All of them seem to have collectively decided that the best way to convey the sense of epic event TV is with an overture of shape-shifting, literal-minded screen-saver art. - The New York Times
The instrument's landmark status only means that it can't be destroyed or moved without approval: a new owner or occupier of the soon-to-be-former Macy's in central Philadelphia could simply mothball it. Peter Dobrin has a suggestion for the space that could keep the public coming in to listen. - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
Housed on a converted coffee barge moored at Fulton Ferry Landing just below the Brooklyn Bridge, the floating concert hall welcomed chamber-music cognoscenti and curiosity seekers alike since Olga Bloom, a violinist and violist, launched the venue in 1977. - Night After Night
There will never be an end to manipulation by image. All we can do is understand its past in the hope of being able to read its future when it comes. - Hyperallergic
There is a particular ugliness, a virulent ignorance, to the reaction in this case that speaks to a broader sense of unease in the culture. Call it anti-artist or anti-imagination or even anti-success, but it boils down to this... - The Globe & Mail
"Digital audiobooks accounted for 70 percent of adult audio circulation and 56 percent of youth audio circulation in libraries queried in the time frame of the survey. Circulation patterns showed significant variation according to community size." - Publishing Perspectives
"Getty Trust CEO Katherine Fleming described the scene on the ground and how she and her staff worked from a conference center-turned-war room at the Getty Center in Brentwood, about 10 miles away — all while 16 staff members remained at the Villa to implement emergency protocols." - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
"I can't continue seeing the children of Iranian oligarchs come to spend their holidays in France, even become naturalised," she wrote, "while at the same time young dissidents have difficulty in obtaining a tourist visa to come to see what the country of the Enlightenment and human rights looks like." - AFP (Yahoo!)
Since its founding in 1996, the regranting program has played a crucial role, supporting the creation of new dance works, funding touring, and fostering relationships between artists and presenters. As the Mellon Foundation concludes the program's funding arc, NDP's final grant cycle will support works touring from 2026 through 2029. - Dance Magazine
"The long-awaited showcase for one of Philadelphia’s most famous artists is starting 2025 with two major announcements: plans for a mid-September grand opening and the hiring of the senior director of programs, Juana Berrio, 45, who was chosen for her experience in arts programming, education, and curating." - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
The Sun, one of Britain's downmarket tabloids, posted a story Tuesday night saying that, due to the Los Angeles fires, there's a contingency plan to cancel the Academy Awards ceremony on March 2. THR has spoken with key figures at the Academy, who say no such plan exists. - The Hollywood Reporter
"A nearly year-long legal battle between the (museum) and a New York-based artist has ended. The center will pay artist Mary Miss $900,000 to settle the suit and move ahead with the destruction of her 1996 installation, Greenwood Pond: Double Site," which has deteriorated and is no longer safe. - Iowa Public Radio
"At a time when many of his literary peers have fled Russia for political reasons, (Victor) Pelevin’s descent from dazzling young writer to misogynist crank mirrors the decline of mainstream Russian culture in a new era of authoritarian censorship." - The Guardian
The unique conditions of the Village produced an environment in which genius could make sense of itself and wheat could be separated from chaff. The mid-century Village was a layered, organic, seething society: multiethnic, multigenerational, transclass, ideologically open and experimental. - First Things
My colleagues and I have been looking into what we call the ‘self-insight motive’ and we’ve found it might be more accurate to see it as akin to a personality trait that varies in strength between individuals – some people have more of it than other. - Psyche
