Connie Ballmer Gives Record $80M to NPR as Public Media Faces Cuts Connie Ballmer’s $80 million donation will help fund NPR’s digital strategy as public broadcasters confront funding cuts and uncertain budgets. By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
L.A. Museums Are Rethinking the Rules of Art Ownership. Will Others Follow? Museum collections double in size every 36 years, but most of that art is never seen by the public. With storage costs soaring and energy consumption rising, museums are facing a reckoning: continue stockpiling or rethink ownership altogether? By Stephen Reily
The V&A East Opens With an Exhibition That Reconsiders Britain’s Musical History By Fred Garratt-Stanley
In Alison Chernick’s ‘House of Criticism,’ Jerry Saltz and Roberta Smith Step Out From Behind Their Bylines By Olga Samofalova