Yikes: "Video footage ... shows water pooling on the gallery floor as staff members move quickly to place buckets beneath active leaks, as well as water streaming down the didactic for ‘New Humans: Memories of the Future.’” - ARTnews
What the actual heck? "The turn-of-the-millennium digital photo is hard to mistake: a bit grainy, sometimes fuzzy, overexposed in the center with a blinding flash, often date-stamped in red or orange. A nostalgic haze gives photos the feel of an instant memory.” - NPR
But mail-order catalogs might make a comeback, thanks to Millennial and Gen-Z nostalgia. "There’s a stark contrast between the frantic sense of urgency online retail often whips up ... and the catalog’s invitation to flip, peruse, think, rethink — basically, to shop deliberately rather than reflexively.” - Salon
Why? No one’s saying: “In their legal papers, the companies gave no reason for the stipulation of dismissal and did not mention any settlement.” - The New York Times
Melson was a” musician and songwriter whose close collaboration with the singer Roy Orbison in the late 1950s and early ’60s produced a long list of sweeping, operatic rock ballads that established Mr. Orbison as an international star.” - The New York Times
North Korean defectors say they “used to listen to songs in secret, often not knowing who they were listening to, but clinging to the mysterious and hopeful lyrics. Some even managed to watch K-pop performances, shocked by the blue-haired idols wearing make-up.” - BBC
"A colleague revealed that her 12-year-old was irritated by the absence of a scene involving the God of Wind which is, apparently, quite important in the original text, and that girl definitely went to a better middle school than I did.” - Washington Post
Hannah Waddingham, of Ted Lasso fame: "An overnight success after 25 years is delicious. And I’m fine with it, because I’m very at peace with who I am. I’m more than happy to share that I’m 51 and proud of it.” - The Guardian (UK)
“In 2023, English was represented by only a handful of productions, and last summer the majority of Arabic-related offerings were dance shows, rendering the question of language somewhat moot. But the focus on Korean at this year’s festival ... has opened an inviting window.” - The New York Times
“This unusual, public-private fund is made up of philanthropic donations matched dollar-for-dollar by the state” - and now the state has snatched back one third of the endowment to help balance the budget. - NPR
“While Surrealism is figured as a style in popular imagination — trippy, dreamy, and escapist, detached from reality in every way — (the exhibition) ‘In the Very Bowels of Change: Surrealism and Antifascism’ reminds just how much the movement was formed in response to the politics of its time.” - Art in America
