Itumbaha, one of the oldest monasteries in Kathmandu, has not only received statues returned from the Rubin Museum and the Met. The Rubin is helping Itumbaha to catalog hundreds of items that have languished in storage there and to open a museum for them on the monastery's grounds. - CNN
"Decisions about the spaces people gathered in online were often made by members of the community. Our examination of the early history of online governance suggests that social media platforms could return – at least in part – to models of community governance in order to address their crisis of legitimacy." - The Conversation
Premium subscribers get 15 hours free a month and can top that off with discrete credit card payments if they want more. “We are seeing them doing that." - Deadline
At the Royal Exchange in Manchester, "the new creative director will not be expected to direct shows but will take on a more strategic role, as part of a trio of 'creative voices' in senior leadership positions. This will include a new associate director ... and incumbent dramaturg Suzanne Bell." - The Stage
A commercial book fair might not immediately seem a site of position-taking, but as we discovered when researching our book, The Frankfurt Book Fair and Bestseller Business (2020), the fair has political roots. - The Conversation
The former prima ballerina at La Scala and international star will succeed Martin Schläpfer (who decided not to renew his three-year contract) at the start of the 2025-26 season. - Danza e Danza
Staff from The 92nd Street Y, New York are resigning, after the storied cultural hub abruptly halted a scheduled reading by author Viet Thanh Nguyen. - NPR
"It’s 10 a.m. on a Wednesday morning and 18 dancers are leaping, jumping and twirling in the Dayton Ballet studio. … 'Reach, reach, good!' Brandon Ragland says as he guides them, sometimes all together, sometimes in smaller groups. 'Keep the chest up!'" - Dayton Daily News
"Florida officials filed an application with the nation’s highest court on Friday asking that the prohibition against enforcing the anti-drag show law only be limited to the Orlando restaurant which challenged its constitutionality" after lower courts blocked wider enforcement. - AP
The redundancies, along with closing the museum to the public on Tuesdays as well as Mondays, come as the DMA plans over $200 million in capital projects, including a major building expansion as well as major upgrades to security, electrical, HVAC, and fire suppression systems. - MSN (The Dallas Morning News)
She will complete her seven-year term at the end of this season, though she will remain director of the company's Vanguard Initiative for emerging opera composers. - WFMT (Chicago)
Ita O'Brien, who helped launch the profession in Great Britain, is at the Gran Teatre del Liceu working on the European premiere of John Adams's Antony and Cleopatra. - The Guardian
"Dubbed the first Black action hero, Roundtree became one of the faces of the 1970s blaxploitation movement when he starred as the street-smart New York sleuth." He appeared in more than a dozen other features and several television series. - The Hollywood Reporter
Unlike El Greco or Van Gogh, very few artists are household names these days. Fame in the art world is about having currency in the right circles. As those chosen to be on show at the art fair Frieze testify to, some artists achieve ultra-recognition ultra-young. Surprisingly, this can be a disaster. - The Conversation
