The justices ordered a Federal appeals court to reexamine its ruling in favor of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, currently in possession of Camille Pissarro’s “Rue St. Honoré, dans l’après-midi. Effet de pluie.” The family of Holocaust survivor Lilly Cassirer has fought to recover the painting for 20 years. - The Washington Post (MSN)
“(The) much-honored Atlantic Theater Company and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees have reached a tentative agreement that could see the Atlantic become the first-ever not-for-profit theater company producing solely Off-Broadway shows to have such a union agreement.” - Deadline
One day I was perfectly fine, and now, after just a few weeks away, confidence and sureness were gone. Simply put, I had lost my professional intuition. Although that explanation may seem imprecise, intuition is real, and, without it, experts lose their bearings. - Aeon
When I say literalism, I don’t mean realistic or plainly literal. I mean literalist, as when we say something is on the nose or heavy-handed, that it hammers away at us or beats a dead horse. - The New Yorker
In 1965, Mr. Sellers and William Reineke, graduates of the Yale School of Architecture, had the radical idea that structures turned out better if they were built by the architects who had designed them. - The New York Times
“People are much more selective now. In general, they see fewer productions each year and are more picky about what they’re seeing. And that’s true across the country. It’s been a wake-up call for us (about) what people really want to see.” - CultureOC
In her landmark 1975 essay in The New York Review of Books, Susan Sontag explains how fascism isn’t just an ideology, but an aestheticized politics that emphasizes the “contrast between the clean and the impure, the incorruptible and the defiled, the physical and the mental.” - Hyperallergic
“I thought, why don’t we go through, like, all of the papers?” The AI tool has analysed more than 37,000 papers in two months. Its website flags papers in which it has found flaws – many of which have yet to be verified by a human. - Nature
Once a key collecting category, with robust auction departments, hungry collectors, and record sales, historical American art was hit hard by the 2008 financial crisis. I’ve long wondered if the field will ever recover. - Artnet
“That has been the biggest surprise, just how fast corporate and foundation America has closed its doors and is reducing the size and scope of the public conversation on important issues like freedom, justice, diversity, healthcare, relationships, economics, and just about everything else.” - Hyperallergic
"They're going to regret it," Seubert predicted. "Not financially or anything, but just from a historical perspective, the Internet Archive is valuable for all of us." - Ars Technica
“I don’t have this need to consume ‘story': I need to have a debate, a dialogue with truth; to think more, write less, and to address issues not in a political way but in a philosophical way, a poetic way. Write less, in order to write stronger.” - The Guardian (UK)
That is to say, cats and dogs alike seem to be obsessed with Flow. “The trend is a particularly cute coda to what was already one of the feel-good stories of awards season.” - The New York Times
