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• ‘Paul Winstanley’ at Mitchell-Innes & Nash

  03-06-2015 22:41 via artnews.com
  Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.Today’s show: “Paul Winstanley” opens tomorrow at Mitchell-Innes & Nash gallery, showing some 10 paintings from the British artist’s ongoing series “Art School.” Winstanley photographed empty art schools throughout England, Scotland, … Read More
  
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• Swiss Institute Elects Maja Hoffmann as New Board Chair, Effective June 2016

  03-06-2015 22:36 via artnews.com
  The Swiss Institute’s board of trustees has announced their election of Maja Hoffmann as board chair. Hoffmann, a supporter of the institute since 2008, will assume her new role in June 2016, replacing Fabienne Abrecht, a longtime trustee who chaired … Read More
  
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• Denver Art Museum Appoints Rebecca R. Hart as Modern and Contemporary Art Curator

  03-06-2015 22:27 via artnews.com
  Denver Art Museum has appointed Rebecca R. Hart as the Polly and Mark Addison curator of modern and contemporary art. Hart has served as curator of contemporary art at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) for the past decade, and … Read More
  
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• Caravaggio row: Two Sicilian churches at war over ownership of The Burial of Saint Lucy masterpiece

  03-06-2015 20:29
  
  Four hundred years after the end of his action-packed life, Caravaggio is at the centre of a new row as two churches in Sicily battle over the ownership of one of his greatest paintings.
  
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• Study: Women Directors Are Better Represented In Film Festivals

  03-06-2015 20:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “According to a study by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University, women directed some 29 percent of documentaries and 18 percent of domestic features screened at nearly two dozen film festivals nationwide over the last year. Women also accounted for a third of the producers […]
  
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• Prediction: Music Genres Will Be Irrelevant In The Future

  03-06-2015 20:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “According to executives at Spotify, my children offer a peek at the future of music consumption. Spotify, which has just introduced a new version of its app, says that because online streaming services let us call up and listen to anything we like, and because its curated playlists push us toward new stuff, we are […]
  
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• TV Is Losing Ad Dollars. Meanwhile The Internet…

  03-06-2015 20:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Mobile advertising and social gaming will see steady double-digit growth. Other media, like the global music market and magazine publishing, will grow less than a percent annually on average. The only decline will be in newspaper publishing, which will see advertising drop roughly 3 percent a year through 2019.”
  
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• Canada Council Overhauls Its Arts Funding Model

  03-06-2015 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Artists have long complained that the Council’s diverse funding categories aren’t flexible enough to accommodate multi-disciplinary work and ad hoc projects.
  
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• Consumer Reports: Martine Syms

  03-06-2015 20:03 via artnews.com
  Martine Syms is a conceptual entrepreneur based in Los Angeles working in publishing, video, and performance. Her work often looks into the making and reception of meaning in contemporary America. In 2012 she founded the imprint Dominica, whose stated mission … Read More
  
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• Does Living In Skyscrapers Change You Psychologically?

  03-06-2015 20:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Given the age of our species, living more than a few stories up is a very recent phenomenon. This tempts one to conclude that high rises are unnatural, and some would argue that what is unnatural must be, in some way, harmful.”
  
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• Museum Workers Versus The Museum Of Modern Art

  03-06-2015 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  To be clear, this isn’t a group of laborers that are raking in massive amounts of cash. According to a press release sent out by the union prior to the demonstration, the salary of “entry-level museum staff starts at approximately $29K per year and the membership, which includes professional staff such as curators, librarians and […]
  
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• Decline Of The French Intellectual

  03-06-2015 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Because of the end of Communism, which was deeply rooted among French intellectuals, the fading of structuralism, and anxiety about France’s identity in a globalised world, the French have come to doubt themselves and their intellectual destiny. This can be seen in the decline of France’s intellectual life and in its fading intellectual influence in […]
  
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• Yoan Capote Explores the Cuban Obsession with America

  03-06-2015 19:30 via artnews.com
  “The sea, for me and for a lot of Cubans, was like a wall, more an image of isolation than a beautiful place,” said Yoan Capote. The 38-year-old Havana-based conceptual artist was in New York preparing for his current show … Read More
  
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• Forging a Sea of Iron: Yoan Capote Explores the Cuban Obsession with America

  03-06-2015 19:30 via artnews.com
  “The sea, for me and for a lot of Cubans, was like a wall, more an image of isolation than a beautiful place,” said Yoan Capote. The 38-year-old Havana-based conceptual artist was in New York preparing for his current show … Read More
  
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• Is Live Theatre Anachronistic In Today’s Mobile Always-On World?

  03-06-2015 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Think about it: we (mostly) ask our audiences to commute to a particular location, step into a dark building, shut off all access to the outside world, be quiet, and not disturb us as we attempt (not always with success) to transport them to the world of a play that is—to hit on another tired […]
  
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• How Streaming Is Changing The Music Business (For Good And Bad)

  03-06-2015 19:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “For a large part of the recording industry, the move to embrace streaming actually solves a long-time paradox: one of ownership. Over digital music’s 30-year evolution, from the public introduction of the compact disc in 1981 to the international expansion of Spotify in the last half-decade, the question of whether listeners owned the music they […]
  
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• Ideas City: New York festival considers the way we fill space

  03-06-2015 19:16
  
  With the theme The Invisible City, a collection of architects, artists and cyberfeminist researchers discussed the way our urban habitat can be improvedConsider the smog meringue. Developed by the Center for Genomic Gastronomy, an artist-led research group that studies relationships between food, culture, ecology and technology, smog meringues supplement the air required to peak sugared egg whites with synthesized, city-specific “atmosphere”. The so-called “London Pea Souper” contains ni
  
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• 'Modern art, ancient wages': MoMa workers protest during glitzy benefit

  03-06-2015 19:01
  
  Unionized employees organized against potential healthcare cuts, as the New York museum’s patrons were donating millions just across the streetAs partygoers in sequins and tuxedos filed into the Museum of Modern Art’s annual gala, Grace Kwon stood across the street, wiping rain from her eyes and shouting along with her museum coworkers: “Modern art, ancient wages!”Kwon, who works in visitor services at MoMA’s front desk, was one of approximately 100 unionized workers who gathered on Tu
  
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• Now That Everyone’s A Photographer, It All Seems So Democratic. Except For Artists…

  03-06-2015 18:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Many artists are ready to self-fund their first opus because they believe that they need a release early on in their career rather than after having developed a 30 or 40 years practice. That’s fine if it changes their life. But if it doesn’t make a difference, I wonder if they’ll be in a position […]
  
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• SF Chronicle Art Critic Kenneth Baker Retires (Perhaps A Few Years Too Late, He Writes)

  03-06-2015 18:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Being a newspaper critic has changed. “When Chronicle managers began telling us critics and columnists that we had to cultivate “our brand”—our own, not just the company’s—I knew my days in the industry were numbered. The reactionary libertarianism ascendant in recent years has been driven in part by the newly minted mythology of nearby Silicon […]
  
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• ‘All Art Should Be for Fun': Dan Graham on His Puppet Rock ‘n’ Roll Performance at The Kitchen

  03-06-2015 18:53 via artnews.com
  “You don’t want to be 30, man,” one hippie tells another in Dan Graham’s rock ‘n’ roll puppet show Don’t Trust Anyone Over 30. “30 is death.”It was fitting, then, that last night, at The Kitchen, many of the people … Read More
  
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• Montreal's Mutek festival – electronic experiments turn up the heat

  03-06-2015 18:41
  
  Canadian dance music fans came out of hibernation to revel in an exciting mix of dance music and visual artistry from a refreshingly varied lineupThere’s an emancipated feeling that pumps through Montreal’s balmy summer evenings after its coldest winter in decades. Barely a single park or street isn’t preparing, dismantling or in the flow of some kind of al fresco event; and last weekend it was the turn of Mutek, the adventurous electronic festival now in its 16th year.Its free outdoor ele
  
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• Julian Opie's portraits in motion: this is what genius looks like – review

  03-06-2015 18:37
  
  He paints with simple black lines and primary colours, and most of his characters don’t even have faces. Yet Julian Opie captures our world in stunning detailArt is a mere imitation of life. Worse, it is not even an accurate imitation. All it can really do is point to the way things look, and hope we recognise a human face in what is just an oval shape with dots for eyes and a line for a mouth. All representational art works like this, from ancient Greek vase paintings to Picasso’s cartoon b
  
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• Four Essential Truths About Today’s Pop Culture (Trust Me, You’ll Feel Better)

  03-06-2015 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  We live in a wonderful age, an age in which no one tells us to put away our childish things. This makes us think these things never stopped being for us.
  
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• How Good Are Your Ears? A Humbling Test In Compressed Sound

  03-06-2015 18:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Many listeners cannot hear the difference between uncompressed audio files and MP3s, but when it comes to audio quality, the size of the file isn’t (ahem) everything.
  
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• Thomas Machell: the explorer, the cannibal’s daughter and me

  03-06-2015 18:20
  
  Jenny Balfour Paul has followed Victorian adventurer Thomas Machell from India to Patagonia. She reveals how a chance meeting in the British Library sparked a 15-year obsession“Lovely indeed is the fair island of Nookahiva,” wrote Thomas Machell, “and lovelier still the dark daughters of that sea-girt isle.” He would certainly have known. In 1844, the Yorkshire teenager sailed round Cape Horn on a ship bound for the largest of the Polynesian Marquesas Islands. As soon as the vessel, whic
  
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• This Florida Artist Wrapped His House And Trees In Aluminum Foil. The Neighbors Object…

  03-06-2015 18:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tarpon Springs police Sgt. Ed Miller claims residents have called his landlord and city arborists have inspected the trees, but so far no one can find any justified reason for Janowski to be forced to remove the foil. “Code enforcement is still trying to determine if the project is violating any ordinances.”
  
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• Robin Page obituary

  03-06-2015 17:40
  
  Artist who was in the British vanguard of the Fluxus movement in the 1960s and taught at the Leeds College of ArtIn 1971, a pair of works was shown at an exhibition in Düsseldorf. Each consisted of three cartons of processed cheese, held between sheets of glass on which were painted slices of white bread. The assemblages were housed, conventionally enough, in wooden frames, with the unusual addition of a metal carrying handle on top. The names of the works were stencilled on their
  
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• Robin Page

  03-06-2015 17:40
  
  Artist who was in the British vanguard of the Fluxus movement in the 1960s and taught at the Leeds College of ArtIn 1971, a pair of works was shown at an exhibition in Düsseldorf. Each consisted of three cartons of processed cheese, held between sheets of glass on which were painted slices of white bread. The assemblages were housed, conventionally enough, in wooden frames, with the unusual addition of a metal carrying handle on top. The names of the works were stencilled on their
  
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• MoMA Staff Protests at the Museum’s ‘Party In the Garden’ Gala

  03-06-2015 17:22 via artnews.com
  At last night’s annual Party in the Garden gala at the Museum of Modern Art—a major fundraising event for the institution, which this year was in honor of artists Richard Serra and Kara Walker, “with a special salute to David … Read More
  
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• Why climate action needs the arts

  03-06-2015 16:12
  
  Whether to engage in debate or change opinion and behaviour, arts can play a key role in the cultural awakening of the masses to the perils of climate change“Art is not a mirror to reflect reality,” wrote Bertolt Brecht, ”but a hammer with which to shape it.” His view was clearly shared by the judges of Anglian Ruskin University’s recent sustainable art prize. The winning piece was a large tombstone themed on climate change, blackened by oil and carrying the words “Lest we forget tho
  
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• Morning Links: Atena Farghadani Edition

  03-06-2015 15:39 via artnews.com
  Iranian artist Atena Farghadani has been sentenced to 12 years of prison for “insulting the parliament” and “insulting the Supreme Leader” for portraying politicians as animals. Farghadani was protesting the introduction of two bills which would make voluntary sterilization illegal and … Read More
  
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• Harmonia Mundi Record Label Sold

  03-06-2015 10:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Independent music group [PIAS] is acquiring the established French record label and distributor Harmonia Mundi, according to local reports. Established by Bernard Coutaz in Paris in 1958, Harmonia Mundi remains one of the biggest independent players in the classical music sector.”
  
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• Amy Schumer, John Oliver, ‘Serial’ – Unorthodox Winners Of 2015 Peabody Awards

  03-06-2015 10:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “[The] eclectic bunch … ram the gamut from documentarian Alex Gibney to NBC News correspondent Richard Engel to Serial podcaster Sarah Koenig to comedians Amy Schumer and John Oliver. The Serial award struck one of the most intriguing notes of the evening, as it is the first podcast to win a Peabody.”
  
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• Sheesh, The Stuff Ya Gotta Do When You Get A Tony Nomination

  03-06-2015 10:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The week of the Drama Leagues is the peak of what publicist Chris Boneau calls ‘the month of hate,’ a post-nomination frenzy leading up to the Tonys on June 7.” Here’s (just) some of what the nominees have to do during “the month of hate” – even as they keep performing eight shows a week.
  
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• Fully Dressed And Preserved 350-Year-Old Corpse Of French Noblewoman Found

  03-06-2015 10:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The remains are most likely those of Louise de Quengo, a widow of Breton nobility who died in 1656 when she was in her 60s. The heart of her husband, Toussaint de Perrein, was found nearby”
  
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• Palmyra: All About The Ancient Syrian City That ISIS Just Overran

  03-06-2015 10:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Palmyra’s symbolism is powerful, and not lost on IS. At its height the city was the centre of an empire that covered, among other territories, all of modern Syria and Israel and parts of Iraq and Saudi Arabia. It is still one of the most impressive archaeological sites in the Middle East.”
  
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• Iraq’s National Museum Is Open Again – Now People Have To Start Coming

  03-06-2015 10:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Guides and curators say the museum has averaged about 300 visitors a day since it reopened [in February] … Those who do brave the risks of terrorist attacks and the traffic, which is snarled by regular checkpoints, say they are thrilled to see the museum’s collection, which has been largely closed to the public for […]
  
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• Could This E-Platform Build A Big New Audience For Short Stories?

  03-06-2015 10:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The clean, minimalist interface echoes popular blogging platforms, and visitors are encouraged to search for something to read by theme and length: trending tags at time of writing included #crime, #humour and #10minuteread.” And its analytics are all too thorough and honest.
  
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• From Agnes Martin to Yves Klein: how to dress like an artwork

  03-06-2015 10:18
  
  With an Agnes Martin exhibition opening today at Tate Modern, what better time to take fashion inspiration from art? Here are eight products that fit the bill Continue reading...
  
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• Laid-Off Sacramento Ballet Dancers Debut As New Troupe

  03-06-2015 10:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The ballet recently announced that it would cut its season short as a cost-saving measure. … In response, more than 20 of the laid-off performers founded the Capital Dance Project, a new, dancer-driven company that held its first production Saturday. The dancers put the show together in 20 days.”
  
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• Neuroscience And Neighborhood Blight

  03-06-2015 10:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Blocks and neighborhoods aren’t concrete concepts that mean the same thing to everyone, unlike, say, things like ‘apple’ or ‘sky.’ Points of reference shift depending on the person that’s using that reference, so blocks/neighborhoods are more like alternate realities laid atop one another, like plastic sheets on an overhead projector. There’s even a phrase for […]
  
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• Jean Ritchie, Appalachian Folk Song Legend, Dead At 92

  03-06-2015 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “With her clear, uninflected soprano voice, Ms. Ritchie helped spark renewed interest in traditional folk music. She became a fixture at Greenwich Village coffeehouses and often appeared on the New York radio broadcasts of folk singer Oscar Brand and occasionally on television. She played a key role in introducing younger musicians to the mountain dulcimer, […]
  
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• The Top Ten Musicals Of All Time (As Chosen By A Brit Critic)

  03-06-2015 10:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mark Shenton of The Stage selects some no-brainers (Sweeney Todd, A Chorus Line), some head-scratchers (Pippin?), some obscure-to-Yanks titles (what’s The Hired Man?), and some appalling omissions (where are West Side Story and Gypsy??).
  
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• Why Philip Larkin Refused Oxford’s Super-Prestigious Poetry Professorship

  03-06-2015 10:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There was one part of the job that he dreaded above all others …
  
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• Michael King, 67, King Of The TV Syndicators

  03-06-2015 10:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  With his brother, he “transformed King World Productions, a modest company they inherited from their father, into a syndicator of television megahits like The Oprah Winfrey Show, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.”
  
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• Folks Behind ‘Big Bang Theory’ Create Scholarships For Needy STEM Students

  03-06-2015 10:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The Big Bang Theory Scholarship Endowment has already raised $4 million to support undergraduate students at UCLA who are studying the sciences. Starting in the fall, 20 Big Bang Theory grants will be awarded to UCLA science students who have gotten in on academic merit but need extra support to supplement their financial aid … […]
  
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• Some People Really Can Multitask – And Their Brains Are Different From Ours

  03-06-2015 10:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  For the past few years, scientists have been telling us that there’s not really any such thing as multitasking – that the best the human nervous system can manage is very fast task-switching, and that we get better results by concentrating on one thing at a time. Turns out there are a few exceptions – […]
  
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• Pilobolus Reconceives Portraiture

  03-06-2015 10:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  At the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Museum, the dance troupe and video artist Bo Gehring take the genre as far as they can from the cliché of old white guys in wigs.
  
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• Horror and hope: paintings from the Zaïre popular school – in pictures

  03-06-2015 08:00
  
  A new exhibition gathers rarely seen works by leading Congolese artist Tshibumba Kanda-Matulu, who depicted the country’s brutal colonial past, the fight for independence and later struggles for power Continue reading...
  
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