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• Nigel Redden Steps Down From Lincoln Center Festival After 20 Years

  29-06-2017 00:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The director said "he plans to concentrate on his other job, leading the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, S.C." What will happen to the Lincoln Center Festival? That's unclear; "keeping the festival world-class and fresh, year after year, is a challenge, and some critics have warned that Lincoln Center’s was growing stale."
  
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• The Lucas Museum Doesn’t Have a Narrative

  03-09-2026 23:19 via artnews.com
  
  If a picture is worth a thousand words, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles has decided it’s not worth writing a single one.Nearly two decades in the making and costing more than $1 billion, the long-awaited Lucas Museum is finally ready to make its debut, with founding member previews starting next week and its public opening on September 22. The two scrapped plans in different cities (first Chicago, then San Francisco) and the eight years spent building it in LA have certain
  
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• Chinese Artists Officially Withdraw from Gwangju Biennale in Protest of ‘Taiwan Pavilion’

  03-09-2026 22:26 via artnews.com
  
  The Chinese artists set to exhibit at this year’s Gwangju Biennale officially withdrew today from the prestigious exhibition, which opens September 5. The announcement follows a directive issued last week by the Chinese embassy in Seoul ordering China’s artistic team to halt its activities in protest of the Gwangju Biennale Foundation’s decision to allow Taiwanese exhibitors to participate under the name “Taiwan.”On the eve of the exhibition’s opening, the Gwa
  
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• Christie’s and Bonhams Quietly Hike Buyers’ Fees

  03-09-2026 22:02 via artnews.com
  
  Christie’s and Bonhams have both quietly raised the fees they charge buyers. The charges, which auction houses like to call “buyer’s premiums,” are added on top of a lot’s hammer price and are a key source of revenue for the houses.   At Christie’s, effective September 1, the house is charging 28% of the hammer price of each lot up to and including £1.5 million or $2 million; 22% of the hammer price from £1.5 million or $2 million up
  
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• Is The Berlin Philharmonic Really The Very Best Orchestra In The World?

  03-09-2026 20:03 via theguardian.com
  Tom Service: “What does being the ‘best’ mean? And how and why have the Berliners acquired, and held on to, their globe-topping orchestral reputation for so many decades, through changes of conductor and personnel, political upheaval and technological transformation?” – The Guardian
  
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• There’s A Difference Between Celebrating Innovation and Trying To Understand It

  03-09-2026 19:44 via thewalrus.ca
  
  Journalist Nicholas Carr called the online world “the shallows” for the way it erodes concentration. But the paradox is that its depthlessness arrives as immersion. – The Walrus
  
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• Why There Are Fewer English Majors In Universities Today

  03-09-2026 19:30 via porticoquarterly.com
  
  The decline of the English major offers a lesson in what young people want. Teenagers in the 2020s have a spiritual thirst that is unmet by a curriculum without order and greatness and charm. A field without a bible like the Norton doesn’t satisfy them. – Portico Quarterly
  
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• Americans Are Fascinated With Art Heists. Not So Much Fascinated By Art?

  03-09-2026 19:14 via artnews.com
  
  If you are a fictional character and you happen to be stealing art, odds are excellent that you’re in a heist movie. At this point, the genre is so famous, and mocked, that plumbing it for serious lessons about art and the art market may seem quixotic. – ARTnews
  
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• Thanks To New Tourist Tax, Edinburgh Arts Organizations To (Probably) Get 25% Increase In City Funding

  03-09-2026 19:01 via thestage.co.uk
  “The distribution of funds raised by the Scottish capital’s new visitor levy, which is expected to raise up to £50m annually, has been the subject of intense debate in recent weeks. … (Organisations now) face a ‘deeply frustrating’ delay until the uplift is confirmed.” – The Stage
  
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• Bookshop.com Has Directed $50M To Indy Bookstores

  03-09-2026 18:44 via publishersweekly.com
  The company launched in 2020 to offer shoppers a way of buying books online that supported independent bookstores and to divert sales away from Amazon and competing platforms. It operates both as a proprietary sales channel and offers affiliate sales for independent stores and influencers. – Publishers Weekly
  
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• White House Accuses Smithsonian of Discrimination, Threatens To Cut Federal Grants

  03-09-2026 18:36 via artnews.com
  
  In its latest attempt to bring the Smithsonian Institution to heel, the Trump administration is threatening to cut off discretionary grants and is accusing the organization of violating federal antidiscrimination law. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Vince Haley, assistant to the president for domestic policy, wrote a letter to the Smithsonian’s board of regents on August 28, warning that the Smithsonian may lose support from executive agencies. Congress provides the majority of the Smit
  
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• US Government Agency Weakens Protections For Cultural Heritage Sites

  03-09-2026 18:31 via livescience.com
  
  Proposed federal rule changes would eliminate the requirement for public feedback and consultation with key parties like Tribal Nations and ultimately lead to the destruction of much of our cultural heritage. – Live Science
  
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• A Deal To Save Philadelphia’s Academy Of Natural Sciences

  03-09-2026 18:15 via inquirer.com
  
  The announcement comes one day after Drexel and the Academy said they would close the Academy’s museum effective Sept. 30 and that Academy CEO Scott Cooper would be stepping down immediately. Sept. 27 will be the last day the museum will be open to the public. – Philadelphia Inquirer
  
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• How D.C.’s Dance Place Fell Apart

  03-09-2026 17:59 via washingtoncitypaper.com
  
  This past May, Dance Place executive director André Mazelin abruptly fired artistic director Tariq O’Malley and eliminated his position. In July, at a town hall, former staffers, performers, and choreographers gave accounts of severe staffing, management, and interpersonal difficulties. (Mazelin himself resigned in August.) – Washington City Paper
  
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• Somebody Just Gave Boston Ballet $10M

  03-09-2026 17:44 via people.com
  The money was given by “an anonymous, long-time patron” of the organization who found themselves “inspired” by its transformation during Nissinen’s time there, according to the news release. – People
  
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• Singer Cassandra Wilson, 70

  03-09-2026 17:31 via latimes.com
  
  Wilson’s catalog showcased the full breadth of her native Mississippi’s musical heritage, drawing primarily from jazz but spanning every foundational American genre. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Lucas Museum CEO Responds to Staff Departures: George Lucas ‘Has Always Been Chief Curator’

  03-09-2026 17:29 via artnews.com
  
  With Los Angeles’s Lucas Museum of Narrative Art finally open to the press, the institution’s chief executive has responded to layoffs and high-profile departures that took place last year in the run-up to the inauguration.In a New York Times profile of the Lucas Museum, a private museum opened at a cost of $1 billion by collectors George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, Tracey Bates, the CEO who replaced Sandra Jackson-Dumont as the institution’s leader in January, suggested that the
  
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• Gloria Steinem’s Life in Art

  03-09-2026 17:29 via artnews.com
  
  Gloria Steinem, the feminist activist who furthered the modern women’s movement, died at 92 years old, as confirmed in an Instagram post. “She spent her recent years doing the two things she loved most: being in community with others and writing. She has welcomed hundreds of guests into her living room for Talking Circles, a tradition she insisted will continue long after she is no longer with us,” the post explained.“As Gloria wrote in her forthcoming book, An Unexpected
  
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• Yo-Yo Ma At 70

  03-09-2026 17:15 via nytimes.com
  “There’s a real relationship between the way he plays and the way he talks. There’s a sense of gathering the room, gathering a community, and you’re drawn into the emotional experience of his playing.” – The New York Times
  
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• Denmark’s Largest Known Viking Age Silver Treasure Discovered in Local Garden

  03-09-2026 17:04 via artnews.com
  
  A trove of 700 Viking Age silver objects and fragments has been discovered in a man’s garden in Rebild, North Jutland Museums announced, marking the largest-ever find of its kind in Denmark.The anonymous homeowner was planning to build a new terrace in his garden when he found the treasure. “It should have just been a few hours of hard gardening work removing stubborn grass, stones and gravel for a new tiled terrace, but it turned out to be the biggest surprise of my life,” he
  
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• A Filmmaking Couple And The Hit That Transformed Both Their Careers And Their Relationship

  03-09-2026 17:03 via nytimes.com
  When Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi — famous in their native Spain as “Los Javis” — took their film La Bola Negra to Cannes this year, they earned a 20-minute ovation, the Best Director prize, a bidding war over distribution rights, and Oscar buzz. They’ve also learned something serious about themselves. – The New York Times
  
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• A Kentucky High School’s Production Of “Ragtime: Was Abruptly Cancelled. Then Broadway Spoke Up.

  03-09-2026 16:32 via playbill.com
  
  Last week the principal of Louisville’s performing arts high school told the cast and crew that the school district had cancelled their production due to community concerns about subject matter. The students posted a video online; it quickly tallied a million views — including by members of the current Broadway team. – Playbill
  
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• Georgia Ensemble Theatre In Metro Atlanta Quietly Shuts Down

  03-09-2026 16:04 via artsatl.org
  
  “The company opened in 1992 at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, served thousands of patrons over the years and collaborated with a ‘who’s who’ of area performers. On April 19 of this year, the Board of Trustees decided to close the company with no fanfare and no public statement.” – ArtsATL
  
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• Oxford University Press Staffers Strike Over Offshoring

  03-09-2026 15:31 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  “Oxford University Press plans to offshore its financial operations department to EXL Services, which will provide the service from the (Indian) subcontinent. More than 30 Unite the Union members walked out on Tuesday over the plans, with the industrial action set to last until 11 September.” – BBC (Yahoo!)
  
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• Should Marc Chagall’s Famous Painting Be Taken Off The Ceiling Of The Paris Opera?

  03-09-2026 15:05 via news.artnet.com
  Perhaps surprisingly, that is possible: in 1962, the untitled work’s 24 canvases were glued to a plastic shell. Then that was installed on the dome of the Palais Garnier’s ceiling over the original 1869-71 mural by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu — whose great-great-great-great-grandnephew is now campaigning to have his relative’s work uncovered. – Artnet
  
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• Gloria Steinem Has Died at 92, Chinese Participants Threaten to Withdraw from Gwangju Biennale, and More: Morning Links for September 3, 2026

  03-09-2026 14:52 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.Good Morning!
  Feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem has died at 92. Chinese participants threaten to withdraw from Gwangju Biennale unless the Taiwan Pavilion is renamed. A new Trump administration letter has threatened to cut federal agency support for the Smithsonian Institution. The Headlines IN MEMORIAM. Feminist icon Gloria Steinem has
  
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• After 205 Years, The Saturday Evening Post Will Discontinue Its Hard-Copy Version

  03-09-2026 14:30 via nytimes.com
  “The magazine’s January issue will be its last in print, according to Joan SerVaas, the president and publisher. In a letter to The Post’s 50,000 subscribers …, she attributed the decision to a combination of rising production costs, declining advertising revenue and shifting reader habits.’” – The New York Times
  
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• The State Is Back In The Arts Business

  03-09-2026 14:11 via artsjournal.com
  Good Morning,Governments spent a generation backing out of culture. Yesterday’s stories suggest they’re backing back in.Scotland is in front. It will pilot a guaranteed minimum income for 2,000 artists modeled on Ireland’s, The Herald reports, and on the same day announced a sixth national performing company, this one for traditional music. California is using the tax code: a credit for newsrooms that hire journalists, per NiemanLab, and a fix to the film credit that studios sa
  
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• King Charles, Emmanuel Macron, Andy Burnham Visit the Bayeux Tapestry for a VIP Preview

  03-09-2026 14:11 via artnews.com
  
  Billionaires, royalty, and presidents all want a closer look at the Bayeux Tapestry. On Wednesday evening, King Charles, French President Emmanuel Macron, and UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham had a private look at the nearly 70-meter-long embroidered cloth at the British Museum in London. The highly anticipated exhibition opens September 10 and is on view through to July 11, 2027.In a speech, King Charles said that the tapestry “tells the story of the beginning of what I like to think of as
  
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• King Charles, Emmanuel Macron, Andy Burnham Visit the Bayeux Tapestry for a VIP Preview

  03-09-2026 14:11 via artnews.com
  
  Billionaires, royalty, and presidents all want a closer look at the Bayeux Tapestry. On Wednesday evening, King Charles, French President Emmanuel Macron, and UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham had a private look at the nearly 70-meter-long embroidered cloth at the British Museum in London. The highly anticipated exhibition opens September 10 and is on view through to July 11, 2027.In a speech, King Charles said that the tapestry “tells the story of the beginning of what I like to think of as
  
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