"Key organizations are striking out on new paths to energize audiences and solidify their cultural relevancy. (Veteran) arts leaders ... are now ceding control to fresh faces. And young upstarts are shaking up the scene by challenging and redefining preconceived notions of classical music and how it can be presented." - Toronto Star
"The iconic medieval monument immortalized in history, film and literature has been gradually rebuilt over the past five years, through challenges that have included delays during the pandemic and the loss of the project’s leader. … Here is a timeline of events in the restoration." - AP
Not only have they released an open letter calling on the orchestra's Board of Governors to reverse the cuts that motivated Salonen not to renew his contract, the musicians leafleted Saturday's audience, urging listeners to contact Board chair Priscilla Geeslin and CEO Matthew Spivey. - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
"A prolific composer with widely performed works, particularly his operas and songs, (he) was revered for his ability to fuse complex and often challenging modern music with lyrical texts. His works were frequently devastating in their emotional impact, sounding like organic expressions of the human voice." - The New York Times
What the research revealed was an overworked workforce overly reliant on volunteers, snowballing costs and shrinking funding. Small museums and galleries in the provinces and rural communities are barely being propped up by community goodwill. - The Big Idea
Patrick Moore joined the Warhol Museum as the director of development in 2011, and assumed other leading administrative roles at the museum before being appointed director in 2017. - Hyperallergic
In short, the literary weblog may have prepared the way for a critical writing about literature online that not just rivalled but eventually exceeded both in quantity and depth what had been available in general-interest print publications, but in the end it has reconstructed the apparatus that makes literary commentary an elite practice. - The Reading Experience
The number of people visiting the most-visited 100 museums fell from 230 million in 2019 to just 54m in 2020. Although the total number of visitors to the top 100 museums was 176 million in 2023, our survey shows that many of the world’s largest museums are now close to their 2019 visitor numbers. - Art Newspaper
The spectacle of writers refusing to entertain the work of other writers in the name of freedom never fails to dispirit, though at this point it no longer surprises. - The New York Times
"(Her) 60-year career … has included choreographing stage musicals, including Starlight Express and We Will Rock You, and films such as the 1982 version of Annie. She has created routines for music videos for a ridiculous number of superstars, including Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Elton John and Freddie Mercury." - The Guardian
The site, which has described itself as the “#1 platform for making high quality AI covers in seconds,” has become big enough to warrant being the only voice-cloning tech to be called out by name by the Recording Industry Association of America. - Music Business Worldwide
"While the U.S. TV business has seen a sharp downturn, with a drop in the number of shows commissioned and broadcast and headline-making layoffs across the major studios, European TV production is still on the upswing, according to a new (industry) report." - The Hollywood Reporter
Figures showed the South Kensington attraction had its best-ever year, with a 22% increase in visitors to 5,688,786. The most-visited outdoor attraction was Windsor Great Park, which is managed by the Crown Estate, with 5,487,856 visitors, which was a 3% decline on 2022 figures. - BBC
"A panel yesterday at the London Book Fair addressed the threat of English-language editions cannibalizing or otherwise supplanting sales of translated books, as the TikTok generation is increasingly happy to read in English." - Publishers Weekly
