The Pritzker-winning architect at one point said that the troubled project led him to decide never to work in the US again. In fact, there were factors Zumthor had failed to anticipate (such as the site being on a bed of tar in an earthquake zone). - The New York Times
For more than two decades after Ukraine's independence, Russian-language titles accounted for more than four-fifths of the country's book market. That began to change after Russia's 2014 invasion of Crimea and the Donbas, and since 2022, even most of the native Russophone authors in Ukraine have switched to Ukrainian. - The Guardian
The assault took place in 1995 after a business dinner between the producer and the actress. She is suing CAA, then her agency, for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty, and Miramax (Weinstein's company) and Disney (which owned Miramax at the time) for negligent supervision and retention." - Variety
"'Yesterday afternoon, a tragic event occurred at The Courtauld Gallery premises that led to a fatality,' the museum said in a statement on Tuesday. 'The police are not treating the event as suspicious.' … Additional information about the incident has not been released. The gallery is expected to be closed through Friday." - ARTnews
The DG recording of Nielsen's 4th and 5th with the Danish National Symphony also took the Orchestral award; among other winners are the London Philharmonic in Tippett's Midsummer Marriage (Opera), Krystian Zimerman playing Szymanowski piano works, and mezzo Helen Charlston's ‘Battle Cry: She Speaks’ (Concept Album). - Gramophone
The committee awarded the 11 million Swedish kronor ($1 million) prize for the 64-year-old Norwegian writer's "innovative plays and prose, which give voice to the unsayable." - AP
Black country singers and journalists are being called racial slurs by fans and openly LGBTQ+ performers are having to back out of performances. - The Guardian
The fellowship is “intended to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual and professional inclinations,” and comes with a $800,000 stipend, according to the foundation’s website. - The New York Times
The reasons vary, but more writers are dropping speech marks to explore distances between readers and narrators and even to eliminate hierarchies. - The Walrus
AI absolutely is powerful, and it absolutely is dangerous. But as these perspectives reverberate throughout committee hearings, government advisory boards, press releases, and lobbying memos, it only becomes clearer that focusing on just a subset of influential corporate voices is an inherently limited approach. - The Atlantic
Penn demoted Katalin Karikó, shunting her to a lab on the outskirts of campus while cutting her pay. Karikó’s colleagues denigrated her mRNA research and some wouldn’t work with her, according to her and people at the school. - The Wall Street Journal
In the era of the Internet, a framework that analyzed the benefits to consumers primarily through the metric of cost was no longer realistic, because, among other reasons, companies could use huge amounts of data to fine-tune what they charged particular shoppers for particular items. - The New Yorker
David Zucker: "We saw what was out there at the time, Woody Allen and Mel Brooks, and they were great, and we thought we could do that and be as funny." Jerry Zucker: "We were too naïve to know we couldn't get any of that stuff." - Salon
“I’m guessing most of the men who say they think about it all of the time are probably white, cis men. And it’s no coincidence, because the Roman Empire is one of the most patriarchal and hierarchical societies that has ever existed. It is the epitome, the pinnacle of white cis gender masculinity.” - The Conversation
"In general, Noseda is a servant of the ‘big idea’ – overarching themes that unify a series of concerts, galvanise audiences, empower musicians and attract donors." - Gramophone
