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Canada’s Arts Sector Produced $40 Billion In Revenue In 2024

Total revenues in the arts, using my imperfect and partial measurement, were $37.9 billion in 2024, representing 29% of all cultural products. - Hill Statistical Insights on the Arts

A Custody Battle Over “The Sistine Chapel Of Romanesque Art”

The 12th-century Sijena Murals were moved from the monastery where they were created following heavy damage during the Spanish Civil War. Ever since, they’ve been in Barcelona at the National Art Museum of Catalonia. Spain’s highest court ordered their return to Sijena, but museum officials think the works won’t survive the trip. - Artnet

Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera Shrinkage Poses Warning/Challenge To City Arts Organizations

“We have to decide where does the art in our town that's made in our town sit versus touring productions, and what does it mean to be a city of makers versus importing talent? - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Is Harvard Caving To Trump Attack?

Neither Harvard nor the government has publicly detailed potential terms for a settlement and what allegations the money would be intended to resolve. - The New York Times

The Books That Made This Year’s Booker Prize Longlist

This year's list of nominees for the prestigious Booker Prize is a varied lot in terms of style, scope, length and subject matter. - NPR

Orbán’s Controversial “Restoration” Of Budapest’s Most Historic District

Hungary’s autocratic prime minister has ordered the renovation of the district around Buda Castle to what the government claims is its 19th-century glory. Many critics argue that the reconstructions are modern concrete structures with period veneers that owe more to Orbán’s taste than to history. - Bloomberg CityLab

Vancouver City Council Measure To Boost Arts Funding Goes Wrong

The measure as submitted by one council member was hardly extravagant, but it was seen by the Vancouver arts community as a good start. Then an amendment by another council member changed the measure so much that even the legislator who first submitted it withdrew his support. - CBC

Public Radio And TV Broadcasters Across The US Try To Game Out A Future With Zero Federal Funding

“Member stations that are outside major metropolitan areas and depend most on federal dollars face the toughest, most immediate choices. But the new law poses broader questions about the positives and perils of depending on government funding, and whether other means can fill the breach.” - The Washington Post (MSN)

String Players Worry As Their Favorite Wood For Bows Gets Protected Status

The pernambuco tree grows only in small areas along Brazil’s Atlantic coast north of Rio de Janeiro state; the tree is endangered, and attempts to grow it on plantations have so far failed. As authorities consider increasing protective measures and restrictions on selling pernambuco wood, string players and luthiers are unsettled. - Bachtrack

How The Artistic Director Of Hamburg Ballet Got Himself Fired After Only Seven Months

When Demis Volpi was sacked following public complaints by the company’s dancers and a steady stream of resignations, some local observers complained that Volpi hadn’t been given enough time to establish himself after the long tenure of predecessor John Neumeier. In fact, Volpi’s problems were bigger than that. - Tanznetz (Germany) (in English)

Kari Lake Tries To Sideline Key People As She Continues Her Efforts To Shut Down Voice Of America

Lake, the Arizona Republican known for her losing campaigns for Arizona governor and US Senator, was hired by Trump to dismantle Voice of America and Radio Free Europe. She cannot unilaterally fire top executives at those networks, so she's trying ugly tactics to drive them out. - The Washington Post (MSN)

Chicago Tribune Lays Off 10% Of Newsroom

The saddest part is that ten percent of the newsroom adds up to only eight people. - Chicago Sun-Times

Redefining What A Pro Sports Dance Team Can Be

The dance team of the New York Liberty is a shot of adrenaline, a burst of vitality. All insist on the power of movement as the foundation for a full life. What these dancers offer is bigger than dancing. But dance is their expression, and dance they do. - The New York Times

LA Philanthropist Wallis Annenberg, 86

Wallis Annenberg, a deep-pocketed philanthropist who helped transform the city through massive donations to arts, education and animal welfare causes, died Monday morning at her home in Los Angeles from complications related to lung cancer, the family said. She was 86. - Los Angeles Times

The Unknown Stokowski

No Leopold Stokowski could exist today, in the face of prying social media. Notwithstanding his glamorous marriage to Gloria Vanderbilt and an affair with Greta Garbo, he needed to be unknown. - The Wall Street Journal

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