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Jul 19, 2026 What We Skipped: A chicken-finger mural, a burning cathedral and more
What We Skipped: A chicken-finger mural, a burning cathedral and more

What We Skipped is a recurring log of stories Urgent Matter considered but chose not to publish.

by Adam Schrader
Market and Money   -   Jul 19, 2026 Getty Images abandons Shutterstock merger over U.K. divestiture demand
Getty Images abandons Shutterstock merger over U.K. divestiture demand

The companies had announced the merger in January 2025 as both faced pressure from generative artificial intelligence tools.

by Adam Schrader
Shows and Exhibitions   -   Jul 19, 2026 Petrides show at center of Chicago lawsuit opens in Berlin in September
Petrides show at center of Chicago lawsuit opens in Berlin in September

The museum says the five sculptures named in the suit have stayed in its Chicago facility since March 2024.

by Adam Schrader
Shows and Exhibitions   -   Jul 18, 2026 Colby Museum show asks how U.S. became an empire as country marks 250 years
Colby Museum show asks how U.S. became an empire as country marks 250 years

The exhibition's arrival in the year of the country's 250th anniversary was coincidental, its curator said.

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Jul 18, 2026 Bragg returns Nayarit figure seized from the Met as two related sculptures stay on view
Bragg returns Nayarit figure seized from the Met as two related sculptures stay on view

The Met's own catalog says all three may have come from the same shaft tomb.

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Jul 18, 2026 Why America funds data centers but cuts the arts
Why America funds data centers but cuts the arts

A theologian argues that two habits of thought hollow out a culture — a framework that explains the gutting of the arts.

by Adam Schrader
Pop Culture   -   Jul 18, 2026 Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha brings living archive of folk tradition to Brooklyn
Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha brings living archive of folk tradition to Brooklyn

The Kyiv quartet will play the free show in the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on August 7.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Jul 17, 2026 Hong Kong museum bosses got raises as district that runs them opened $1B borrowing program
Hong Kong museum bosses got raises as district that runs them opened $1B borrowing program

The wave of government-backed cultural districts that reshaped Asia and the Persian Gulf is entering a more difficult phase.

by Adam Schrader
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Jul 19, 2026 What We Skipped: A chicken-finger mural, a burning cathedral and more
What We Skipped: A chicken-finger mural, a burning cathedral and more

What We Skipped is a recurring log of stories Urgent Matter considered but chose not to publish.

by Adam Schrader
Market and Money   -   Jul 19, 2026 Getty Images abandons Shutterstock merger over U.K. divestiture demand
Getty Images abandons Shutterstock merger over U.K. divestiture demand

The companies had announced the merger in January 2025 as both faced pressure from generative artificial intelligence tools.

by Adam Schrader
Shows and Exhibitions   -   Jul 19, 2026 Petrides show at center of Chicago lawsuit opens in Berlin in September
Petrides show at center of Chicago lawsuit opens in Berlin in September

The museum says the five sculptures named in the suit have stayed in its Chicago facility since March 2024.

by Adam Schrader
Shows and Exhibitions   -   Jul 18, 2026 Colby Museum show asks how U.S. became an empire as country marks 250 years
Colby Museum show asks how U.S. became an empire as country marks 250 years

The exhibition's arrival in the year of the country's 250th anniversary was coincidental, its curator said.

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Jul 18, 2026 Bragg returns Nayarit figure seized from the Met as two related sculptures stay on view
Bragg returns Nayarit figure seized from the Met as two related sculptures stay on view

The Met's own catalog says all three may have come from the same shaft tomb.

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Jul 18, 2026 Why America funds data centers but cuts the arts
Why America funds data centers but cuts the arts

A theologian argues that two habits of thought hollow out a culture — a framework that explains the gutting of the arts.

by Adam Schrader
Pop Culture   -   Jul 18, 2026 Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha brings living archive of folk tradition to Brooklyn
Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha brings living archive of folk tradition to Brooklyn

The Kyiv quartet will play the free show in the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on August 7.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Jul 17, 2026 Hong Kong museum bosses got raises as district that runs them opened $1B borrowing program
Hong Kong museum bosses got raises as district that runs them opened $1B borrowing program

The wave of government-backed cultural districts that reshaped Asia and the Persian Gulf is entering a more difficult phase.

by Adam Schrader
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