"As of March 30, UNESCO said, the confirmed damaged sites, located in several regions across Ukraine, include 29 religious sites, 16 historic buildings, four museums and four monuments." - NPR
The gathering of these 200 artworks at the Fondation Louis Vuitton was one of the most popular museum shows in French history. Following the invasion of Ukraine, there were calls to withhold the collection rather than giving it back to Russia; those have now been rejected. - Artnet
The museum was originally set up as a privately funded branch of the St. Petersburg flagship, an affiliation now ended due to the invasion of Ukraine. Other museums in the Netherlands will lend items to DHA for a five-part series of shows. - The Art Newspaper
Computer scientists had been trying to coax machines to write verse since at least the 1960s, and Racter was a singular example of how something mindless could create something meaningful. Indeed, it led the avant-garde poet Christian Bök to wonder if humans were needed to produce literature at all. - New Criterion
It’s great to have the Biennial back — to talk about, to love and hate — after it was postponed a year because of the pandemic. The Biennial has always trafficked in the contemporary, but this year’s offering, even with the inclusion of deceased artists, radiates with the power of now. - New York Magazine
Over a career that spanned half a century, Mr. Kalichstein presented thoughtful, impassioned and deeply musical performances of the piano repertoire from Bach, Mozart and Brahms through the masters of the early 20th century, including Bartok, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. - Washington Post
Although the dance challenge “aesthetic” has undoubtedly fed the app’s popularity, there’s more going on in the dance world of TikTok. - Dance Magazine
Here's an app that helps connects smaller bands and audiences with venues off the beaten path, some of them way off. The majority of concert venues listed on SideDoor are in peoples' homes — but there are also quirkier spaces. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In aggregate, Broadway grosses are on the rise, consistent with what’s typically seen as spring begins in New York and a spate of new shows open. But those big numbers at the top end serve to mask some less bold numbers. - The Stage
At the beginning, you say something about legato, and people look at you like, “I don’t know what he’s talking about.” After a year, they say, “Oh yes.” Just by constantly raising the issue when you’re bothered by it, people start to understand what it is, what it feels like or what it sounds like. - Van
Among its goals are "support for the Russian audience, those who help our army" and "assistance to evacuees from Donbas", referring to eastern Ukrainian regions controlled by pro-Moscow separatists. - France 24
The very concept of a historical canon has become toxic, and with classical music no longer the player it was 75 years ago, this antihistorical attitude threatens to drive appreciation of classical music even further from its one-time pride of place in general culture. - The American Scholar
While decrying the invasion, a statement from the Cliburn says the Russian-born pianists “are not officials of their government, nor is their participation in the Cliburn state-sponsored." - Dallas Morning News
Yes, but it won't be top-down. "Factchecking outfits may do good work, but they are missing a crucial component: the power of the crowd. Because, as well as counterfactual communities, we’ve also seen what you might call truth-seeking communities emerge around specific issues." - The Guardian (UK)
They're "movies you want to watch at home," according to Nicole Kidman - and they're hard to make without falling into sexist tropes, so studios just won't back them as theatrical releases. But streaming? Well. Even Fatal Attraction is up for a streaming series remake. - Vulture
