"Spotify has a responsibility for what it’s amplifying. Does that mean that it has the only responsibility? Does that let the producer, the content creator off the hook? No. Does it let the audience off the hook for their need to engage in critical thinking, critical listening?" - Slate
Arts organizations in the rest of England have been complaining for years that, with respect to national funding, they are shortchanged in favor of the capital. Now Arts Council England means to address that imbalance — including by seeking London-based groups who want to move elsewhere. - The Stage
Research by the Public Campaign for the Arts "found that local authority expenditure on all cultural services – including public libraries, entertainment venues, museums, galleries and recreation facilities – has halved across England since 2010." - WhatsOnStage (UK)
As artists become more politically active today, it is worth remembering that John Reed Clubs and New York’s Artists Union organized strikes to negotiate federal arts programs during the Great Depression. The art made in each phase of proletarian advancement thus serves to protect this history. - Hyperallergic
Concerns about inappropriate donor influence at Yale rose after The New York Times reported in September that Beverly Gage, a professor of history, had quietly resigned after the administration in her view had failed to defend against interference in the curriculum by two of the university’s most prominent and deep-pocketed donors. - The New York Times
Teachers’ ability to absorb and transmit information quickly, manage stress and multitask are high-demand skills, recruiters and careers coaches say. - The Wall Street Journal
The right-wing prime minister's plan is to build five museums in the capital's long-neglected City Park; the first of them, the House of Music, has just opened. The conflict isn't (for once) over the museum's content, but over the use of rare open space in Budapest. - The New York Times
The former prime minister, under whose austerity regime many local governments were forced to slash their arts budgets, now sees the authorities in the district she represents, the wealthy London exurbs of Windsor and Maidenhead, proposing to eliminate its cultural funding entirely. - The Guardian
“We’re striving for people to have artful lives, and artful lives are about participation as audiences and they are also about making, doing, teaching, engaging. That pluralistic way of understanding engagement is really important.” - Washington Post
The survey shows that 55% of teachers now say that because of the pandemic, they’re going to leave the profession sooner than they’d planned. When the NEA asked the same question last August, the number stood at only 37%. - Fast Company
The panopticon-style jail, built in 1789 and closed in 1965, is on the tiny island of Santo Stefano, part of the Pontine Islands off the coast about halfway between Rome and Naples. The Italian Ministry of Culture is spending €70 million ($86 million) on the project. - ARTnews
The merger, announced last fall and officially completed on Jan. 31, is funded by $61 million in donations from foundations and individuals. The money will go toward maintaining the print paper, improving the websites, and hiring 50 new people for the two newsrooms. - AP
The effort is concerted. "Many parents have seen Google docs or spreadsheets of contentious titles posted on Facebook by local chapters of organizations such as Moms for Liberty. From there, librarians say, parents ask their schools if those books are available to their children." - The New York Times
This is not great. "It’s a fine line that creators have to walk. You can be a creator and true to yourself and true to your opinions, but that may come at the risk of your creator business." - Los Angeles Times
