Jann Wenner, a founder of the Hall of Fame, was removed after an interview in which he said "said that Black and female musicians 'didn’t articulate at the level' of the white musicians featured in his new book." - Variety
"We review every single play or musical that opens on Broadway," says Jason Bailey, an NYT culture editor. "We review hundreds of movies a year. ... That means we should also be reviewing and criticizing the biggest video game releases." - The New York Times
New legislation has banned the use of obscenity in literary texts, theatre and cinema. They’ve also censored blasphemy, forbidden the promotion of “non-traditional” (a euphemism for LGBTQ+) family values to anyone under 18, outlawed any public expression of disrespect towards people or symbols representing the authorities and forbidden the representation of historical events. - The Conversation
“Once we began the proper systematic survey, we realized we were facing a major cave art site, like the ones that can be found elsewhere in Cantabrian Spain, southern France or Andalusia, but that totally lack in this territory.” - Smithsonian
Two-thirds of museum workers are thinking about leaving their jobs, if not the field altogether, according to a survey out this month. The top reasons? Burnout and low pay. - The Art Newspaper
"Crowded Fire is taking what might be its boldest step yet by dissolving its traditional hierarchical management in favor of a seven-person shared model where all have 'leader' in their titles. Mina Morita, (outgoing) artistic director, … was adamant about building a more sustainable workplace for her team." - MSN (San Francisco Chronicle)
“I’ll give you a scoop: I don’t think I’m writing another history musical ever f - - - - - g again. You think I can top this?” said Miranda, visiting to promote the return of his worldwide smash and the aforementioned untoppable “Hamilton.” - Chicago Sun-Times
The paper, which has been endorsed more than 120 leaders across public media, calls for “bold investment” by local organizations to expand their newsrooms in order to build them into “anchor institutions” that connect a diverse array of news providers and hyper-local creators. - InsideRadio
"One hundred and fifty years ago this week, holed up at his family's farm in the Ardennes, 19-year-old Arthur Rimbaud … had reached the end of a wildly chaotic four years of dangerous excess that also encompassed one of the greatest, shortest and most precocious literary careers in history." - The New European
Metaphysic claims that this system could effectively help actors to use generative artificial intelligence algorithms to create their own face, voice and performance data over time, as well as help “manage” how it is used by third parties, including consent, compensation and the thorny issue of copyright. - The Hollywood Reporter
"(It's) the artist's willingness to be completely vulnerable on a stage. … Tutus and tiaras — that's a very, very dated and small idea of what ballet is. Beauty in ballet is that willingness to share for the sole purpose of making somebody feel something that they've never felt before." - PaperCity (Texas)
I have a confession to make: I have no idea what "placemaking" is. The more I hear the word, the less I understand it. What is placemaking? The word, for one, does not feature in any English dictionary and, until recently, was underlined by Microsoft Word as a spelling mistake. - Dezeen
Botero’s paintings of Colombian governmental officials and clergy are now known the world over. He said that when he first started making them, in the 1950s, there wasn’t much other art like it in his home country, where European modernist painting was not widely seen at the time. - ARTnews
As befits a man who has been held up as an avatar of his generation’s achievements and failings, Wenner has left behind a complex legacy. But it’s one that he’s happy to defend. - The New York Times
