This year, at least 1,000 birds died in one day from colliding with a single glass-covered building. In New York, which lies along the Atlantic Flyway, hundreds of species traverse the skyline and tens of thousands die each year. - The Guardian
"Electric performances, thought-provoking choreography, buzzy bodies of work — the artists on our annual list of dancers, choreographers, directors, and companies poised for a breakout share an uncanny knack for arresting attention, … turning heads while turning what’s expected — in a performance, from a career trajectory — on its head." - Dance Magazine
In 2014, I couldn’t tolerate a play that mixed hilarity and monstrousness so shamelessly. But time and history have altered that in me. - The New York Times
"It hasn’t been an easy journey from (Bashkortostan) to New York. Along the way, (Aigul) Akhmetshina had to overcome multiple setbacks, including failures in vocal competitions, an auto accident that left her unable to sing for months, then (being) told by a conservatory that she wasn’t good enough for a scholarship." - AP
"The rosiest spin you can put on this sudden collapse is that it’s the equivalent of a stock-market correction. … But it’s not clear that the industry has a backup plan. … Barbenheimer’s might was a light in the darkness, … (and) Hollywood loves nothing more than copying success, but what is Barbenheimer’s takeaway?" - Slate
One of the Japan-born ethnic Koreans who emigrated to North Korea in the 1970s, Kim Ju-sŏng lived there for 28 years, working as a novelist for the Korean Workers' Party's propaganda department (the only permitted career path) and getting lousy evaluations before escaping to the South. - The Guardian
Having grown from about 4,000 attendees in 1991, the festival now caps attendance at 80,000, many of whom are just too damn rich. Having (barely) managed to clean up this year's mess by the six-week limit in the land use permit, Burners don't expect major changes for 2024. But later? - AP
"Lina Mendoni promised that the London institution’s revered Greek galleries would never go empty. 'Our position is clear,' she said. 'Should the sculptures be reunited in Athens, Greece is prepared to organise rotating exhibitions of important antiquities that would fill the void.'" - The Guardian
This doesn't mean the outlets will stop operating, as the term "liquidation" would mean in English-speaking countries. The move is one of the few legal means available for the administration of prime minister Donald Tusk's government to start undoing the thorough politicization of the broadcaster under the Law and Justice Party. - BBC
"Across the past four decades, (his works) alluded to the condition of Black Americans without outright stating what they were trying to communicate. (His) sculptures, installations, performances, and conceptual artworks … were often provocative and sad — and, more often than not, funny, too, in ways that could be shocking." - ARTnews
Among the honorees are the founder-director of what's now the National Museum of Mexican Art, the Chicago Symphony's composer-in-residence, the 24-year-old jazz pianist who thrilled Herbie Hancock, and the stage managers of the Joffrey Ballet. - Chicago Tribune (MSN)
These franchises are spelling their own downfalls. This year has been a prime of example of what happens when a pop-culture movement takes hold of an industry and then overreaches. We’re witnessing Ragnarok. - The New York Times
They also discovered evidence that the inhabitants developed into a complex society between 5,000 and 6,500 years ago with residential homes, as well as buildings for handicrafts, waste removal, and food processing. - ARTnews
