There is a lot of money involved - the global comic book market is worth an estimated $15.5bn (£12.2bn) a year, while the animated industry is 25 times bigger, at $411bn. - BBC
A right-wing party called the Alliance of Patriots gave Tbilisi's Orthodox cathedral a multi-panel icon of the 20th-century mystic Saint Matrona of Moscow; one of the panels depicts her blessing Stalin (a native Georgian). A protester sprayed blue paint on it, then thousands of right-wingers marched against her vandalism. - CNN
"The British Library is restoring online its main catalogue, containing 36m records of printed and rare books, maps, journals and music scores. … However, access is limited to a 'read-only' format, and full restoration of services provided by the UK’s national library could take until the end of the year." - The Guardian
Turns out attorneys and crisis PR advisors are expensive. "Within a year’s time we had a 25 percent increase in unbudgeted expenses," executive director Cathryn Mattson told the board. "(Reserve funds) are nearing exhaustion level and … we have also exhausted our lines of credit and have loans.” - The New York Times
"The Cleveland Ballet has fired its remaining co-founder after an independent investigation revealed the full depths of the 'toxic' environment dancers and employees have been dealing with, … uncovering a 'pattern of intimidation and retaliation against dancers and staff, egregious misconduct, financial irregularities, and self-dealing.'" - WKYC (Cleveland)
At the Post from 1977-2010, "his column was widely syndicated, and his stiletto-sharp commentary on TV stars, trends and network executives brought him national attention and influence" — as well as a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. - The Washington Post (MSN)
"Succession secured its legacy with its third best drama series award, The Bear feasted as the night’s top comedy, and the two shows about squabbling families dominated the acting awards at Monday night’s Emmys." - AP
The last surviving member of the classic sitcom's four leads, she played Trixie in skits on Cavalcade of Stars and The Jackie Gleason Show before The Honeymooners was spun off as a standalone series for the 1955-56 season. (She did not appear in the show's later iterations.) - The Hollywood Reporter
Per police statements, the 22 individuals arrested were linked to 65 climate demonstrations, including halting traffic and flinging paint and other viscous substances at federal property. - ARTnews
Many market players find themselves anxious and confused. There’s a growing fear about gallery closings and collectors dumping art. Younger dealers, who’ve never lived through a market hiccup, lament the drop in Instagram sales. Investors bristle at unsatisfactory returns on art assets. - Artnet
Building the world’s greatest stereo would mean transforming the very space that surrounded it — and the lives of the people who dwelt there. - Washington Post
Why have museums not been more attentive to older people? Perhaps we feel anxious that the younger generation will not develop a lifelong habit of visiting museums. Or maybe it’s because the art museum is a mirror of social norms, which tend to favour the young, especially in the youth-obsessed United States. - The Art Newspaper
In the fall, the Pittsburgh Symphony averaged about 1,000 listeners per concert, or less than half of the capacity of Heinz Hall. This is at odds with how well the orchestra is playing lately. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
His painstaking work with a linguist has produced a dictionary of roughly 1,000 Chaná words. For people of Indigenous ancestry in Argentina, he is a beacon that has inspired many to connect with their history. For Argentina, he is part of an important, if still fraught, reckoning over its history of colonization and Indigenous erasure. - The New York...
The most recent debacle at Harvard, in which large swaths of academia seem to have conveniently forgotten what the term plagiarism means so they don’t have to admit that Claudine Gay engaged in it, is only the latest example of the lying that is endemic on campus. - The Atlantic
