"The Guggenheim Museum announced that Mariët Westermann, currently vice chancellor of NYU Abu Dhabi, will be the next director and CEO of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, which oversees four museums around the world. She succeeds Richard Armstrong, who has held the role for the last 15 years." - ARTnews
MuchMusic is often commemorated for its halcyon days, but a proper examination of the decline of media and the dearth of music coverage today can be made by taking a closer look at the outlet’s demise. - The Walrus
These fundamental conundrums of criticism involve questions about specialism, authority, personality, art, and business. And, with Siskel and Ebert, these dilemmas came into play long before the duo joined forces on television. - The New Yorker
That’s the world, circa 1800. The new paradigm shocked Europe when it started to spread. Cultural elites had just assumed that science and reason would control everything in the future. But that wasn’t how it played out. - The Honest Broker
Whatever you’re watching on your smart TV, algorithms are tracking your habits. This influences the ads you see on your TV, yes, but if you connect your Google or Facebook account to your TV, it will also affect the ads you see while browsing the web on your computer or phone. - The Atlantic
I’ll say straight off: It’s not architecture for the ages, but it’s an interesting, high-end model of an urban quad and a good example of how struggling downtowns are finding a glimmer of hope as satellite campuses. - The New York Times
“One of the ironies of Brookes history will be that the university will finally offer a proper performance space, at the same time that it is closing the doors to music students,” the letter notes. - ClassicFM
"I can totally admit that these questions highlight my naivety. But overall I really did enjoy my first experience at the orchestra, and although I felt a little clueless in some parts, life is all about learning after all.' - Liverpool Echo
The League of Live Stream Theater, the nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing live performances to audiences around the world via livestream, can play a vital role in expanding access to high-caliber work of an adventurous spirit. - Los Angeles Times
Syracuse Opera board chair Camille Tisdel said ticket sales are down 40-60% from where they were prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. The opera company had planned to stage three more productions. - Syracuse.com
“We know that junk fees resonate with American consumers. They don’t like being taken for suckers,” said Lael Brainard, the director of the White House National Economic Council. “And we’re going to continue our efforts to make sure that across all industries consumers have the right to see all-in pricing right up front.” - Washington Post
The phenomenon is sped by automation, which usurps routine tasks, leaving employees to handle the nonroutine and unanticipated—and the continued advance of which throws the skills employers value into flux. It would be supremely ironic if the advance of the knowledge economy had the effect of devaluing knowledge. - The Atlantic
Somehow, the friendship has survived - and "honesty, even at its most uncomfortable, is far more compelling than just another celebrity swan song." - Washington Post
Coca-Cola. Coors. Hallmark. Even Instagram - all with cursive script logos. Are they distinctive enough to stay, or will they follow Eddie Bauer and Johnson & Johnson into the land of angular type? - Fast Company
When the factory that made the very specific sort of clay Aardman Animations uses, the company bought up all the backstock - but now they're nearly out. - Vulture
