Around 50 people sounded the alarm to the institution after coming across an imitation website purporting to sell tickets to see Van Gogh’s greatest works—but was actually harvesting bank details. - The Art Newspaper
Playwright Suzie Miller's Prima Facie, a one-woman show about a defense attorney in sexual assault cases who is then raped by a colleague, starred Jodie Comer in the West End and on Broadway. A video of the play is being provided to judges in Northern Ireland who handle sexual assault cases. - BBC
Derek Ash, whose great-grandparents, Sam and Rose Ash, opened the first Sam Ash store in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn in 1924, said the company’s 42 locations could not compete in the era of online shopping. - The New York Times
Kirsha Kaechele's installation Ladies Lounge at the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Tasmania will be made into an actual ladies' lounge with the addition of a (luxurious) toilet. A church will be added as well; both churches and washrooms are exempt from anti-discrimination regulations. - BBC
"The venue, owned and operated by the Nederlander Organization, will house Ben Platt: Live at the Palace for a limited engagement beginning May 28, 2024, and later this year will welcome the Broadway premiere of Tammy Faye." During the project, the entire theatre was lifted 30 feet in the air. - Broadway Direct
From the company's opening in 1883 to eight years ago, there were only Sarah Caldwell (1976), Simone Young (1996), Jane Glover (2013), and Susanna Mälkki (2016). From April 19-26, 2024, there were Oksana Lyniv (Turandot), Speranza Scappucci (La Rondine), Marin Alsop (El Niño), and Xian Zhang (Madama Butterfly). - AP
"The Writers Guild of Canada and the Canadian Media Producers Association, representing local indie film and television producers, have agreed terms for a new labor contract. … (The terms) will cover rates and workplace conditions for Canadian writers, story editors, and story consultants." - The Hollywood Reporter
Earlier this year, the judge in the case delivered a default judgment in favor of the plaintiff because Spacey's attorneys failed to submit their defense documents on time. An appellate justice overruled that judgment, stating that Spacey should not be penalized because of his lawyers' mistakes. - Reuters
"The law, prompted by the frustration a legislator felt at not being able to buy tickets to Swift’s 2023 concert in Minneapolis, will require ticket sellers (for live events) to disclose all fees up front and prohibit resellers from selling more than one copy of a ticket, among other measures." - AP
These aren't climate-protesting art vandals, exactly; they're anti-inequality and agriculture protesters from the group Riposte Alimentaire (Food Counterattack). They threw orange-colored clay powder around the Hall of Mirrors to call for "universal, democratic and sustainable food." - Artnet
Arriving at the all-time peak of American hegemony in world art, Stella was the poster prodigy of a new breed of artists: post-bohemian, university-trained, professional from the get-go. - The New Yorker
ByteDance has said it can’t and won’t sell its U.S. operations by the deadline, leaving litigation as its best hope to maintain its U.S. market. The lawsuit accuses the government of trampling on TikTok’s First Amendment rights—as well as the free-speech rights of millions of Americans. - The Wall Street Journal
Thucydides knew that we did not have full control of the analogies that shape our deliberations, especially in public life. Our analogical vocabulary is woven directly into the cultural fabric, a product of the contingencies that shape collective memory. - Aeon
In the past year or so, the British Museum has been wrestling—often in public, and often to its considerable embarrassment—with what might be characterized as the twin legacies of Townley and Elgin. - The New Yorker
If we look at the longer history of the study of literature... it’s only at the very end of the 20th century that we got something that is professional, that can be called criticism, that has to do specifically with the judgment of literary works. - Public Books
