- The GOP house is set to vote on the new health insurance bill. Hardliners are pressing for the elimination federal requirements that health care companies provide basic benefits like maternity care, emergency services and wellness clinics. When I woke up this morning and read that I nearly cried. [The New York Times]
- Tom Finkelpearl writes about the negative impact eliminating the NEA and the NEH would have on New York. [ARTnews]
- More bad, related news for cities: Trump’s proposed budget is terrible for urban areas, particularly in the realm of transit. There goes any hope that the silver lining of a Trump presidency would be long-overdue infrastructure improvement (as was promised during the campaign). [The Transport Politic]
- The controversy around Dana Schutz’s “Open Casket” has been explosive. I responded yesterday, and Schutz given comments to a number of outlets. Artnet has a short interview with her worth a read. I particularly appreciate this sentiment, “I do think that it is better to try to engage something extremely uncomfortable, maybe impossible, and fail, than to not respond at all.” [artnet News]
- Tiger Strikes Asteroid has an open call for their Philadelphia location’s three-person show. Submissions are due May 1. [Tiger Strikes Asteroid]
- Franklin Sirmans argues that NEA funding is about more than a little direct financial support from the government—when the infamously cash-strapped agency vets and funds a program, it signals a level of validity that encourages others to support it. [PAMM mailer]
- As in anytime JJ Abrams decides to lend his vision to a cultural icon, we’re not sure how to feel about this one. He’s rebooting making a series about the life of RuPaul. Should we expect lots of CGI explosions and classic rock? Will RuPaul’s biting wit and word of wisdom be given the dumbing-down Star Trek’s dialogue received? [Rolling Stone]
- Shia LaBeouf, Nastja Säde Rönkkö, and Luke Turner’s livestream “He Will Not Divide Us” has been moved…overseas. Pro-Trump trolls from 4chan have tracked the piece all over the US and violently forced its removal. Now it will be shown at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) in Liverpool. Let’s hope the Brits have more common sense about this. [The Verge]
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