Manhattan prosecutors, preparing for retrial after Weinstein's 2020 conviction was overturned by New York state's highest court in late April, say they'll try to get indictments on additional charges because "some people who were not ready to speak out in 2020 now appear ready to do so in 2024." - CNN
"Qommittee says it hopes, among other things, to connect drag performers and communities lacking in local support to resources including legal aid and therapy. It may also help performers and venues navigate the business." - AP
The Standard, which has suffered six straight annual losses (most recently, £16.4 million through October 2022), hopes to repeat the successful switch to digital-only by its sister publication, the now-profitable Independent, while continuing to be released in hard copy each week. - Press Gazette (UK)
"The house is reportedly set to cut around 50 employees based in London, and … similar layoffs may follow in New York and at other Sotheby’s locations in Europe. … Last year, Sotheby’s laid off at least 10 senior employees." - ARTnews
“It’s one of the great roles in musical theater, and I’ve always thought maybe some day I could try it,” she said. “It scares me to death, but I certainly feel old enough now, and having experienced motherhood, perhaps I have what is needed to dive in.” - The New York Times
Despite beginning the job just as COVID shut down live performance, Dominique Meyer has increased corporate sponsorships to €38 million and has seen both box-office revenue and cash-on-hand rise by 22% over his tenure. Yet, because he's French, Italy's new-ish nationalist government is replacing him. - AP
Most of the missing items are ancient gems and pieces of jewelry from Greece and Rome. Some were listed on eBay by the seller Sultan1966, including a piece of Roman jewelry reportedly worth £50,000 ($60,000) that was offered for a starting price of £40 ($48). - Artnet
The reality is that they are all scrapping over crumbs when the real betrayal is the state’s paltry investment in the arts. This includes the music education that would provide new audiences for orchestras and opera companies. - The Guardian
Language has been a central object of philosophical attention ever since the ‘linguistic turn’ in the beginning of the 20th century. What can the emergence of a second language-producing entity tell us here? - 3 Quarks Daily
While monuments to important figures and concepts are useful teaching tools, nothing is quite as impactful as physically confronting a space where historical tragedies have occurred. - The Urbanist
“Banksy changed the rules. If you want to organize something about Banksy, you have to change the rules also,” he said on a recent walk through the exhibit. - NPR
“They were made by God for Walt Disney,” said Dick Van Dyke, who starred in “Mary Poppins” opposite Julie Andrews. “They somehow managed to convey Walt’s meaning in those songs.” - Los Angeles Times
"In them one finds a little bit of everything: fragments and false starts, alternate endings, even drawings. The notebooks were where Munro tinkered and experimented, made detours and sudden revisions — where she surveyed the whole field of possibility before committing herself to a full, typed version of a story." - The Paris Review
Adobe marketing materials seemed to suggest it could replace photographers with AI outraged many customers, further igniting an ongoing battle between tech companies and creatives. - Fast Company
The closure and diminishment of so many arts institutions in our city should concern us all. The significant economic threat aside, it makes life here smaller and duller. - Toronto Star
