Museums are not ready. “Censorship corrodes trust in complex ways. … Solidarity is mostly lacking in the museum world, where the strategy so far seems to be heads down and hope for the best.” (This is, let’s be clear, not a winning strategy.) - Washington Post (MSN)
Located about 70 miles north of Phoenix, Arcosanti is the only “arcology” — Paolo Soleri’s portmanteau for compact, self-sufficient communities that fuse architecture and ecology — to materialize in the real world. - Bloomberg
The White House was never meant to be a palace, nor the Oval Office a throne room. The East Wing was the living artery of the White House, the First Lady’s offices, the Social Office, the machinery of ceremonial democracy where symbolism gets translated into human scale. - Rick Wilson
“Overcoming the contradiction between dream and reality, (Breton and his fellow Surrealists) believed, would complement the class struggle between the global proletariat and its bourgeois oppressors. Surrealism was much more than a merely artistic project — it was also a means toward a larger political end.” - The Conversation
Revenue from the tax, collected on hotel rooms and rental cars in Bexar County, may be used for sports arenas and parks, but also performing arts venues and associated infrastructure. Here's what's on the two ballot proposition in November (one of which would fund a new San Antonio Spurs arena). - San Antonio Report
Under the new policy, Ticketmaster says it will limit all individuals and entities, including professional resellers, to a single verified account tied to a unique taxpayer ID. Accounts that appear duplicative or fraudulent will be canceled. - TicketNews
By adapting the community land trust model — a strategy long used to preserve affordable housing for teachers, city workers, and other essential labor sectors — the group is securing permanently affordable, community-owned homes and creative spaces for artists. - NextCity
We have faked historical bindings, fake manuscripts, and fake letters by famous people like the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther. We have books about impostors from the Middle Ages to the modern era as well as hoaxes and archaeological forgeries. - JStor
Across the country, arts funding models are shifting. Where once large institutions absorbed the majority of public and philanthropic support, new approaches are emphasizing direct investment in artists themselves. - Comstock Magazine
“You hold a steady job in an arts occupation, (statistical) surveys … will find you. But if you’re juggling gigs, hustles, caregiving, and a nonlinear career? You’re likely to slip through the cracks. … Fortunately, we can now draw on a new resource that captures this hidden population.” - SMU DataArts
“(The elite university in Nashville) has been evaluating the area around Fifth and Mission streets for its planned satellite campus, and the 5M mixed-use project — including the Chronicle's historic headquarters building at 901 Mission St. — could be the desired destination.” - San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo!)
No projects in the applicant pool in Volusia County (the Daytona Beach area) involved drag in any way. But unrelated rental events at two applicant venues did; one of them was an annual Halloween showing of the now-50-year-old Rocky Horror Picture Show. That was all the justification the cutters needed. - Orlando Sentinel (Yahoo!)
“The theft has become a kind of shorthand for what critics describe as Macron’s France: a state weakened by austerity, wavering authority, and institutional neglect. The high-profile crime has quickly been seized on as evidence of systemic failure.” - ARTnews
Alpha School’s website suggests a futuristic learning model: AI tools make it so that students only need to spend two hours a day on traditional subjects such as history and math. The Guardian
After India (down 45%), the arrivals figures from the US International Trade Administration (ITA), highlighted considerable declines from other major source countries, with China and South Korea seeing respective drops of 12% and 11%. The data does not include students arriving from Canada and Mexico. - Pie
