The reopening is barreling toward its reopening date, and “while visitors to the most notable cathedrals in neighbouring countries, including Spain, Italy and Britain, routinely pay for the privilege, France’s Roman Catholic church is fiercely opposed to the idea.” - The Guardian (UK)
"Weeks after letting its journalists go, OFF Radio Krakow relaunched this week, with what it said was 'the first experiment in Poland in which journalists … are virtual characters created by AI.' The station … said its three avatars are designed to reach younger listeners by speaking about cultural, art and social issues." - AP
Many of the largest and most powerful art dealers are dedicating significant attention and real estate to photography. It is part of a broader renaissance for the medium that is arriving, perhaps counterintuitively, just as images produced by artificial intelligence become virtually indistinguishable from real documentation. - The New York Times
"In fact, when the modern gaming industry was coming online, the Department of Defense already had skin in the game. … And Call of Duty might be the culmination of the digital marketing world’s efforts to capitalize on real-world military planning." - The Nation
While in the past, we may have been cynical that cultural tourism was just a watered-down ‘sell-y’ option parcelled up by cruises or tour group operators, this tainted perception seems to have matured into a specialist industry that calls on arts professionals to lead the experiences. - ArtsHub
External and Internal advocacy work solidified support for the sector and gave funding agencies “seats at the table” within local government funding deliberations that were not available prior to the pandemic and that LAAs will work to retain. - SMU Arts
It is one thing to appreciate the ways we make and remake ourselves through the cultural transformation of our worlds via tool use and technology, and another to mystify dumb matter put to work by us. - Aeon
It's nothing new for visual art institutions to host new and experimental dance works, but there's been a real uptick in recent years. Why? Opinions differ (not least because the boundaries between choreography and performance art are sometimes blurry). - Art Basel
The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw sits like a bright white box on a major city street. Inside, a monumental staircase with geometric lines rises to upper floors, where large windows flood the gallery rooms with light. - AP
Although he was widely known as an art critic for the Village Voice during the mid-1980s, and even though he has continued to write literature and art criticism in the decades since, Indiana had by the beginning of the 21st century faded into relative obscurity, with many of his books going out of print. - ARTnews
“I want to make sure my grandchildren grow up in a world where they can read and form opinions based on knowledge, not on a narrow truth.” - The Cut (MSN)
"Two new laws — cracking down on organizations that receive international funding and what the government calls L.G.B.T. propaganda — and the violent response by security forces to protests this year have many artists and others working in cultural organizations reconsidering their livelihoods, or even their futures in the country." - The New York Times
The Night Revels blasts through that flimsy structure of history to show us a work of detailed authentication that is nearly 1200 years old. This painting may be the first documentary in history: We know who these people are; we know their names, their professions and their relation to each other. - Brooks Riley
Many consumers likely don’t know the difference between a print-on-demand book and a traditionally produced paperback, at least not at first. But once you do notice, you can’t unsee it. - LitHub
It isn’t the first poem to slip the surly bonds of Earth and it won’t be the last. But its origin story is a reminder of the link between art and science, and the way inspiration flows in both directions. - The New York Times
