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• Digital Photography Workshop at Old Spitalfields Market / Dan Harley Photography / London / Shoreditch

  31-03-2019 21:46
  SONY nominated photographer & videographer Dan Harley www.danharleyphotography.com invites you to take his 'Digital Photography Workshop at Old spitalfields Market' to help you take full creative...
  
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• Visitors shred artist's huge Louvre paper artwork in one day

  31-03-2019 20:10
  Courtyard collage celebrating art gallery’s 30th anniversary created an optical illusionA whimsical collage in the courtyard of France’s Louvre art gallery had a short shelf life after a swarm of tourists and art lovers left it in shreds.The French artist JR and 400 volunteers had put the final touches to the huge collage on Friday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Louvre’s glass pyramid. Continue reading...
  
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• France Is Becoming A Refuge For American Noir Novels – And Novelists – Who Can’t Hit It Big On Amazon

  31-03-2019 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Le Monde isn’t mincing words here. While the U.S., at least one novelist claims, has a blockbuster mentality, France is much more welcoming, a place where “several of these authors, who no longer have a publisher in the United States, see their talent justly distinguished.” – Le Monde (France)
  
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• Solo Show Creation Lab for Actors & Comedians - More Dates / / London

  31-03-2019 19:27
  If you’re an actor or comedian who has an idea for a solo show but is struggling with blank-page paralyses, overwhelm or self-doubt AND is craving camaraderie, inspiration & guidance to get...
  
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• First, Reality Influences Epic Fantasy Novels, And Then You End Up With English Watchers On Hadrian’s Wall

  31-03-2019 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Turns out that the watchers on the wall – that is, the members of English Heritage who staff Roman sites along Hadrian’s Wall, the border with Scotland – have been answering Game of Thrones fan questions for years, but now they’re going one better: “Its members will be decked out in black cloaks and shields, and will be posted at four main Roman sites along the historic structure … until the debut of the final season on April 14th.” – The Verge
  
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• The Latest Dust-Up In The Uneven Battle Between Talent Agencies And Writers

  31-03-2019 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  At a time when the Writers Guild of America is trying desperately to get its members better positioned in the industry, suffice it to say that the union is not impressed with the Endeavor agency’s plan to enter the stock market with an initial public offering. The WGA: “It is impossible to reconcile the fundamental purpose of an agency — to serve the best interests of its clients — with the business of maximizing returns for Wall Street.” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Development and Events Manager / Camden Arts Centre / London / Camden/West Hampstead

  31-03-2019 18:08
  Contract:                    Full-time permanent contract
  Days of Work:       ...
  
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• Contemporary Cancer Books Force Us To Address Grief In All Of Its Forms

  31-03-2019 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  There are a lot – a lot – of new cancer memoirs out right now. “As these memoirs suggest, individually and together, there’s no way to eliminate the risk of cancer and or be spared from grief. In addition, they call into question the popular notions that grief proceeds in simple, sequential stages.” – LitHub
  
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• Architects Need To Choose The Planet First

  31-03-2019 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  This piece is a fine, furious, anguished, specific call for action. “Our civilisation faces its end date. Cities are expanding refugee camps for a species in crisis. Every particle matters.” Yet architecture firms cut and paste specifications, not using green developers or materials when they could. That must change. – Dezeen
  
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• So, Where Is That ‘New’ Leonardo?

  31-03-2019 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Seriously, where? “Few works have evoked as much intrigue, either in the world of art or among the courts of Persian Gulf royals. First, its authenticity as the product of Leonardo’s own hand was the subject of intense debate. Then, in November 2017, it became the most expensive work ever sold at auction, fetching $450.3 million from an anonymous bidder. … Now, the painting is shrouded in a new mystery: Where in the world is Salvator Mundi?” – The New York Times
  
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• The Major Cinema Chains Are Badly Exploiting Their Cleaning Staffs

  31-03-2019 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is bad: “The major chains — AMC, Regal Entertainment and Cinemark — no longer rely on teenage ushers to keep the floors from getting sticky. Instead, they have turned to a vast immigrant workforce, often hired through layers of subcontractors. That arrangement makes it almost impossible for janitors to make a living wage.” – Variety
  
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• Annie Leibovitz on the shots that made her

  31-03-2019 16:25
  She captured America’s most tumultuous moments and its biggest stars. The great photographer relives her Rolling Stone years – and the time she set fire to Patti SmithAnnie Leibovitz is standing by a photograph she took of Pont Neuf in Paris. It’s a swirling panoramic shot of the famous bridge, taken when she was a student and would roam the city’s streets camera in hand. One day, with a thrill, she realised she was standing where her idol, Henri Cartier-Bresson, once sto
  
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• LeBron May Not Be Playing Much Basketball, But He Is Starting To Be A Big Player In Hollywood

  31-03-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Possibly the most Company Town thing in this story: “Studios, networks and production companies all over town want to be in the LeBron James business. And not only for his screen presence — even though his performance in Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck was considered a revelation. He and his SpringHill team are very good for business (also, many Hollywood executives are LeBron fans).” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Performer required / The Kristoffer Huball Ensemble / South West / Cardiff

  31-03-2019 15:45
  AUDITION: I am looking to meet two new Welsh or Wales based performers to join me for one week of research and development on The Last Post at The Riverfront Theatre in Newport, supported by Arts...
  
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• A Newly Discovered Photo Of Harriet Tubman Goes On Display

  31-03-2019 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is a great discovery because it’s of a young, casually seated Tubman, wearing elegant clothing. Obviously, there’s wrong with a freedom fighter looking older and more pensive when she’s older, but it’s good to have new information about her. – The New York Times
  
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• Britain’s National Theatre Changes Structure At The Top

  31-03-2019 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rufus Norris, who was the National Theatre’s director, and Lisa Burger, who was the theatre’s executive director, will now be sharing power as co-directors. OK, but what does that actually mean? “We have a clear and shared vision for the theatre, which will see it being more national, more representative and more resonant than ever.” (Ahem, so, only male playwrights?) – The Stage (UK)
  
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• Eleven Movies That Influenced The Look And Feel Of ‘Us’

  31-03-2019 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  You know, The Nutcracker is an obvious one. (And, of course, Dead Again – you probably knew that from the scissors.) – Los Angeles Times
  
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• How The Heck Does An Art Detective Find A Stolen Picasso?

  31-03-2019 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Basically, you gain the trust of, to put it politely, some shady folks. “There comes a point, you know, when a stolen artwork that’s circulating in the criminal community – security in a drugs deal here, part-payment in an arms deal there – just becomes a burden. Something to be got rid of. ” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Why Are We Still Talking (And Making Documentary Art) About This Man, Jailed For Murdering His Ex-Girlfriend?

  31-03-2019 13:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Yes, if you’ve listened to all (or even most) of NPR’s wildly popular true-crime podcast Serial, you might not be ready for an HBO special on Adnan Syed. But would you be if the story concerned Hae Min Lee, the murdered girl at the center of the case? For director Amy Berg, that’s the point. – The New York Times
  
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• Volunteer / Goonhilly Village Green / South West

  31-03-2019 13:04
  Interested in the arts? We have some great opportunities for volunteers to go behind the scenes at Goonhilly Village Green.The volunteer roles are all about communication: having a strong interest in...
  
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• How To Pick The Perfect Seat In The Movie Theatre

  31-03-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  You’ll know the worst seat – i.e., the front row. “The existence of a worst, then, must suggest its opposite: The ideal seat. The perfect focal point that maximizes your visual and aural experience. Does it exist?” It’s science, y’all. – Popular Science
  
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• Woodcut Taster / Slaughterhaus Print Studio / London

  31-03-2019 11:07
  Saturday 13 April, 1.30- 4.30pm
  Tutor: Michelle Avison
  £45. Includes materials
  Work with artist Michelle Avison on this three hour taster course exploring Woodcut. A great introduction to...
  
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• Etching: Hard & Soft Ground / Slaughterhaus Print Studio / London

  31-03-2019 11:05
  Sunday 7 April, 2019, 11- 4pm
  Cost: £75. Materials included (one A5 etching plate, paper and inks).
  Find out about traditional etching techniques by exploring hard and soft ground, on this...
  
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• Open Studio Access for Experienced Printmakers / Slaughterhaus Print Studio / London

  31-03-2019 11:03
  Multiple dates
  Technician: Matt Young
  Tuesday Evenings, 6.00-9.00pm
  Cost: £70. 4 sessions/ 12 hours.
  Open Access Print Workshop sessions, technician supported. Must have printmaking...
  
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• On my radar: Sarah Morris’s cultural highlights

  31-03-2019 11:00
  The American artist on transcendental meditation, voice memos and Russian DollBorn in Kent in 1967, the artist Sarah Morris grew up in Rhode Island and now lives in New York. She studied at Brown and Cambridge universities, and is known for her abstract geometric paintings and non-narrative films on architecture and the city. She has had solo exhibitions in Berlin, Paris, Frankfurt and Bologna, and in 2001 received a Joan Mitchell Foundation award for painting. Morris’s new show, Machines
  
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• Van Gogh and Britain review – on the town with Vincent

  31-03-2019 09:00
  Tate Britain, London
  The artist’s heady London years are the backdrop to a show that struggles to locate a British influence on this singularly self-propelled geniusVan Gogh loved Dickens. He wore a top hat on his daily walk to work from Brixton to Covent Garden. He rowed on the Thames, studied Turner and Constable in the National Gallery, even took the new underground railways. That he lived in London, on and off, between the spring of 1873 and the winter of 1876 still seems as surprising
  
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• 'Fake it until you make it': the strange case of New York's socialite scammer

  31-03-2019 07:00
  Anna Sorokin, who went by ‘Anna Delvey’, is accused of perpetrating a two-year, $275,000 scam of friends, banks, designers and upscale hotels
  Judge Diane Kiesel could barely conceal her irritation. Anna Sorokin, the defendant at the centre of a highly publicized art world extortion trial, was refusing to attend proceedings on account of dissatisfaction with her courtroom outfit. Related: 'Magic trick': trial begins for fake heiress who swindled friends, banks and hotels She walked in
  
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