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• Film Is Gone. So How Do We Save It As Historical Record?

  25-08-2016 23:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Most of its history, cinema was medium-specific — it was shot, processed and distributed on film. The movies we watch today, by contrast, are rarely made through mechanical and photochemical processes, but with computer code, with strings of zeros and ones: bits… What happens to an art when its foundational medium disappears? We don’t yet know, because it’s happening right now. If you care about movies, you should be wondering.”
  
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• The World’s Highest Paid Actors

  25-08-2016 23:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Combined, the top 10 men on the list earned $457 million, more than double the top 10 women’s $205 million pay. Additionally, 18 actors reeled in more than $20 million, versus four on the actresses’ side.”
  
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• Perm Was To Be A New City Of Culture. Until Russia Put A Stop To It

  25-08-2016 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “We realized that we had this unique chance to make Perm into a place where people would want to live, but there is always this fear in Russia that creative freedom makes people too difficult to control.”
  
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• PAFA’s paranormal activities

  25-08-2016 23:00
  
  Experience a real-life ghost story at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphiathe oldest art school in the United Stateswith the exhibition Fernando Orellana: His Study of Life (until 6 November), an attempt by the New York-based artist Orellana to summon the spirit of the artist Thomas Eakins (1844-1916), who taught at the school in the late 19th century. The show features some of Eakinss personal possessions from the PAFA collection and four robotic machines with electroma
  
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• Mountains of Peruvian poop make a Peckham appearance

  25-08-2016 23:00
  
  Im not sure if all the Peckham cineastes who frequent the panoramic cinema club screenings on the roof of the Bussey Building at 133 Rye Lane, realise that the adjacent building used to house one of Londons earliest cinemas: the 400-seater  Electric Theatre, which opened in 1908. Now poised for redevelopment into (hopefully reasonably priced) studios and shared workspaces, its cavernous space is once again playing host to moving pictures, albeit of a more artistic nature.
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• How to summon the ghost of Thomas Eakins

  25-08-2016 23:00
  
  Experience a real-life ghost story at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphiathe oldest art school in the United Stateswith the exhibition Fernando Orellana: His Study of Life (until 6 November), an attempt by the New York-based artist Orellana to summon the spirit of the artist Thomas Eakins (1844-1916), who taught at the school in the late 19th century. The show features some of Eakinss personal possessions from the PAFA collection and four robotic machines with electroma
  
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• Female Abstract Expressionists were as active as any male

  25-08-2016 23:00
  
  Although art critics and historians have been writing about Abstract Expressionism for more than 60 years, most of the women involved continue to be marginalised. Many writers have refused to acknowledge that these women artists of the 1940s and 1950s could be innovators, and certain curators and critics have simply ignored them while continuing to focus attention on male members of the group. In recent decades, a younger generation of scholarsmany of them womenhas attempted to integrate these
  
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• Christian Jankowski takes a techno turn with Manifesta music video

  25-08-2016 23:00
  Watch out Kanye, here comes Christian Jankowski. The artist and curator of Zurichs Manifesta Biennial (until 18 September) recently dropped a hot summer 80s-inspired track and music video based on the exhibitions theme: What People Do For Money. Commissioned from the Berlin techno tenderness band The/Das, the ber-catchy song features a memorable chorus, with lyrics like: A great deal of money And pots of money and heaps and bags of money money has no smell Lotta lotta lotta money bankrolls of mo
  
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• ‘The Keeper’ at New Museum, New York

  25-08-2016 22:45 via artnews.com
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• The Web At 25 – Lots Of Unfulfilled Promise

  25-08-2016 22:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Sure, you can upload your own videos to YouTube, which is owned by Google. But will they show up in anyone’s search results? You can publish your manifesto, but will anyone see the links to it you post on Facebook? It’s as though everyone now has a printing press, but there are only two stores in town that sell newspapers. If you want to find an audience, you have to go through them.”
  
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• Ron Magliozzi Promoted to Curator in MoMA’s Film Department

  25-08-2016 20:27 via artnews.com
  The Museum of Modern Art announced today that Ron Magliozzi is now a curator in its film department. Magliozzi has been an associate curator in the department since 2011, and has been working at the museum since 1979.Over the past … Read More
  
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• Get inspired like Ansel by America’s National Parks

  25-08-2016 19:54
  
  To mark its 100th anniversary, the National Park Service is opening all of its preserves to the public for free from Thursday through Sunday, 25 to 29 September. If you cant get to one of the more than 100 national parks around the US this weekend, museums and galleries are celebrating the centennial with a string of exhibitions that profile artists who have been inspired by Americas natural wonders.
  Trailblazing: 100 Years of Our National Parks at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum in Wa
  
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• The Art Newspaper's international fall exhibition guide

  25-08-2016 19:40
  
  Exhibition-wise, there is much to look forward to this season. Below are our picks of shows to look out for in the months ahead:
  This year's Bienal de So Paulo (7 September-11 December) takes uncertainty as its themeapt considering Brazil's unfolding upheavals. The show features more than 80 artists from 33 countries, including international stars like Pierre Huyghe and Hito Steyerl as well as young South American artists. The Brazilian collective Vdeo nas Aldeias (Video in the Villages), for e
  
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• The Art Newspaper's international autumn exhibition guide

  25-08-2016 19:40
  
  Exhibition-wise, there is much to look forward to this season. Below are our picks of shows to look out for in the months ahead:
  This year's Bienal de So Paulo (7 September-11 December) takes uncertainty as its themeapt considering Brazil's unfolding upheavals. The show features more than 80 artists from 33 countries, including international stars like Pierre Huyghe and Hito Steyerl as well as young South American artists. The Brazilian collective Vdeo nas Aldeias (Video in the Villages), for e
  
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• On Sight: The Hirshhorn’s Superb Robert Irwin Retrospective Sheds New Light on His Early Career

  25-08-2016 18:11 via artnews.com
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• Parrish Art Museum Appoints Corinne Erni as Curator of Special Projects

  25-08-2016 17:32 via artnews.com
  The Parrish Art Museum announced today the appointment of Corinne Erni as curator of special projects. Erni will take up her new position at the museum in Water Mill, New York, on September 1. Swiss-born Erni comes from New York’s New … Read More
  
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• The Book That Changed The Way The World Sees Los Angeles

  25-08-2016 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Ever since publication, it has shown up on lists of great books about modern cities – even those drawn up by people who consider Los Angeles anything but a great American city. Somehow, this book that drew so much of its initial publicity with shock value (“In Praise (!) of Los Angeles”, sneered the New York Times review’s headline) has kept its relevance through the decades, such that newly arrived Angelenos still read it to orient themselves.”
  
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• ‘I’m Sick To Death Of Being Told No One Can Choreograph To Mozart!’, Yells Mark Morris

  25-08-2016 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Choreographers have tended to avoid Mozart’s music when making dances, for fear their steps will look trivial in comparison. … There is a lingering sense that dance, which involves physical bodies subject to the laws of gravity and propelled by muscle, will somehow drag down the music’s graceful architecture. … Ridiculous! says Mr. Morris.”
  
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• Oxford Dictionaries Begins Search For World’s Most Disliked English Word

  25-08-2016 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Kicking off what it hopes will be the largest global survey into people’s language gripes, the dictionary publisher is inviting English speakers around the world to answer a range of language-related questions under the #OneWordMap initiative, starting with the quest to find the least popular English word.” (includes current leading contender)
  
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• Director of Development – Eugene O’Neill Theater Center

  25-08-2016 16:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Connecticut’s award-winning Eugene O’Neill Theater Center — a launchpad for the next generation of American theater since 1964 — seeks a passionate, experience development professional for its next Director of Development.
  The Director of Development, part of the senior management team and reporting to the Executive Director, is responsible for the successful planning and execution of an annual and strategic development plan, ensuring optimal resources to serve the missio
  
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• Head Of Philadelphia Theatre Company Steps Down After 35 Years

  25-08-2016 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Sara Garonzik, who has helmed the Philadelphia Theatre Company from its tentative days as a professional troupe in 1982 to its status as a well-regarded and highly visible anchor for the Avenue of the Arts, has decided to step down from her post as executive producing director.”
  
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• New York Times Dance Critic Considers Olympic Synchronized Swimming

  25-08-2016 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Gia Kourlas: “Fred Astaire, as the famous saying goes, may have been a great dancer, but Ginger Rogers did everything he did – only backward and in high heels. At least she had gravity on her side. Synchronized swimmers often perform upside-down and without air.”
  
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• Are US Nonprofits Dependent On Staffers’ Unpaid Overtime Work?

  25-08-2016 15:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “[There’s]a gap between the values that many nonprofits hold and the way they treat their own staffs. There’s no doubt that nonprofits today face serious financial difficulties and constraints, but do they have no choice but to demand long, unpaid hours of their employees? … The answers have a lot to do with how nonprofits survive in an economy that’s geared primarily toward profit.”
  
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• Morning Links: Italian Earthquake Edition

  25-08-2016 15:08 via artnews.com
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• Earthquake Wrecks Scores Of Pagodas In Myanmar’s Ancient Capital

  25-08-2016 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “At least four people were killed and at least 171 pagodas were damaged in Bagan after a 6.8 magnitude quake struck the area on Wednesday. … The city is one of Myanmar’s top tourist attractions, drawing visitors from all over the world who can view a panorama of temples stretching to the horizon flanked by the Irrawaddy River.”
  
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• Italy To Give Every 18-Year-Old €500 To Spend On Culture

  25-08-2016 14:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “In a scheme that gets underway on September 15th, every Italian resident [born in] 1998 will be given a ‘culture bonus’, which they can use to buy books, concerts tickets, theatre tickets, cinema tickets, museum visits and even trips to the country’s national parks.”
  
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• Music Director Of Augusta, Georgia’s Orchestra Abruptly Departs

  25-08-2016 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “After seven seasons leading the Symphony Orchestra Augusta, Maestro Shizuo Z Kuwahara is leaving to pursue other opportunities. … Kuwahara’s departure is effective immediately, said Carra Purvis, the symphony’s development director.”
  
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• Museum Of Contemporary Art San Diego Cuts 28 Jobs Ahead Of Expansion

  25-08-2016 14:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The [MCASD] is eliminating eight full-time positions and 20 part-time positions in January. … The layoffs come in anticipation of the museum’s big expansion, which will quadruple the exhibition space of the La Jolla location to about 40,000 square feet.”
  
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• Prom 50: Hough/ BBC SO/Vedernikov, Prom 51: Montero/Sao Paolo SO/Alsop, review: 'Customary brilliance'

  25-08-2016 14:12
  
  Alexander Vedernikov makes his Proms debut on the podium
  
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• So, Just How Poorly Paid Are Junior Curators At The Tate?

  25-08-2016 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “In mid-August, [the museum] posted three job listings for assistant curator positions at Tate Britain and Tate Modern with starting annual salaries of £24,360 (~$32,200). The average monthly rent in London, £1,561 (~$2,065), will gobble up all but £5,628 (~$7,450) – or 23% – of that.”
  
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• ‘Welcome To The Era Of Empathy TV’: Reality Shows Are Getting Way Less Mean

  25-08-2016 13:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “[Things are now] an extremely far cry from the old days of The Voice‘s ideological predecessor, American Idol.” (Remember Simon Cowell’s insults?) “What The Voice is similar to, though, … is The Great British Baking Show, whose judges offer encouragement to their contestants even, and especially, when they fail. … And Project Runway and Dancing with the Stars and America’s Next Top Model and The Biggest Loser and RuPaul’s Drag Race –
  
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• Times New Roman is the most trustworthy font, study finds

  25-08-2016 13:31
  
  The serif typeface dates back to 1931
  
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• Why Hollywood Thought Remaking ‘Ben-Hur’ Was Ever A Good Idea (And Why That Was Wrong)

  25-08-2016 13:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “In 2004, Mel Gibson’s biblical film The Passion of the Christ hit theaters after a months-long, small-scale ad campaign that focused on church groups and evangelical leaders … After opening on Ash Wednesday, it became the highest-grossing R-rated film in history, earning $611 million worldwide.” The new Ben-Hur, on the other hand, “opened this weekend to a pitiful $11.4 million at the box office.”
  
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• Italian museums to donate ticket sales on Sunday to earthquake rescue efforts

  25-08-2016 12:52
  
  Italys state museums and archaeological sites are to donate their income, including all ticket sales, this Sunday (28 August) to the central regions recovering from a 6.2-magnitude earthquake yesterday (24 August). As rescue efforts continue in the town of Amatrice and the surrounding area, where the death toll has risen to 247, the culture minister Dario Franceschini urged Italians to go to museums in a sign of solidarity with the populations involved in last nights earthquake.
  The measure ext
  
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• English school exam results show shift away from creative subjects

  25-08-2016 12:41
  
  A campaign to persuade the UK government to include art and other creative subjects in the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) has the unanimous backing of Royal Academicians, Christopher Le Brun, the president of the Royal Academy of Arts (RA) who is an artist, tells The Art Newspaper. Art, dance and music combine physical intelligence with analytical skills, Le Brun says, stressing the importance of the art room in schools, especially for non-academic teenagers.More than five million teenagers acro
  
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• Fallen cities: how artists have captured ruins, from Kabul to Rome – in pictures

  25-08-2016 11:00
  
  Architectural ruins and lost cities have fascinated artists throughout the centuries. A new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, When Cities Fall, showcases impressions of crumbling heritage both imagined and real Continue reading...
  
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• Top Posts From AJBlogs 08.24.16

  25-08-2016 09:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Is Naked Trump Bad Satire? (And Do We Care?)
  In this week’s AJ highlights I included some of the stories we found about the naked Donald Trump statues that appeared in five American cities last week. One reader was unhappy: “Vile & disgusting. This … read more
  AJBlog: diacritical/Douglas McLennan Published 2016-08-24Boiling Pot In Chicago: “America After the Fall”
  Think about American art in the 1930s. Does anything come to mind? Maybe the Regionalism of Thomas
  
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• Grimm fairytales you can touch: The Singing Bones by Shaun Tan – in pictures

  25-08-2016 08:00
  
  Writer-illustrator Shaun Tan turned sculptor for his new book, The Singing Bones, which collects images of the 75 miniature tableaux he made of the Brothers Grimm’s immortal collection of dark, disturbing fairytalesBloodbaths and bad dreams: Shaun Tan’s fairytale sculpturesContinue reading...
  
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• Bloodbaths and bad dreams: Shaun Tan's fairytale sculptures

  25-08-2016 08:00
  
  The writer-illustrator made his name with dark, unsettling picture books such as The Rabbits. Now he’s swapped his pencil for clay to make miniature nightmares based on the stories of the Brothers GrimmTwo centuries and a world apart, the Brothers Grimm and Shaun Tan share an ability to confound those who attempt to categorise them. When the German Grimm siblings released the first edition of their tales in 1812, it was under the name Kinder-und Hausmärchen, or Children’s and Ho
  
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• Artangel’s latest commission by Vietnamese artist Dinh Q. Lê shows the backbreaking harvest of bird shit

  25-08-2016 04:41
  
  A new installation by the Vietnamese artist Dinh Q. L that shows the backbreaking harvesting of guanobird droppings, which are a highly prized fertiliseron uninhabited Pacific islands, opens today (25 August) in Peckham, London.
  The three-screen film The Colony, produced by the non-profit art commissioning organisation Artangel, is being screened in a disused building that once housed one of Londons oldest cinemas, the Eclectic Theatre.
  The work follows both the nesting seabirdsusing two drone
  
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• Report: Consumers Are Mostly Not Buying Or Renting Digital TV Shows

  25-08-2016 00:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “46 percent of consumers have ever bought or rented a digital movie or TV show, according to GfK’s recent Home Technology Monitor. In contrast, 86 percent of consumers have rented or bought a DVD or Blu-ray in the past, and 78 percent have done so with a VHS tape.”
  
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• Let’s Have A Frank Word About Book Reviews

  25-08-2016 00:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The nightmare reviewer is the reviewer who has some sort of agenda that precludes him or her responding sincerely to the book. Often that agenda is seeming clever and/or taking someone who has received more than her fair share of attention down a notch. But again, there are people who are just on a different wavelength from you, and it’s not that they misunderstand your book — it’s that they really in their heart of hearts don’t like it. That’s actually fair.
  
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