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• Hollywood Writes Off Making Money In 2020

  16-04-2020 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “We have to write off 2020. It’s already the year that didn’t happen,” says one top agent at one of the town’s powerhouse firms who, like everyone reached by Vulture for this story, requested anonymity due to sensitivities surrounding ongoing business endeavors. “We’re not going to make any money because there are no revenues with TV and movies not getting made. – New York Magazine
  
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• Dance Is The Most Physical Of Arts. Here’s How It Changes Your Relationship With Food

  16-04-2020 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Calories in, energy out, right? If only it was that simple… – LitHub
  
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• Armageddon For Print Media?

  16-04-2020 22:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Much of what was going to happen in any case will now happen suddenly: publishing history is suddenly accelerated. The shift from print to digital at virtually all publications will be radically sped up. A lot of publishers are simply going to run out of cash. One regional publisher has being ringing up contractors asking if it can delay payments by three months at least. – BBC
  
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• So It Starts: Publications Covering Entertainment Start Laying Off Staff

  16-04-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Valence Media, which includes digital media brands like The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard and Vibe, is laying off 30% of its employees within its editorial division. – Axios
  
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• The Old LACMA Buildings Are Being Torn Down. But We Still Don’t Have Gallery Plans For The New Museum

  16-04-2020 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The floor plans should never have been affected by coronavirus to begin with. The museum should have released them — some semblance of them — months ago. Or how about a year ago, when a revised design was presented to the County Board of Supervisors for a crucial vote as part of the environmental impact approval process?” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• The Sacred, 370-Year-Old Kabuki In This Japanese Village May Fade Away For Lack Of Villagers To Perform It

  16-04-2020 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Every year since the mid-17th century, when a freak snowstorm stopped the shogun’s enforcer and saved them from a death sentence, the people of the mountain hamlet of Damine have performed a kabuki play to honor the goddess of mercy. They’ve never missed a year, not even during World War II. But, as with so much of rural Japan, all but the oldest people are gradually abandoning Damine for cities with better jobs. – The New York Times
  
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• Chair of the board of trustees / Deptford X / London

  16-04-2020 20:50
  Deptford X is recruiting a new Chair of the board 
  Deptford X is looking to recruit a new Chair of our board to help lead the organisation and support the team to meet the organisation’s...
  
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• Theatre World Snapshot: TCG Issues Report On Virus Impact

  16-04-2020 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bleak of course (how could it not be with all the cancellations?). On the other hand, reading through the data gives a sense of where the people who run theatres think they’re headed. – Theatre Communications Group
  
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• Client Account Administrator / Waring and McKenna / London

  16-04-2020 17:39
  About Waring & McKenna
  Waring and McKenna is one of London’s leading Personal Management Agencies with actors working in all areas of the business. Centrally located in Mayfair, Waring and...
  
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• Bog-standard genius: Banksy's rats show great artists shine in solitude

  16-04-2020 17:39
  
  The street artist has kept busy by painting his toilet. But as everyone from Giorgione to Van Gogh can attest, separation from society can do wonders for the creative mindWhat’s a street artist to do when the streets are locked down? Banksy’s got nothing to keep him busy except create mayhem in his own bathroom. He has released photographs of what he says is his loo decorated with stencilled rats in a trompe l’oeil rodent rampage – swinging from the towel holder, balancin
  
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• Call out for submissions to the Lockdown Zine! / The Lockdown Zine / London

  16-04-2020 17:27
  A timely e-zine from cultural sector workers collectively exploring aspects of intersectionality through mixed media formats.The Lockdown aims to empower all cultural sector workers whose voices are...
  
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• Set/Costume Designer - Haddock and Chips (R&D) / CaroleW Productions / North East

  16-04-2020 16:47
  Haddock and Chips
  A play by Janet Plater
  Directed by Jake Murray
  Producer Carole Wears 
  Haddock and Chips takes place over the course of one evening in a fish and chip shop in the North East...
  
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• Communications and Digital Engagement Officer / National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance, Clinks / London

  16-04-2020 15:02
  Usually office (central London) based, with occasional national travel – currently home based2.5 days per week£27,539 pro-rata, plus 6% pension contribution
  This is to replace a...
  
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• Trustees / Artsadmin / London

  16-04-2020 13:55
  We are looking for new Trustees, including a new Chairperson, to add to the skills and experience of the current Board, who enjoy working as part of a supportive but rigorous team, and are passionate...
  
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• Client Manager / Project Manager / Colin Bowles Ltd / London

  16-04-2020 13:27
  The role would suit a Project Manager or Office Manager used to the demands of a fast-paced environment. You will be the core point of contact for all clients, staff and...
  
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• Winged Bull in the Elephant Case review – dancers take over the National Gallery

  16-04-2020 13:01
  
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  Paintings are given elastic life in this energetic showcase, which reimagines the collection’s extraordinary wartime evacuation to a Welsh slate mineHottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch onlineIn a historical case of confinement at a time of crisis, paintings from the National Gallery were evacuated to a Welsh slate mine in 1941 to keep them safe from Luftwaffe bombs. Winged Bull in the Elephant Case dramatises the journey of one of those paintings.
  
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• Lost Lionesses: Female poets of the 16th and 17th centuries / Live Canon / Online

  16-04-2020 12:16
  Lost Lionesses: Female poets of the 16th and 17th centuries
  (this is one of many courses offered by Live Canon; find out about other courses, and opportunities for feedback and coaching at...
  
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• 'That's not art it's Victorian porn!' – how one small Barbie doll took on the art world

  16-04-2020 12:02
  
  She pops up in galleries, denouncing prestigious works of art as ‘pre-Raphaelite wet T-shirt competitions’. Now ArtActivistBarbie is taking her feminist message to social media Museums and art galleries are not usually the sites of feminist political protest. Yet over the past couple of years, before the lockdown, gallery visitors all over the UK had noticed a small, determined activist whose modus operandi is “Small signs, big questions, fabulous wardrobe”.Posing in her
  
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• Greening Arts Practice: A Guide for Artists / Chrysalis Arts Development / Yorkshire

  16-04-2020 11:06
  Chrysalis Arts Development is pleased to announce the publication of: Greening Arts Practice: A Guide for Artists
  The Greening Arts Practice Guide [GAP Guide] is a guide for artists and arts...
  
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• 'I need to get as much done as possible – I've had cancer': culture during coronavirus

  16-04-2020 09:47
  
  George Condo has made drawings inspired by social distancing: Tansy Davies wants to make a shamanic land opera. We conclude our series on artists’ responses to lockdownRead part one of the seriesRead part two of the seriesDrawing is a solitary and private experience – but it’s something you elect to be solitary. This is a whole different level of intensity. Knowing that at some point there could be a limited supply of paper, a limited supply of graphite, and also a limited supp
  
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• Who's in the diving suit? Take the great British art quiz

  16-04-2020 09:00
  
  Museums across the UK are closed due to coronavirus – but you can explore their works under quarantine with a few tricky questions. Today’s quiz comes from National Galleries of ScotlandThis quiz is brought to you in collaboration with Art UK, the online home for the UK’s public art collections, showing art from more than 3,000 venues and by 45,000 artists. Each day, a different collection on Art UK will set the questions.Today, our questions are set by the National Galleries o
  
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• Sunbathing by the cement factory: Spain's strangest hotspots – in pictures

  16-04-2020 08:00
  
  Fancy a picnic next to a rusting submarine base? Maybe you’d sooner hop on a lounger and soak up some local air pollution? Txema Salvans captures the Spanish tourists making the most of an ugly situationContinue reading...
  
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