"New galleries have been opened up, learning spaces and restaurants added, and a public forecourt created, in a £41.3 million process of surgical slicing and stitching, giving the rambling warren a vital new lease of life." - The Guardian
The 39-year-old Texas native, a former associate conductor at the Detroit Symphony, succeeds Timothy Redmond, who resigned abruptly in the summer of 2021 after just over two years on the job. - Winston-Salem Journal
Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) saw the largest spike in B.O., with a 32-percent year-on increase during the first quarter of the year. - Variety
We lack the skill to move imagination from the brain to the real world, and, while we like to say "You can do anything you set your mind to," the grim reality is, that isn't the case. Having an AI that translates our words will democratize art in a way that's helpful for everyone. - CNET
The new Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) is due to open in 2026, near Delhi’s Indira Gandhi international airport. It will be “India’s national modern and contemporary art museum, for all intents and purposes.” - The Art Newspaper
The designs were made through a laborious process of smacking stones against the granite rock that exposed an underlayer of white. This color, in addition to their size, made them highly visible from both the mainland and passing ships. - Artnet
“There’s a class issue that we don’t always talk about in writing and publishing, where you need to be able to afford this life. The average annual income authors earn from their writing is around $10,000. - The Walrus
Let’s get to the other side. After analyzing forty years’ worth of sitcom scripts and studio-audience laughter and applause levels, A.I. has unlocked the secret to comedy: fan-favorite characters entering the scene, over and over again. - The New Yorker
He first visited Istanbul in 1961, where, after a long writer's block, he was finally able to finish Another Country. He spent most of that decade living off and on in Turkey, where he wrote most of The Fire Next Time and No Name in the Street. - The Yale Review
“We have seemingly been hardwired with a number of cognitive biases that impede our ability to take appropriate action to address seemingly distant, gradual and complex challenges such as climate change.” - The Guardian
"With syncopated piano rhythms and social commentary (he) helped revive the ragtime age on educational television programs, in concert halls and in nightclubs for nearly a half-century." - The New York Times
You imagine the American city in the 1940s and ’50s and you think so many challenges being confronted—substandard housing, deindustrialization, racial strife, pollution—all this stuff is going on, and yet city leaders are obsessed with parking? But in fact they are. - Wired
"The first mass job cuts at the ABC since 2020 will heavily impact the corporation’s arts coverage and, some argue, may put the corporation in breach of its own Charter, which requires it to 'encourage and promote the musical, dramatic and other performing arts in Australia'." - Limelight (Australia)
The ability to see something you hadn’t expected is what separates printed products from the internet. It’s why those who love magazines do so fiercely. And it’s why I’m conflicted by Midjourney Magazine. I want to like it. But it’s soulless. - Wired
"A sculpture that was stolen from the North Dakota Museum of Art seven months ago was found next to a dumpster at the nearby Southgate Casino, Bar and Grill. Luckily for the two people who spotted the work, the museum had offered $1,000 for its safe return." - Artnet
