Executive Editor Scott Freeman: "In the summer of 2020, we were in another bad spot and it became obvious that our board planned to shutter ArtsATL. ... (Patti Siegel) suggested we put together a new board of directors and take over the publication. And that's exactly what we did." - ArtsATL (Atlanta)
"Russia has blocked TV Rain (also known as 'Dozhd,' Russian for 'rain'), its last independent news network, along with Echo of Moscow, one of its oldest radio stations, declaring them to be foreign agents." - Nieman Lab
"For more than 60 years, his prose distinguished the arts pages of the Financial Times, always with eloquence, panache, expertise and astounding wit." His colleague Alastair Macaulay describes him as "brilliant, outrageous, erudite, shocking, hilarious, mercurial." - Financial Times
In the 12 months since, something like $44 billion has been spent on about six million NFTs, usually issued to certify digital creations but sometimes for physical objects like paintings and sculptures.
With Bandcamp’s model, buying an album feels like an investment in both the music and the artist, and as a result it’s the best place to buy music on the web. - Fast Company
Leaving nothing to chance after the previous book banning, the new works will be written, drawn and edited by what’s described as a group of writers and artists from “diverse racial backgrounds.” - Deadline
Spotify said Wednesday it has closed its office in Russia indefinitely because of the “unprovoked attack on Ukraine.” Social media companies with more than 500,000 daily users must have local offices in Russia, according to that country’s law. - Deadline
The war has become content, flowing across every platform at once. A single tweet earned the clip more than ten million views, but it could also be found on YouTube, TikTok, and the sites of various news publications. - The New Yorker
Could it be that the internet is not best seen as a lifeless artifact, contraption, gadget, or mere tool, but as a living system, or as a natural product of the activity of a living system? - Wired
"'Acting is what pays the bills,' he says." (In fact, it just paid for a house in New Orleans.) "'All the other stuff is too experimental or unusual' — collaborative albums, a narrative podcast featuring a singing brain tumor — 'to actually make a living.'" - New York Magazine
Both birdsong and language are passed culturally to later generations through vocal learning. Geographically distant populations of the same bird species can make small tweaks to their songs over time, eventually resulting in a new dialect. - Smithsonian
The event happened late last April, though Brown is only now speaking about it publicly. He's had to relearn to walk and to choreograph (no more demonstrating movement), and — with immense help from the Joyce Theater — he's continuing to operate his company, Evidence. - The New York Times
It sounds futuristic and perhaps more than a little invasive—a computer watching your every move? But it feels less creepy once you learn that these technologies don't have to rely on a camera to see where you are and what you're doing. Instead, they use radar. - Wired
"At what point does cultural exchange — always a blur between being a humanizing balm and a tool of propaganda — become unbearable? What is sufficient distance from authoritarian leadership? And what is sufficient disavowal, particularly when speaking up could threaten the safety of artists or their families?" - The New York Times
Georgia film production in the 2021 fiscal year exceeded its pre-pandemic pace, setting a new record of $4.1 billion in direct spend from productions in the state. - ArtsATL
