In one of the letters, defendant Giulia Di Stasi urged the opera house's management to fire Eleonora Abbagnato: "Together with her business partner, they have planned to kill off the corps de ballet and create a company of their own." Other letters called Abbagnato "incompetent" and "fake blonde." - Gramilano (Milan)
"While the news is hardly a surprise, given that Roche Schulfer is 72 and his longtime artistic partner Robert Falls exited in 2022, the departure brings to a close an extraordinary career that expertly led Chicago’s largest theater through the COVID-19 crisis and the changing habits of audiences." - Chicago Tribune (MSN)
The firing of Antoinette Lattouf and subsequent backlash face the ABC with difficult issues: how do news outlets and their employees cover hot-button topics? And has the network been so weakened by underfunding and right-wing political attacks that it won't stand up for its journalists? - The New York Times
"(He) stripped sculpture to its essentials, paring (it) down until it existed as forms made from industrial materials that were not intended to evoke any emotions. He received praise for his art of the 1960s and ’70s, only to face ... trial for the death of his partner, the artist Ana Mendieta." - ARTnews
Before the nominations, there were whispers that snobbery would derail the film’s Oscar hopes, but the results show some puzzlement on the part of Academy voters. “Barbie” was far from ignored, but overlooking the two women who were its driving creative forces is a curious way to match nominations to achievement. - The New Yorker
AI tools analyse vast amounts of music data to learn patterns and styles, enabling them to generate compositions in any genre. This technology is not just a tool, it’s a collaborator, opening doors to new soundscapes and musical possibilities. - The Conversation
The power of cinema in communicating the climate crisis is undeniable. This is becoming increasingly apparent in my own research on the history of the environmental movement in the UK. - The Conversation
Cash-rich paper mills have evidently adopted a new tactic: bribing editors and planting their own agents on editorial boards to ensure publication of their manuscripts. - Science
"I realized I had a choice as a writer: make the world bigger and more interesting and live in that world, and find a life’s work, or shrink everything down to your own crabbed and paltry self, hang on for years conning editors and publishers and yourself, and find your life’s a lie." - Yale Review
"A performance artist who participated as a nude performer in the 2010 Museum of Modern Art exhibition “Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present” has sued the New York institution, accusing it of failing to prevent sexual assaults against him by museum attendees," claims a lawsuit. - ARTnews
"Every time I’m asked (that) question, it’s like being asked for the first time. I am constantly changing, and it depends on the day and the moment of the day." - San Francisco Classical Voice
News that Wanda Nanibush, the first Canadian and Indigenous art curator at the AGO, was leaving the institution shocked the Canadian art world. The news was linked to a leaked letter accusing her of “posting inflammatory, inaccurate rants against Israel”. - The Art Newspaper
"For generations, through wars, crisis, and political upheaval, documentary poets have helped make sense of some of our most difficult moments – by expressing what might otherwise be impossible to say. So what are they writing about today?" (audio) - To the Best of Our Knowledge
Striking a balance between leveraging AI for creative enhancement and preserving the human element in art is a critical ethical consideration related to creative integrity. - ArtsHub
"I like to say that the fairies visited me when I was born and gave me what I needed to be an artist." And this: "Meryl Streep came up to me, fell on her knees and said, ‘Oh my god! My next life I want to be like you!'" - The Guardian
