Since 2020 there have been 32 exhibitions of his work, staged everywhere from the National Gallery in London to Washington DC, Tokyo, California, Ontario, Istanbul and across Europe. The world is currently Hockney mad. - New Statesman
I’m inclined to agree with Adorno on at least some of this. I am allergic to the suggestion that music needs to be attached to claims about something else to be worthwhile – be that its ability to make money, or aid focus (and productivity), or to optimise health. Can’t it just be for its own sake? - The...
“The Museum … is not a place that traffics in improper ideology. It …recognizes that America has been suffused with improper ideologies for most of its history: ideologies that ignore the centrality of slavery to the nation … (and) tell us the Civil War was simply about states’ rights.” - The Atlantic (MSN)
The film, which won best picture at the Baftas earlier this year and was nominated for eight Oscars, is available on assorted streaming platforms worldwide. According to Luminate, which tracks streaming viewership, Conclave was viewed for about 1.8m minutes on 20 April, and 6.9m minutes the next day – an increase of 283%. - The Guardian
Just in time for Easter, the physical video store has risen again. This month, Night Owl Video in Williamsburg became New York City’s first new physical video store in a long time. The store’s provocative slogan is: “Death to streamers! Physical media forever!” - The Guardian
“Visitors who download a QR code at least three days in advance will pay €5 — the same amount charged last year throughout the pilot program. But those who make last-minute plans pay double.” The number of days this charge is in effect is up from 29 last year to 54 for 2025. - AP
No matter how tactful, restrained and oblique the criticism, the Communist party still detests it. A lot of content is deleted, and accounts on Ordinary Fascist’s watchlist frequently disappear for no apparent reason. These people are banned from posting, their accounts are shut, and some of the individuals behind them are even arrested. - The Guardian
“We have to resist and persevere,” Barclay said in a video interview. “Attempts to undermine the significance of our culture are nothing new to us. We will continue to tell our stories.” - The New York Times
Jacksonville University will cut music and theater programs from its curriculum in a reorganization that will affect about 100 students and cost 40 faculty members their jobs. The cuts, an effort to save $10 million, are intended to align the university’s courses with the needs of today’s working world. - Jax Today
“The annual Kronos Festival … introduces the Bay Area to the quartet’s latest incarnation, with violist Ayane Kozasa and violinist Gabriela Díaz taking over chairs held, respectively, by Hank Dutt and John Sherba for more than four decades.” - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
“In a memo obtained by CNN, (Bill) Owens said to 60 Minutes staff that the last few months have made it clear that he ‘would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it’ or make ‘independent decisions based on what was right for 60 Minutes.’” - CNN
“Judge Royce C. Lamberth … wrote that the administration's decision to dismantle the agency was ‘arbitrary and capricious. … Not only is there an absence of 'reasoned analysis' from the defendants; there is an absence of any analysis whatsoever." The order also apples to Radio Free Asia but not Radio Free Europe. - NPR
“Glenn Steven Bednarsh, 58, has been charged with knowingly buying a stolen Warhol trial proof depicting Soviet Union leader Vladimir Lenin in February 2021 for $6,000. He then attempted to sell it to a Dallas-based auction house … (and later) lied about the scheme to federal agents,” prosecutors allege. - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
Artist Ogechi Chieke sued under New York City’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law, filing the day before the window closed. The suit claims that Wiley committed a “crime of violence motivated by gender” which “would not have occurred if Plaintiff was male.” (Wiley is an openly gay man.) - Artnet
“Members of the U.S. DOGE Service met with National Gallery of Art leadership Thursday, ... signaling that cuts or other changes may be on the horizon for the Washington institution that makes its world-class art collection freely accessible to roughly 6 million visitors a year.” - The Washington Post (MSN)
