"Until fairly recently, Kerry Jones's caravan lay rotting and forgotten about in her garden in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders — a home for discarded bric-a-brac. But during the COVID-19 lockdown the artist and filmmaker saw new potential in the (trailer) and resolved to turn it into a tiny, travelling cinema." - BBC
Russia’s assault on Ukraine is shocking, therefore, not only for its violence, but for the fact that it reopens the question of war as such and thus also the question of history. - Chartbook
After being hit by "intense inspiration," Jesús Cees has spent much of the past two years painting vivid murals on the previously blank walls of a deconsecrated 14th-century chapel. He was denied permission to paint in 2018, so he "decided to do it and ask for forgiveness later." - The Guardian
Human consciousness, in other words, in part consists of understanding abstract and indirect meanings. And it is precisely this sort of understanding that artificial intelligence is incapable of. - FreeThink
Citing "insurmountable differences" with the orchestra's superintendent, Orozco-Estrada announced his immediate resignation as chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony, a job he started only in September 2020. The move comes about two weeks after orchestra musicians voted against extending his contract. (in German) - Vienna.at
The disparities between the dance and tech communities can seem pretty vast, yet the two have found an odd, contemporary synergy in NFTs: non-fungible (as in, one-of-a-kind) tokens (as in, a thing). - Dance Magazine
Western Avenue Studios & Lofts, a former textile mill in Lowell, Mass. (about 25 miles from Boston), was purchased last month by the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston, which set the complex up as a nonprofit along the lines of a land conservation trust. - MSN (The Boston Globe)
The subject has been largely skipped so far, though far-right candidate Marine Le Pen has said she plans to privatize the French public broadcasting networks and incumbent Emmanuel Macron promises to continue the €300 culture pass for teens. Many arts figures fear censorship if Le Pen wins. - The Art Newspaper
When Jared Whipple first picked up the works, which came from an abandoned barn in Watertown, he figured he could use them in a "haunted art gallery" setup for Halloween. It turns out the pieces were made by American abstract expressionist Francis Hines. - Artnet
"Mrs. MacLachlan wrote more than 60 children's books during her half-century career, ... (and is) known to millions of young readers (for her) novel about two motherless farm children and the gentle woman who comes to the prairie to make them whole." - MSN (The Washington Post)
BSO management says that 31 musicians (so far) in the orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus have recently tested positive for the virus. The four-city tour was to be done jointly with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under the music director the two bands share, Andris Nelsons. - MSN (The Boston Globe)
The statute required any publisher selling e-books in Maryland to make those e-books available to libraries "on reasonable terms." The American Association of Publishers sued for an injunction blocking the law; that was granted, and Maryland’s attorney general has now decided not to appeal. - Publishers Weekly
The revival of Cabaret starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley won seven awards, including Best Musical Revival, Best Director, and all four acting categories for musicals. The adaptation of Yann Martel's Life of Pi took five trophies: Best New Play, both male acting prizes and two design awards. - Playbill
Almost every measure of mental health is getting worse, for every teenage demographic, and it’s happening all across the country. Since 2009, sadness and hopelessness have increased for every race. - The Atlantic
History writing is based on the faith that events, despite appearances, don’t happen higgledy-piggledy—that although individuals can act irrationally, change can be explained rationally. - The New Yorker
