The Conservatives state that culture and sport lie “at the core of our national and local identities” and pledge to “support our world-leading creative industries”. Yet, arts and culture are squeezed into one short page, alongside sport, media and the nighttime economy. - The Conversation
If the intertwined fates of Balanchine and Graham tell us anything, it should be that trajectories of dance styles and legacies of choreographers are just as much the products of money and institutional support as of artistic talent. - The Drift
First, is language acquired by specialized mental processes that are dedicated to this task or learned by general-purpose processes used for a variety of learning tasks? Second, can we project the processes of language acquisition/learning that we observe in the present into the prehistoric past to gain insights about the evolution of language? - LitHub
"(The question) is a matter of wide speculation. New Criterion says they burned their correspondence when she wed. However, Morisot’s letters with her sister show their flirtation was not always a delight. …Morisot rebuffed her mother’s persistent matchmaking, but she obliged Manet’s eventual suggestion that she marry his brother." - Artnet
His tenure at the MFA was marked by both successes and challenges, from the overhaul of many galleries, conservation facilities and education programmes, to a racial incident involving a visiting school group and contract negotiations with (and a brief strike by) unionised workers. - The Art Newspaper
"The city, which leases Harrison Opera House to Virginia Opera, says the organization owes $270,000 … for (2019-2024). … Virginia Opera leaders dispute those claims, said Peggy Kriha Miller, general director. … When asked why opera leaders do not believe the organization is behind on rent, Miller declined to comment." - The Virginian-Pilot
The possibility of wide-ranging cuts has emerged as industry leaders warned of growing evidence of an exodus of talent from performers and arts workers seeking more stable careers due to Scotland’s “extremely precarious” arts funding environment. - The Scotsman
When we’re told that something we see as ordinary – like eating meat – is actually wrong, our first reaction is to get irritated and dismissive. If it’s not about bacon, it’s about plastic straws. Or a phrase we’ve been using for years but is now considered offensive. Or having to share your pronouns. - Aeon
"A bunch of developers have been allowed to knock down a happy, eclectic row of buildings ... and (have) replaced it with such nothingness, such banality that their only option is to cover it with a screen. Upon which, they have drawn portraits of those same old demolished buildings." - The Fence
True, the last one didn't work out so well. Yet "aggregate data from 47 countries shows all the growth in platform news use coming from video or video-led networks such as YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram while legacy networks such as Facebook are becoming less important." - Nieman Lab
"Activists targeted an asset manager that invests much less in fossil fuels than most of its peers. They succeeded in reducing funding for literary festivals, not fossil fuels or arms companies. The whole arts sector is already struggling. ... If Baillie Gifford isn’t clean enough to fill the gap, who exactly is?" - Financial Times
Remi Wörtmeyer, an Australian-born choreographer and visual artist and a former principal of the Dutch National Ballet, succeeds Edwaard Liang, now artistic director of Washington Ballet. - The Columbus Dispatch
