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• Untitled(The French Arab served tofu and fish and veggie dishes.)

  03-04-2015 23:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Once there was Y who bled from his nose and ear. The bloodbath started a flood. Torrents of animal guts and viscera swept the children and the farm land to the attic where they sought refuge from the bloated white black and brown corpses trees and houses. The houses were pointy and sharp and had ... Continue ReadingThe post Untitled(The French Arab served tofu and fish and veggie dishes.) appeared first on Zouch.
  
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• Critic Andrew Porter Dies At 86

  03-04-2015 23:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Among an unusually wide range of pursuits, Porter is perhaps best known in the United States for a two-decade stint as music critic of The New Yorker that concluded in 1992. He often took readers on expansive routes to his main subjects.”
  
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• Secret Grandeur: Leo Steinberg on an Early Velázquez Masterpiece, in 1971

  03-04-2015 22:27 via artnews.com
  In the early 1970s, art historian and critic Leo Steinberg wrote a series of short articles for ARTnews about works he believed were masterpieces, mainly ones from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. (Steinberg was known for writing about Renaissance and … Read More
  
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• Shrimp, Female Bacteria, and the Smell of Gagosian: Anicka Yi at The Kitchen

  03-04-2015 21:17 via artnews.com
  Plus, Sascha Braunig at Foxy Production, Carmen Cicero at June Kelly, and Joan Brown at George Adams Read More
  
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• Easy Monet: six paintings expected to fetch up to $110m at auction

  03-04-2015 20:10
  
  Sotheby’s announces New York sale of works spanning five decades of French impressionist’s career
  Six paintings by the French impressionist painter Claude Monet are among the star works heading for New York City’s spring art auctions that could fetch between $78m and $110m (£52m-£73m), Sotheby’s announced on Friday.The works, which span five decades of the artist’s career, will appear at the auction house’s impressionist and modern art sale on May 5. All have long been in
  
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• The Rise And Fall Of Thomas Kinkade

  03-04-2015 19:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  “It was Thom’s favorite subject: world domination. The excitement of planning, of dreaming, of bringing vision to life. And it wasn’t because of the money. It was because he believed God had a special purpose for him, and that was to influence people through his paintings. He thought that with his paintings, he would change […]
  
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• Tracey Emin is still the real thing – and that's why we love her

  03-04-2015 19:22
  
  With an exhibition of works inspired by her hero Egon Schiele opening in Vienna, the artist talks about ‘mad Tracy from Margate’, conceptual art and sexShe was drunk. She was foulmouthed. And somehow she had stumbled on to a live television programme among a group of art critics, all male. “I wasn’t even aware I was on television,” says Tracey Emin 18 years after a spectacular performance in a TV debate following the 1997 Turner Prize made her a celebrity. As Waldemar Januszczak and Ro
  
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• California’s Iconic Record Store Amoeba Records Turns 25

  03-04-2015 19:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In a lot of ways, we’re kind of like an art museum – for music. It’s interesting – a lot of people don’t know how to look at art or talk about art. But people definitely know how to talk about music. Music is something a lot more people are literate to. And people don’t […]
  
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• Resignation Of Tate Britain Director: It Was Time

  03-04-2015 18:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Penelope Curtis had become the focus of interest at Tate Britain in a way that wasn’t healthy for her or the museum. Her record was actually mixed: she improved the main collection displays, putting more of the Tate’s collection on view. That was good.”
  
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• American Dance institute To Close School, Refocus

  03-04-2015 18:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The institute plans to close its ballet school, which has around 300 students, at the end of the summer, and to begin offering scholarships to help young dancers study at schools of their choice. At the same time it plans to expand its Incubator program, which was established in 2011 to develop new works.”
  
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• Is Yannick Nézet-Séguin The Template For The New American Orchestra Music Director?

  03-04-2015 18:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  “As a number of American orchestras — including the National Symphony Orchestra — embark on the search for new music directors of their own, Nézet-Séguin appears to be a template for what they’re looking for. If there’s a flaw in his seemingly perfect profile, everything around him is usually moving too fast, with too much […]
  
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• Here’s How To Disrupt The Public Radio Model

  03-04-2015 18:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Shows are the center of gravity for public radio fans. Fans should be able to support the shows they love, while the distribution channels take their cut behind the scenes.”
  
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• Terry Pratchett receives graffiti tribute on London's Brick Lane

  03-04-2015 16:32
  
  Painted memorials to the fantasy author, who died earlier this year, have appeared in Bristol and London, featuring some of his most beloved characters. Take a moment to wander through the mind of Terry Pratchett with our gallery of the street art homage Continue reading...
  
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• Farewell Cornerhouse, hello HOME

  03-04-2015 16:29
  
  Manchester’s much-loved arts house cinema, gallery and music venue promises to go out with a bang on Saturday before move to new £25m buildingFor 30 years it has been the bedrock of Manchester’s cultural life, serving as a meeting point and drinking hole for the city’s independent minds, as well as an arts house cinema and gallery.But on Saturday the much-loved Cornerhouse will close its doors for good as the whole enterprise moves up the road and into HOME, a £25m, multi-disciplina
  
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• Letter: Albert Irvin’s generosity to students

  03-04-2015 16:24
  
  Albert Irvin was generous towards fine art students and their courses through his membership of the fine art board of the former Council for National Academic Awards during the late 1970s and 1980s. While expressing some lack of confidence at first regarding the demands of degree-course validation, Bert quickly proved himself to be a shrewd, well-informed and sympathetic judge of quality, both of the courses themselves and of the staff teaching them.It was a pleasure to see Bert in action, speak
  
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• Paris matches masterpieces with Keys to a Passion exhibition

  03-04-2015 16:15
  
  Some of the world’s most recognisable art, including works by Picasso, Matisse and Munch, goes on display together for first time at the Fondation Louis VuittonAffluence and grandeur are not hard to come by in the wealthy enclave of Passy in western Paris’s 16th arrondissement. Wide boulevards are lined with towering five-storey villas and cascading magnolia trees lead up to the pristine Jardin d’Acclimatation, the 150-year-old park dedicated to the children of the city. But since October
  
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• Radio Suck Right Now. Is This A Way To Fix It?

  03-04-2015 15:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In a world where you can instantly look up and listen to any song you like, what’s the point? Meanwhile, the proliferation of new bands, and new genres, has made the musical landscape ever more difficult to navigate. Radio’s more natural role in this world might be in introducing listeners to new music, stuff they […]
  
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• Morning Links: Gluten-Free Art Edition

  03-04-2015 15:36 via artnews.com
  The Art Newspaper’s analysis of museum visitor figures from 2014. [The Art Newspaper] California’s District Court  denied a motion to dismiss the case of ownership of Lucas Cranach the Elder’s circa 1530 dual paintings, Adam and Eve. The case began in 2007, … Read More
  
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• Five Philadelphia Theatre Companies Find A New Home

  03-04-2015 15:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  “After 18 years performing at the tiny but storied Adrienne Theater on Sansom Street, InterAct Theatre Company will be picking up its props and sets and leading a group of four other theatrical organizations to a new, multistage home being carved out of the old Drake hotel ballroom behind the Kimmel Center.”
  
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• Ideas Worth Spreading: Simon Denny Comes to MoMA PS1

  03-04-2015 15:30 via artnews.com
  Simon Denny is an artist who uses the jargon of tech as a readymade. His exhibition this month at MoMA PS1 is titled “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” after the influential 1997 book by Clayton M. Christensen that is notable for coining … Read More
  
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• Humanities Profs Get No Respect (Even From Other Humanities Profs)

  03-04-2015 15:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s pretty shocking that humanities scholars, alleged proponents of what Germans call the “science of the spirit” (Geisteswissenschaften), believe some facets of the spirit are worthier of science than others—often using, by the way, the same soulless determinants of “market value” that those outside the academy use to deride the entire professoriate altogether.
  
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• Vienna Philharmonic Adopts Naples, Florida

  03-04-2015 15:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The orchestra will visit Naples every March for four of five days each time. In addition to performing two concerts each year, the musicians will do other activities, including lectures and public master classes.”
  
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• How Musicians Will Survive The Streaming Music Model

  03-04-2015 15:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  “There’s no one-size-fits-all solution. Even identifying the problems facing artists as universal is wrong. Circumstances change, and artists are usually some of the most adaptable people on the planet.”
  
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• I Did The Naked Tour Of The James Turrell Retrospective – Turns Out It Was A Brilliant Idea

  03-04-2015 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Monica Tan: “Once you’re in front of it, the shape is so large it fills your entire field of vision, until it seems to warp and wrap around your entire body. Without a thread between my body and the work, my bare flesh seems to be drinking all that peppy pink brightness in. … Everyone […]
  
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• Giant slides, messy beds and the Great Wall of Vagina is back – the week in art

  03-04-2015 13:43
  
  Carsten Holler and Tracey Emin return as Glenn Ligon reflects on African-American experiences. Plus vulva art, selfie museums and the fallout from Fukushima – all in your weekly art dispatchGlenn Ligon: Encounters and Collisions
  An alternative history of modern American art through the eyes of artist Glenn Ligon, this show features works by Jackson Pollock, Cy Twombly, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol and many more. Ligon’s art is a reflection on African-American experiences and he connects the art
  
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• “A Pritzker Prize For Sculpture”: Dallas’s Nasher Sculpture Center Announces New $100K Award

  03-04-2015 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The Nasher Prize for Sculpture will be presented to ‘a living artist in recognition of the art form.’ The inaugural winner will be announced in the fall and receive the award on April 2, 2016.”
  
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• Terry Pratchett graffiti pops up in London and Bristol featuring popular Discworld characters

  03-04-2015 12:55
  
  Fans of late fantasy writer Terry Pratchett have taken to the streets of London and Bristol to create some appropriately colourful artworks in tribute.
  
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• Slaughterhouses and the smell of death: Francis Bacon’s vision of the Crucifixion

  03-04-2015 11:00
  
  Francis Bacon was obsessed with the art of the past, drawing elements of Rembrandt, Titian and Cano into his macabre takes on Bible scenes. Thierry Morel, the curator of a new show, explains why the works are best seen togetherFrancis Bacon never hid his fascination with the art of the past. His love of the work of the old masters was personal, but he also believed that the study of their art should be a prerequisite for all contemporary painters. Most artists have acknowledged an interest
  
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• They’re Going To Digitally Recreate Bruce Lee For New Biopic

  03-04-2015 10:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Ip Man 3 will be the third film to depict the famous wing chun kung fu grandmaster (also known as Yip Man), after the huge box-office success of 2008’s Ip Man and 2010’s Ip Man 2. … The third instalment was to be the first to feature the Enter the Dragon star as an adult.”
  
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• Seven Hours From Call To Stage: Tenor Saves The Show At The Metropolitan Opera

  03-04-2015 09:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Asked to fill in for the Joseph Calleja, Michael Fabiano rushed to New York, was fitted for costumes and a few hours later, wowed the audience.”
  
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• The 11 Greatest Children’s Books (A BBC Critics’ Poll)

  03-04-2015 09:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In search of a collective critical assessment, BBC Culture’s Jane Ciabattari polled dozens of critics around the world … We asked each to name the best children’s books (for ages 10 and under) ever published in English.”
  
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• The TV Preacher Who Became A Major Patron Of Modernist Architecture

  03-04-2015 09:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  “He began with a drive-in church designed by Richard Neutra located just three miles from Disneyland. Over time he added a telegenic cathedral by Philip Johnson and a shimmering, cylindrical ‘hospitality center,’ with an auditorium and cafe, by Richard Meier.
  
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• Watching Them Turn Off The Rothkos At Harvard

  03-04-2015 09:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Rothko’s work is pretty much all about the color, so the murals, in their faded condition, seemed to be dead … [and] it was impossible to restore them by conventional means. So a solution was borrowed from a technique known as ‘compensating illumination’ … Five digital projectors have been programmed to light the canvases so […]
  
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• Filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira, Whose Career Stretched From Silent Films To The 2010s, Dead At 106

  03-04-2015 09:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  “For his champions, his striking output since especially the early 1970s placed him at the top of auteur royalty … Oliveira had completed only two features by age 55 but subsequently made 29 by the time he was 102. … [His most recent film, The Old Man of Belem, premiered at last year’s Venice Film […]
  
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• The Weirdest Musical Instruments

  03-04-2015 09:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  “As a radical new two-string violin goes on display in New York, Clemency Burton-Hill looks at some more odd instruments, from the octobass to the theremin.”
  
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• How One English City’s Arts Venues Survived Savage Cuts

  03-04-2015 09:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  “There were howls of protest in 2012 when Newcastle City Council said it would be the first British city to scrap funding for theatres, galleries and other arts venues. A compromise was found, and venues are now finding new ways to survive.”
  
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• Forward To The Past: Soviet-Style Censorship Returns To Russia

  03-04-2015 09:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  The day after the director of Novosibirsk’s opera house was fired over a controversial production of Tannhäuser, a top Kremlin official “proposed that theatrical productions be subject to ‘inspections’ before they are presented to the public. Though [he] did not use the word ‘censorship’ (which is explicitly prohibited by the Russian constitution), this would represent […]
  
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• Electrified: Adventures In Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation (tDCS)

  03-04-2015 09:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  “A number of studies suggest that it may improve learning, vigilance, intelligence, and working memory, as well as relieve chronic pain and the symptoms of depression, fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s, and schizophrenia. However, the studies have been so small and heterogeneous that meta-analyses have failed to prove any conclusive effects.” Elif Batuman investigates – and tries on […]
  
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• Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.02.15

  03-04-2015 07:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ice Floes Meet and Part AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2015-04-02 Doris Duke Performing Artists and JJA Jazz Heroes: Tale of two honor rolls AJBlog: Jazz Beyond Jazz Published 2015-04-02 So you want to see a show? AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-04-02
  
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• Untitled(Nanny 1 and 2)

  03-04-2015 03:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Nanny 2 sensed my decline. She advanced in good faith and cornered me in a cubicle. Nanny 2 was ghost image and glowering white knuckles. I was a witness to a seance; moving table legs, ectoplasm and spirits of women foiled and murdered by Y. The spirit ghosts had the puritan countenance of the Dutch, ... Continue ReadingThe post Untitled(Nanny 1 and 2) appeared first on Zouch.
  
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• California court says Cranach suit can go ahead

  03-04-2015 01:08
  
  Statute of limitations does not apply in Goudstikker heirs’ claim against Norton Simon Museum, ruling finds
  
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• Snow White Rising: Friend

  03-04-2015 00:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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