It is a critical moment for guaranteed income, which has been touted by the OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, the Tesla chief executive Elon Musk, the Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, the Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff and others. - The New York Times
"Called the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Environment and Art Prize, the (biennial) award, which comes with $100,000, will go to an artist whose practice 'address(es) critical intersections in art, architecture, design, climate, conservation, sustainability, and environmental justice.'" - ARTnews
With public libraries mandated to support literacy, recreational reading, and free access to information, today’s librarians make decisions about removing books amid competing pressures on their spaces and budgets. - The Conversation
"Debuting as a pop-up along the (Spanish) city’s waterfront in 2015, the 65,000-square-foot museum is notable for the brightly hued glass cube created by French artist Daniel Buren that crowns its subterranean structure. The satellite drew 200,000 visitors in its first year of operation … and more than a million (since)." - Artforum
"A funny thing happened when I got to the end of all that eating: I realized I wasn’t hungry. I’m still not, at least not the way I used to be. And so … I’ve decided to bow out as gracefully as my state of technical obesity will allow." - The New York Times
"Major arts donors nearly doubled their funding to Chicago groups with diverse leaders and audiences over the past three years, but the authors of a new report worry that support is eroding. Historically, Chicago’s (BIPOC) arts organizations received significantly lower foundational support than majority white organizations." - WBEZ (Chicago)
"They are calling it The 51st — a nod to the District’s lack of statehood — and say it will deliver hyperlocal news relevant to District residents. Initially, their coverage will focus on topics such as the cost of living in D.C., how to navigate city services, (and) accountability reporting." - The Washington Post (MSN)
Wearing sneakers onstage (and a Nehru jacket rather than a tux) is just one of numerous steps which the new Baltimore Symphony music director is taking to show ordinary folks that classical music does not have to be stuffy and intimidating. - The New York Times
Quebec RCMP say they seized 62.7 kilograms of cocaine hidden in the walls of a grand piano during searches in the Lanaudière and Sherbrooke areas following a tip from US Homeland Security. Four suspects have been arrested. - Canadian Press (Yahoo!)
"The museum workers’ union says management is violating their contract by not allowing employees to work from home up to two days a week if they previously had permission to do so. … A grievance about the issue was lodged in February and (should) go to arbitration soon." - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
Initiatives such as an ethical returns policy that restored twenty-nine looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria—shifting the global conversation around restitution—and a more recent effort, spurred by a Washington Post investigation, to reckon with the scientific racism behind the Smithsonian’s collection of human remains. - The New Yorker
Charting its way through changing times, MoMA is building out how it tells that history in the 21st Century, increasingly embracing women, African-American artists and others who have gone under-recognized in its narrative. - The Forward
Dozens of San Francisco Symphony Chorus members say leadership has proposed slashing their budget by up to 80%, a move they believe could further tarnish the institution’s reputation. - San Francisco Chronicle
This basic mismatch between the scale of the problem and the scale of possible solutions is a source of many of today’s failures of global governance. Nation-states and the global governance institutions they have formed simply aren’t fit for the task of managing things. - Aeon
Verizon "knowingly provides its high-speed service to a massive community of online pirates," said the complaint filed in US District Court for the Southern District of New York. - Ars Technica
