The revolt against humanity, Adam Kirsch argues, is no longer an “avant-garde phenomenon†of interest only to the chattering classes, and the spiritual development it represents is bound to impact our understanding of humanity's place in the world. - LA Review of Books
The 300 items were assembled for a 2013 exhibition by the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam; the show was at a German museum when Russia invaded and illegally annexed Crimea in 2014. Dutch authorities were unsure where to return the pieces and stored them until courts decided the case. - ARTnews
"Curators at Hever Castle were conducting research ahead of an exhibition comparing Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn when they realized Cromwell owned a version of the same Christian prayer book. … The Hever Castle curators took their hunch to Trinity College," Cambridge, where the volume was found. - Artnet
"'The wood was placed in our wood bin weeks ago when it was taken down. It has been processed with other wood since then,' (said a) spokesperson. … The piece, entitled Fencelines – A Collective Monument to Resilience, comprised hundreds of wooden slats that community members in Richmond had painted." - ARTnews
"U.S. officials say the decision to return was motivated by concern that China is filling the gap left by the U.S. in UNESCO policymaking … (after) the Trump administration decided in 2017 to withdraw from the agency." The Biden administration has agreed to pay $600 million in back dues. - AP
The 71-year-old star of the films Hair, Prince of the City, Once Upon a Time in America, and The Eagle Has Landed and the TV series Everwood collided with a car making a left turn across his lane on a rural Vermont road. - AP
Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge Industries have purchased the awards, which will become a for-profit venture, and all 310 current voters will remain eligible to vote in 2024. Meanwhile, the not-for-profit HFPA, following years (decades, really) of scandal, will be dissolved. - Reuters
He served as music director of the North Carolina Symphony in Raleigh for two decades (1982-2003) and of the Canton Symphony in Ohio for over four decades (1980-2023) and was for 12 years on the faculty of the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas. - Ideastream Public Media (Cleveland)
The uproar that drove Elizabeth Gilbert’s decision to pull her novel, which is set in 20th century Siberia, suggests that the debate has broadened to include the question of how the country should be represented in fiction. - The New York Times
H+H was exploring the possibility that Handel, one of the bedrocks of its repertoire, had held investments in trans-Atlantic trading companies that participated in and profited from the sale of enslaved Africans. - Boston Globe
Ironically, the script-free ceremony was one of the most soulful Tony Awards in history, because there were no intermediaries brought in by the network to check off boxes that executives deemed necessary. - Los Angeles Times
In a two day period following Netflix's roll out of the password sharing change last month saw the largest number of new Netflix account signups since Antenna began tracking subscriber data in 2019. - Mashable
Artificial intelligence is roiling tech, business and politics like nothing in recent memory. Listen to the extravagant claims and wild assertions issuing from Silicon Valley, and it seems the long-promised virtual paradise is finally at hand. - The New York Times
Tucked in the bustling neighborhood, Mendelssohn’s has become a gathering place for Portland’s musicians to sip on themed drinks, sing ballads from the high stage and meet other people interested in classical music. - The Oregonian
