For more than four decades, Robison was a constant at Tilson Thomas' side - not only as spouse but as manager, adviser and strategic partner. Friends and colleagues often described him as the behind-the-scenes architect who helped turn Tilson Thomas' artistic ambitions into lasting institutions and civic initiatives. - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
“As Bari Weiss seeks to reimagine CBS News, staffers are preparing for … 60 Minutes, arguably the most influential news program in all of TV, to be ‘revolutionized’ along with it. … Recent months have seen a flurry of events that portend a very different 60 Minutes in the not-too-distant future.” - The Hollywood Reporter
Wicked, one of the highest earners on Broadway, saw the biggest drop due to the storm, as the musical fell $408,223 from the prior week. - The Hollywood Reporter
In the leaked transcripts, Hutzel reportedly told employees that while the school’s administration might survive the reputational fallout, the college itself could become a target of elected officials with the power to allocate—or withhold—state funding. - ARTnews
There’s an important caveat that my colleagues and I have recently begun to explore in our research: Positive views of creative work often shift once people learn that AI was involved. - The Conversation
A group called Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian has taken photos of every wall text in the Institution’s museums before they were changed. Other organizations are scouring websites, signage, datasets and documents, treating them with the care of conservators as they resist the Trump administration’s efforts to recast the past. - The Washington Post (Yahoo!)
New studio mogul David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has increased its unsolicited offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery from $30 to $31 in cash per share — increasing the total value of the offer (including assuming $33 billion in debt) to $111 billion. - Variety
The company is repurposing a century-old golf-course clubhouse along the city’s Beltline into the Molly Blank Center for Opera and the Arts. The complex will include an immersive theater, a recital hall, offices, film and costume facilities, classrooms, and a café. Opening is expected in fall 2027. - Atlanta Magazine
“The theatre did not confirm within which departments redundancies and cuts to job roles took place, though its most recent accounts reference ‘staff changes in the development team and wider organisation’. Revelations regarding staff reduction come a year into artistic director and joint chief executive Nadia Fall’s tenure.” - Arts Professional (UK)
“(Christophe) Leribault, 62, is an 18th-century-art historian who previously led the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie, both in Paris, before taking over at Versailles in 2024. ... He was deputy director of the Louvre’s department of graphic arts from 2006 to 2012.” - The Guardian
“According to the Woodruff Arts Center, which oversees both the High and two other Atlanta art institutions, High Museum COO Brady Lum resigned after an independent review was triggered by the discovery of ‘financial irregularities’ and then identifying $600,000 specifically that was stolen.” The case has been referred to federal prosecutors. - 11 Alive (Atlanta)
After months plagued by strikes over chronic understaffing, damage caused by a deteriorating and expensive-to-maintain building, discovery of a years-long ticket-fraud scheme, complaints of inadequate security, and the broad-daylight theft of French crown jewels, Laurence des Cars has stepped down, effective immediately. - AP
“They had that democratic aspect to them where you can just find them anywhere and it always felt like it was the pick ’n’ mix candy-type store where there is something here for everyone, whether it’s the Harlequin romance novel or something very pulpy like a sci-fi or horror novel that you could quickly get.” - The Guardian
The first critical edition of the Elizabethan playwright’s work in 125 years has expanded his canon from three plays — The Spanish Tragedy, Soliman and Perseda, and Cornelia — to eight, including Arden of Faversham (previously thought to be partly by Shakespeare) and portions of history plays Henry VI Part 1 and Edward III. - The Guardian
