Royal Ballet choreographer Wayne McGregor is out to change how we all see, and feel, dance, especially after living through the pandemic. - The Observer (UK)
Esther Bejarano played the accordion in the orchestra and then "dedicated her life to music and to the fight against racism and anti-Semitism." - France24
Charlottesville removes Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson statues four years after white supremacists marched, and murdered, to keep them up. - Slate
In the 1950s and 60s artists increasingly looked at the products of pop culture as ideas and materials they could use for their own work. Louis Menand explains. - New York Review of Books
The shop has been fined for selling a children’s story depicting a day in the life of a child with same-sex parents, with officials condemning the picture book for featuring such families. - The Guardian
Those plans include an “online cheer map” and a “fan video wall” that will be made available to TV rightsholders, and which will also be accessible via the Olympics website. - The Hollywood Reporter
“Overall, our interviews suggest that there is a significant gap in youth understanding of the value of public media as something distinct from commercial media.” - Current
Independent filmmakers “need the real curators, the festivals, academies, critics. We need producers who will fight for a voice that is unique, rare, ambitious and challenging.” - The Hollywood Reporter
Alexis Soloski considers four of them currently running (if that's quite the word) in New York City, suggesting that they can be a good post-lockdown reintroduction to the experience of being an audience member. - The New York Times
