AI is pushing the edges of creativity as synthetic performers like Sienna Rose — a fully produced fake singer — force artists to rethink what counts as authorship and craft (story). [P]At the same time, live performance is roaring back: Ariana Grande launches her Eternal Sunshine Tour June 6 in Oakland with theatrical staging and new music, while museums face criticism for staying silent as America marks 250, raising questions about how institutions engage with identity and politics (tour, museums).

A presidential proposal for a triumphal arch at a D.C. entry has planners asking technical and symbolic questions as the National Capital Planning Commission weighs in (read), while New York’s historic Flatiron Building gets lit up for the first time in 124 years amid its conversion to residences (flatiron). [P]On screen and stage, grassroots energy is reshaping the market as a viral, low‑budget horror film topples A24’s biggest action hit at the box office — a reminder that creative grit still wins attention (box office).