The venue, designed by Chicago-based JDJ Architects, will be called the Checkout, a nod to the building’s former life as a 7-Eleven, and doubles as part of ACM’s hopes for the establishment. - Chicago Sun-Times
The paper, just published in the American Journal of Physics, derives a formula to describe the dynamics of a fictional virus that is the centerpiece of the Wild Cards series of books, a shared universe edited by Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass with 44 contributing authors. - Ars Technica
Othuke Ominiabohs started Masobe – which means “let us read” in the Isoko language – in 2018 with a $7,000 (£5,600) loan from his sister. In doing so, he joined a wave of new independent African publishers nurturing emerging African writers and getting fresh, exciting literature to African readers. - The Guardian
Sotheby’s auction sales were down 28 percent, to $4.6 billion, from $6.4 billion, but private sales were up 17 percent, climbing from $1.2 billion in 2023 to $1.4 billion. Christie’s, for its part, reported a 41-percent jump in private sales, to $1.5 billion—their highest level since 2020. - Artnet
"The organizers have said, essentially, that the event has gotten too big for Park City. When Sundance arrives every January, it balloons the ski town of 8,200 full-time residents into a snowy circus, with over 20,000 people streaming in from around the globe." - The New York Times
The decision, dramatically announced by Emmanuel Macron, to move the Mona Lisa to a special hygienically isolated gallery where les idiots who flock to take selfies in front of it won’t bother more cultured visitors who wish to study art in a hushed atmosphere, is a misguided act of snobbery. - The Guardian
President Emmanuel Macron’s vision to immortalize himself in glass? Replace some windows in the recently reopened Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. The custodians of French architecture have responded with a resounding “non!” - The Wall Street Journal (MSN)
“People love it when things fall through the cracks, and it would be wonderful if they found a Van Gogh—but they’ve got to pin everything down and get a scholar at the Van Gogh Museum to sign off on it.” Doing so could prove to be a tall order. - The Wall Street Journal (MSN)
"For more than a decade, (the) small but nimble group brought opera to unexpected places: the Bronx Zoo, Madame Tussauds, cafes and soup kitchens. The company won acclaim for its innovative approach, including a Beethoven song cycle performed by phone during the pandemic." - The New York Times
On Monday evening, two members of the group Just Stop Oil climbed onstage at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, fired a confetti cannon, stopped Sigourney Weaver (Prospero) mid-scene in The Tempest, and, amid boos, displayed a sign reading “Over 1.5 Degrees is a Global Shipwreck.” - The Standard (London)
Weyni Mengesha will depart as of August 31 after seven years in the post. A statement said she is leaving in order to focus on her family and her freelance directing career. - Canadian Press (MSN)
"For five decades (she) mapped the Native American experience in dynamic and complex artworks. … The past few years have seen a reawakening (for) Smith’s distinct abstractions, collages, and sculptures, which unpack the historic injustices against Native American peoples, while shattering dominant cultural narratives." - Artnet
Women choreographed 30.6% of works presented by the largest 150 companies in the 2023-24 season, down 1.5 percentage points from the previous season. However, the percentage of world premieres choreographed by women rose to 48.8%. Within the largest 10 companies, only 14.6% of works were choreographed by women. - Dance Data Project
