"The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, handwritten (10th-century) parchment volume containing a nearly complete Hebrew Bible, was purchased … on behalf of the American Friends of ANU and donated to ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv." - AP
As the ice floe keeps shrinking, watching the cycle play out feels increasingly grim. Online, writers and editors trade condolences, often in lieu of being able to offer one another anything more concrete, like work opportunities. - The Walrus
As I’ve argued before, the habit of reducing the complexities of identity and culture to a matter of ownership is an artifact of our own property-rights-obsessed culture. We’ll do better to talk about “disrespect,” and disrespect isn’t the issue here. - The New York Times
It was the shuttering of an art space that served Santa Fe for over four decades. Five weeks later, with a board member-initiated fundraising campaign securing pledges and donations of over $300,000, CCA reopened in a purely cinematic capacity last Thursday, May 11. - Hyperallergic
He was one of the first who saw machines had something to offer to the artistic process. The artistic technique for which Warhol became best known treated the mechanical part of the process, the screen print, as a transformative element, even though it was technically “just” a recreation of something that already existed. - Tedium
The comparison for the Pompidou project is the Louvre Abu Dhabi. In that landmark 2007 deal, the UAE paid France €1 billion for a 30-year agreement that granted the new museum the priceless Louvre brand, as well as expertise and guidance on exhibitions and acquisitions, and, perhaps most crucially, art loans. - Art in America
Much of modern pop could be described as a hook-delivery device: ‘Bad Romance’ by Lady Gaga or ‘Shake It Off’ by Taylor Swift, for example, are packed full of musical moments that stand out to the listener and are easily remembered. - Psyche
The auditorium, carved out of a hillside in Syracuse on Sicily's southeastern coast, "seats 5,000. The stage is 27 metres wide and 44 deep; acting, direction and design are correspondingly epic. Yet ... psychological detail is still achievable even in this vast arena." - The Guardian
With a roster of 124 active shows, PRX has been a steady, albeit low-key, podcast publisher. It had nearly 6.6 million unique U.S. listeners to its podcasts during April with more than 58 million downloads, according to Podtrac. - Inside Radio
The great French actress wasn't the first to be famous solely for being famous (that phenomenon came later), but she was the first to consciously use the media to gain worldwide fame and the first to use that fame to get rich from ancillary self-branded business ventures. - Smithsonian Magazine
If a computer system can write code—as ChatGPT already can—then it might eventually learn to improve itself over and over again until computing technology reaches what’s known as “the singularity”: a point at which it escapes our control. - The New Yorker
"Next summer, the best 16 B-boys and 16 B-girls from around the world will face off in solo battles soundtracked by a live DJ on the Place de la Concorde, ... (and) there is a hope that breaking will bring the jolt of a new audience." - The Observer (UK)
As long as objects have been plundered, countries have called for their repatriation. Yet western popular culture has muted these voices, sometimes expressing anxiety over colonial plunder but ultimately reaffirming British and American supremacy. - The Conversation
"Despite protests from station owners, listeners, first-responders and politicians from both major parties, automakers … are removing AM radios from new electric vehicles because electric engines can interfere with the sound of AM stations. And Ford (is) eliminating AM from all of its vehicles, electric or gas-operated." - MSN (The Washington Post)
In the 20th century, Western philosophy split into two discourses, each with its own canon and jargon, usually referred to as ‘analytic’ and ‘continental’. Mastering them simultaneously was a very intimidating prospect, and few had the motivation. - Aeon
