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Bollywood Is Coming To Broadway (What Took So Long?)

"Come Fall in Love — The DDLJ Musical, based on the Indian filmmaker Aditya Chopra's 1995 hit Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, which has become a cultural touchstone of contemporary Bollywood, will open during the 2022-23 season." - The New York Times

Contemporary Art At The Pyramids – Helps You See Them In A New Way

“For , it’s a site of antiquities, it’s heritage, but contemporary art is not appealing to them. We changed people’s mentality and now they actually say that the art makes these ancient walls speak.” - Artnet

Dozens Of Museums In Mexico And Central America Are Broke And Near Closure: Report

A study by the National Autonomous University of Mexico found that "more than 75 percent of (responding museums) said they are facing financial insecurity; 63 percent said that a budget shortfall put them at risk of not being able to properly maintain their facilities." - ARTnews

Australian Artists’ Earnings Are Falling Behind…

The most recent data places the average gross annual income for an Australian artist at $48,400. When adjusted for inflation, average incomes have fallen by 4% since 2009. In comparison, the average salary across all Australians is $90,329. - ArtsHub

How Amazon And Its Publishing Arm Are Changing Literature

Parul Sehgal: "The author is dead; long live the service provider. The reader, in turn, has been reborn as a consumer in the contemporary marketplace, the hallmarks of which are the precision and the reliability with which particular desires are met." - The New Yorker

The Transformation Of The Gibney Dance Company

When Gina Gibney founded her troupe in 1991, it was your basic single-choreographer ensemble, picking up per-project freelancers. Now The Gibney Company has 12 dancers as full-time employees with benefits, three directors, and a focus on activism, working particularly with domestic violence survivors. - Dance Magazine

A Question In The Wake Of The Alec Baldwin “Rust” Shooting: Who Or What Is A Movie’s Armorer?

"An armorer is tasked with managing all firearms used on set, ensuring they look realistic and are appropriate for the setting. More importantly, they're tasked with ensuring weapons are correctly loaded, properly kept up and safely handled." There's no formal training for the job. - MSN (The Washington Post)

Crew Member Who Handed Alec Baldwin Fatal Prop Gun Had Been Fired For Mishandling Weapons Before

"The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer last week had been fired from a previous job after a gun went off on a set and wounded a member of the film crew, a producer said Monday." - AP

She Saved Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center And Merged It With The Philadelphia Orchestra. Now She’s Retiring

When Anne Ewers arrived in 2007, the Kimmel still had $30 million in construction debt. She raised money to pay it off, increased revenue (more Broadway shows, fewer touring orchestras), and oversaw the merger that ended conflicts between the Kimmel and its largest tenant. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Louis Langrée, Cincinnati Symphony And Mostly Mozart Music Director, Has Big New Job In Paris

As of November 1, the 60-year-old native of France's Alsace region will be the director of the Opéra-Comique. Among his plans are revivals of key operas that premiered there such as Carmen, The Tales of Hoffmann, and Pelléas et Mélisande. - The Violin Channel

Pompidou Center In Paris To Postpone Renovation Until After 2024 Olympics

"The initial restoration plan involved shutting down the Centre Pompidou for three years from the end of 2023 for essential maintenance work." The question now is whether the project can be completed in time for the museum's 50th anniversary in 2027. - The Art Newspaper

20 Years Ago: How The iPod Changed Everything

The eureka moment was the click wheel that enabled nimble search and control without a keyboard. Jobs wanted it as small as possible, with an apocryphal tale circulating that he tossed one prototype in a fish tank, pointed at the bubbles coming out and said they indicated dead space that should be removed. - The Guardian

Unlikely Path: From TickTok To Riverdance Dancer

Morgan Bullock: “Sometimes I’m like, ‘Am I being pranked? Is this real?’” she says. But her new journey with Riverdance is far from a joke. - Irish Times

Where Ya Going To Sell Picassos For $110 Million? Vegas, Of Course

Eleven Pablo Picasso artworks that have been on display at a Las Vegas hotel for more than two decades have sold at auction for nearly $110m (£80m). The works, which were owned by MGM Resorts, featured in the Picasso Restaurant at the Bellagio Hotel. - BBC

How Joshua Vides Went From Graffiti Artist To Designing For Global Brands

His creations have turned the former scofflaw graffitist into an illustrator and visual artist sought after by a growing list of global brands, including Adidas, Converse, Warner Bros., Google, Red Bull, EBay, Fendi, Ballentine and Mercedes-Benz. - Los Angeles Times

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