“Matt Stone and Trey Parker, having grown up around church members in Colorado, did not want to make fun of them or their religion. ‘They believe goofy stuff, but they’re really nice,’ Parker said.’" Yet, wonders Jesse Green, could the show get produced these days? - The New York Times
The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg paid $293,240 for his 13-panel, four-canvas, 65’x100’ set for Bacchanale, which he called his first “paranoiac-critical ballet” and which premiered at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1939. Dalí also designed costumes and wrote the scenario for the work; choreography was by Léonide Massine. - Artnet
During the opera’s final minutes, rather than simply having the titular lovers embrace death, director Yuval Sharon has Isolde birth a child. Thus, writes Philip Kennicott, “one of the darkest and most disturbing operas in the canon … is given a ray of light, almost a happy ending.” - The Washington Post (MSN)
For the 250th anniversary of the USA’s founding document, the Emancipation Proclamation and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution (the one which gave women the right to vote) have been put on display with the original Declaration, Constitution and Bill of Rights. - The New York Times
“(The paper) has decided to experiment with Substack by recreating its weekly food newsletter Feast on the platform. The Substack play is part of Project Berger, the multi-year transformation plan designed to make The Guardian ‘more visual, digital and experimental’.” … Feast has more than 100,000 subscribers and open rates of almost 70%.” - Press Gazette (UK)
“The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!” Judge Leon wrote in a 35-page ruling issued Tuesday afternoon. - Washington Post
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that President Trump’s executive order barring the federal funding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment. - The New York Times
Tiit Helimets, an Estonian dancer and choreographer who was a principal at San Francisco Ballet from 2005 to 2023, will take up his new role at the start of next season. - The Sacramento Bee
The New York Times launched an investigation, during which Preston admitted that he had used AI to assist writing the review and did not spot the sections that were pulled from the Guardian before submitting it. - The Guardian
The Alberta government’s provincial budget includes a record C$40.1 million allocated to the arts, including C$38.1 million (up C$3.5 million from last year) to funding body Alberta Foundation for the Arts. - Calgary Herald
Some research suggests that many, if not most, diagnostic errors arise from failures in thinking—cognitive bias, premature closure, insufficient reflection. Accordingly, some researchers frame diagnostic error as largely a problem in clinical judgment. - The Atlantic
In a moment in which international relations are dominating news headlines around the globe, three of these shortlisted novels explore pivotal moments in world history: imperialist Japan-controlled Taiwan in the 1930s, Nazi-era Germany and the 1979 Revolution in Iran. - NPR
Many of the tracks resemble fragments or sketches, with bits of singing and rapping that sound unusually tentative, as if Ye isn’t quite sure how, or how much, to give his listeners what they want. - The New Yorker
“One week after Hachette Book Group pulled Mia Ballard’s Shy Girl for strong suspicions of AI use, the industry is reeling — and struggling to contend with the implications of the novel’s cancelation.” So far, most publishers are keeping quiet, but agents have plenty to say. - Publishers Weekly
There are now three criteria for an institution to secure—and retain—government subsidies. It must welcome a minimum of 10,000 annual visitors; have a minimum annual income of 4m kroner ($600,000) (3m kroner on islands with less than 10,000 inhabitants); and publish at least one peer-reviewed research paper every three years. - The Art Newspaper
