"As Nascimento nears his ninth decade of life, the inimitable Afro-Brazilian vocalist is preparing to retire from the stages that have made him one of South America's most venerated troubadours." - The Guardian
"I will voluntarily appear in the U.K. as soon as can be arranged and defend myself against these charges," said the disgraced actor in a statement, "which I am confident will prove my innocence." - ABC News
"Think of planet Earth, there are people destroying it," he proclaimed as security guards dragged him away. Don't worry: the painting's fine, and the protective glass in front of it has been cleaned. - CNN
Picture Frances "as she whips out her phone and bursts, 'I just got a tax rebate! Want to go to dinner?' (I did not know a decade ago that this would become the most relatable five seconds in the whole of cinema. Alas.)" - LitHub
Composer Tom Coult: "There’s a lot in Violet about just how quickly society can break down. It was very odd to see that happening and have that as the reason our production was cancelled." - The Guardian (UK)
Landscape architect Julie Bargmann's work "to revitalize toxic sites and reconnect them to their communities has earned her the nicknames 'Toxic Avenger' and 'Queen of Slag.'" - The New York Times
James Conlon wants to pass the torch to a new generation so he doesn't hear, "'I never heard of this person. How good could it be?' ... That’s not the people’s fault. That’s not our fault. That’s the fault of the Nazi regime. It’s a cultural war crime." - Los Angeles Times
There's no way to sum up her influence, but: "Lewis was an artist, an activist, a historian, an author, a curator, a professor, a gallerist, a collector and a beloved mentor who helped document and elevate work by Black artists for almost eight decades." - Los Angeles Times
London absolutely sucks for wheelchairs and the people using them. "Somewhere, the ghost of Virginia Woolf was smiling knowingly, or maybe rolling her eyes. Anonymous was a woman, indeed. I couldn’t get the wheelchair down the corridor, so I hopped out and walked." - LitHub
"The Cultural Workers United (CWU) movement, as AFSCME has dubbed their campaign, has taken hold at museums like MOCA, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art," and now the Academy Museum. - Hyperallergic
If history musicals don't succeed this season, it won't be for sheer effort, or numbers. The doubt is always there: Hamilton made it, but can anything else? - The New York Times
The actor died suddenly at 67 last week, and many people are remembering him for Goodfellas. But the true breakout was Something Wild, wherein he shone off the screen. "By all accounts, Liotta was a lovely man in person. On-screen, there was no one scarier." - Washington Post
