Alejandro Cerrudo: "One of the most common thoughts I've heard from audiences is, 'Sometimes I feel like I don't understand it.' You don't have to. You just have to experience it. Sometimes you like it, sometimes you don't, and sometimes you don't know why you like it, and that's OK." - Charlotte Magazine
Even the Met’s own head of costume has said; “I think the power of fashion is that it can reflect the zeitgeist.” So what does last night’s Gala tell us about the time we’re living? Ironically, by saying nothing as the world burns around them, the guests gave a very clear sense that we’re still living in a gilded...
"Culture is not linear cause and effect, ... (but) film and television portrayals of abortion ... do offer an imperfect mirror to a culture in flux – one that, contrary to the courts and state legislatures, has generally made slow progress toward depicting the reality of abortion." - The Guardian
The rebuilt of Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building "favours the cheapest over the most suitable bid" according to a Glasgow architect. - Glasgow Live
"Dubbed Immersive Scheherazade, the experience emulates those immersive Van Gogh shows. Four large screens and several smaller ones showed video close-ups of (Curtis Orchestra) instrumentalists and conductor (Osmo Vänskä) in a performance recorded at Curtis in December." Peter Dobrin had a look and a listen. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The dangers that war brings and the huge influx of refugees will surely alter the region's arts along with the rest of society. Yet the conflict has already sparked new cross-border cultural collaborations in nations that tend to be united only in their fear of Russian aggression. - The Art Newspaper
Not only are these teens gathering to obtain, and read together, the books that conservative school boards and politicians are trying to keep out of their schools, they're organizing and lobbying local, state and Federal officeholders to reverse the bans. - The Washington Post
There are thousands of life-sized engravings of anthropomorphic figures on the low ceilings of the three-mile-long cave complex, whose ceilings are as low as two feet. Researchers were able to see the drawings thanks to 3D photogrammetry scans. - Smithsonian Magazine
"The company said that with the launch of (advertising program) TikTok Pulse, it will 'begin exploring' its first advertising-revenue share program with creators, public figures and media publishers." - Variety
The site of Captain John Smith's 1607 settlement, still a rich archaeological source, is on a low-lying island in Tidewater Virginia, tucked between the James River and a swamp — and now caught between rising sea levels and increasingly frequent flood-level rainstorms. - MSN (The Washington Post)
Testimony of nearly two dozen survivors and examination of the now-destroyed theater's plans indicate that at least 600 of the people who had taken shelter in the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater during days of aerial bombing were killed — twice the number previously reported. - AP
The definition of Canadian content is at the heart of a bill before Parliament that would make streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ feature a certain amount of Canadian programs and invest in "Canadian stories," as traditional broadcasters must do. - CBC
Textile conservators and fashion curators are appalled that beauty mogul Kim Kardashian donned Marilyn Monroe’s iconic Jean Louis gown for the 2022 Met Gala. Monroe’s show-stopping garment became famous 60 years ago when the Hollywood legend wore it to sing a breathless “Happy Birthday." - Los Angeles Times
Whether or not you have a “future-oriented mindset” – in other words, how much money you save and how likely you are to invest in your education – can, he argues, be partly traced to what kinds of crops grew well in your ancestral homelands. - The Guardian
“Our team is largely made up of lots of actors, stage managers, company managers, all of whom work in the theater. Nobody has cared about bringing Broadway back like they have.” - The Hollywood Reporter
