National Theatre CEO Kate Varah: "Many I speak to in the sector feel they are at a breaking point with limited funds and conflicting demands. … They are being asked to find new revenue streams to stimulate national economic growth with reduced core funding and no central, annual capital maintenance fund." - WhatsOnStage (UK)
The changes demonstrated a miscalculation of not just the economic dynamic of the art market—for which supply is harder to stimulate than demand—but also its psychology. - The Art Newspaper
The more time you spend having your mind changed online, the more you might sense that there’s something odd about the way in which opinions tend to be formed and held today. To any question you can ask, there’s apparently already an answer; in fact, there seem to be more answers than questions. - The New Yorker
Over time, digested in larger quantities, this entertainment sands away the distinctions between this and that until context collapses into a river of color and sound. - The New York Times
"New Yorker writer Rachel Syme was in the stir-crazy early months of the pandemic, scribbling notes to friends and family, when she put out an open call on social media: Was anyone interested in a pen pal? Yes, some 15,000 people." - Vanity Fair
"'Hot For You Baby,' written by Australian singer John Paul Young and produced by John Carter, was originally meant to be included on the 1984 album." It will be included in the upcoming 40th anniversary edition of Private Dancer, to be released on March 21. - AP
The order, revived from his first term, says policies should ensure new buildings "respect regional, traditional, and classical architectural heritage in order to uplift and beautify public spaces." No, that does not mean only Greco-Roman style. - NPR
"Paramount must face some claims in a lawsuit from Warner Bros. Discovery accusing it of setting in motion a breach of a $500 million licensing deal for the exclusive rights to South Park, a court has ruled." - The Hollywood Reporter
"The judge gave the police permission to confiscate the drawings (by MF Husain) after a lawyer, Amita Sachdeva, complained that the artworks featuring two Hindu deities 'hurt religious sentiments.' … The two drawings showed the Hindu gods Hanuman and Ganesha alongside naked women." - ARTnews
"(She was) a trailblazing painter who gained accolades as a Minimalist during the 1960s before diverging from the movement later on" in favor of "'radical figuration.' … Across more than six decades of work, Baer found innovative — and challenging — ways of exploring how the eye perceives an image." - ARTnews
Execs said the March ceremony will "celebrate the work that unites us as a global film community and acknowledge those who fought so bravely against the wildfires." For this year, the proceedings will "move away" from live performances of the Best Song nominees in favor of celebrating the nominated songwriters. - The Guardian
"On the surface, my job was simple: travel around with a producer and cameramen and sell branded merch to the drunken masses at 'parties' we threw at bars and nightclubs. … My job was not, in reality, that simple, … and it didn’t take me long to figure out: the business model was rigged." - Slate
This is far from the first time that the Academy has had to adapt to calamity. The closest analogy may be 1938, when another natural disaster hit L.A. - The New Yorker
History suggests that our collective approach to social media may be approaching a fork in the road. These laws are more like junk-food regulations than cigarette bans. - The New Yorker
