"The organization is also freezing federal hiring immediately and instating a five-day return-to-office policy," both pursuant to othr executive orders from the White House. - The Washington Post (MSN)
"The renovation project, branded 'Louvre New Renaissance,' will include a wide new entrance near the Seine River, to be opened by 2031, (President) Macron said in a speech." The project's cost is estimated to be 800 million euros. - AP
Much can be learned by close reading poetry, which is well written, that has withstood the test of time. By reading bad poetry, however, the critic can analyze the multitude of things that can go wrong in verse. - 3 Quarks Daily
The third scene of Eureka Day depicts a board meeting at a private school in Berkeley (!) after a student gets mumps. The board does it town-hall style, with a running feed, shown upstage, of the insane comments the online attendees put in the chat box. Yikes. - The New York Times
A film about a performance of “Hamlet” within the world of Grand Theft Auto suggests that the moral environment of revenge tragedy is not far from that of video games. - The New Yorker
"Triton (1653) is on permanent loan to the (Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam) courtesy of a private collector. A terracotta study model, it depicts the Greek god Triton poised atop a shell. … It went long unnoticed as its surface had been slathered with a thick coat of dark paint, hiding Bernini’s ornate detailing." - Artnet
The Smithsonian, which oversees 21 museums, including ones dedicated to American art, portraiture, and African American history and culture, has a unique structure. That means the decision to adhere to Trump’s freshly penned executive order isn’t so clear. - ARTnews
There is a “proliferation of damage in museum spaces, some of which are in very poor condition,” Des Cars wrote in the memo, which was published on Thursday by Le Parisien newspaper. - ARTnews
Elizabeth Cameron Dalman more or less created the country's contemporary dance scene when she co-founded and directed Australian Dance Theatre in Adelaide in 1965. She's been dancing and teaching ever since, and she now runs an artists' retreat and dance company in the bush outside Canberra. - The Guardian
As its playlists became increasingly dominated by music from content farms—low-wage operations producing dreck for somebody else’s profit—these mood classifications turned into what Ms. Pelly calls “streambait,” the aural equivalent of clickbait. - The Wall Street Journal
Today, the online platform that connects readers to local bookstores launched an e-reading platform of its own. For the first time, local independent bookstores can sell e-books to customers, says CEO and founder Andy Hunter. - USA Today
One of the largest arts centres on the planet and the world’s most visited museum, the Louvre attracts more than 8 million people a year. When it was modernised in the 1980s, it was designed to welcome 4 million visitors a year, yet now handles more than double that number. - The Guardian
"The name of this monstrosity, which was released earlier this month, is Stimulation Clicker, and it is more than a game. It is a reenactment of the evolution of the internet, a loving parody of its contents, and a pointed commentary on how our online life went wrong." - The Atlantic (MSN)
"Why is it so often that the people with the least amount of imagination and the most concern for the bottom line – real estate developers – get to choose how to transform derelict urban areas? Why not the people who might care about those areas most: the citizens who grew up there and live there?" - The Guardian
The New York Times is a competitor to all local newspapers. For the cost, you get much more value with a subscription to NYT than you would with a local newspaper, except for local. Subscribers would get local news from their local newspaper but national/international news from the Times. - A Media Operator
