"While scientific studies have confirmed that older men do indeed dance differently to their younger counterparts – and this may have evolved as a way of signalling their declining biological fitness – experts argue that dad dancing should be celebrated, not slated, for the numerous benefits it can bring." - The Guardian
The painting surpassed its $400,000–$600,000 pre-auction estimate, and has now increased in value by more than 1,650 percent since it was first auctioned in 2001. - ARTnews
"They came, they listened, and barely a bark was heard — something that can usually go safely unremarked at a Philadelphia Orchestra concert. But for Saturday’s matinee, in addition to a couple of thousand fans of patriotic music, the orchestra drew eight puppies (training to be guide dogs.)" - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
Roadies are fundamental workers in the fulfilment of live music events and concert tours. They are much more than “humpers” who haul road cases and equipment in and out of venues and festivals. - The Conversation
"Someone with a very powerful estate ... has settled a tax debt worth millions of euros, … partly by donating more than 200 engravings by Francisco de Goya as well as 87 other works of art — among them, Aurelio Arteta’s outstanding anti-war manifesto Triptych of War." - El País in English
Said producer/host Fiona Ritchie in a note to listeners, "When I’m asked what I like least about my work, there’s only ever been one answer: the relentless weekly deadlines! Now I want to continue to develop my other interests, including perhaps creating radio moments with more breathing space in-between." - NPR
"Directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon have been taken into police custody for questioning on accusations of sexual assault made against them by actress and director Judith Godrèche, … (who) unleashed a fresh #MeToo wave in France this year after (speaking) out about her own experiences of sexual abuse within the (industry)." - Deadline
The state had allocated almost $58 million in funding toward Centre Pompidou x Jersey City, which was originally expected to open late this year or in 2025. Officials changed their minds after projections indicated that the museum would have an annual operating deficit of $19 million. - Artnet
Albania's most famous author both domestically and abroad, Kadare won numerous awards (including the very first International Booker Prize) and was a perennial candidate for the Nobel. "He leaves a body of work as immense as Balzac’s, as unrelenting in its critique of dictatorship as Orwell’s." - The Guardian
Two weeks after the 85-year-old actor fell from the stage during a London performance of Player Kings, an abridged version of Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts One and Two in which he played Falstaff, McKellen announced his withdrawal from the regional tour of the production "to protect my full recovery." - BBC
"Michelle Miller Burns, who has led Minnesota's largest performing arts organization since 2018, will take charge of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, where she had held several leadership roles before coming to Minnesota, the orchestra announced Friday. She starts with Dallas in September." - The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
When we engage with nostalgic media, we are, in essence, engaging with media that attempts to take us home — often to our childhoods, when we weren’t burdened with the stresses of adulthood, or even to a time of perceived simplicity, which we may not have experienced ourselves. - The Conversation
Mull, who was also a singer-songwriter, rose to fame in the 1970s on Norman Lear’s satirical soap opera “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” and its spinoffs, “Fernwood 2 Night” and “America 2-Night.” - Los Angeles Times
Regularly reinventing architecture is exciting, but it faces a number of challenges. Architecture is an art, hence creativity is important, but it is an applied art, which makes it fundamentally empirical—that is, ruled not by theory but by experience. - American Scholar
Our current system of grading reinforces practices set in a time far different from that of the present, with different values and ideas. As knowledge becomes exponentially more important over time, the way we teach it needs to change. - 3 Quarks Daily
