Does introducing a new logo in vibrant colors across various forms of signage, digital campaigns and merchandise equate to a brand reset? Perhaps not when the “new” design is eerily reminiscent of the 1972 Massimo Vignelli Bloomingdale’s logo, which also features the signature double ‘o’ ligature. - ARTnews
The group Just Stop Oil, which started the practice of vandalizing artworks in the name of stopping climate change when two students threw tomato soup at van Gogh's Sunflowers, had repeatedly blocked fossil fuel sites without the media or public noticing. Well, they've noticed now, for better or worse. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
The humanities, as it turns out, are pretty hard to kill—though the twentieth century made a good fist of it. Educational modernizers in England during the First World War, around the time of the Battle of the Somme, argued that classical education was responsible for Britain’s inability to beat the Germans. - First Things
On Sunday, September 8, at least 60 people including former workers and supporters protested outside the Queens institution and handed out flyers to inform visitors of the ban, which has been billed by museum leadership as a dress code update prohibiting “political dress” that could make visitors feel “unsafe” or “uncomfortable.” - Hyperallergic
During a performance of Tosca in Seoul last weekend, tenor Alfred Kim was singing an encore when Gheorghiu (who objects to encores) marched onstage, stopped the conductor, and shouted, "This is not a recital. It's a performance. Respect me!" The audience did not reward her at the curtain call. - Korea JoongAng Daily
The problem is more complex than the fact that many texts were lost to the annals of history. Most people just see the most recent translation of the Iliad or works of Cicero on the shelf at a bookstore, and assume that these texts have been handed down in a fairly predictable way generation after generation. - Works in Progress
When the Orchestra needed to take decisive action amid a crisis, the CEO-Board relationship broke down very quickly and led to devastating outcomes for the company. - ArtsHub
"The ultimatum follows the culture ministry’s firing the heads of the Slovak National Theater and Slovak National Gallery in August. … The movement, known as Culture Strike, is coordinated by Open Culture! Platform, an independent group formed in January to 'protect culture in Slovakia from the destructive actions of politicians.'" - ARTnews
The circumstances for studying philosophy in a college or university setting, democratised by the post-Second World War expansion of higher education, are in the midst of great change, if not dying out altogether. - Aeon
"(She was) known for her surreal and sensual 'art machines' incorporating musical instruments, bird feathers and mechanical engineering." - The Guardian
Lee, whose books include The Dressing and The Invention of the Darling, joins such previous winners as Adrienne Rich, W.S. Merwin and Joy Harjo. The prize is named for the late pharmaceutical heir whose $100 million donation to Poetry magazine in 2002 led to the creation of the Poetry Foundation." - AP
"The proposed budget cuts nearly $2.5 million from Miami-Dade County’s current $25.5 million budget for art grants. … As Miami bolsters its reputation as a global arts hub, local artists have felt the strain from a lack of affordable housing and affordable studio space." - Miami Herald (Yahoo!)
"The funds — which amount to the single largest naming gift the museum has ever received — come from longtime art collectors Aaron I. Fleischman and Lin Lougheed. The new building, which will bear their name, will … showcase modern art from the 19th and 20th centuries." - WBEZ (Chicago)
"Constantine Orbelian was promoted Tuesday to executive director of the largely dormant New York City Opera, which hasn’t given a staged performance since 2022 and says it will return with William Grant Still’s Troubled Island at City Center in 2025-26." - AP
The new directors will take up their posts when current artistic director André Bishop retires next summer after 33 years. Sher, as executive producer (a new position at LCT), will focus on international partnerships, brand expansion, and fundraising; as artistic director, deBessonet will oversee programming, artist relations, and day-to-day operations. - Deadline
