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• Working To Inspire More Misty Copelands In The Twin Cities

  20-07-2015 23:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The school aims to handle funding and other matters so students can bring their best work to the dance floor. The school helps students with everything from getting dance clothes and transportation to making sure there are healthy snacks available between classes.”
  
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• Christie’s Reports $4.5 Billion in Half-Year Sales

  20-07-2015 22:47 via artnews.com
  Christie’s released its half-year sales report Monday afternoon, recording £2.9 billion ($4.5 billion) in sales so far in 2015. This, according to Christie’s, is a new record for half-year sales for the auction house. It being late July and something … Read More
  
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• The Unemployed (And Terrifying) Life Of A Professional Writer

  20-07-2015 22:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The going gets tough. Then tougher. Now, with the essays just out, an illustrated children’s book forthcoming with a respected Ontario publisher, and a curriculum vitae a juror once described as being ‘as long as [her] arm,’ I’m facing poverty unlike anything I’ve known since the 1980s, when I lived with my little family in […]
  
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• Triple Canopy Archive Will Go to NYU’s Fales Library

  20-07-2015 21:59 via artnews.com
  On Monday, NYU’s Fales and Special Collection Library announced that it will acquire the archives of the young literary and art publication Triple Canopy. Birthed in 2007, the nonprofit magazine maintains an entirely online existence, with the exception of a handful of printed anthologies. … Read More
  
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• The Movie Composer Having An Excellent Summer

  20-07-2015 19:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “One of the first things I ask [a filmmaker] is, ‘What is the saddest moment in the story to you?’ That is important for me. I want to know if I felt the same way. When I ask the question, I’ll know emotionally if we are going to be in the same place.”
  
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• Milwaukee’s Most Wanted: Midwest Mural of Scott Walker Sparks Dialogue

  20-07-2015 18:51 via artnews.com
  Last week in Milwaukee, a mural containing the face of controversial Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker with the words “down with the bitches and the hoes” was erected on the city’s South Side, Onmilwaukee reported last Saturday. The Milwaukee collective OATS … Read More
  
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• Yuji Agematsu at Real Fine Arts

  20-07-2015 18:23 via artnews.com
  Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.Today’s show: Yuji Agematsu’s self-titled exhibition is currently on view at Real Fine Arts in Brooklyn. The show features one multi-part sculpture 01-01-2014 ~ 12-31-2014 comprised of 365 cellophane wrappers from … Read More
  
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• Artist and Empire at Tate Britain: cryptic paintings of violent imperialism

  20-07-2015 18:16
  Exhibition features a piece by Elizabeth Butler now seen as an indictment of 19th century wars in Afghanistan – but viewed as a depiction of heroism in its timeIt depicts the only known survivor of a shocking massacre and was seen by 19th century eyes as an inspiring image of British heroism at the edges of empire. A more accurate reading might be as a damning indictment of a disastrous war in Afghanistan.Elizabeth Butler’s The Remnants of an Army: Jellalabad, January 13th, 1842 – complete
  
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• Is China The New Musical Superpower?

  20-07-2015 18:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “It is very difficult to argue that China is not the most important market for the future. There are between 60 and 100 million Chinese people learning either the piano or the violin.”
  
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• The Best Social Network

  20-07-2015 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “It is a silly, idiosyncratic piece of software, but so simple. It says: Here is a picture.”
  
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• How Three Boys From Utah Changed Ballet In, And Brought The Nutcracker To, America

  20-07-2015 17:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The restless Christensens couldn’t seem to stay put. Which turned out to be providential for American ballet, especially on the West Coast. Willam brought ballet to Portland, Oregon, and later established the formidable Salt Lake City company that would be known as Ballet West. In between, there was San Francisco, where he and Harold spun […]
  
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• Flash Dancers: Petra Cortright on Her New Show at the Depart Foundation

  20-07-2015 17:39 via artnews.com
  "I don’t think I’ve ever successfully avoided the male gaze. I can’t even do it, even in the webcam videos, where I’m not even doing anything sexy" Read More
  
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• Humans listening to music on the Tube

  20-07-2015 17:24
  
  There's something insulating and shield-like about listening to music on public transport. It creates a sort of audial carapace around you, blocking out the screech of wheel against track, the oppressiveness of your diminished personal space and the troubles of the day ahead/behind.
  
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• LACMA Will Screen Steve McQueen’s New Kanye West Video

  20-07-2015 16:48 via artnews.com
  Kanye West’s long-promised new album is still nowhere to be found, but beginning Saturday the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will offer up a video for two tracks directed by Steve McQueen, Jori Finkel reported in The New York … Read More
  
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• How To Get College Students Interested In Dramaturgy

  20-07-2015 16:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Don’t have a program: “There was no designated person whose function was to understand the world of the play, to speak up for the playwright and her intent, to argue for the sanctity of the script. That work struck me as vital. Every conversation I had about student theatre I would pull back to this […]
  
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• Margaret K. Hofer Named Director of New-York Historical Society’s Museum

  20-07-2015 16:38 via artnews.com
  The New-York Historical Society announced today that it has named curator Margaret K. Hofer the foundation’s vice president and the director of its museum. Hofer takes the reins at the museum from Brian Allen, who began his term as director … Read More
  
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• Um, Really? A Contest For Women Filmmakers … Set In The Twilight Universe?

  20-07-2015 16:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The contest — sponsored by Lionsgate, Women in Film, Volvo and crowd sourcing platform Tongal — was created to help women break into the frat house of film. Aspiring female writers and directors were invited to submit scripts and pitches for short films set in the ‘Twilight’ universe. Winners received up to $50,000 each to […]
  
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• Apocalypse no! Why artists should not go into the Fukushima exclusion zone

  20-07-2015 16:02
  
  Artists are installing work in the poisoned nuclear landscape devastated in 2011’s tsunami – and of course, no one can visit it. I can’t think of a more fatuous planIt is no surprise that art is drawn to politics. The drama and emotion of a conflicted world can make for moving, haunting images. But is art really capable of useful commentary on world events – or does it encourage fatuously emotional responses? An exhibition in the Fukushima exclusion zone in Japan is an example of what I
  
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• Mali Rebuilds Timbuktu Mausoleums Smashed By Islamic Extremists

  20-07-2015 15:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The entire city of Timbuktu is listed as a World Heritage Site by Unesco. The city was considered the centre of Islamic learning from the 13th to the 17th Centuries. At one time it counted nearly 200 schools and universities that attracted thousands of students from across the Muslim world.”
  
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• Watch A Film On Genghis Khan While In China, Get Deported

  20-07-2015 15:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “China deported 20 foreigners from Britain, South Africa and India because they watched video clips that advocated terrorism and religious extremism, official state media has reported, while two of the tourists reportedly said they had done nothing more than view a documentary about Genghis Khan.”
  
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• Morning Links: Russian Edition

  20-07-2015 14:58 via artnews.com
  Erika Verzutti’s “Swan With Stage” at SculptureCenter. [Contemporary Art Daily]Wall drawings—a genre once largely considered “intimidating and esoteric” by collectors—is experiencing a market revival. [The Art Newspaper]LACMA is turning iconic works of art into memes and sharing them on Snapchat in … Read More
  
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• Morning Links: Kanye West x Steve McQueen Edition

  20-07-2015 14:58 via artnews.com
  The long-anticipated Kanye West-Steve McQueen collaboration, an extended music video titled “All Day/I Feel Like That,” will premiere on Saturday at LACMA and run for four days. [The New York Times]Erika Verzutti’s “Swan With Stage” at SculptureCenter. [Contemporary Art Daily]Wall drawings—a … Read More
  
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• Japan Cancels Zaha Hadid’s Olympic Stadium

  20-07-2015 14:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “For many, the project’s cancellation is almost two years overdue.”
  
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• The Revolt Against Tourism (And Tourists, Maybe, As Well)

  20-07-2015 14:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Outraged by tourists’ boorish and disrespectful behavior, and responding to the complaints of their constituents, local officials around the world have begun to crack down on tourism, and the tourism industry, even in the face of opposition from their national governments, which want the tax revenue from tourists.”
  
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• When Arizona Teachers Were Forced To Become Book Smugglers

  20-07-2015 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The irony is that if Arizona lawmakers had never squashed one Mexican American studies class—in a single district in one city—Curtis Acosta would have no interest in duplicating that same class across the country. Certainly, California and Texas public schools would not be considering to offer the course in all its high schools. And Tony […]
  
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• Hitchcock, Chaplin and Tussaud among nominations for new face of £20 note

  20-07-2015 12:40
  
  Hundreds of notable figures from the world of visual arts put forward by the public to replace economist Adam Smith on banknotesFashion designer Alexander McQueen, author and illustrator Beatrix Potter and Gerry Anderson, creator of the science-fiction puppet show Thunderbirds, are among hundreds of figures from the art world nominated to appear on the new £20 note.For the first time the Bank of England asked for the public’s opinion on who should appear on the note and around 19,000 nom
  
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• Top Posts For AJBlogs From 07.19.15

  20-07-2015 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Back To Ystad AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2015-07-19   ‘Freedom Is A Career’ — An Obituary for Mike Lesser AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2015-07-19 Shirley MacLaine, Meet Yuri Zhivago AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2015-07-19 Mendelssohn: it’s the sound of Shakespeare AJBlog: Plain EnglishPublished 2015-07-18 Four Hundred Years of Opera: Murder, Passion, Betrayal, and Ecstasy AJBlog: OperaSleuthPublished 2015-07-17 The discipline of the green bar AJBlog: Infinite CurvesPublishe
  
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• Alex Rocco, Whose Scene-Stealing Moments In ‘The Godfather’ Left An Indelible Impression, Dead At 79

  20-07-2015 06:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Mr. Rocco had fairly limited screen time in ‘The Godfather’ (1972), but he emerged from that film with a collection of signature lines, including ‘You don’t buy me out. I buy you out’ and ‘Do you know who I am?’ (both spoken to the Godfather-in-waiting, played by Al Pacino), and a Hollywood reputation for stealing […]
  
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• 'The North Korean posters that got me arrested for espionage'

  20-07-2015 06:00
  
  Wiliem van der Bijl owns the largest collection of DPRK propaganda pictures outside of country. Were they worth going to prison for? Enthusiastic philatelist Wiliem van der Bijl boasts the largest collection of North Korean propaganda posters outside of the country – a vocation that once landed him in trouble with the country’s notorious arm of the law.
  “My love for North Korea started, as is often the case, with my hobby and profession: postage stamps,” says the Dutchman, who first visi
  
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• A bridge to the old Iraq: Displaced artists from the war-torn country are flourishing in London

  20-07-2015 03:45
  
  Across from Shepherd’s Bush Green, in London, lies a portal to Baghdad.
  
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• How Does A Session Musician Transform Into A Solo Artist?

  20-07-2015 02:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “No one is saying, ‘Have you got anything creative to say? Have you made anything that’s worth putting out that you feel proud of?’ I’m old enough to know that it was a long time coming and that’s OK, I’m fine with that.”
  
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• Why Don’t Bigger Budgets Always Make For Better Movies?

  20-07-2015 01:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “It’s hard to make a movie that’s very expensive and not be thinking of the results all the time. … The creative process is hurt if you’re thinking about the end as opposed to focusing on day-to-day decisions.”
  
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• Bilingual Millennials Are Changing The Look, And Sound, Of TV

  20-07-2015 01:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “‘We cater all our content now to not only linear, but digital,’ says Alberto Ciurana, president of programming and content for Univision. ‘It’s clear that this demographic is growing and their viewing habits are all over the place. It’s not something that can be ignored anymore.'”
  
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• US artist Theaster Gates to help Bristol hear itself in first UK public project

  20-07-2015 01:01
  
  Dramatic ruins of city centre Temple Church will host performances – from pop music to poetry readings – around the clock for 24 daysIt is one of the most ambitious arts events likely to happen this year: the first UK public project by the lauded American artist Theaster Gates, in which the dramatic ruins of a city centre church will host performances around the clock for 24 days. Continue reading...
  
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• The History Of The World’s Oldest Known Cello

  20-07-2015 00:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “As it was a court instrument, the bass instrument was made for a chamber setting, with softer strings and gentler tones.”
  
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