Even 67 years after his death, the left-wing firebrand's work gets produced from Germany to Japan to Togo (Mother Courage is currently being staged in Lomé) to Russia — well, at some points, but not just now. - Deutsche Welle
Instead of thinking of AI-generated art as a doomsday development — a cluster-bomb thrown by Big Tech into the heart of the art world — you can think of it as something with its own fascinating history, intoxicating present and unknown future. Something to be curious about. - Washington Post
In what seems to be a cross between an Anna Deavere Smith interview-based theater piece and Gavin Bryars's Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet, composer Eugene Birman has layered original music with candid quotes given by Russians in darkened booths. The title is Russia: Today. - The New York Times
As part of its commitment to diversifying its collections, great female artists from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries – including some never seen at Tate before – will be given prominent positions. - The Guardian
"Starting in the 1980s, (Michael) Steinhardt amassed one of the world's great collections of antiquities. Renowned for their breadth and quality, his private holdings spanned centuries and rivaled those of many museums. ... (Prosecutors believe he) was the principal buyer in some of the world's most prolific antiquities-trafficking networks." - New York Magazine
The Carnegie performance was added last spring. The hall’s leaders heard about the tour and thought that hosting the orchestra would help show solidarity with Ukraine. - The New York Times
After the incident last Saturday in which Marco Goecke, enraged over a harsh review, smeared the face of critic Wiebke Hüster with the feces of his pet dachshund, the Hannover State Opera, where he directed the ballet company, has terminated his contract. - BBC
The streaming revolution has upended the old system of compensation. The syndication market for TV shows has all but disappeared, and residuals from movies have also waned as theatrical attendance has sharply declined, eroding the residual income for writers. - Los Angeles Times
He was artistic director at some of the German-speaking world's most illustrious institutions: Hamburg's Thalia Theater, the Ruhrtriennale, the Salzburg Festival, and the Berlin State Opera. He also staged productions at many of the world's leading opera houses, including an acclaimed 2000 Fidelio at the Met. - The New York Times
"Unfortunately, Brexit seems to be good at putting up barriers. Brexit red tape means that bringing in skilled workers the UK economy desperately needs is more difficult, and it also means that exporting artistic success is harder and more expensive." - The New European
Said an official at the Ukrainian Embassy to Ireland, "Neither the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Odesa nor any of its dancers are involved in the impostor project called the Ukrainian National Ballet of Odessa." (Note the fake company's use of the city's Russian name.) - The Irish Times
Several major podcast publishers have had layoffs, and "Amazon, SiriusXM, NPR and Spotify have all curbed podcast budgets in the last year, sometimes allowing expensive deals to sunset or canceling others before they closed." As one analyst put it, "The dumb money era is over." - The New York Times
"I realized when I came along, I wasn't Meryl Streep who had been put into a bikini. I was somebody that got rocketed into the spotlight and superstardom overnight. I knew this was going to give me an opportunity and I should make the best of it." - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
"The Codex Sassoon, dating to the late 9th to early 10th century, is believed to be the earliest and most complete Hebrew Bible." The expected price: $30 million to $50 million. - CNN
"Paramount Global is again seeking to sell Simon & Schuster, months after the media company's $2.2 billion deal to sell the book publisher to Penguin Random House collapsed." - Reuters
