"A man from Kazakhstan reportedly carved 'Ali' on light plaster in the House of the Ceii when he was caught on Saturday. The wall is part of an ancient villa believed to have been owned by the magistrate Lucius Ceius Secundus. The vandal will have to pay for the necessary restoration." - ARTnews
Smith has big plans for Tanglewood, whose Boston Symphony season begins on July 5, just as he has a long to-do list for the ensemble at home. History would suggest that he isn’t just dreaming. - The New York Times
“Our study confirms that the island couldn’t have supported more than a few thousand people. As such, contrary to the ecocide narrative, the population present at European arrival wasn’t the remnants of Rapa Nui society, but was likely the society at its peak, living at the levels that were sustainable on the island.” - The Guardian
Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art has relegated part of its Picasso collection to a female toilet cubicle, after a court ruling that it must admit men to a female-only exhibition. - The Guardian
High-end niche periodicals are popping up, but the trend might be most evident in a burst of small-batch, independent outdoors magazines like Adventure Journal, Mountain Gazette, Summit Journal and Ori. They are crowding into quiet spaces of narrow lanes — climbing, surfing, skiing, running and the like. - The New York Times
Profitability depends on how many paying subscribers are needed. There was a time when industry executives hoped that number might be as low as 100 million. But now the consensus among many of the executives interviewed is that the number is at least 200 million, and possibly more. - The New York Times
"As the music director and conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra and New York’s Metropolitan Opera, Nézet-Séguin has his back to the world’s swankiest audiences. And as the 49-year-old’s sense of style evolves … judge-y fashion tongues are a wagging. Tattooed and platinum blond, Nézet-Séguin is unbothered." - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
The lawsuit claims Suno and Udio’s software steals music to “spit out” similar work and asked for compensation of $150,000 (£118,200, A$225,400) a work. - The Guardian
This school, East Fork Lutheran School, is on the Fort Apache reservation in Arizona, as was the ceremony at issue. And this happened not in 1919, but in 2019. - The Guardian
This year, City Council is asking for an additional $53 million, above a base line that has not much changed to meet the demands of inflation in many years, specifically to support more than 1,130 cultural organizations. Many of these have struggled in the wake of rising labor costs and the end of federal Covid aid. - The New York...
The CEO of Talpa Studios, part of Dutch media conglomerate the Talpa Network, explains it as, ultimately, an issue of language — which is to say, yet another example of the Netherlands' long history of coming up with things to export to a world that doesn't speak Dutch. - The Hollywood Reporter
Allen’s estate, which has been managing and winding down his vast array of holdings since his death in 2018, confirmed to GeekWire that the 12-year-old museum is closed for good. - Geekwire
"Most of the country expected the election would be called in autumn, so when the announcement came that it would be done and dusted less than a month before the Fringe opens, comedians who dared to tackle politics in this volatile year were suddenly faced with serious rewrites." - The Observer (UK)
The six-foot-tall statue of America’s 16th president, by Richmond artist Sandy Williams IV, was installed in February on the campus of Garrison Elementary School in Northwest Washington. The noble rendering, meant to draw attention to the Civil War era and its aftermath, was placed under towering trees sure to provide ample shade. - Washington Post
"In April, a beneficiary of his sister-in-law’s estate in Paris auctioned (Léopold Sédar_ Senghor’s private library of over 800 works, including 343 signed books. Worried about preserving his cultural legacy, the Senegalese government stepped in to halt the sale and bought the entire collection last month." - The New York Times
