"Aboudia, aka Abdoulaye Diarrassouba, 40, whose art is inspired by street culture in his hometown of Abidjan in Ivory Coast, heads the Hiscox Artist Top 100, … based on the number of artworks sold at auction." The bestselling artist by cash value? You've heard of that one … - The Guardian
California State University Sacramento, the official licensee for CapRadio's two outlets (news/talk KXJZ 90.9 and classical KXPR 88.9), has assumed control of the stations from CapRadio's management and board after an audit revealed the irregularities that led to a financial crisis. - Inside Radio
Cal State U. Sacramento came to the rescue with a cash infusion this summer as CapRadio's unpaid bills, rent and NPR dues piled up. Here's a report on who's owed money and whether NPR programs will keep airing as CSU Sacramento assumes control of operations. - The Sacramento Bee
The unnamed, now-former collections management staffer at the Deutsches Museum in Munich took one painting right off the gallery wall, replaced it with a forgery and sold it at an auction house. He also stole three artworks from storage and sold two of them. Then he bought himself a Rolls-Royce. - CNN
Nick Stuccio established the Philly Fringe in 1997, inspired by a visit to the Edinburgh Fringe. Over the years, the festival has grown from a five-day event to a four-week, thousand-performance bonanza (plus other presentations through the year). Stuccio will depart next April. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
“Homework is seen to benefit time management, self-discipline, organizational skills, but there have been no studies that really have shown that homework actually either develops those skills or reinforces them." - The Walrus
A string of job postings from high-profile training data companies, such as Scale AI and Appen, are recruiting poets, novelists, playwrights, or writers with a PhD or master’s degree. - Rest of World
This comes after the not-for-profit journal’s applications for funding were rejected by Arts Council England for three consecutive years. The charity relied on this funding for “a substantial portion of its annual budget” between 2011-2021, read the statement. - The Guardian
In the 2010s, China built new museums with a frenzy. According to the China Museums Association, 1,563 new museums opened between 2009 and 2014. They face an increasingly chaotic censorship regime as well as the fallout from zero Covid policies, a global downturn and a collapsing property market. - The Art Newspaper
Unionized employees of the Art Institute of Chicago museum (AIC) and its affiliated school, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), have secured their first contract, which guarantees wage increases “across the board” over a four-year period. - ARTnews
The event, hosted by the Professional Non-Profit Theater Coalition, is poised to “shine a spotlight on the challenges facing the theater industry, showcase the value and importance of professional non-profit theater, and call on Congress to save American theater.” - The Hill
"From another musician, I learned that my experience was not unique. This trusted colleague speculated I might suffer from musician’s focal dystonia. I was embarrassed that I had never heard of it." - Aeon
"The Marinellis have been handcrafting bronze bells (in the mountains of southern Italy) since at least the 11th century, although archaeological findings at nearby Benedictine monasteries suggest the Marinellis' craft could date as far back as the 9th century." - Atlas Obscura
Journalism is trying to understand and harness GenAI’s power. There are countless experiments to computationally fabricate headlines, stories, images, videos, podcasts, broadcast personalities, and even interviews through easy-to-use off-the-shelf technologies that until recently were the stuff of industry prototypes and computer science labs. - NiemanLab
"As ambassadors of the country where breakdancing originated 50 years ago, members of Team USA have something to prove — and potentially to lose — when the hip-hop dance form makes its official debut at the Paris Games in 2024." - AP
