“Writing Australia, Creative Australia’s new literature body, launches today, bringing the history of Australian cultural policy full circle: writers were the first artists in Australia to receive government support. … Government investment in the sector is critical – not least because supporting writers is nation-building work.” - The Guardian
Facing a growing deficit, the Brooklyn Museum announced its intent to cut around 47 full- and part-time workers — more than 10% of its staff — back in February, a plan that was immediately met with backlash from its unions and community supporters. - Hyperallergic
“A prolific director of Off-Broadway, Broadway and regional productions, beginning in the 1990s (he) worked with some of the brightest emerging playwrights, including Douglas Carter Beane, Kenneth Lonergan, Nicky Silver, and Paula Vogel,” directing the acclaimed premieres of Lonergan’s This Is Our Youth and Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive. - Deadline
The museum, which allegedly cost $1 billion dollars, funded largely through Japanese loans and contributions from the Egyptian government, was first proposed by Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s longtime authoritarian president who announced plans for the museum in 1992. - Artnet
For many residents, visiting every local Smithsonian museum is a bucket list item. Kathryn Jones’s journey takes that challenge to the extreme. The 33-year-old is on a mission not only to visit every museum, but to engage with all the text, videos and interactive displays in each of the institutions. - Washington Post (MSN)
“By plane, motorbike, camper van and even on bicycles, tourists are beginning to discover Afghanistan, with solo travelers and tour groups gradually venturing in. … And the country’s Taliban government, which seized power more than three years ago but has yet to be formally recognized by any other nation, is more than happy to welcome them.” - AP
The winner of the international contest will be selected in October by a 21-person jury of experts from around the world and announced early next year. - Artnet
There is a growing international momentum behind Greece’s campaign, as U.K. negotiations inch closer to a possible resolution and global public opinion continues to shift in favor of restitution. - Artnet
This fall, in partnership with the company DanceOne, they’re launching a dance tour called Ovation by DanceOne, which merges ballroom and commercial competition traditions into one event. - Dance Magazine
Trump filed the suit last year, alleging that 60 Minutes producers deceptively edited an interview with Kamala Harris to benefit her campaign. (Trump won the election anyway, of course.) It’s widely thought that the FCC won’t approve Paramount’s merger with Skydance unless the suit is settled to Trump’s satisfaction. - The Hollywood Reporter
On Thursday morning, a life-size, gold-painted television set appeared near Third Street NW, pointed squarely at the Capitol, the Washington Post reported. Its screen played a silent 15-second loop of Donald Trump performing his now-infamous slow-motion dance moves. - ARTnews
Human beings with a lot to say like to make noise. So do crickets, dogs, mice, other insects, rabbits when frightened or being killed, moose, and many, many others. Some of their noises are effective. Some fail to have an effect. - Harper's
After Confederation, some of the country’s oldest records were stashed in a loft in the reading room of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill. That’s where a fire started in 1916 that destroyed the whole building, along with many historic treasures. - The Walrus
Links Hall, long the hub of contemporary dance in Chicago, closed permanently in June. This raises two questions: Is there a crisis coming for small, independent arts venues? Where in the city can cutting-edge dance be presented now? Journalist Courtney Kueppers spoke with three Chicago dancemakers about what comes next. - WBEZ (Chicago)
The 43-year-old Hrůša is currently chief conductor of Germany’s Bamberg Symphony; he becomes music director of the Royal Opera House in London this fall. He has been the Czech Philharmonic’s principal guest conductor since 2018; he succeeds Semyon Bychkov as chief in 2028. - AP
