"Starting in September, the Hermitage Amsterdam will be called H’ART Museum. It has established partnerships with the British Museum, Centre Pompidou and the Smithsonian American Art Museum to bring art to the historic building on the banks of the Dutch capital’s Amstel River." - Seattle Times (AP)
"Severe stress can literally change the brain, affecting memory, coping skills and abilities to regulate emotions. Aware of just how much the physical environment can shape people’s lives, more architects are starting to rethink how they design homeless shelters." - The Guardian (UK)
Well ... she wrote and directed Frozen. "Now 51, Lee is warm, glossy and as successful as you can get. She no longer needs to see a bit of Cinderella to get her out of the house, but the film is still a touchstone." - The Guardian (UK)
A year after many European countries declared the COVID-19 emergency "over," museum attendance is ticking back up, at least domestically. Compared to 2019, at the National Gallery of London, "the ratio of domestic to international visitors almost reversed, with 57% of all visitors coming from the UK." - Hyperallergic
"An interdisciplinary artist who doesn’t dabble in composition, performance, filmmaking and choreography so much as create from a Gesamtkunstwerk state of mind, ... Monk is both a holdout of New York’s 'downtown' past and a sui generis American master." - The New York Times
André Royo (Bubbles in The Wire) on Drinking in America, sober: "My daughter never saw me act on stage before, so it was the first time for her. You've got to show her the reasons why dad's been away for moments in her life because of the craft." - Salon
"The 14-year-old in Milton, Ont., was tapped to animate a scene in Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse after his shot-by-shot recreation of the original trailer — stylized so that the characters look like Lego — racked up hundreds of thousands of views online." - CBC
"The body was discovered at about 10am on Saturday in wilderness near Mount Baldy in the San Gabriel mountains and was transported to the coroner’s office for identification next week." - The Guardian (UK)
Elizabeth Alexander: Art "has to start from a place of finding the truth: What is the light that you’re trying to share? Then, what does your craft allow you to do with it? I think what is beautiful contains within it human exchange." - Fast Company
"Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Maldonado is steeped in the American poetry scene. At the 92NY's Unterberg Poetry Center, he has overseen readings, workshops and an annual poetry contest." - NPR
"One nine-year-old girl is heard saying to her teacher: 'I'm absolutely sluggardized." A few weeks before, her year five class had been deciphering the word - meaning made lazy or idle - in one of Shakespeare's plays. Now she was using it correctly, to emphasise how exhausted she felt." - BBC
Julian Eltinge "represented a unique form of the art, one that emphasized fidelity to femininity instead of risqué repartee, outlandish outfits or high-energy lip syncing. He made a mint onstage and toured the world, sometimes while wearing a 23-inch corset and ... high-heeled shoes." - Washington Post
Another statue goes down for its inspiration being an enslaver. For a century, few knew who he was, but "in recent years it sometimes drew Hamilton fans to snap selfies" at Albany's City Hall.- The New York Times
Of course, "there is the question of who actually gets the Oscar. Is it the stunt artists? The choreographer? The film’s director? Is the award for best stunt? Best sequence? Best performer?" - The Guardian (UK)
In the 1960s and 1970s, Denver's Chicana/o community painted murals partly because the city knew they were cheaper than removing graffiti. Now they're disappearing. "The National Trust named the Chicano/a/x Community Murals of Colorado to its 2022 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places." - Hyperallergic
