and make a beautiful novel about it. But being in the centre of the hurricane you just try to grab the tiniest moments of your grief.” - The Guardian
Members from the Union County chapter of Moms for Liberty were quick to voice their horror at the gender-diverse casting and the fact the school’s logo had been colored rainbow and was being used to advertise the show. - The Daily Beast
Dmitry Ozerkov, who had been at the Saint Petersburg museum for more than 20 years, explained his decision in a lengthy Instagram post, writing “I left because I don’t intend to have anything in common with today’s Russia.” - Artnet
Characters, sports figures, local TV news anchors: They all have a Q, and that Q Score was used by advertising agencies, TV studios, Hollywood execs, marketing companies and consultants to put the most-liked people/things/characters in front of eager American audiences and consumers. - Washington Post
Amidst the misery of the pandemic’s peak, there were hopes that the effective shutdown of the touring industry would allow for the music business itself to work out the myriad issues that musicians face while trying to make a living on the road. That obviously didn’t happen. - New York Magazine
Some companies are coming to the conclusion they will need a dance partner to pursue growth instead of going it alone. Other Hollywood giants realize they probably should have one major offering in the marketplace, rather than two or three separate ones. - The Wall Street Journal
