"A Paris court has secured 135 stolen paintings estimated to be worth over €200 million for the family of (collector) Uthman Khatib, (who) is seeking to recover a collection of 1,800 pieces of Russian avant-garde art allegedly taken from a storage facility in Germany in 2019." - Artnet
"Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has unveiled her design for this year's Serpentine Pavilion in London, which will mark the 25th anniversary of the annual commission. Named A Capsule in Time, the lightweight timber structure is informed by … 'the transient nature of the commission.'" - Dezeen
"Dutch authorities on Wednesday arrested three suspects after the theft of a ancient golden helmet considered a cultural icon of Romania and were on display in a small museum in the Netherlands. There was no sign that the intricate helmet (or three gold wristbands) dating back 2,500 years had been recovered." - AP
"(The) British singer-songwriter and 1960s pop star reinvented herself as a new-wave artist and smoky-voiced chanteuse, channeling her struggles with drug abuse and personal loss into songs of torment, anger, sorrow and resilience." - The Washington Post (MSN)
"If you’re wondering what I’m doing right now, I’m writing a play. It’s probably going to be the next thing I end up doing. If it’s a fiasco I probably won’t turn it into a movie. But if it’s a smash hit? It might be my last movie." - The Hollywood Reporter
Our mixed feelings about machine-made signatures make plain our broader relationship to handwriting: it offers a glimpse of individuality. Any time spent doing archival research is a humbling lesson in the challenges and rewards of deciphering the handwritten word. - The Guardian
Pacific Northwest Ballet dance historian Doug Fullington talks about drawing on the original libretto and photos from the 1890s and the Stepanov notation made in St. Petersburg after the turn of the century. - Dance Magazine
The term “vibe shift,” which was apparently created by the members of the scene and sort of stolen by journalists and interpreters, is itself telling. It is really a shift not in but to vibes: to mood itself, that is to say, something felt but not fully articulated or articulable. - Unpopular Front
It’s this imperfect yet fascinatingly complex ultrasocial world that we have thrust our children into. Nearly 20 years on, we are all a bit confused, baffled, frustrated, and fearful about the maelstrom of stimuli that whirl around us every day, and Haidt has considerably changed his mood about it all from curious to judgmental. - New Republic
The relief Mike Reed expressed came, he said, from witnessing Pitchfork stray from his original vision of a curated weekend of independent music, designed for audiences and artists whose tastes don’t fit with more corporate bashes like Lollapalooza and Coachella. - Chicago Sun-Times
"There is nothing more irritating to enthusiasts than when the mainstream tries to portray their niche world and gets it wrong. And The Brutalist gets an awful lot wrong. … The film has aroused such ire because, despite its claims to be fictional, it is clearly based on a real historical figure." - The Guardian
The moments that these photographs recall have no active hold in my memory. Still, upon seeing them—presenting themselves as the definite proof of truth, helpfully supplicated with captions from myself—my narrative of the present shifts to accommodate the information. - Public Books
Responding to a series of questions asked by Hyperallergic about dissident artists, cultural institutions in Taiwan and Tibet, and the destruction of mosques in the Xinjiang region, DeepSeek expressed faith in China’s “judicial organs” and said that artistic endeavors were “thriving under the leadership of the Party and government.” - Hyperallergic
How often does a blurb from a filmmaker appear on another filmmaker’s movie poster? A blurb from a musician on another musician’s album cover? A blurb from a game designer on another designer’s game box? The argument has always been that this is what makes the book business so special. - Publishers Weekly
"And the two shall become one. That’s the plan that the Oregon Arts Commission and the Oregon Cultural Trust, two state agencies that overlap in much of their goals and responsibilities, are presenting to the Oregon Legislature." - Oregon ArtsWatch
