"In January 2022, $17.2 billion was traded on the NFT market, a stunning high that eclipsed 2021's NFT mania. ... But since the start of this year, the market has slowed down significantly. ... As a result, once-thriving NFT businesses have been dissolving or downsizing." - ARTnews
In 2020, the attorney general of Washington state ordered the Seattle-based ticketing service to pay what grew, six months later, to a total of $9 million owed to 45,000 event producers and ticket buyers. But Washington-based entities were first in line, and many out-of-staters are still out-of-pocket. - San Francisco Chronicle
She ran the orchestra in the 1990s, and left partly because she saw no real will to fix the Phil's long-problematic venue. After 17 triumphant years running the Los Angeles Philharmonic, she returned when the will and the money to rebuild the auditorium were finally there. - The New York Times
"Exhibition giant and Regal owner Cineworld Group, which recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S., predicted on Friday that cinema admissions in 2023 and 2024 would remain below levels recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic." - The Hollywood Reporter
The Association urges legislation to support the repatriation of Indigenous belongings and remains of ancestors, and dedicated funding for the repatriation process. It was funded by the Heritage Department and responds to a call by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to review museum policies. - Toronto Star
A state compelling social-media companies to host all user content without restrictions isn’t merely “the most angrily incoherent First Amendment decision I think I’ve ever read.” It’s also the type of ruling that threatens to blow up the architecture of the internet. - The Atlantic
The problem arises because people use different words for the same thing. Your wallet is stolen, and you’re going to google what to do. But what term should you use? Police or support? Theft or security? Security, it turns out, is the answer, as you find out after time wasted in several futile guesses. - American Scholar
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Russian films have not seen much travel to the west, particularly as those made with state funding have largely been unwelcome at major festivals. Tchaikovsky’s Wife, by Russian dissident Kirill Serebrennikov, however was selected in competition at Cannes. - Deadline
“This is a platform for us to more rapidly scale our digital art offerings and do more frequent emerging artists auctions and work with a more diverse array of artists and collectors.” - ARTnews
"Even though Pierce has enjoyed a robust career, which includes long stints on prestige television shows and an Obie award for sustained excellence of performance, the questions that obsess Willy — questions of attainment, opportunity, legacy — are questions that obsess him as well." - The New York Times
Physicists and philosophers may have different approaches to the structure of time, but what unites them is a rejection of the notion that that there is a ‘now’, a present moment, that moves from the past toward the future. If that is true, and time does not really move, we are left with a question. Psyche
"The smiley – at least, this particular version of it – is a trademarked image. Want to use it? You gotta pay. Today, the Smiley Company is ranked one of the world's top 100 licensing businesses, with 458 licensees in 158 countries. It boasts thousands of products across 14 categories." - The Observer (UK)
One thing that sleep researchers are pretty sure of is that every system in our body seems to be impacted by sleep. When we miss out on sleep, it impairs our circulation, our digestion, immune system, metabolism, and of course, brain function. In fact, if you go without sleep long enough, you will die. - Quanta
"Given her age, it makes sense. But is it really true? 'Yeah, I feel it's my last production. ... I don't know. I have no more ideas.' ... But if Hellzapoppin' proves to be her final work, she isn't taking the easy way out. Her subject is a tough one: race in America." - The New York Times
If anything, six years between the publication of the original text and its English translation is rather speedy, especially for a literary work whose author is not a known quantity in the United States. - LA Review of Books
