Kennedy Center Ceiling Collapse, Lucas Museum Opening, and AI Debates in Art

A piece of the Kennedy Center's ceiling fell on Friday, which the Center's spokesperson cited as evidence for the need to close for renovations championed by its chairman. In Los Angeles, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens this month, betting that comics, illustration, and film belong alongside the traditional canon, with the public, not the field, deciding what is art. In Venice, only two films by women are in competition this year; one director attributes this to the cult of male genius. Stanford's AI institute argues that art and AI can hold each other accountable, with artists exposing limitations and AI offering participatory mediums. In a legal dispute, the Trump administration claims that a New York Times victory over OpenAI would threaten national security, while publishers' lawyers view it as an uncompensated transfer of intellectual property. British design leaders reassure staff that AI is just 'the intern in the office,' while Bill Gates at Telluride warned of AI anxiety. Additionally, a website allows users to spin a globe and listen to field recordings from anywhere, presenting the world unedited.