The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington (across the Ohio River from Cincinnati) is a scaled-down copy of Notre-Dame de Paris on the outside, while the interior is modeled on the French cathedral in St.-Denis. It’s a product of America’s turn-of-the-20th-century Gothic Revival, getting its first restoration in its 125 years. - AP
“On Friday, Walker, 66, was named president and chief executive of Anonymous Content, the production and management company” which produced, among others, the Oscar-winning film Spotlight and “whose lead investor is Emerson Collective, a company steered by the entrepreneur and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs.” - The New York Times
“Material created by Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show. If there are questions, the Art Show coordinator will be the sole judge of acceptability.” - Artnet
A senior curator and two collections committee volunteers have resigned their posts at the Art Gallery of Ontario after the institution voted against acquiring a new slideshow work by the artist Nan Goldin. The purchase was defeated after several members expressed concern about Goldin’s remarks denouncing Israel’s attacks on Gaza as genocide. - Artnet
More than 100 donors contributed to the campaign, with recent significant gifts from the Perot family, the Hamon Foundation, the Vansickle Family Foundation, Cece and Ford Lacy, an anonymous donor and the TDO board, trustees and honorary directors. - Dallas Morning News
“CalMatters and The Markup tested four commercially-available AI video-generation models — OpenAI’s Sora, Google’s Veo, MiniMax’s Hailou, and Kuaishou’s Kling — and so far, dancers don’t have much to worry about.” - CalMatters
“We’re pausing operations to recognise the weight of this moment in our community and to care for our employees and people in the Twin Cities community.” - The Art Newspaper
Simon Stephens' mixed-reality experiment at The Shed asks the existential question: if actors perform in cyberspace and no one applauds, is it still theater? Four digitally-captured performers test mortality's latest theatrical frontier. - American Theatre
W. David Marx diagnoses 25 years of creative stagnation in a new cultural history. Presumably the irony of launching a fresh cultural critique about the death of cultural innovation isn't lost on anyone involved. — Artnet
“It has long been recognized that newspaper obituaries hold value for communities, documenting lives and preserving local history. Their significance is rarely debated. Their value to the business of news and in sustaining local newsrooms is far less understood.” - Reynolds Journalism Institute
Machine-generated novels and coloring books are flooding the marketplace, but they're missing literature's secret ingredient—artistic ego. Turns out readers might actually miss all that human neurosis and creative self-importance after all. — LitHub
As algorithms churn out endless variations on tired themes, human artists are discovering their secret weapon isn't perfection—it's the beautiful, messy unpredictability that no code can replicate. — Aeon
When seeing is no longer believing, Canadian courts face an existential crisis: how do you prove what's real when reality itself can be manufactured? The legal system's analog truth tests meet digital deception. — The Walrus
“The company’s recent successes include two Grammy nominations; press attention for the hiring of music director James Gaffigan; announcements of bold new works; and critical acclaim by critics, audiences, and the music ‘industry.’” Asked what her “secret sauce” is, Khori Dastoor replied, “There is no such thing.” - San Francisco Classical Voice
“Even in a case where a star comes on first, … the casting director has to build an entire world around them — not just actors who fit each individual part but combine to form a harmonious vision, one that can be disrupted by a single off-key line.” - Slate (MSN)
