“So we took over the Kennedy Center. We didn’t like what they were showing and various other things,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday evening, adding, “But we have, I guess, a whole new group of people going in." - Washington Post
"(His) art was known to many, ... and (his) writing was at one point read by just about anybody who mattered in the city’s art world. Even though he was not a household name, he quietly shaped the New York art community by chronicling its happenings with pith and élan." - ARTnews
"Many workers see the unionization of stage crews as long overdue, noting that the sector has come a long way from its scrappy origins. … Nonprofit companies and producers fear that the unionization push could drive up costs at a moment when many are running deficits and staging fewer, and smaller, shows." - The New York Times
The incident happened last Wednesday at the Manchester Opera House in England during the musical Here You Come Again, currently on a national tour. A similar disturbance happened over the weekend, and a cast member says there were occasional disruptions of the same sort during the London run. - The Guardian
"A judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday by (the singer,) who sued the University of Michigan over his firing for what the school deemed sexual misconduct. … He was fired in 2020 after an investigation found that he had solicited at least three students and shared a sexually explicit video with one." - AP
"A video capturing the incident shows the individual jumping onto the altar, removing the altar cloth, and kicking six gold candle holders. The candelabras damaged are worth roughly $31,000." The culprit was apprehended and turned over by the Vatican to Italian police. - ARTnews
"'While there may come a time in which we create and implement a new academic model for the programs, that will not come in the short term,' reads a statement posted to Brown's website. … The programs will operate through June 2026, allowing all current students to finish their (degrees)." - Playbill
"The three-year provisional deal, which is still subject to a ratification vote ..., creates guardrails around the publication’s use of AI tools and addresses inflation concerns with wage increases. While the general agreement was reached on Friday, final details were hammered out on the contract over the weekend." - The Hollywood Reporter
“As a headhunter for large performing arts centers, don’t you think it will be difficult recruiting the next CEO to the Kennedy Center now that Trump is taking on the Chairmanship?” My irreverent but scarily realistic answer is, “There are plenty of people at Fox News who would be perfect for the job.” - Berkshire Edge
Sotheby's said it could not share information about the identity of the buyer. The auction house had expected the instrument to sell for $12 to $18 million. - NPR
The team's first discovery was that classical music has always been more complex than modern pop. However, they also discovered that all of the music genres they analysed have become less complex – that's classical, jazz, hip hop, electronic, rock, and pop. - Music Radar
Let’s just say it: Algorithms are officially uncool. Remember when they were the ‘it’ thing – those mysterious forces that seemed to know what we wanted before we did? We would open our favourite app and boom – content that felt crafted just for us. Well, that golden age is over. - Aurora Dawn
“Under the updated guidelines, the NEA continues to encourage projects that celebrate the nation’s rich artistic heritage and creativity by honoring the semiquincentennial of the United States of America (America250),” the NEA said. - Deadline
The new biennial competition with a £40,000 bounty for the victor is initially guaranteed to run for 10 editions, by which time it hopes to be on a par with the Booker or Turner prizes, boosting dance’s profile accordingly. - The Guardian
Studies show that humans tend to perceive AI-generated paintings as human-made more often than actual human-created paintings. Similarly, AI-generated humor is found to be as funny as jokes written by humans. Another study found that people perceive AI-generated faces as real human faces at a higher rate than actual photos of human faces. - Psypost
