According to Claire Nicholson, chair of the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain and a retired lecturer at Cambridge University, “Bloomsbury dressing is creative and individual.” - The Wall Street Journal
At least one performing arts center has been destroyed, cultural and heritage sites are being looted, and the 2,000-year-old ruins at Naga as well as the National Museum in Khartoum have been left unprotected. - Deutsche Welle
Sotheby’s had been riding a rollicking art market wave in recent years, bringing in at least $7 billion in sales annually and setting record-level prices. Now, amid signs cash is running low, it is pushing off payments to its art shippers and conservators by as much as six months. - The Wall Street Journal
In some ways, the event had the trappings of a normal short film festival. There were awards and prizes, as well as appetizers, poke boxes and wine. But in other telling respects, it was a clear product of Silicon Valley’s incursion into Hollywood’s territory. - Los Angeles Times
Annilese Miskimmon, English National Opera's artistic director and a native of Northern Ireland, sees enough similarities between the original story (a young 17th-century woman forced into a convent after bearing an out-of-wedlock child) and Ireland's now-notorious Magdalene laundries that the resetting makes perfect sense. - The Guardian
"In a library, you create your own narrative. The material in the Heritage Library is of such a caliber that it could be considered works of art, so this really makes this building both a museum and a library.” - The New York Times
"I see politicians in Colorado, in Tennessee, in South Carolina moving against my own work, tossing books I’ve authored out of libraries, banning them from classes, and I feel snatched out of the present and brought into another age, one of pitchforks and book-burning bonfires." - Vanity Fair
People can intentionally shape the traits they need to be successful in the lives they want. That’s contrary to the popular belief that your personality type places you in a box, dictating that you choose partners, activities and careers according to your traits. - The Conversation
Terminus was founded in 2017-18 by five dancers who left Atlanta Ballet after longtime artistic director John McFall was forced out. Now four of those five charter members have retired from the stage, new dancers have replaced them, and the company has grown notably. - Atlanta Magazine
Elliott Encarnacion, a Chorus member and AGMA governor, accused the Symphony of “severely mishandling their funds,” particularly regarding the handling of the strike that forced the cancellation of Verdi’s Requiem last week. - San Francisco Chronicle
London’s historic Evening Standard newspaper has been making plans to revive its former writer using artificial intelligence. Two sources said AI Sewell has been assigned to review The National Gallery’s new Vincent van Gogh exhibition, titled Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers. - ARTnews
The plan for a new recital hall is especially puzzling because, in addition to the building’s own Zellerbach facilities, the Civic Center area is flush with performance venues. - San Francisco Classical Voice
For the second year running, Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me is the country's most-produced play, and in fifth place is Selina Fillinger’s POTUS: Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. - The New York Times
"Reversing the slide will require a whole suite of changes to incentivize studios to return to California. … Some labor leaders tell TheWrap that to reverse the production exodus, California may need to triple the size of its (tax incentive) program and expand the types of productions that can apply." - TheWrap (MSN)
The owners of this 1623 portrait want to sell it abroad, where it can command a much higher price than in Spain. On the chance that it's a Velázquez — the attribution is considered questionable — authorities have prohibited its export. Spain's Supreme Court is now considering the case. - El País (Spain) (in English)
