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“The once unthinkable is suddenly thinkable. Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr is considering whether the multibillion-dollar collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts should be considered city assets that potentially could be sold to cover about $15 billion in debt.”

“‘They ask me how I can go to theater four or five times a week,’ Melville told LA Stage Times. ‘I just look at them and ask how they can watch television four or five nights a week. Everyone has their own church at which they worship. Mine happens to be theater.'”

“Richard Koshalek, the high-profile director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, announced his decision to resign by the end of the year after the Hirshhorn board’s split vote Thursday on the fate of the Seasonal Inflatable Structure project, informally known as the ‘Bubble’.”

“Davis – who has only written one novel – beat out a shortlist of 10 contenders for the 60,000-pound ($90,800) prize that included two authors banned in their home countries, the youngest ever nominee and one shortlisted for the second time.” The American author won “for a body of work that includes some of the briefest tales ever published.”

“As alleged, Glafira Rosales gave new meaning to the phrase ‘artful dodger’ by avoiding taxes on millions of dollars in income from dealing in fake artworks for fake clients,” said federal prosecutor Preet Bharara in a statement.

Jane Mayer looks into the case of the documentary Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream, which focuses on, among others, David Koch – energy magnate, well-known funder of conservative political causes, and board member of New York public television station WNET.

In short: A board authenticating pieces of art it had previously declared fakes, lawsuits, countersuits, and possible reasons for the Foundation’s decision to sell all of its Warhols.

“Andris Nelsons, 34, has been music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Britain since 2008. He made his debut with the Boston Symphony in 2011, replacing Mr. Levine.”

“A construction company has essentially destroyed one of Belize’s largest Mayan pyramids with backhoes and bulldozers to extract crushed rock for a road-building project, authorities announced on Monday.”

“The company’s second artistic director, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, abruptly departed the dance company several weeks ago and returned to Spain – a development that raised red flags in the eyes of many observers.