Sigrid Rausing: “When you’re working on a text there’s always a sense of loss when it’s done. But finishing the translation of a book by my best friend who had just died brought a much greater sense of loss, because I was no longer with her.” - The Guardian (UK)
"People have been arguing about the nature of the play ever since its 1895 premiere. Wilde himself described it as 'a delicate bubble of fancy', but added: 'It has its philosophy.' … What kind of play is it and how do we stage it today? These questions still divide opinion." - The Guardian
This year they will now visit a holding page before the start of the ticket sale, “at least a few minutes before the sale opens” according to organisers. Once the sale begins, each person “will randomly be assigned a place in a queue to access the booking process”. - The Guardian
The project, titled "This Is America," is a collection of 28 works Gandelsman has been commissioning, performing and recording since 2020. He gave the composers each a $5,000 fee and a request to compose a piece responding to the times we're currently living through in the United States. - The New York Times
On November 7, the artwork A.I. God. Portrait of Alan Turing (2024) by the humanoid robot artist Ai-Da sold for $1,084,800 during the auction house’s Digital Art day sale. There were 27 bids for the portrait. - ARTnews
Art is capable of connecting with the best part of who we are as humans and stimulating the part of us that recognizes the dignity and connection with other humans. - Forbes
"Certain people found it difficult to accept Swan Lake in a new light," says Bourne. "There was some ballet snobbery when people would say the choreography was a bit repetitive. Anyone watching a classical ballet will know that the steps are often repeated. (But the) vast majority of audiences really bought into it." - Bachtrack
The blurring of lines that brought me to the opera voluntarily, willingly and with the same anticipation I bring to theatre suggests there may be a way forward – together. - The Stage
A prolonged fallow period extending through the summer has left the Beijing film industry wringing its hands, wondering whether a lasting shift in the marketplace may be underway. - The Hollywood Reporter
There are blaring red warnings signs for traditional media everywhere you look. Ratings for the broadcast and cable news channels saw steep declines in ratings from Nielsen (finals showed an average of 42.3 million people, down from nearly 57 million four years ago), with the lowest ratings in decades. - The Hollywood Reporter
In a Welsh seaside town, Geoff and Lawrence Fowler are turning out a series of surprisingly good low-budget features (e.g., Jack in the Box) about dolls, puppets or robots possessed by evil. Says one aficionado, "Their films look good, they are well-designed and well-plotted with good jump scares." - The Hollywood Reporter
