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• The Mysteries Of Frank Gehry

  15-03-2016 23:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The real question his biographer needs to answer is the impossible one: how a sixtyish architect from Los Angeles ever came to imagine, much less build, the coppery metal carapace of the Guggenheim Museum in the heart of Basque country, in the declining port city of Bilbao. Before that 1997 project, and the subsequent plan to build a new concert hall in Los Angeles, Gehry was best known for constructing cheap buildings of cheap materials in the funky geometric shapes that began to punctua
  
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• Messy Divorce And Damning Charges Against Top Canadian Arts Exec

  15-03-2016 23:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The filing alleges that Jeff Melanson repeatedly got his personal and professional lives tangled up.”
  
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• The Power Couple Of Russian Literary Translation

  15-03-2016 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “For this edition of the Fishko Files, WNYC’s Sara Fishko sat down with a husband-and-wife team of star translators to talk (as quickly as possible) about a very, very long book – War and Peace.” (audio)
  
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• ‘Abstraction Isn’t Neutral’: Sondra Perry on the NCAA, Subjecthood, and Her Upcoming Projects

  15-03-2016 22:49 via artnews.com
  The video artist Sondra Perry, who recently showed work at MoMA PS1’s “Greater New York” and the Studio Museum in Harlem’s “A Constellation” exhibition, makes work centered on what she describes as “the abstraction of subjecthood” and the imagining of the … Read More
  
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• The ‘Euphemism Treadmill’

  15-03-2016 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Funeral directors were once called undertakers; today’s lavatory or restroom was yesterday’s bathroom, or – in the 18th century – water closet. … Language is a slam-dance between bullies and their targets, the uncouth and the civil.”
  
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• ‘Cols rouges’ lawyers push for dismissal as long-awaited trial opens in Paris

  15-03-2016 22:00
  
  The trial against “Cols rouges”, the former art handlers at the Hôtel Drouot charged with theft and receipt of stolen goods, opened in Paris on Monday, 14 March with an immediate call for dismissal by the defendants’ lawyers. Following lengthy arguments from the defence to cancel the court proceedings—based on the French rule of “Question prioritaire de constitutionnalité”, which allows citizens to question whether any charges brought against the
  
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• Another object from Asia Week sales seized by federal agents

  15-03-2016 22:00
  
  Update: On Tuesday, 15 March, agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations and officers from Customs and Border Protection seized a second-century Gandharan Bodhisattva schist head en route to an unidentified "East Coast auction house" that was due to sell the artefact in New York.
  
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• Larry Gagosian’s New Apartment has More Bathrooms than Bedrooms

  15-03-2016 21:54 via artnews.com
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• The First Book To Be Banned In Ireland In 18 Years

  15-03-2016 21:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “No books have been banned on the grounds of obscenity recently but there have been books banned on the grounds of advocating abortion or miscarriage.”
  
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• Luke Butler at Jessica Silverman

  15-03-2016 21:08 via artnews.com
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• Broccoli in Brockley: sand sculptor in 'fat cat' gentrification protest

  15-03-2016 20:48
  
  Zara Gaze seizes midnight opportunity to make visual statement on housing costs at south London building siteWhen Zara Gaze, a sand sculptor, spotted a pile of sand by a construction site in Brockley, south London, she spied an opportunity to make a political statement about gentrification.Gaze, 38 and a single mother of one, used a spade and plasterer’s trowels to shape 40 tonnes of sand into a “fat cat” eating broccoli as a gesture of protest at soaring rents and the lack of
  
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• Broccoli in Brockley: 'fat cat' protest at soaring rents and gentrification

  15-03-2016 20:48
  
  Sand sculptor seizes midnight opportunity to make visual statement on housing costs at south London building siteWhen Zara Gaze, a sand sculptor, spotted a pile of sand by a construction site in Brockley, south London, she spied an opportunity to make a political statement about gentrification.Gaze, 38 and a single mother of one, used a spade and plasterer’s trowels to shape 40 tonnes of sand into a “fat cat” eating broccoli as a gesture of protest at soaring rents and the lack
  
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• Even In The Era Of E-Books, We Have Shockingly Little Data On How People Actually Read Books

  15-03-2016 20:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “While e-books retailers like Amazon, Apple and Barnes & Noble can collect troves of data on their customers’ reading behavior, publishers and writers are still in the dark about what actually happens when readers pick up a book. Do most people devour it in a single sitting, or do half of readers give up after Chapter 2? Are women over 50 more likely to finish the book than young men? Which passages do they highlight, and which do they skip?”
  
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• Torlonia collection: Roman treasures to go on show after four decades in storage

  15-03-2016 20:02
  
  Italian government finally convinces owners to grant public access to part of extraordinary collection of artworks
  
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• Stephen Sondheim Says UK Audiences Listen Better Than Americans

  15-03-2016 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Of course British audiences are different from Americans: they listen. You have many centuries of being interested in the language. That’s true, and not as true as the United States. And when you care about the language like I do, it’s so much more gratifying.” (includes buried lede)
  
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• Another Sign Of Progress In Ballet: “Flesh-Colored” Tights Aren’t Automatically Beigish-Pink

  15-03-2016 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dance mom Garlia Cornelia Jones-Ly: “I had never seen ballet tights this color in person. With a palette that included Toasted Almond, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Mocha and Espresso, my daughter’s dance experience began to sink in.”
  
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• 'Invisible' classical sculpture collection to open to public

  15-03-2016 18:53
  
  Torlonia family reach agreement with Italian government to show sample of more than 600 Greek and Roman statues
  One of the world’s most significant collections of classic sculpture is to open to the public for the first time in decades following a “historic” agreement between the Italian government and the aristocratic Torlonia family.The collection, which includes more than 600 Greek and Roman statues, has been maintained, out of view, in some of the Torlonia family’s se
  
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• When Is Sense Nonsense?: On Fischli/Weiss at the Guggenheim and Marcel Broodthaers at MoMA

  15-03-2016 18:35 via artnews.com
  Think and think again. Two history-engaging, European-inflected, cerebral yet very material shows in New York right now take Conceptualism from the droll (Marcel Broodthaers) to the slapstick (Fischli/Weiss), with various stops along the way. It’s the thinking person’s workout—philosophical, political, … Read More
  
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• The Many Problems Holding The Organ Back

  15-03-2016 18:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Composers are afraid of it; it’s really complex, and each instrument is so different. when you go to play a concert, you can’t just go the night before or day of, like a singer or a pianist. And most conductors haven’t been trained to deal with it regularly; it’s different and strange, almost like bringing in another orchestra.”
  
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• Pamela Majaro obituary

  15-03-2016 18:16
  
  My mother, Pamela Majaro, who has died aged 83, was a pianist, artist and, as founder of the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust, a champion of the cause of bringing chamber music to a young audience.Pamela was born in Llanelli, south Wales, daughter of Beatrice (nee Davies) and Harry Cohen. Her father worked in the family business selling textiles and household goods, and was the president of the local Jewish community. Pamela attended Llanelli girls’ grammar school. She devoted her spare time t
  
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• Russian deputy culture minister detained on embezzlement charges

  15-03-2016 18:08
  
  Russia's deputy culture minister Grigory Pirumov has been detained on embezzlement charges, Russian state media reported on 15 March. Earlier in the day, the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that several high-ranking culture ministry officials and businessmen were under investigation for allegedly “embezzling state funds allocated for restoration work on cultural heritage sites”.“This is a real shock for all of us,” culture minster Vladimir Medinsky told the Ria
  
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• Russian deputy culture minister arrested on embezzlement charges

  15-03-2016 18:08
  
  Russian state media reported on Tuesday 15 March that Grigory Pirumov, a deputy culture minister, has been arrested on embezzlement charges. Earlier in the day, the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that several high-ranking culture ministry officials and businessmen were under investigation for allegedly “embezzling state funds allocated for restoration work on cultural heritage sites”.“This is a real shock for all of us,” culture minster Vladimir Medinsky told t
  
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• The Syrian Refugee Who Conquered The Internet With Hugs

  15-03-2016 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Filmmaker Firas Alshater was imprisoned for his activism in Syria. He became a sensation on social media after blindfolding himself in a Berlin public plaza with a sign that read: ‘I am a Syrian refugee. I trust you – do you trust me?'” (audio; includes video)
  
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• Arts Leadership? We Need A Broader Definition

  15-03-2016 17:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Members of younger generations often see leadership as the fostering of a culture of connectedness, collaboration, and change—they believe leadership is rooted in the efforts of many. This view is in contrast to the more traditional, hierarchical structures and practices of many arts organizations and funders.”
  
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• Casey Jane Ellison to Lead an ‘Interactive Money Workshop’ at Red Bull Studios

  15-03-2016 17:17 via artnews.com
  A Nicki Minaj–quoting press release reveals that on Saturday Casey Jane Ellison will be lecturing and discussing economic systems that guide the art world at Red Bull Studios. Is this going to be some kind of Andrea Fraser–like form of … Read More
  
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• Jeffrey Deitch Returns To Soho

  15-03-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Jeffrey Deitch will take back the cavernous primo real estate at 18 Wooster Street that housed Deitch Projects during its glory days—which means it current occupant, Swiss Institute, will be looking for a new space.”
  
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• What Would Douglas Adams (‘Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’) Have Made Of Politics In 2016?

  15-03-2016 17:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As he wrote, “Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” “It’s worth asking: Was Adams political in any orthodox – or unorthodox – way? And what would Adams make of the American political scene these days?”
  
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• Under the weather: the great British love affair with clouds

  15-03-2016 16:55
  
  Tacita Dean was so surprised to see clouds in LA, it got her drawing again. From Gainsborough to Hockney, she’s only the latest British artist to look to the skies
  Tacita Dean is an artist who identifies strongly as British, while living abroad. Actually, it’s more precise than that: she identifies as English. Her latest exhibition at the Marian Goodman Gallery, in New York, is entitled, quoting Shakespeare, “... my English breath in foreign clouds”. At its heart is a ser
  
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• Cloudy ... with a chance of artworks

  15-03-2016 16:55
  
  Tacita Dean was so surprised to see clouds in LA, it got her drawing again. From Turner to Hockney, why are British artists always under the weather?
  Tacita Dean is an artist who identifies strongly as British, while living abroad. Actually, it’s more precise than that: she identifies as English. Her latest exhibition at the Marian Goodman Gallery, in New York, is entitled, quoting Shakespeare, “... my English breath in foreign clouds”. At its heart is a series of drawings call
  
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• When The Artist Is A Friend Can A Critic Be Objective?

  15-03-2016 16:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “I’m interested in a fundamental question that is at the heart of so much criticism: Does affection improve our judgment by making us receptive to ever finer nuances, or does it weaken our critical faculties and cloud our objectivity?”
  
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• Francesca Lavazza Joins Guggenheim’s Board of Trustees

  15-03-2016 16:47 via artnews.com
  The Guggenheim announced today that Francesca Lavazza was elected to the museum’s board of trustees in February. Lavazza is a board member of the Lavazza Group, the owner of the similarly named Turin-based coffee company where she served as corporate … Read More
  
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• Here’s Where Opera Is Thriving

  15-03-2016 16:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The companies are all flexible in terms of venue and budget, and bring the audience much closer to the art form than most forms of traditional opera presented in theaters with thousands of seats. They all offer extremely affordable ticket options combined with well curated interesting programming.”
  
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• Does Size Matter – When It Comes To Pianists’ Hands?

  15-03-2016 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Both Rachmaninoff and Liszt had legendarily large mitts. … Meanwhile, shorter digits haven’t impeded the success of other pianists, such as Daniel Barenboim (who can only reach a ninth on the keyboard), and Wael Farouk, who was born with unusually short ligaments and fingers.” includes video)
  
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• New Service Would Offer Hollywood Movies For Home Viewing On Day They Hit Theaters

  15-03-2016 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Now, a startup backed by Sean Parker of Facebook and Napster fame … called the Screening Room … offers secure anti-piracy technology that will offer new releases in the home on the same day they hit theaters.” But it will cost a lot more than the price of two cinema tickets.
  
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• Syria's got mail: Grayson Perry and Ken Loach's postcards for refugees – in pictures

  15-03-2016 15:00
  
  The artist and film director join refugees, schoolchildren and Syrian artists contributing work to mark five years of the Syrian humanitarian crisis with a British Red Cross postcard auction Continue reading...
  
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• Failure Is Good – Within Reason

  15-03-2016 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Recent research indicates that “it is better to make plans to fail intermittently – to splurge on occasional luxuries when saving for a house; to have a slice of chocolate cake when trying to shed a few pounds – than to end up failing anyway and getting so demoralised you give up your goal altogether.”
  
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• Stop Calling The MacArthur Fellowships ‘Genius Grants’

  15-03-2016 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Joan Acocella: “Why that term? Well: vulgarity, addiction to hot air, and brain poisoning in consequence of exposure to advertising.”
  
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• Rashid Rana Named Artistic Director of Lahore Biennale

  15-03-2016 14:30 via artnews.com
  In November of 2017, the Lahore Biennale will open in Pakistan, “the largest contemporary art event” in that country’s history, according to a release. The Lahore Biennale Foundation announced today that Pakistani artist Rashid Rana will serve as artistic director.Rana, in … Read More
  
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• High School Production Of ‘The Producers’ Forced To Remove Swastikas

  15-03-2016 14:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “After someone posted a rehearsal photo on social media last week showing giant Nazi flags over the Tappan Zee [High School] stage, some parents were offended, and let the administration know they were offended.”
  
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• English National Opera Chorus Reveals Its First Labor Action Against Wage Cuts

  15-03-2016 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There’s a chorus-heavy opera this week for which they say they’ll stand silently and refuse to sing 25% of the score – to match the 25% pay cut they’re being asked to take.
  
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• Morning Links: Digital Frames Edition

  15-03-2016 13:42 via artnews.com
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• Boris Godunov, Royal Opera House, review: Bryn Terfel's Boris simply doesn't move us

  15-03-2016 13:08
  
  There's a hole where the opera's heart should be
  
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• Prize-winning British author and art historian Anita Brookner dies aged 87

  15-03-2016 12:32
  
  The prize-winning British author Anita Brookner, who was the first woman to hold the Slade professorship of fine art at Cambridge University and taught at the Courtauld Institute of Art, has died aged 87.
  Brookner, who was born into a Jewish immigrant family in Herne Hill, south London in 1928, began her career writing on art and art history before turning her hand to novels later in life. She published her first book in 1981, while teaching at the Courtauld. Three years later she was awarded t
  
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