Her departure comes less than six months after the abrupt exit of artistic director Jo Davies, the first female artistic director in the history of the company. Davies lasted just 18 months and left after repeated clashes with Allan. - Sydney Morning Herald
The Copyright Office said it makes decisions on a case-by-case basis but clarified that it will approach such questions by examining the degree of human input and creativity in each work. - The Hill
There’s something sinister about the way brands keep finding bigger, flashier ways to repurpose great moments in art to sell products. I guess this is what advertising is and has always been: Don Draper’s carousel asking you to buy back your own nostalgia from Kodak. - Eater
"Staff at English Heritage have been shocked to discover that the cash-strapped organisation is planning up to 200 redundancies and the winter closure of various castles, abbeys and other historic sites in its care. At least 7% of the workforce could be affected, with curators being particularly targeted." - The Guardian
Writers and agents have been finding profile pages on Facebook and Instagram which appear to be those of authors but which those authors themselves never created or posted. The forged profiles use copied photos and AI-generated text; some even have chatbots posing as the authors to converse with visitors. - The Bookseller (UK)
"The musical was to have been staged at Leeds Playhouse from 11 April to 11 May before touring to Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester. … The new musical was adapted by playwright Zinnie Harris and composer Louis Barabbas, and was to have been directed by Leeds Playhouse’s artistic director, James Brining." - The Guardian
"After an over-five-year closure, New York’s Frick Collection will once again welcome the public to its Upper East Side Gilded Age mansion — now newly expanded and renovated by Selldorf Architects — on April 17." - Artnet
"BBC World Service is set to axe 130 jobs as it seeks to save around £6 million for the next financial year. Planned cost-saving measures include closing posts across the service in the UK and internationally as well as cutting roles in BBC Monitoring." - Press Association (UK)
That budget gap (the orchestra's fifth in six years) is due to the end of COVID-related financial assistance from the Federal government. Yet earned income (including ticket sales) was a record $11.6 million, up 22% over the previous year. - The Minnesota Star Tribune
He spent 40 years (1964-2004) as music director of the Tokyo Symphony, assisted the young Seiji Ozawa at the Toronto Symphony in 1968-69, and served as music director of the Vancouver SO (1972-1985) and Syracuse SO (1985-1993), raising standards greatly at both orchestras. - Vancouver Sun (MSN)
Top-level lion dancing in China incorporates acrobatics and martial arts — and has traditionally excluded women from performing. But an 80-member lion-dancing troupe called Lingdong, in the city of Shantou, is one-quarter female; its coach intends to bring that to 50-50 and, eventually, to train an all-women group. - AFP (Yahoo!)
Edmond Dédé was born in 1827 to a free Black family of musicians in New Orleans. He settled and made his career in France. In 1887 in Bordeaux, he completed Morgiane, ou Le Sultan d’Ispahan, a full-fledged French grand opera which was never performed — until now. - Early Music America
The cost-benefit calculation is complicated and nuanced, requiring us to find a course between apocalyptic visions of civilizational decline and the naive utopianism of Silicon Valley. - LA Review of Books
The venue, designed by Chicago-based JDJ Architects, will be called the Checkout, a nod to the building’s former life as a 7-Eleven, and doubles as part of ACM’s hopes for the establishment. - Chicago Sun-Times
