Pyotr Pavlensky was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and fined €20,000 for broadcasting sex videos of politician Benjamin Griveaux, this driving him out of the Paris mayoral race. (Background: Eight months after claiming political asylum in Paris, Pavlensky set fire to the Bank of France.) (in English) - Le Monde (France)
After Learning to Paint and Patrolling the Ruins of Pompeii, a Robot Dog Is Helping Humans Visit an Abandoned Monument in a State of ‘Curated Decay’ - Artnet
When repeated listenings do deliver, the satisfaction can be deeper than the feeling the easier kind of music brings, at least for me. - The New York Times
FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement that “by hiding the total price, these junk fees make it harder for consumers to shop for the best product or service and punish businesses who are honest upfront.” - The Verge
In the 20th century, Americans saw war through the eyes of professional photojournalists and camera operators. Today, it is those doing the fighting or those caught up in it who produce its fastest-moving images, as soldiers and civilians alike film conflicts and distribute their acts of witness or advocacy. - The New York Times
Okay, not ballet, strictly speaking. For the tenth anniversary of his company, Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, artistic director Joshua L. Peugh has re-investigated his Southwestern roots and given them an LGBT twist to make the new piece Ten-Gallon. (The other half of the program is his queered Nutcracker.) - Dance Magazine
Comparing the number of unique listeners of Aftenposten’s podcasts with those who have used the AI-generated listen-to option on its text articles, the publisher found there was little difference between the two – with younger audiences in particular being drawn in by the audio option. - Press-Gazette
Their small staffs have more tasks to juggle, they depend more on volunteers (meaning unpaid labor), the size of foundation grants is based on the size of budgets (meaning they get less), and there's little money to get word to audiences. Yet they keep soldiering on. - MSN (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
A feature-length film, according to the Academy, is anything over 40 minutes. But that has little to do with the length attributed to most movies. It’s vanishingly rare for any feature film to be less than around 82 minutes. - Vox
Watching his A Summer Day, "I succumbed to a strangely paradoxical feeling of calm, continuous dread. … I could understand why Fosse’s work had never caught on with English-speaking audiences — it lacked the release of humor that Beckett provided — but there was no denying its stealthy power." - The New York Times
Amy Mae Baxter, founder of Bad Form: "As costs rise for everyone, it doesn’t feel fair for me not to be paying our contributing writers more, too. So, instead of closing down completely, I have shut down our regular online content, so I can focus on events, community building and print issues." - The Guardian
Its practitioners, mostly in big cities in the U.S., Germany and Japan, attempted to dethrone art by putting its enactment in the hands of ordinary people. They created "event scores" that consisted of minimal instructions for art making to be interpreted as the maker chose, with process valued over final product. - Seven Days
