One letter, signed by 2700 authors and entertainers, calls for a boycott of Israeli cultural institutions that are “complicit in violating Palestinian rights,” while another letter, signed by 1000 authors and entertainers, claims, “boycotts of creatives and creative institutions simply create more divisiveness.” - The New York Times
That’s a rise of 200 percent over 2023, which was already a huge year for organizations that rub their hands in glee as they try to stop kids from reading. - The New York Times
Who cares about the history of film, right? You might think the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. But hey, it’s time to “streamline” and “restructure.” - Los Angeles Times
“She was a lightning rod for criticism by Hollywood workers, particularly during last year’s walkouts. A parody account portraying Lombardini as a cartoonish corporate shill went viral on X.” - Los Angeles Times (AOL)
Following 2024's "period of renewal," the festival’s return in 2025 will include an ambitious art and music program, alongside cornerstone events including Winter Feast, the Ogoh-Ogoh, Night Mass and the Nude Solstice Swim on the longest night of the year there, June 21. - ArtsHub (Australia)
Anyone paying attention to recent testimonies of artists, cultural workers, and leaders of arts organizations in New York City Council hearings to discuss the budget for arts and culture knows that, in New York, culture is in crisis. This dire context requires a systemic overhaul of the governance model that structures our sector today. ARTnews
Atlanta-based nonprofit South Arts will establish the Southern Arts Relief and Recovery Fund to give unrestricted aid to writers and artists in various disciplines who were harmed by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. - Artnet
In the post-pandemic world, the entertainment industry is still trying to establish consistency. Casinos, which were once thought to be recession-proof, now struggle to stay profitable. - The Walrus
I’ve come to think that “aesthetic chills” open a window onto the fact that there are decisively powerful areas of art experience that are only explained by admitting to stuff that you tend to suppress in order to make that experience respectable. - Artnet
Dozens of established and proven groups and individual artists have had the financial floor ripped from under them. As one company leader put it, "If you're from an organization that isn't from a traditionally marginalized group, it's currently not possible … to be funded as an arts group in Austin." - The Austin Chronicle
While the film and TV sector welcomed an increase in the tax incentive for VFX spend, grassroots music venues have been hit by a huge reduction in the amount of tax relief they enjoy, potentially putting a number at risk. - Variety
The team discovered three sites in total, in a survey area the size of Scotland's capital Edinburgh, “by accident” when one archaeologist browsed data on the internet. - BBC
When digital materials are vulnerable to sudden removal—whether by design or by attack—our collective memory is compromised, and the public’s ability to access its own history is at risk. - Internet Archive
"Where the governor sees Russian imperialism, Odesan artists, writers, musicians and scholars and their friends in Ukraine and across the world see a high-handed cancellation of cultural figures who are integral to the city’s 230-year history." - Prospect (UK)
"(This will be) the first time since at least 1888 the newspaper won’t have even one reporter dedicated to covering the city’s cultural life," said the paper's union. "The Sun will continue to cover news developments in the arts and food industries, but ... (not) the soul of features reporting." - TheWrap (Yahoo!)
