Thompson, co-founder of the North Adams, Mass. museum, who stepped down as director in 2020 after 32 years, was charged with motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation for a 2018 collision with a motorcyclist who died at the scene and was found to have been drunk. - New England Public Media
The Oscar-winning screenwriter of Milk and creator of the recent TV miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven didn't reveal the nature of the injury, which happened a month ago, but wrote that "this has been a challenging, frightening time ... and now I understand the road back will be long." - Variety
The three musicians, who were dismissed from the Naples Philharmonic as of June 30 and have filed suit against the orchestra's parent organization, claim a religious exemption from the Philharmonic's vaccination requirement. - Naples (Fla.) Daily News
The 180 unionized members of the museum's 350-strong workforce walked out after two years of negotiations failed to yield agreement on a contract. The museum is remaining open with its usual visiting hours. - The Philadelphia Inquirer
The museum instituted the biennial award in 1996 to honor "outstanding achievement in contemporary art." Asked why the prize is being discontinued, Guggenheim chief curator Naomi Beckwith said, basically, that it's no longer necessary. - ARTnews
One of the appeals of square dancing is that it can be done anywhere; once you know the moves, you can attend any club in Australia – or around the world – and dance with strangers as if you’re old friends. - The Guardian
An ambient culture of shame saturates the online social environment. On such platforms as Twitter or TikTok or YouTube the risk of humiliation is ever present. Some online performers have neutralized the threat of cringe through stylized self-embarrassment. - The Yale Review
The orchestra’s members enjoy treatment on these trips more in line with sports teams or pop stars than classical musicians (although the gatherings lean more to champagne receptions and hotel bar soirees than wild bacchanals). - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Netflix sued in July, alleging that Emily Barlow and Abigail Bear had infringed on its copyrights by putting on a for-profit stage show at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The service argued that their conduct “stretches ‘fan fiction’ well past its breaking point.” - Variety
“The Indian contemporary art scene has been rocketing since Covid. People have been spending a lot of time in their homes and want something good on their walls. They’re not looking as much overseas anymore.” - The New York Times
Everything has a potential to be used as a weapon—imagery, words, music, text. But we also see an opportunity here for people who never knew that they had access to art. - The Atlantic
The most desperate museums have reported possible plans to reduce opening hours over the winter, but this is not an outcome that should be taken lightly. ‘Many museums up and down the UK have pledged to open their doors as warm, safe spaces for their communities over the winter. - Apollo
The town of about 4,600 people has been widely mocked as a prince’s plaything and architectural theme park. Yet for one very important man — King Charles III, Britain’s new monarch — Poundbury is what British towns should look like. - The New York Times
Is that why people called his music “spiritual jazz?” Because it made us feel like we were being released from the physical world? Sanders — who died in Los Angeles on Saturday at 81 — often described his work as a search for something that couldn’t be found. - Washington Post
