Gina Rinehart, a mining magnate with a knack for attracting controversy and a lack of awareness of the Streisand Effect, is unhappy with her likeness in a series of portraits by Vincent Namatjira, one of the country's leading indigenous artists, at the National Gallery in Canberra. - Time
So strong are the associations between Munro and her origins in southwestern Ontario that for some, the area around Huron County came to be known as “Alice Munro Country.” - The Conversation
"(The $3 million per production credit) has been lauded as a lifeline for the struggling theatre industry, ... (yet) funds often do not arrive until at least 18 to 24 months after the application has been submitted, which can be long after the shows shut on the Great White Way." - Forbes
The new work, which uses games to improve AI, stands in contrast to past approaches, which measured an AI program’s success via its mastery of games. - Quanta
"Projects that would previously have flown off the shelves domestically just don’t have the same immediate pulling power. And according to one source, it’s the lack of post-theatrical window deals with broadcasters and streamers that’s slowing things down." - Variety
For the one-week, eight performance engagement at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA (May 7-12, 2024), the play grossed $2,286,768.75, setting a record for highest grossing week of a play on tour across North America. - Broadway World
Two architects, both graduates of Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin West in Arizona, have designed nine kit houses based closely on Wright's designs, but with higher ceilings, larger grids, and bigger kitchens than in the sometimes-cramped originals. - The Wall Street Journal (MSN)
"Within hours, Brent became the focus of a high-profile police investigation, reverberating across a horrified international art world that revered him. The murder weapon, a santoku knife, was found right away, in the kitchen. The killer, police say, had washed it and put it away." - The Wall Street Journal
"Across cultures, (an international team of 75) researchers found, songs share certain features not found in speech, suggesting that Darwin might have been right: Despite its diversity today, music might have evolved in our distant ancestors." - The New York Times
Artistic director David Hallberg and others are indignantly rebuking The Sydney Morning Herald, saying that "critique of dancers' bodies" is "not acceptable." The sentence in question: "The dancers are fabulous, although – and perhaps this was the lighting – (they) seem unusually thin this season." The assessment of the choreography, however, is blistering. - The Guardian
While there have been brief bursts of attention to the issue before, France had been notably resistant to the movement. In 2018, Catherine Deneuve and others published an open letter in Le Monde arguing that #MeToo was going too far. Now actress Judith Godrèche has given the issue new momentum. - AP
Number Five: Macho Androgyny. "Fond of elaborate costumes that question traditional gender roles (flamboyant Freemason, tap-dancing satyr), Barney has worn skirts and dresses in his art — walking so that Harry Styles and Timothée Chalamet could run." - T — The New York Times Style Magazine
"In April, KQED instituted a voluntary buyout program. CEO Michael Islip said a small amount of buyout packages were accepted, but not enough to offset the need for further cuts to the station’s staff, … (so the station) is expected to dismiss up to 25 employees." - Inside Radio
Lorenzo Prendini of the American Museum of Natural History in New York had been detained at Istanbul's airport with 15,000 samples of (dead) endemic spiders and scorpions. He argued that he had the necessary permits from Turkish authorities, and a judge in Istanbul agreed. - ARTnews
"What does it mean to defend writers amid a polarizing war? When should a group that promotes free expression for all take sides? And at a time of extreme humanitarian crisis that some see as genocide, is a commitment to big-tent dialogue a necessity, or a dodge?" - The New York Times
