Freedom of expression undermines authority, which is why it has no place in societies wholly based on the exercise of coercive power. The logic of censorship is the same whether those who are silenced are slaves, indigenous colonial subjects or the inhabitants of Russia and China today. - Literary Review
This is not the first time that claims against the authenticity of Samson and Delilah have made headlines. In 2021, the Swiss tech start-up Art Recognition analyzed a digital reproduction of the painting using an A.I. it had trained to identify paintings by Rubens, concluding that there was a 91 percent chance it was fake. - Artnet
Every nickel we get we use it to provide public service to the community. So what that 10% means is that we would have to find another revenue source, or we would have to cut back 10% of what we do. - Inside Radio
“The Stripper Guild was created by the Sex Workers Outreach Project of Minneapolis, which received a … grant in 2022 to start building a labor organization, … organizing for respect and better workplace conditions among strippers who have traditionally been more competitive than collaborative.” - The Minnesota Star Tribune
Visibility is only part of the equation. Who controls it? How are cultural narratives shaped? What systems determine access? If we don’t ask these questions, we risk treating discoverability as just another distribution challenge, rather than a fundamental issue of power, representation, and digital agency. - Linked.In
In France, there has been a more celebratory feeling of late, with fresh statistics suggesting that its audiences are leading the way in returning to what are lovingly known as “les salles obscures” — the “dark rooms” of their movie theaters. - The New York Times
In recent years, concertgoers have paid eye-popping prices for tickets to see popular artists like Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Oasis on tour. But Gen Z fans — those born between 1997 and 2012 — are paying much more for concert tickets than previous generations did when they were young adults. - The New York Times
The group’s primary concert venue has been in Glendale in L.A. County rather than in the city proper, but starting next season, LACO will be performing in downtown Los Angeles at the Colburn School, right across the street from Disney Hall. - San Francisco Classical Voice
In radical breaks from the traditions of his profession, “his playgrounds and landscapes emphasized abstract, elemental forms for play and exploration, inserted into gritty New York City public housing projects, light-years away from the ornamental gardening approach that spawned the discipline in the 19th century.” - Bloomberg CityLab
The unconventional movie musical only won two Academy Awards out of the 13 it was nominated for, but two evenings before that, in Paris, Emilia Pérez came in with 11 nominations and came out with 7 statuettes — for best picture, director, adapted screenplay and four technical categories. - The Hollywood Reporter
The piece was removed from the tapestry’s underside by SS officers in Nazi-occupied France in 1941 and sent for remeasurement to the Schleswig-Holstein State Archive, where it was recently rediscovered. - ARTnews
“The Land of Sweet Forever compiles short fiction Lee wrote in the years before the 1960 release of her classic novel (To Kill a Mockingbird) and includes essays completed between 1961 and 2006. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, will release the book Oct. 21.” - AP
“In China’s era of architectural excess, Liu has instead quietly thrived by letting each site — and the history, nature and craft traditions surrounding it — shape his designs, not vice versa. Whether repurposing earthquake debris or creating voids in which native wild flora can flourish, methodology matters more than form.” - CNN
Garai received nods as best supporting actress (play) for both The Years and Giant, which led the dramas with five nominations each. A revival of Fiddler on the Roof scored 13 nominations. Staunton received her 14th Olivier nom for Hello, Dolly!; Oscar-winner Brody and Tony- and Emmy-winner Lithgow got acting nods. - The Guardian
Revisiting Triadic Ballet, Oskar Schlemmer’s 1922 experiment with applying Bauhaus aesthetic and design principles to a very dissimilar art form. - Colossal
