In 2017-18, 2% of works performed were written by women, and 3% by composers of color. By 2019–2020, it was 6% of works by women and 8% by composers of color. This year music by women comprise 12%, and nearly 17% are by composers of color. - San Francisco Classical Voice
Says the former director of Tate Modern, now at Paris's Grand Palais, "We probably cannot afford to ship works back and forth, and will have to think of … how a museum can do more for a local community instead of catering to economic models for tourists." - Artnet
The arts-dependent Cape Cod town got clobbered by last year's lockdowns, but with vaccination rates up and caseloads down this summer, the scene joyfully geared up — until it was hit with a cluster of "breakthrough" COVID cases among people who'd had their shots. - The New York Times
"(He was) as famous for guiding the megastar careers of Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan and Billy Joel as for his profane, sometimes uproarious feuds with Paul Simon, David Geffen and the entirety of Warner Bros. Records." - Billboard
Jason Harrington, 38, fabricated paintings which he sold as work by the late artists Barkley Hendricks and Richard Hambleton (aka Shadowman) for a total of $1.1 million, money he must now repay. He faces up to 20 years in prison. - Artnet
The Rady Shell was built to be the San Diego Symphony's summer venue, but, COVID rates and the city's weather being what they are, the orchestra will play there at least through the fall. Acoustically and audience-wise, it appears to be a success. - The New York Times
While she acted in other films, radio and TV before retiring to raise her children, she's best known for key supporting roles in several of her father's classics, including the heroine's truth-telling sister in Strangers on a Train and Marion Crane's pill-pushing co-worker in Psycho. - The Hollywood Reporter
Sarah Frankcom has stepped down as director of LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) as the school's trustees investigate "complaints on some aspects of conduct and management style." - The Guardian
Even if you aren’t in the market for a rotisserie or a youth serum, infomercials can be enticing. The most sales-resistant person might start wondering whether there isn’t something to it. - Los Angeles Times
The 19th century witnessed a transformation of the book business as dizzying as our own: New reproduction technologies dramatically drove down the price of books and increased print runs by orders of magnitude... - Wall Street Journal
If it passes, the county will move to waive fines and fees for overdue books and other materials for its system, which serves 3.4 million residents in unincorporated L.A. County and 49 incorporated cities. - Los Angeles Times
Dare to dawdle; to create without purpose; to be mediocre, even outright bad, at whatever it is you want to try. In short, let yourself waste time, as if you were young again and too immortal to know any better. Yes, this can and will be terrifying. - The New York Times
It's not just that they came from a culture more like ours than most medieval societies (no hereditary aristocracy, a genuine parliament). It's that, "from a modern perspective, this literary universe combines the best of epic poetry with the best of soap opera." - Literary Hub
