Georgian anti-Putin drama The Antique, which was due to premiere in Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori (GdA), has had its screenings suspended following the issuing of an emergency decree on behalf of Russian and Croatian producers claiming copyright issues with the screenplay. - Deadline
Company founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar has handed the reins to co-artistic directors Chanon Judson and Mame Diarra Speis. "In the spirit of sankofa — the Akan word for holding our history while imagining our future — here are some lessons these leaders have uncovered in their stewardship of this organization." - Dance Magazine
After two career collapses (one due to cocaine, one to a nervous breakdown), he has "carved out a space in Hollywood of his own, a sort of sui generis everyman who might not fit as a rom-com or action star but could instead do just about anything else." - The Washington Post (MSN)
Electors in Albany, Western Australia (about 4½ hours south of Perth) voted to remove two sex education titles, one aimed at teens, from public library shelves in what the local LGBTIQA+ advocacy group called a "moral panic" and an attempt to conflate sexual minorities with child grooming. - ABC (Australia)
"An estimated 49% of people who went to Black Rock City ... in 2023 identified as female, marginally higher than the 48% of attendees who identified as male. That reflects a stark change from 2013, when 40% of Burners identified as female and 58% identified as male." - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
He started in 1971 by buying the Barnes & Noble name and flagship Manhattan store, acquired hundreds more outlets (including the B. Dalton chain), then, in the 1990s, launched the "superstores" B&N became known for. Indie booksellers despised him — until he joined forces with them against Amazon. - AP
"AB 2642 would require explicit permission from performers (or their representatives) to use AI software to create digital replicas. … The bill will now return to the California Assembly, which must approve changes made in the state senate. If passed there as expected, it will then be sent to Gov. Newsom." - TheWrap
"Brent Assink, former executive director of the San Francisco Symphony and past president of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, … takes over for Michelle Miller Burns, who is leaving in September to lead the Dallas Symphony Orchestra." - The Minnesota Star Tribune
When we think about what makes our minds special, we tend to focus on intelligence. But if we want to grasp reality in all its complexity, then “cleverness is not enough.” We need to build capacious and flexible theories about the world—theories that will serve us in new, unanticipated, and strange circumstances. - The New Yorker
One issue is that every image is worth scrutinizing as a cultural object that conveys values—but only if we can be certain about its origins. How can we interpret a photograph of an event from 1924 if the photograph was digitally fabricated in 2024? - Art in America
Be My AI noted that DALL-E does not “‘see’ in the human sense; it processes data and identifies patterns within that data.” I countered, “But the human brain also does not see. The eyes feed signals to it for interpretation. AI and human perception do not seem so dissimilar to me.” - ARTnews
This devotional, graphomaniac, filibustering dimension of graffiti haunts me. It suggests tagging as a version of call-and-response, within a city whose cacophony of advertising, decay, and squabbling vernacular voices begs reply. - LitHub
Protest messages were read out after performances, including at the Traverse, Lyceum, George Square, Summerhall and Church Hill theatres, to loud applause from audiences, as thousands of artists and performers signed an open letter calling for the cuts to be reversed. - The Guardian
Errollyn Wallen succeeds Dame Judith Weir, the first woman to hold the role, who was chosen by Queen Elizabeth II in July 2014. In recent years the role has a fixed term of 10 years, and is comparable to the position of poet laureate. - BBC
