Today’s AJ Highlights

1. City Of Miami Beach Steps Up To Replace Arts Funding Canceled By Gov. DeSantis After Florida’s governor cut state arts funding, Miami Beach committed nearly $1 million to support local arts, highlighting the city’s commitment to its cultural institutions. – Artnet
2. Dallas Art Museum Director To Step Down Amid Expansion Plans
   Augustin Arteaga’s departure during a major museum expansion has raised questions, as most directors typically see these projects through. – ARTnews
3. Arguments Over Corporate Sponsorship And Gaza War Plague Canada’s Giller Prize Controversies surrounding Scotiabank’s sponsorship and recent political tensions have caused high-profile resignations, affecting Canada’s literary landscape. – Toronto Star
4. Why Humans Innately Distrust Other Forms Of Intelligence
   As AI and other non-human intelligences develop, our deep-rooted distrust surfaces, raising questions about the future of human interactions with technology. – Noema
5. Election Movies Released During Presidential Election Years — Do They Make Any Difference? The Guardian explores the impact of election-themed films, interviewing directors from each U.S. presidential election year to gauge cinema’s influence on politics. – The Guardian

Jump down to see all the stories we collected in the past day. See you tomorrow.

Doug

MOST RECENT AJBLOGS

Why Does Transforming a Country of DōnWänüs Takes Just as Much Effort Than Transforming a Nonprofit Arts Industry of DōnWänüs?

- Alan Harrison

How Should we Measure Art?

- Douglas McLennan

Sally Blandón talks about a Music For All approach to engaging young people

- Aaron Dworkin

Special Commentary: Of All the Times I’ve Wanted to be Wrong…

- Alan Harrison

We Know What You Did Last Summer

- Sunil Iyengar

DANCE

Dallas Black Dance Theatre Is Working To Settle Labor Complaint And May Rehire Its Fired Dancers

- KERA (Dallas)

Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s Conflict With Its Dancers: A Timeline

- KERA (Dallas)

IDEAS

We Have Become An Algorithmically-Driven Culture. And We’re Unhappier Than Ever

- The New Yorker

Why Humans Innately Distrust Other Forms Of Intelligence

- Noema

The Downside Of Making Our Lives Convenient

- The Guardian

How Switching Languages Changes Our Personalities

- Psyche


 

ISSUES

Is A Four-Day Workweek Workable In The Arts?

- ArtysHub

City Of Miami Beach Steps Up To Replace Arts Funding Canceled By Gov. DeSantis

- Artnet

The Trauma Of Being A Librarian On The Front Lines In The United States

- The New York Times

MEDIA

Election Movies Released During Presidential Election Years — Do They Make Any Difference?

- The Guardian

On Being A Woman Of A Certain Age In The Marvel, And Hollywood, Universe

- NPR

What’s Up With Celebs Glamorizing Smoking?

- BBC

Video Gamers Have Become Ukraine’s Deadliest Drone Pilots

- The Wall Street Journal


 

MUSIC

Charles Ives At 150 — For Those Who Care

- The New Yorker

Orchestras’ Unseen Heroes: The Librarians

- Boston Globe

New York Philharmonic Fires (Again) Two Players Accused of Sexual Assault

- AP


 

PEOPLE

Dissident Filmmaker From Belarus Released From Prison In Serbia

- AP


 

THEATRE

Actors Share Their Memories Of Now-Shuttered Cal Shakes

- San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)


 

VISUAL

Dallas Art Museum Director To Step Down

- ARTnews

Herzog & de Meuron Will Remake Breuer Building For Sotheby’s

- The New York Times

Roman Ruins At Baalbek In Lebanon Have Survived Israeli Airstrikes

- ARTnews


 

WORDS

Arguments Over Corporate Sponsorship And Gaza War Plague Canada’s Giller Prize

- Toronto Star