"The decision relates to a provision that requires institutions to 'obtain free, prior and informed consent' from tribes before exhibiting cultural items or human remains, or allowing research of them." The museum's announcement said the items were covered "pending consultation with the represented communities." - The New York Times
The 70-year-old has been charged with "arranging/facilitating a child sexual offence and sexual communication with a child." He has had a major guest-conducting career and held chief conductor positions in Moscow, Mexico City, Porto, Bruges, and elsewhere: he's currently music director of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. - The Standard (London)
The Austrian conductor, now 63, announced that he will not renew his current contract when it expires at the end of the 2026-27 season. By that point he will be, at 25 years, the longest-serving music director in the orchestra's history. - Cleveland.com
If signed into law, the proposal, called the No AI Fraud Act, could curb a growing trend of individuals and businesses creating AI-recorded tracks using artists’ voices and deceptive ads in which it appears a performer is endorsing a product. - The Hollywood Reporter
No one appreciates the power of this venerable technology better than physicists and mathematicians, who infinitely prefer the humble blackboard to its high-tech rivals. The question is, why? What does slate-and-chalk offer, which cannot be simulated by paper or plastic? - Nautilus
Applicants must have a “vision for the future of the British Museum and its purpose as a national and a global museum in the 21st century,” the job posting says. But they must also be able to deal with a host of problems affecting the august institution, the world’s third most visited museum. - The New York Times
Arguably the world’s most celebrated dancer and choreographer, De Keersmaeker has produced a vast body of work over four decades, from major theatre productions to site-specific performances in museums, forests or cloisters. - Brussels Times
One of the most important conceptual developments of the past few decades is the realisation that belief comes in degrees. We don’t just believe something or not: much of our thinking, and decision-making, is driven by varying levels of confidence. - Psyche
Of the multiple schemes and fabrications attributed to Bouvier in court the most audacious involved Dmitry Rybolovlev’s acquisition of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, which set the record for the most expensive painting ever sold at $450.3 million in 2017 at Christie’s. - ARTnews
The words "virile" or "virility" were constantly used in reviews of the music of the late 19th-century Irish-French composer Augusta Holmès. What's more, "Holmès's virile lifestyle, as much as her works, put Ernest Hemingway’s to shame," writes Julia Conrad, who ranks the composer's works in order of virility. - Van
To build algorithms that more effectively predict user preferences and better enhance consumer well-being and social welfare, organizations need to employ ways to measure user preferences that take into account these biases. - Harvard Business Review
A reporter visits the dancers for the Utah Jazz to see the elements that go into their work, from selecting members to costumes and makeup to rehearsal and deciding what movement will, and won't, be worked out ahead of time. - The Salt Lake Tribune
Devised at a time before computers were widely available, the index was certainly an impressive achievement. It had taken 24 researchers some five years to complete by hand and had cost nearly a million dollars to produce. - The Conversation
Under new artistic director Jon Tracy, Marin Shakespeare is undertaking a slew of new initiatives: adding nine artistic associates, hosting other stage companies in its space, a "dramaturgy university", the theater equivalent of a book club, and, four-hours-a-day-three-days-a-week, letting anyone use its facilities. - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
