“The video is grainy but ominous: three hooded figures, clambering over one another to tug at a heavy access door of the Drents Museum ... and then an explosion and a flurry of sparks in the wee hours of Saturday.” - The New York Times
The 19th-century Danish painting is about freedom from long oppression, but "for many, the power of the painting also lies in its extraordinary history. Its chance rediscovery in 2012 not only ended decades of speculation but resolved a thriller that had long haunted the art world.” - The Guardian (UK)
“Novels can’t be a one-size-fits-all solution, nor are books the only way to get closer to humanity, or imagine a better world, or to feel empathy for someone you may never meet. A book could fix a man, but it’s not the only way to, and it’s not a sure thing.” - LitHub
“Everyone agrees that The Brutalist is particularly vulnerable to any association with AI. The film was shot on a rarely used format called VistaVision, and throughout the season it has positioned itself as a tribute to — and hopefully, an example of — the power of human creativity.” - Vulture
“Those were the days when Japanese corporations regularly bought European treasures, helping transform the art market from a rich person’s hobby into an investment vehicle” - but now, the question is, can Japanese artists break through into the international market? - The New York Times
“‘It's incredible because somehow the film has united Mexico — everyone hates it,’ explained Mexican film critic Ricardo Gallegos Ramos. ‘Everyone is inviting you to not go to the movie theatre: Please, don't support this movie.’” - CBC
Following sexual abuse allegations against the author, Dark Horse Comics, which "was set to publish more works in the Anansi Boys series, a spin-off of the British author's novel American Gods,” has canceled those plans. - BBC
It’s the freedom to go to other people’s shows for Kara Young. “When I’m between shows, I go to town! I’ll see a matinee, or maybe even two shows, if I can find one with an evening curtain.” - The New York Times
Can anyone actually comprehend the words - much less the emotional connection - when they’re listening at 3 times the speed at which the audio was recorded? (And also, how do audiobook actors feel about this?) - NPR
It’s edifyiing, truly: "Gazing over hundreds of heads and shifting my weight around in the dark, I was reminded time and again that theaters are just rooms full of people whose vulnerability, uncertainty and imperfections — including my own — are what bring them alive.” - Washington Post (Yahoo)
For instance, he was a gym rat when he was younger, and even after he was shot he could do 46 pushups. And he encountered, and was influenced by, both Marcel Duchamp and John Cage while he was a teenager in Pittsburgh. - Artnet
“This really should be the time that publishers are digging deep on representation, research and making sure whatever lands across their desk isn’t just rubber stamped because the last person said it was OK." - ArtsHub
"When they did the premiere of Twin Peaks: The Return, the executives had not seen it, and they said: 'Mr. Lynch, would you say a few words?' And he comes out; he goes: 'This project has a lot of wood in it. I like wood.'" - The Guardian
But as with actual theater, not all political theater is created equal. Some of it is shudderingly effective, to the extent that it ceases to be theater. - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
I’m always fascinated by the trends that the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy anthologies reveal. Short stories are (usually) quicker to write than novels, which means that they tend to be more responsive to current events than books published during the same period. - LA Review of Books
