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The Kennedy Center’s $257 million renovation has gone to a Minneapolis firm of about 50 people whose most ambitious listed project is a high school, and the center won’t say why (The Washington Post).
The Phoenix Symphony suspends its season Nov. 1 after years of deficits, laying off 66 musicians, and a new $6.5 million gift is now in legal jeopardy (Arizona Republic). The city spent $7 million on its hall this month, and the musicians want to see the budget.
MoMA, the Centre Pompidou and Hong Kong’s M+ will treat their holdings as one collection curated across three continents (ARTnews). The Pompidou, closed for restoration until 2030, gets a long-term gallery at MoMA in 2028.
Two House Republicans want the Smithsonian’s exhibit-review process after Cooper Hewitt, its design museum, showed models of homes destroyed by US-made munitions in Iraq, Syria and Gaza (ARTnews). Congress provides most of the Smithsonian’s funding.
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