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Banksy’s Migrant Rescue Boat Seized By Italian Authorities

A rescue ship funded by British street artist Banksy was seized in Lampedusa on Sunday after Italy's coast guard said the boat had disobeyed its instructions to head to Sicily after carrying out a migrant rescue operation. - Reuters

The Problems In Properly Authenticating, Protecting Indigenous Art

The Native community finds itself in this fight against the misrepresentation. This leaves consumers in a tough spot, parsing through what efforts businesses are putting into their verification processes while also trying to figure out how best to protect their purchases. - Seattle Times

Dear Parents: In Our Art Class There’s Going To Be Art. Okay?

You signed up for a classical education, in theory — at least, that word is in the name of our school! — so I had sort of hoped it would be! - Washington Post

Staff Of The Louvre Have Blocked The Museum As Part Of Pension Protest

"The demonstrators toted banners and flags in front of the Louvre’s famed pyramid, where President Emmanuel Macron had celebrated his presidential victory in 2017. They demanded the repeal of the new pension law." - Seattle Times (AP)

The Greatest Show On Earth Is Mounting A Comeback

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey are back, baby (in September) - without lions, tigers, or bears, but with a lot of roadies to handle all the gear. "You can’t downscale. ... You really have to reimagine and reinvent." - Fast Company

The Occult Nails Of A Roman Burial

The excavated imperial tomb also had extra bricks, slathered with lime, which isn't usual. The combination of nails, bricks, and lime "strongly implied the use of protective charms to keep the 'restless dead' from interfering with the living." - The New York Times

What Are Humans Losing As Teens Stop Hanging Out In Physical Proximity?

And does phone-mediated intimacy combined with a lack of physical meetings - random cruising around town, random hikes, random mall meet-ups included - have an effect on depression and anxiety rates? - Slate

Darcell XV, The World’s Oldest Drag Queen, Has Died At 92

Walter Cole made Portland grow up. He, as Darcelle, "was a progressive pioneer, winning over just about anyone he encountered, helping ease a sometimes hidebound city’s fear and stigma of gay people, cross-dressers, drag performers, and anyone who fell outside the borders of restrictive 'normalcy.'" - Oregon ArtsWatch

Alisa Weilerstein Emerges From The Pandemic With Her Cello In Fragments

That is, in "Fragments," solo recitals that interweave Bach's cello suites with commissioned new works. Why? "We all had a lot of time to think about what it means to really connect with an audience, what it means to connect with each other." - The New York Times

New Claim – The Opening Of The Eiffel Tower Inspired Van Gogh’s Starry Night

An art historian "argues that the artist began this series in June 1889, shortly after the Paris monument was unveiled as the star attraction of the International Exposition, whose opening was accompanied by a spectacular late-night show of pyrotechnics." - The Guardian (UK)

Composer Scott Johnson Has Died At 70

"His artistic breakthrough came with 'John Somebody,' a playfully inventive work for solo electric guitar with taped accompaniment, which he assembled from 1980 to 1982, and which, as performed regularly and recorded in 1986, won him considerable acclaim." - The New York Times

Like Vine Before It, TikTok May Disappear

And, just like Vine, TikTok created space for people "opening a small business or people who are no longer facing homelessness, people who are able to retire, creators who are now allowed to pursue their creative pursuits." - Los Angeles Times

Tiny Lionsgate Studio Ends Up With A Huge Weekend Of Ticket Sales

"The John Wick franchise, built around a weary assassin played by Keanu Reeves, has now shown dramatic growth with each consecutive sequel, something no action-thriller property has done before." - The New York Times

A Judge Sides With Publishers In Lawsuit Over Internet Archive

"The four publishing houses — Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons and Penguin Random House — accused the Internet Archive of 'mass copyright infringement' for loaning out digital copies of books without the publishers' permission." - NPR

The EuroVision Final Will Be Shown In Movie Theatres For The First Time

Since the final in Liverpool sold out in 40 minutes, theatres across the UK will show the final. "Organisers say the screenings will encourage fancy dress and singalongs." - BBC

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