"Bosnia and Herzegovina share a painful legacy — yet, today, they live an enduring peace. Cities such as Sarajevo and Srebrenica are now largely reconciled with their history, aided in part by institutions like the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo and the Srebrenica Memorial Center." - The Art Newspaper
"Venues and organisations are frantically having to deal with a programming backlog and process delayed projects still 'on the books'. And from the visitor's perspective, there is a kind of 'just do it' attitude – the urge to attend events regardless of the semi-expectation of contracting a COVID variant." - ArtsHub (Australia)
The new Labor government's Arts Minister is also the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations: Tony Burke. He indicates particular interested in job security and insurance for gig workers, but says there will be no formal arts policy until after town hall meetings held all over the country. - Limelight (Australia)
BuzzFeed's reporters have compared video and photos from 2017 (not long after the current repression campaign against Uyghurs began) and earlier to more recent images taken by tourists to determine what changes have happened in Kashgar. The city has evidently been turned into a heavily surveilled theme park. - BuzzFeed
"By looking at the chemical deposits found within the amphorae, plant tissue residue, and pollen, researchers were able to determine which grape derivatives were used, but also, crucially, how ancient peoples were able to insulate their jugs and waterproof them." - Artnet
The Aspen-Festival-for-hipsters is crossing both the Pacific and the Equator: SXSW Sydney will run October 15-22 this year, focusing primarily on creative industries in the Asia-Pacific region but including participants from the US (Silicon Valley and Hollywood in particular) and elsewhere as well. - Adweek
The survey compared responses by older adults to those under 55, and while there were definitely differences, the interests of the two groups often aligned quite closely. - Artnet
"Thanks to funding from Jack Dorsey's #StartSmall foundation and a donation from billionaire McKenzie Scott, which supplemented the city's initial investment with $3.5 million, 60 additional artists began receiving monthly $1,000 payments between October 2021 and February 2022 — funding which continues for a total of 18 months." - KQED (San Francisco)
"Funded by a $440 million bequest from Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, the Ruth Foundation for the Arts immediately enters the highest echelons of arts philanthropy. ... The foundation, based in Milwaukee, is planning to give away between $17 to $20 million a year." - The New York Times
Countries—including Bangladesh, China, Denmark, Ireland, and Uruguay, and Bangladesh—had a net gain in tree cover, according to new data from researchers at the University of Maryland and the nonprofit World Resources Institute. Others, including the U.S., had a net loss. - Fast Company
I do think the purpose of criticism is to make an assertive claim for what is there. When Toni Morrison speaks of the “Africanist presence” in Willa Cather, or Richard Dyer on “romanticism” in disco, these observations operate inquisitively yet still, “stake a claim.” - The Point
Probably not, says Education Through Music executive director Janice Weinman, and especially not this year. The state legislature just passed a law requiring the city to lower class sizes, even as the Mayor and City Council cut $200 million from the schools' budget. - New York Daily News
Amigos Para Siempre ("friends forever"), as the firm is called, will produce musicals, plays, and other live events for Spanish-speaking markets throughout the world, including the US. Plans are already in place to present translations of most of Lloyd Webber's musicals. - Variety
"Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara will serve five years in prison for 'contempt, defamation, and public disorder,' charges human rights organizations have condemned." Otero Alcántara's partner said of the 500 people sentenced this week, "They are condemning them for making art." - Hyperallergic
Of course, white men do it too. But the point: "Inherent in the 'hypersexual woman' trope is the belief that Asian women aren’t simply women: They are an alien category unto themselves." That has real-world consequences. - Vanity Fair
