At one point he said: ‘There are important political analysts in the West who claim that it is their part of the world that is to blame for the situation in Ukraine.’ At another moment the 53-year-old pianist asked a military officer: ‘Should we really care about the timeline (of the ‘military operation’)? - Classical Music
"I'm happy at the social change, the craziness of it. The main difference, though, is when I was young … we used political incorrectness as a weapon against our enemies, but we made fun of ourselves first. The trigger-warning crowd does not make fun." - The New York Times Magazine
A Chinese-Indonesian who made his fortune in poultry, Tek, through avid collecting, helped provide artists with livelihoods, and his generous loan policy helped those artists get seen. He founded the Yuz Museum in Shanghai and arranged major partnerships between the Yuz, LACMA, and the Qatar Museums. - ARTnews
A very British tale: "In a six-decade career, Mr. Bowles, who was the son of servants and grew up without indoor plumbing, appeared in a merry-go-round of productions in television, film and onstage, alternating between comedy and drama, hapless heroes and villains." - The New York Times
"In a way, she formed that '80s culture, which became not just an American phenomenon but an international one. We who were in the trenches (couldn't) see it ourselves. ... Annie was able to stand back and see the glamour in it and sell tickets to it." - The New York Times
"I don’t sue people. I will let all these corporations who are old-school robber barons do that. I think copyrights are euphemisms for corporate control on a certain level. Remember when Napster lost its first big lawsuit and the record industry thought it won? Guess what? It didn’t." - The Art Newspaper
"At some point during the pandemic, Hollywood's creative underclass realized it had power — on Slack, on Twitter, and in blind quotes to a trade press suddenly hungry for workplace-misconduct stories. ... Which is where Lacey Leone McLaughlin comes in." - New York Magazine
Barbara Maier Gustern, a celebrated Broadway singing coach who worked with the likes of Debbie Harry, Justin Vivian Bond and Taylor Mac, has died after being shoved to the ground in Manhattan last week. She was 87. - Gothamist
One art world source dubbed Gagosian “the official art dealer to the Russian oligarchy,” adding that “the Bond villains he consorts with are dangerous, repulsive and devalue art by their very presence.” - New York Post
The actor, who died last week at 81, spent 44 years starring as Luis, with his character marrying Sonia Manzano's Maria in a massively viewed episode. Delgado also showcased his love of music on Sesame Street and sometimes sang with the group Pink Martini. - The New York Times
Yuriko Kikuchi "was a leading dancer in Martha Graham’s company from the 1940s to 1967 and then a keeper of Graham’s flame through her demanding teaching and outstanding revivals of early Graham works." - The New York Times
The properties include a villa on the Amalfi Coast, complete with Roman ruins and an Aragon tower in the garden, the Palazzo Barbarigo on San Vio in Venice, the Caffè Quadri, and some shops in Piazza San Marco. - OperaWire
Miles, a Grammy-nominated trumpeter and composer who was inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2017, had recently canceled a public performance at Knoxville, Tenn.’s Big Ears Festival, which he played regularly in the past. - Denver Post
"Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced Thursday to 30 months of felony probation, including 150 days in jail, and ordered to pay restitution of more than $120,000 and a $25,000 fine for making false reports to police that he was the victim of a hate crime in January 2019. - CNN
