Within that media ecosystem, narratives around liberal bias, anti-expertise narratives, and the idea that if something was coming out of an institution, you couldn’t trust it — that has been bread and butter within certain media networks for many people’s entire lives. - NiemanLab
John McWhorter: "The idea that for Black people standard English is something wholly apart is simply inaccurate. For most Black Americans, both Black and standard English are part of who we are; our English is, in this sense, larger than many white people's." - The New York Times
A preliminary estimate of the worth of the collection is $180 million, according to Christie’s, and the designated beneficiaries include leading California-based organizations with whom the Gettys have had a longstanding relationship. - San Francisco Classical Voice
Michael Auer joined RNZB when Patricia Barker, his wife, took the helm of the Wellington-based company in 2017. His contract was terminated in April following repeated complaints of abusive remarks to female dancers about weight and the quality of their work, both in studio and on tour. - 1News (New Zealand)
Statements about art from inside the silos are considered absolutely true, but not in a general, humanistic way. Thus balkanized, the art world increasingly evinces mutual suspicion, self-policing, and declamations of political conformity. It extends less and less permission to make art, or speak of it truly. - Arts Fuse
Arifa Akbar: "If a critic changes their mind, do they discredit themselves? No, because theatre reviewing is by its nature only ever an overnight response. ... It is a very different proposition to book reviewing, for instance, where critics are given days, if not weeks, to formulate their views." - The Guardian
Russell Janzen writes, "Not the mechanics of partnering: I relish the physical challenge of supporting and entangling with someone else. But rather the politics of two bodies dancing together." - The New York Times
The unnamed defendant, 49, and an accomplice were caught after taking Monet's De Voorzaan en de Westerhem (1871) from the Zaans Museum in Zaandam, the Netherlands last August. (They dropped the painting while fleeing on a motorcycle.) - ARTnews
"It's intergenerational heritage we're losing, and it's not just for one country. What's important to understand is that it's not just about saving the famous monuments that are ruined. It's more about saving a way of life. It's about building back the whole cultural landscape afterwards." - Bloomberg CityLab
"Several buyers have expressed preliminary interest in acquiring Vice outright, ... (though) it also is exploring options to sell the company in parts." Just five years ago, Vice Media was valued at $5.7 billion; its failed IPO last year was valued at $3 billion, a price it wouldn't get now. - CNBC
Now the city won't even require auction houses to be licensed, let alone disclose such things as whether they have financial interests in the items they're auctioning. The change is part of a broader package passed by the City Council to help businesses recover post-pandemic. - The New York Times
"Footage showed someone running on stage and tackling Chappelle during his performance at the Netflix Is a Joke festival ... on Tuesday night. ...Chappelle, 48, was apparently unharmed and returned to the stage to finish his set." - The Guardian
Though horribly abused and exploited by various New Age fads over the years, the old intuition still holds: vibrations reveal a lot about life, consciousness and the integrity of matter. - The Spectator
I can imagine the internet hot take: Why punish people who can afford to buy books by making them free to read for everyone? Or: Government giveaways: why we shouldn’t let people who can afford books read them for free. - Chicago Tribune
As far as I can tell, most writing about music is built on analogies and cliches. This is understandable; you can’t describe music literally because it wouldn’t give an accurate representation of what it is you’re hearing. - 3 Quarks Daily
