The MoMA Store has become a brand in and of itself to the point where there are shoppers who know the acronym and logo but not necessarily the history behind them. And while retail has helped MoMA gain name recognition, the museum wants it to become a more effective ambassador for the flagship art institution. - Fast Company
“There are various reasons why, including Baltimore’s proximity to New York, the city’s revered venues and history as a theater town. ... More recently, another factor has helped lure Broadway productions ready to hit the road: Maryland’s Theatrical Production Tax Credit, which can earn up to $2 million back to a production.” - The Baltimore Banner
Paata Burchuladze, a 70-year-old bass who had a major international career, has become a leader of mass opposition to the government of the pro-Putin Georgian Dream party. On October 4 he led a large rally in Tbilisi which led to an attempt by crowds to take over the presidential palace. - Civil Georgia
WCSB, which opened in 1975, had offered an extremely wide range of programs (classical, reggae, jazz, talk, hip-hop, etc.) typical of student-run university stations. Last week CSU (which is keeping the broadcast license) abruptly turned over the frequency to Ideastream Public Media, which is airing its previously online-only Jazz Neo channel. - Inside Radio
“A team of musicologists has unearthed the printed score of a previously unknown Purcell song, as well as the original manuscript for various keyboard compositions, partly in the composer’s own hand – the first Purcell autograph to be found for more than 30 years.” - The Guardian
The move, attributed by management to financial challenges, comes as the museum is set to open a $22 million public sculpture park this week. - Louisville Public Media
“It is the first major museum in D.C. to shutter because of the shutdown. The Smithsonian Institution, which runs an array of museums in D.C. and beyond, is using its own funds to remain open at least through Monday.” - ARTnews
“The novels were robust, and full of comic observation – she had a caricaturist’s eye for telling contrasts of detail, a handsome sleek horse next to a shaggy-shanked pony. … Upper and middling natives pursued land, sports, profitable businesses, and each other, with lust and gusto, as in the works of Henry Fielding.” - The Guardian
There have, of course, been AI actors before. Carrie Fisher was famously resurrected for The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. James Cameron used background “actors” to populate Titanic in 1997, but until now no AI creation has achieved the media cut-through that Tilly has. - The Conversation
“How can you write in a way that shows somebody working day after day on a piece of work?” asks Richard Holmes, with the triumphant twinkle of someone who has an answer to his own question. “How do you actually narrate that?” - The New Statesman
Human connections have been eroding for some time. We’re all dwelling in Uncanny Valley now, staring into our personal screens, not sure what’s real or fake, to the detriment of talking, dating, reading, living. - The New York Times
“I have a real problem with the idea that theater is meant to achieve narrative fluidity, as if it could somehow resolve the world’s chaos,” he said. “It drives me crazy. A show, to me, has to be a mass of contradictory elements.” - The New York Times
This observation could potentially have serious consequences in a society where images of big, engaged crowds at public events like rock concerts, protests and political rallies have major currency. - NPR
“They are going to use our work, use all this information, to perfect every possible inflection and expression. And they are just going to steal all of that?” - Los Angeles Times
“The proportion accessing news via social media and video networks in the United States (54%) is sharply up,” the report’s authors write, “overtaking both TV news (50%) and news websites/apps (48%) for the first time.” - NiemanLab
