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• The Skystone Foundation, Which Oversees Turrell’s Roden Crater, Taps Yvette Y. Lee to Be Director

  05-11-2015 21:54 via artnews.com
  The Skystone Foundation, the nonprofit organization responsible for supporting and administering artist James Turrell’s famed Roden Crater in Arizona, announced the appointment of Yvette Y. Lee to the newly established position of executive director. Lee previously served as senior project manager … Read More
  
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• ‘Davina Semo: WHERE LIFE IS HAPPENING’ at Lyles & King, New York

  05-11-2015 21:14 via artnews.com
  Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.Today’s show: “Davina Semo: WHERE LIFE IS HAPPENING” is on view at Lyles & King until November 15.
  
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• Rodin Museum in Paris reopens after €16m renovation and will display previously unseen examples of sculptor's work

  05-11-2015 20:34
  
  The exhibits will shed new light on a man the painter Paul Cézanne said no one knew 'deep down'
  
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• Sylvie Patry Named Chief Curator at Barnes Foundation

  05-11-2015 20:01 via artnews.com
  Sylvie Patry has been named the chief curator and deputy director of collections at the Barnes Foundation, the New York Times reports. Patry joins the Barnes from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, where she was a curator. In 2012, the … Read More
  
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• ‘Being an Outsider Is A Privileged Position’: Casey Jane Ellison on Comedy, Catcalling, Consumerism, and More

  05-11-2015 19:05 via artnews.com
  Extracurriculars is a new recurring feature in which artists discuss their interests that are not art.Casey Jane Ellison is a comedian, self-proclaimed cult leader, TV host, and above all, an artist. Best known for hosting her Ovation mini-series Touching the Art as … Read More
  
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• The magnificent Musée Rodin reopens in Paris – with a chocolate surprise

  05-11-2015 18:28
  
  It was a ruin when he lived there, then nearly ruined by millions of trampling tourists after his death. Now the Musée Rodin has been playfully vamped up – and it’s even got a giant chocolate tribute to France’s most famous sculptorThe once shabby mansion in Paris where the sculptor Auguste Rodin worked until his death in 1917, reopens to the public on 12 November – and it is now so chic, warm, accessible and elegant that the artist would surely have been astonishe
  
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• Berlin plans fence to protect wall from souvenir hunters

  05-11-2015 17:25
  
  Task of preserving East Side gallery, on longest remaining stretch of wall that divided city for 28 years, labelled ‘sisyphean’
  Rami Nazal had been told by a friend that a visit to Berlin’s East Side gallery was a must. So the 37-year-old Israeli spent the third day of a week-long trip in the German capital strolling along the longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall. He stopped in front of one of the scores of colourful paintings that make up the 1.3k- long facade, and ben
  
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• Charles Avery, artist: 'I was kicked out of Central St Martins because I wanted to draw and draw'

  05-11-2015 16:44
  
  Karen Wright meets the artist at his studio in a new low-rise building in Homerton, east London
  
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• Here Are the New York Recipients of the 2015 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grants

  05-11-2015 15:24 via artnews.com
  The Rema Hort Mann Foundation has named the eight recipients of its annual New York grants, which are watched as markers for new talent in the field. Those artists, who will each receive an unrestricted check for $10,000, are as … Read More
  
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• Here Are the New York Recipients of 2015 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grants

  05-11-2015 15:24 via artnews.com
  The Rema Hort Mann Foundation, whose annual artist grants are watched as markers for new talent in the field, has named the eight recipients of its New York awards. Those artists, who will each receive an unrestricted grant of $10,000, … Read More
  
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• Morning Links: Defecation Edition

  05-11-2015 14:42 via artnews.com
  A hidden poop joke has been found in a newly restored 17th-century painting owned by Queen Elizabeth. [Smithsonian.com]The Hobby Lobby family is now officially under investigation from the FBI for illegally importing 200 to 300 small clay tablets from Iraq in … Read More
  
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• Readers suggest the 10 best monuments to peace

  05-11-2015 13:06
  
  After last week’s 10 best monuments to peace, many of you got in touch to have your say on the subject. Here we present your alternative suggestions1 | Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, Tower of London
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• Deutsche Börse photography prize shortlist: drones v the women of Tahrir

  05-11-2015 12:05
  
  The murky state of global surveillance and a moving account of the Arab spring, plus refugee activists and a pulled-apart Fiat 500, make up a surprising listThe shortlist for the 2016 Deutsche Börse photography prize is dominated by artists who engage with contemporary politics and social issues, from drone warfare to refugee activists in Africa.Egyptian photographer Laura El-Tantawy is nominated for her self-published book, In the Shadow of the Pyramids, which mixes images taken in Cairo d
  
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• Ken Saro-Wiwa memorial art bus denied entry to Nigeria

  05-11-2015 11:48
  
  Sculpture sent as gift to mark 20th anniversary of the environmentalist’s execution seized by Lagos customs officials because of its ‘political value’A sculpture created as a memorial to Nigerian environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other activists has been denied entry to Nigeria, where it had been sent as a gift to mark the 20th anniversary of their execution by the military government.
  Customs officials impounded Sokari Douglas Camp’s sculpture, in the form of a st
  
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• 12 oddly experimental Soviet bus stops

  05-11-2015 11:01
  
  They range 'from the strictest Brutalism to exuberant whimsy'
  
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• The Lure Of Luxury: An Online Forum On Why Some People Spend So Much On Stuff

  05-11-2015 09:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Why would anyone spend thousands of dollars on a Prada handbag, an Armani suit, or a Rolex watch? If you really need to know the time, buy a cheap Timex or just look at your phone and send the money you have saved to Oxfam. Certain consumer behaviors seem irrational, wasteful, even evil. What drives people to possess so much more than they need?” But then: “Most people own things that they don’t really need. It is worth thinking about why.”
  
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• American Slave Narratives: The Descendants Of Authors Gather

  05-11-2015 09:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “They included descendants of famous figures like Dred Scott, the plaintiff at the center of the infamous 1857 Supreme Court ruling, and Solomon Northup, the author of Twelve Years a Slave, … They arrived with photographs, books and rolling bags full of research materials, along with a shared conviction in the importance of taking history into their own hands.”
  
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• American Museum Of Natural History Reveals Jeanne Gang’s Design For Expansion

  05-11-2015 09:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The design consumes less coveted park space than expected, while introducing a contemporary aesthetic that evokes Frank Gehry’s museum in Bilbao, Spain, in its undulating exterior and Turkey’s underground city of Cappadocia in its cavelike interior.”
  
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• ‘Starchitects’ And The Conservatives Who Hate Them

  05-11-2015 09:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Kriston Capps argues that it’s time to ditch that term altogether, because it has turned into a “partisan slur”: “The conservative pearl-clutching over starchitects is performed. It’s registered in bad faith. It’s at root an allergy to program, funding, public works, or intangibles that have nothing to do with the built environment. The objection to starchitects is dressed up in Culture Wars theatrics, meant to elicit partisan alignment around political identi
  
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• Why More Actors Should Be Cast Against Type

  05-11-2015 08:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Matt Zoller Seitz: “Throughout film history, and TV history, casting against type has yielded not just some of the best performances of certain actors’ careers, but some of the defining moments of the show or movie they appeared in. … There might be no better TV example … than Bryan Cranston, who in the mid-aughts was being sent mostly comedic material because of all of his great years on Malcolm in the Middle.”
  
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• Sylvie Guillem Prepares To End Her Dance Career

  05-11-2015 08:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “‘I am not nice,’ [she] said. Seated in her dressing room … Ms. Guillem burst out laughing. ‘That has gotten me into a lot of trouble.'”
  
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• Peter Donaldson, BBC’s ‘Voice Of Radio 4,’ Dead At 70

  05-11-2015 08:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “It seemed fitting that, when in the 1980s the authorities wanted someone for a pre-recorded radio announcement telling Britain that it was under nuclear attack, they turned to him. It meant, he observed with typical wryness, that he became known as ‘the voice of doom’.”
  
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• Ear To The Ground: Even South Dakota’s Corn Palace Isn’t Free From Museum Intrigue

  05-11-2015 08:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “In the past two years, as the city has invested millions of dollars in renovating and refurbishing the building, something strange has been brewing at the Corn Palace. For 13 years, from 2001 to 2014, the arena was run by the same director, Mark Schilling. But in 2014, he was asked to resign” and convicted of petty theft. “Since then, the city has hired two directors, one of whom was asked to step down before even starting the job, and a second who lasted less than a year.&rdq
  
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• ‘Christploitation’ Flicks: The Godless ‘Guardian’ Looks At The Lucrative Niche Market For Christian Movies

  05-11-2015 08:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “In the past five years, 21 Christian films have opened in wide release, meaning in more than 600 cinemas in the United States. All 21 are rated as ‘rotten’ on Rotten Tomatoes … And yet, Sony, Fox and other studios have established divisions for the express purpose of faith-based cinema. Why? Because these movies are produced with a different mindset than your standard narrative fare – and each of the 21 films made substantial profits.”
  
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• Top Posts From AJBlogs 11.04.15

  05-11-2015 08:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  What is Audience Engagement? (Part 2)
  It’s commonplace to talk about the need for “audience engagement” – but what does the term actually mean? Let’s pick up from yesterday’s discussion. … read more
  AJBlog: Audience Wanted Published 2015-11-04Both Sides, Now
  Both Sides, Now: Short-Term Income vs. Long-Term Engagement in the Arts By Jill Robinson, TRG Arts. This post is part of a series of collaborations with TRG … read more
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• Growing up in darkness on the streets of Mozambique – in pictures

  05-11-2015 08:00
  
  A haunting new series by photographer Mário Macilau documents the children living in the city’s shadows, without access to electricity. African Digital Art reportsContinue reading...
  
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• ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, MEMBERSHIP AND SALES

  05-11-2015 06:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Oregon Shakespeare Festival seeks an individual to join our Marketing and Communications department to develop, integrate and oversee strategic marketing, membership, sales and branding programs to promote OSF’s performances and events and advance OSF’s values of excellence, engagement, equity, diversity and inclusion.
  At OSF we believe that diverse ideas, cultures and traditions reflect the broad diversity of the nation and enrich our insights into the work we present on stage.
  
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• Individual Giving Manager

  05-11-2015 06:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University seeks a full-time Individual Giving Manager to provide proactive management of all aspects of the center’s Donor Circles (DC) annual membership program including developing and implementing strategic recruitment and retention plans to ensure growth of DC base and associated revenue, as well as soliciting and stewarding restricted gifts from individuals.
  Individual Giving Manager
  The Ohio State University
  Columbus, OH
  The Wexner Ce
  
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• Audience Analysis & Advancement Coordinator

  05-11-2015 06:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University seeks a full-time Audience Analysis & Advancement Coordinator to assist in planning, development, and execution of Wexner Center’s marketing and communications initiatives by pulling and analyzing data from CRM, ticketing, social media, membership, and direct report systems.
  Audience Analysis & Advancement Coordinator
  The Ohio State University
  Columbus, OH
  The Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University seeks a
  
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• Assistant Director of Development for Individual Giving

  05-11-2015 05:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Symphony Space, a two-theatre, not-for-profit performing arts center at 95th St & Broadway in New York City, seeks a highly motivated and dynamic Assistant Director of Development. Symphony Space has a $6.2M operating budget and presents/produces over 350 programs in music, theatre/cabaret, film, literature, and children’s programs, reaching 150,000 in-house audience members annually. It also produces the popular radio program, Selected Shorts, which is carried on public radio stations
  
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• Spotty Taubman Collection Sale Brings In $377 M. at Sotheby’s, Led by a $42.8 M. Modigliani

  05-11-2015 05:54 via artnews.com
  Many works went for below their low estimates, but a new high mark was set for Frank Stella Read More
  
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• Untitled(i used to know a paulus, the black man said. you’re nothing like him.

  05-11-2015 01:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  s has a taciturn belly. he had to pay 600 for an health inspection.the indonesian coffee has been a mainstay.p’s body odor has changed. it smells rank. he hopes it doesn’t mean he has an odious disease. he still has stiffness in the middle of his back. he hasn’t been able to exercise which would worry him more if he wasn’t losing weight from a dull minor depression.the weather is black and tumescent. in his dream a familiar face wouldn’t let him pee. he had to use t
  
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