Author: Juan A. Esteban
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How to join the Youth Culture Voucher scheme if you teach courses or workshops
Since 2026, the Youth Culture Voucher has permitted payment for specific cultural courses and workshops. Requirements for joining, modalities, obligations, and excluded activities.
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Acceptable quality
On 9 September 2026, the Community of Madrid declared an Immaculate Conception painted by Juan de Pareja in the 17th century an Asset of Cultural Interest. It is the highest level of protection that Spanish law affords a work: it may not leave Spain permanently, its owner must maintain it, and the administration shall have…
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Culture as spokesperson
Según el perfil oficial del Partido Popular consultado el 17 de octubre de 2026, Borja Sémper ocupa dos cargos a la vez: es portavoz nacional y vicesecretario de Cultura y Deporte. No he localizado la fecha de su nombramiento en ninguna fuente oficial del partido. La coincidencia plantea una pregunta que el organigrama no responde:…
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Six deadlines until April
On 1 October 2026, the call for individual mobility of Culture Moves Europe opened; this is the European Union programme that funds artists and cultural professionals to develop a project with a partner in another participating country. It is managed by the Goethe-Institut on behalf of the European Commission. It is a rolling call with…
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Returned, then lent
On 21 September 2026, the Metropolitan Museum of Art made public the restitution of eight objects to Greece. The ceremony was held at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, not at the museum, with the Greek Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, and Cate Dillon, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs. Three…
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A direct competitor
On 29 September 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a partial summary judgment in favour of Thomson Reuters against ROSS Intelligence. ROSS had used legal headnotes drafted by Westlaw editors to prepare data with which it trained its own artificial intelligence-based legal search engine. The court concluded that the…
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A card for 2028
A person with a disability visiting a museum in another European Union country cannot always prove there the status recognised in their own country. A national card or certificate may not be understood or accepted abroad. The result is concrete: free or reduced-price admission, priority access, a reserved seat or the chance to attend with…
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Who is accountable for the work
This summer, two open-access academic articles were published regarding authorship in the era of generative artificial intelligence. One approaches the subject through the philosophy and genealogy of authorship. The other compares results produced by generative systems with human interpretations in the visual and performing arts. Read together, they propose a useful distinction: the creative process…
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Writing about AI in museums
The International Council of Museums is preparing a double issue of Museum International dedicated to artificial intelligence in museums. It will be volume 79, numbers 315 and 316, and is scheduled for publication with Taylor & Francis/Routledge in December 2027. The call opened on 3 September 2026 and accepts proposals until 9 November. This is…
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A room for six weeks
On 3 and 4 October 2026, tens of thousands of people demonstrated for housing in cities across Spain. The calls demanded more stable contracts, lower rents, an end to evictions and more public housing. In many marches, a general strike was requested. The Sindicato de Inquilinas (Tenants’ Union) is working to organise it, but as…