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• Dramatists Guild Blasts Minnesota Theatre Fest For Disrespect Of Scripts

  07-08-2015 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “In a letter to Daved Driscoll, artistic director of Words Players Theatre, Doug Wright, president of the Dramatists Guild, took issue with guidelines that said the theatre’s directors and casts reserved the right to change submitted playscripts in any way they chose, while offering the playwrights no money for the use of their plays.”
  
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• No Disrespect Intended: How A Play-reading Event Grew Into A Big Misunderstanding

  07-08-2015 21:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Our intention was almost the opposite of what it has been perceived to be. It was out of our respect for playwrights that we wanted to be clear about what we were and were not undertaking. Obviously, that attempt at clarity was a dismal and embarrassing failure. Disrespect was not remotely intended.”
  
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• Richard Taittinger Gallery Now Reps Nassos Daphnis Estate, Plans Show

  07-08-2015 21:25 via artnews.com
  The Lower East Side’s Richard Taittinger Gallery announced that it now exclusively represents the estate of Nassos Daphnis (1914–2010). The late Greek-American painter and sculptor, whose work in color theory and geometric abstraction placed him in the hard-edge school, was … Read More
  
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• When Our Artistic Heroes Fall To Earth (It’s Difficult To Forget Them)

  07-08-2015 21:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Today, we are in a new moment of iconoclasm, as symbols such as the Confederate flag are reconsidered; as celebrities such as Bill Cosby fall spectacularly from grace; as books, plays, films and operas are reconsidered, edited or banished to the margins of the canon for offending contemporary audiences.
  
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• FBI: Suspects in $500 M. Gardner Museum Theft Are Dead

  07-08-2015 21:11 via artnews.com
  Today an agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed to the Associated Press that the suspects in the 1990 theft of 13 works from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston—believed to be the largest art theft in history—are dead.In 2013, the FBI … Read More
  
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• Media Meltdown As Media Use Changes

  07-08-2015 20:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Some investors have concluded that owning media stocks is too risky amid dramatic changes in how viewers consume entertainment, analysts said. Viewership changes are beginning to prompt studio chiefs to reassess how they manage their businesses and even which shows and movies get the green light.”
  
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• Does Anyone Care About Blackface Makeup For Otello?

  07-08-2015 20:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “What I think is most damaging is when there’s no discussion about it, and then you get a situation where the cover of an artistic brochure shows somebody in blackface and then the rest of us are thinking, ‘what’s going on?'” (The Met’s decision came after an outcry from some subscribers who took issue with […]
  
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• The Utopian Planned City (Possible?)

  07-08-2015 20:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There have been numerous attempts to build planned cities that can be better places than cities that develop organically and haphazardly. Few have succeeded (and not for lack of trying)
  
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• Explosive Growth: Thousands Flock To Watch Video Game Competitions

  07-08-2015 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “As many as 12,000 people descended on KeyArena this week to watch teams of professional gamers square off in the International Dota 2 tournament. At stake in Saturday’s final round is a $6.5 million prize, part of an $18 million purse, the largest in e-sports history. E-sports, as competitive video gaming is known, is big […]
  
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• After Illegally Copying Sculptures, Billionaire Owes Artist $640,000

  07-08-2015 20:06 via artnews.com
  In 2014, artist John Raimondi sued billionaire Igor Olencioff after he realized that unauthorized copies of his stainless steel and bronze sculptures were being shown in two cities in California. That case ended with the jury slapping Olencioff, a Russian-born immigrant worth … Read More
  
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• After Illegally Copying Sculptures, Billionaire Owes $640,000 to Artist

  07-08-2015 20:06 via artnews.com
  In 2014, artist John Raimondi sued billionaire Igor Olencioff after he realized that unauthorized copies of his stainless steel and bronze sculptures were being shown in two cities in California. That case ended with the jury slapping Olencioff, a Russian-born immigrant worth … Read More
  
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• SOOO Many Problems With Streaming Music. Ultimately They Don’t Matter

  07-08-2015 19:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The thing to remember when it comes to the progress of art (and to technology): Never follow the money, follow the artists. That’s where the creativity and caring lies. Streaming is no exception.”
  
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• ‘Michael Müller: Berührung’ at Galerie Thomas Schulte

  07-08-2015 19:51 via artnews.com
  Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday Read More
  
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• The First Woman Member Of The New York Philharmonic Is Still Playing

  07-08-2015 19:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Back in 1966, when Leonard Bernstein hired Orin O’Brien to join the double bass section of the New York Philharmonic, she became the orchestra’s first woman, making history in a heretofore all-male club. (The first ever was Edna Phillips, who broke the gender barrier in 1930, when Leopold Stokowski hired her as principal harp of […]
  
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• Picasso Gets a Mention on the New Dr. Dre Album

  07-08-2015 19:02 via artnews.com
  Yesterday the storied West Coast musician and entrepreneur Dr. Dre released his first album in 16 years. It is titled Compton, and it is well worth a listen. Since this is an art website and this is what we do, … Read More
  
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• We Asked 100,000 People Why They Attended Arts Events. Here’s What They Told Us

  07-08-2015 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Results suggest that being entertained is not necessarily a universal driver, with significant variances in responses. In the visual arts sector, for example, audiences cited intellectual stimulation (45%) and inspiration (44%) as important drivers for attendance. More than a third (37%) of these visitors also stated that they attend art galleries because the visual arts […]
  
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• Sotheby’s Revenue, Profits Down in Second Quarter Versus 2014

  07-08-2015 18:59 via artnews.com
  Today, Sotheby’s released its financial results for the second quarter of 2015, which concluded on June 30. The auction house announced total revenue of $487.7 million, down 1 percent from the figure reported for the same quarter last year. Profits came in at $67.6 million for … Read More
  
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• Tate Britain Attempts To Turn Visual Art Into Multi-Sense Experience

  07-08-2015 18:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The exhibition features cutting edge technology, including binaural and directional audio to produce 3D sound, a perfume release system to engage the sense of smell, and state-of-the-art haptic technology to recreate the sense of touch.”
  
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• How Plans For Google’s New Headquarters Could Change How We Think About Offices

  07-08-2015 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Google has come up with an entirely new idea for the office of the future. The hugely ambitious design breaks open the hermetic office park, dramatically lowers energy use, and invents demountable structural components that could vastly simplify future renovations or retrofitting. These innovations could transform architecture.”
  
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• FBI says two suspects who stole $500m in art from Boston museum are dead

  07-08-2015 18:28
  FBI agent has settled the lingering mystery of why no one was ever charged in the 1990 robbery at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: The suspects are deadTwo men suspected by the FBI of having masqueraded as police officers to rob a Boston art museum of $500m worth of masterpieces in 1990 are dead, investigators believe. Related: New Gardner museum video may show thieves 24 hours before art heistContinue reading...
  
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• Challenge: Diagram A Donald Trump Sentence (And The Surprise Inside)

  07-08-2015 18:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “First, I’m surprised that so much of a speech that sounds like pure blather actually does form a few coherent sentences, albeit fractured and interrupted by other thoughts. Second, If you can locate the main clauses I’m talking about, you can see, graphically, how much weight they have to bear.”
  
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• Bryony Kimmings: 'Right now, our men are struggling'

  07-08-2015 18:20
  She’s known as a feminist activist, but when the performance artist witnessed her boyfriend’s depression, she enlisted his help for Fake It ’Til You Make It, which tackles male mental health in her trademark goofball wayWhen performance artist Bryony Kimmings found antidepressants in her boyfriend’s backpack soon after the couple moved in together, her first reaction was shock. “I wasn’t angry,” she says. “It wasn’t like: ‘Oh my God, you lied!’ I just felt bad that he didn�
  
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• Artadia Announces 2015 Chicago Finalists

  07-08-2015 17:52 via artnews.com
  Today, Artadia announced the 2015 finalists for its Chicago Artadia Awards, which are given annually to artists working in the Windy City. This year’s first-round jurors were Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago curator Naomi Beckwith, Kitchen curator Lumi Tan, and … Read More
  
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• Hip-Hop’s Battle Over Authenticity And Ownership

  07-08-2015 17:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Unlike other art forms, the idea of authorship is tied into hip-hop’s DNA. At the birth of rapping, rappers didn’t quite own the music, which was stitched and spliced together by a DJ from breaks. But they did own their lyrics, which were a form of currency. The four elements of hip-hop — MCing, DJing, […]
  
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• 3D and the Art of Massive Attack – in pictures

  07-08-2015 17:47
  This month, the Vinyl Factory publishes 3D and the Art of Massive Attack – a book that documents the visual history of the Bristol band. Here, Robert del Naja, aka 3D, explains the story behind some of the books best images Continue reading...
  
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• Thin Skins: Today’s College Students Can’t Take A Joke (Or Don’t Want To)

  07-08-2015 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Keeping hold of that kid for all four years has become a central obsession of the higher-ed-industrial complex. How do you do it? In part, by importing enough jesters and bards to keep him from wandering away to someplace more entertaining, taking his Pell grant and his 529 plan and his student loans with him.”
  
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• ‘It Is Impossible to Simplify My Feelings About China': Ai Weiwei on His Controversial Art, in 2006

  07-08-2015 16:55 via artnews.com
  With Ai Weiwei having recently received his passport after Chinese authorities held it for four years, we turn back to the October 2006 issue of ARTnews, in which Barbara Pollack spoke to the artist about his politically charged work. In China, Ai … Read More
  
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• Spitting images: world leader mashups – in pictures

  07-08-2015 14:44
  Who has the most dominant genes – Kim Jong-un? Margaret Thatcher? George Bush? Or Nelson Mandela? Alejandro Almaraz’s Portraits of Power roll world leaders into one ... and the results are creepily identikit Continue reading...
  
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• Moving pictures of Israel-Gaza conflict drawn by Palestinian children go on show to mark one year since crisis

  07-08-2015 14:41
  
  Drawings by Palestinian teenagers who witnessed the Israel-Gaza crisis are to go on show to mark one year since the conflict.
  
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• Morning Links: Adult Coloring Books Edition

  07-08-2015 14:07 via artnews.com
  Cindy Sherman will play a character based on Maria Callas in a Francesco Vezzoli-directed film, which will premiere at a Rufus Wainwright concert in Greece. [The Art Newspaper]Art coloring books are NOT art therapy, experts say. [ABC]Lance Kinz, art dealer at Kinz + … Read More
  
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• Gateshead’s Baltic Centre Names New Director

  07-08-2015 13:00 via artnews.com
  The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in the town of Gateshead in North East England has named Sarah Munro its new director. Munro will replace the outgoing director Godfrey Worsdale in November.Munro has been the Head of Arts for Glasgow … Read More
  
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• How cats took over the internet: new exhibition is catnip for feline fans

  07-08-2015 13:00
  A new exhibition at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) celebrates the history of cats online – from Kitty Cams to Nyan Cat – and the trend’s connection with technology and pop culture“To be honest, I’m allergic,” confesses Jason Eppink. The associate curator of digital media at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI), should be thankful his aversion to felines won’t affect the institution’s new exhibition: How Cats Took Over The Internet. It is a continuation o
  
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• Western Australian artist Jukuja Dolly Snell wins national Indigenous art prize

  07-08-2015 11:10
  The WA artist wins the national prize for her work depicting the Great Sandy Desert water story with ‘powerful gestural marks and strong and vibrant colour’The Western Australian artist Jukuja Dolly Snell has been announced as the winner of the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art award.Her bold and powerful work Kurtal was the overall winner, selected from 65 finalists and more than 290 entries. It tells of the spirits and stories of the artist’s country in the Great
  
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• NATSIAA: Western Australian artist Jukuja Dolly Snell awarded $50,000

  07-08-2015 11:10
  
  The WA artist wins the national prize for her work depicting the Great Sandy Desert water story with ‘powerful gestural marks and strong and vibrant colour’ The Western Australian artist Jukuja Dolly Snell has been announced as the winner of the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art award.Her bold and powerful work Kurtal was the overall winner, selected from 65 finalists and more than 290 entries. It tells of the spirits and stories of the artist’s country in the Grea
  
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• Did The Gardner Museum Theft Have A Dry Run The Day Before? New Video Suggests So

  07-08-2015 11:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Never-before-seen video released Thursday shows a security guard admitting an unidentified man into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum the night before the infamous 1990 art heist, adding a stunning new clue to Boston’s most enduring mystery.”
  
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• Chris Riddell: highlights from my laureate log – in pictures

  07-08-2015 11:00
  
  When Chris Riddell was crowned children’s laureate in June he began his campaign to get everyone drawing and doodling every day. To inspire us Chris has been publishing his daily drawings on his laureate log, and here he shares some of the highlights including meetings with Wise Wizard Gaiman – and drawing on the walls of libraries and bookshops Continue reading...
  
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• India Lifts Ban On Internet Pornography After Nationwide Debate

  07-08-2015 10:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “In the first large-scale crackdown on the internet in India, the world’s largest democracy, websites were blocked over the weekend as telecommunications companies began to implement government instructions. The Department of Communications said the aim was to prevent pornography becoming a social nuisance, but the move immediately prompted a nationwide debate about censorship and freedom.”
  
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• Atlanta Ballet’s Season Had Best Box Office In 20 Years

  07-08-2015 10:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “$3.1 million in box office sales, the highest ticket revenue for the company in at least two decades (as far back as the company’s records go). … Total season attendance approached 72,000.”
  
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• Two London Papers Review First Preview Of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet, And The Theatre Community Is Not Happy

  07-08-2015 10:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The culprits were The Daily Mail and The Times, whose critic called it “Hamlet for kids raised on Moulin Rouge” – prompting theatre folk to suggest that the public should be able to read and judge the first drafts of her reviews.
  
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• Blurred Lines: The Battles Over Free Speech, Hate Speech, And Online Shaming

  07-08-2015 10:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Kelefa Sanneh: “We live in a world, evidently, where a college-town d.j. who plays a popular song can inspire a Facebook protest that will eventually cost him his gig. But we also live in a world where an undergraduate who protests at her local bar can find herself vilified around the world … And it’s […]
  
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• When This Author Sent Out Her Manuscript Under A Male Name, She Got More Than Eight Times As Many Responses As She Did With Her Own Name

  07-08-2015 10:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Catherine Nichols: “Total data: George sent out 50 queries, and had his manuscript requested 17 times. He is eight and a half times better than me at writing the same book.”
  
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• ‘To Me, They Are Art World Royalty’ – The Guerrilla Girls, 30 Years On

  07-08-2015 10:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “After three decades as masked crusaders for gender and racial equality in the art world – and increasingly, everywhere else – the Guerrilla Girls have lately been enjoying a victory lap. … What follows is an oral history of the Guerrilla Girls and their big-footed leaps across the cultural world, recounted by the Girls themselves, […]
  
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• Refunds For ‘Go Set A Watchman’? Really?

  07-08-2015 10:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “From the beginning, we knew that the manuscript was at best ‘recently rediscovered’, not new. It was always presented as a first draft of Mockingbird … And no buyer, even for the smallest and humblest of stores, was unaware of that when they ordered their own supply. The fact is that people wanted to read […]
  
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• How The Brain Erases Ugly Memories

  07-08-2015 09:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “New research has identified a neuronal circuit responsible for the brain’s ability to purge bad memories, findings that could have implications for treating PTSD and other anxiety disorders.” It’s all about the amygdala and prefrontal cortex …
  
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• All Work And No Pay: Yes, Writing Is A Serious Job, Even If It’s One You Can Rarely Make A Decent Living From

  07-08-2015 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Phoebe Maltz Bovy considers the implications of the currently active hashtag #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter.
  
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• If The Old Masters Had Had To Write Artist Statements

  07-08-2015 08:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Jan Vermeer: “The Guitar Player constructs a Calvinist phenomenological epoché in order to systematically criticize Counter-Reformationist assumptions of irreducible and harmonious existence. Through simulation and prediction it also examines the participant’s failure to oppose the dominant cultural projection of ataraxia.”
  
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• Top Posts From AJBlogs 08.06.15

  07-08-2015 08:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Ystad Festival, Part 4 AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-08-05 How have you engaged your staff to cultivate new leaders? AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-08-05 So you want to see a show? AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-08-06  
  
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• Street view: a day in the life of an artist living rough in Melbourne – video

  07-08-2015 01:47
  
  Homeless artist Richard Carrie films a typical day on the streets of Melbourne. 'The first 20 minutes of waking up is probably the worst part of the day,' Richard says as he packs up his sleeping bag. Over the course of the day Richard relies on the facilities of the local library, works on his paintings and chats to passersby, before retiring to his favoured sleeping spot.Shot by Richard Carrie, produced and edited by Kayla Robertson and Marcus Crook for Homelessness Prevention Week Continue re
  
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