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• Dutch Museums Launch Comprehensive Van Gogh Database

  06-11-2020 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new database called Van Gogh Worldwide allows users to access provenances, technical information, archival materials, and more related to 1,000 works on paper and paintings by the famed Post-Impressionist. Launched on Thursday, the database is a collaboration between the Kröller-Müller Museum, the Van Gogh Museum, and the RKD–Netherlands Institute for Art History, along with the Cultural Heritage Laboratory of the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands. – ARTnews
  
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• Don DeLillo And Martin Amis Were Literary Lions Of The 1980s. Now, Not So Much

  06-11-2020 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “New novels from Don DeLillo and Martin Amis, two of the remaining dons of the literary scene of the 1980s, are out within a week of each other, like some last blast of “Remember when?” just before the 2020 election further propels us into a new realm of reality. Amis has written a novel so interested in Amis that its cover — a black-and-white portrait of, you guessed it, Amis — feels less like a postmodern joke and more like a warning sign. DeLillo, whose work is
  
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• How Archaeology Regards Layers And Order

  06-11-2020 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Past use doesn’t determine what we mean by uttering a word on a particular occasion, but it does shape what a speaker can intend to get across. If I am being cooperative, and I intend to make a request that you pass something on the table, I won’t use a word I know you don’t know. To do so would be to violate a tacit commitment to a basic principle of cooperation, which Grice argues underpins all communication. – Psyche
  
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• Physical Theatre Performer/Puppeteer / Moth Physical Theatre / North East

  06-11-2020 22:09
  Moth Physical Theatre are seeking a highly skilled physical performer and puppeteer for their new ACE funded show Jack, Jill and the Landfill. Jack, Jill and the Landfill is an interactive eco-fable...
  
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• Is Requiring Ethnic Studies In Universities A Good Idea?

  06-11-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In essence, the California state legislature has made it mandatory for the nearly 500,000 students in the Cal State system to take the classes that student activists and others fought for universities to implement decades ago. While these classes are not without controversy, as a scholar who studies racial dynamics on college campuses, I argue their benefits outweigh their liabilities.” – The Conversation
  
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• Chicago Jazz Clubs Flounder Under New Shutdown

  06-11-2020 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The past few months have been picking up a little bit. We’ve been trying to meet our restricted quota. So people were starting to come out a little more now. Now that we have to close, that’s another nail in the coffin.” – Chicago Tribune
  
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• The Viral Video That Captures America Just Now Is A Snowball Fight In 1897 France

  06-11-2020 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The footage was captured in Lyon, in 1897, by the Lumière brothers, who were among the world’s first filmmakers. It was originally black and white, of course, and herky-jerky because of the low frame rate. But this snowball fight has recently been colorized and smoothed, and the result is shockingly modern. The video shows 52 seconds of joyful carnage: a gaggle of antiquated French people hucking compacted snow at one another’s faces with terrifying ferocity.” &n
  
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• Project Manager / 2Funky Arts / East Midlands

  06-11-2020 20:34
  15 hours p/w, £15 per hour
  Fixed term until 31 March 2022, with possibility of extension.
  2Funky Arts (Leicester) is looking to recruit an enthusiastic, experienced, and hard-working Project...
  
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• Researchers Link Peak Music Moments To Brain Stimulation

  06-11-2020 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  From a neuroscience perspective, when a study participant experienced pleasurable musical chills, Chabin et al. observed an uptick of theta activity in the prefrontal cortex in conjunction with higher arousal and emotional-response ratings. – Psychology Today
  
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• The First Mughal Emperor Wrote One Of History’s Great Autobiographies

  06-11-2020 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Profoundly honest and unusually articulate, at once emotionally compelling and profoundly revealing, the Babur Nama is in many ways an oddly modern text, almost Proustian in its self-awareness. It presents the uncensored fullness of the man, a human life perfectly pinned to the page in simple, direct and unpretentious prose.” – Literary Hub
  
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• Building and Gallery Facilitator / BACKLIT / East Midlands

  06-11-2020 19:59
  This is an exciting opportunity to play a crucial role in coordinating BACKLITs building and site facilities. This role will lead on ensuring the building is COVID safe in line with government...
  
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• Virtual Exhibition of Corby artwork is open for visitors / Made With Many / East Midlands

  06-11-2020 19:42
  For one year from Friday 6th November 2020 you will be able to explore two virtual galleries full of extraordinary artwork created by Corby people as part of the Made With Many programme. 
  When...
  
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• Operations (finance) Assistant / Otherplace Productions / South East

  06-11-2020 19:34
  Otherplace Productions is looking for an outstanding candidate with experience of operations and finance and to join our team and assist the Managing Director in charge of Operations and Finance with...
  
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• Marketing Manager / Otherplace Productions / South East

  06-11-2020 19:31
  Otherplace Productions are looking for a Marketing Manager who will plan, develop and oversee marketing and audience development campaigns to achieve box office and project targets for The Warren and...
  
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• Choreographing Differently-Abled Dancers

  06-11-2020 19:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The choreographies are designed for the functionally diverse artists so that they can demonstrate their artistic qualities. As I create, I physically put myself in their place (wheelchair, etc.), testing and experiencing the choreography. I search for innovative ways someone with restricted movement can achieve the same intention, such as hitting the floor with the wheelchair to create what would be the percussion of footwork. – Dance Magazine
  
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• The Guardian view on live art: irreplaceable energy | Editorial

  06-11-2020 19:20
  
  Cultural venues in much of the UK are now closed to audiences, but one thing is clear: the shared experience of art should never be taken for grantedThe late summer and early autumn saw a modest reopening of the UK’s cultural venues. The public could visit museums and galleries, attend small-scale concerts and become the audience for socially distanced plays and films. But, since England’s belated lockdown began on Thursday, the doors of arts institutions are shut once again in much
  
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• Evaluation Consultant - NLHF project / RWA (Royal West of England Academy) / South West

  06-11-2020 19:16
  The RWA (Royal West of England Academy) in Bristol has been successful in securing National Lottery Heritage Funding towards a major repair and access project, Light and Inspiration, which...
  
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• Historical Interpreter At A Heritage Site Is One Of The Most Challenging Acting Jobs Around

  06-11-2020 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  These are the people you see in period dress portraying anyone from a Tudor monarch to an aristocrat’s cook “The work is underpinned by rigorous research, often drawing on primary-source material. The results, [one interpreter] says, have a different depth than a guidebook, or an audio guide.” – The Stage
  
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• Operations and Finance Manager / Parents and Carers in Performing Arts / London / Home-working

  06-11-2020 18:34
  PIPA is looking for an Operations and Finance Manager to join our small team. A core member of the team, this is a varied position responsible for providing effective operational support to...
  
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• Could VR Help Save Theatre?

  06-11-2020 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Having long been one of the digital technologies heralded as being a game changer for theatre, we think VR has an important part to play now in engaging audiences during the coronavirus pandemic. This will be a vital test of how theatre might be delivered safely and innovatively in the short- to medium-term, and a taste of how theatre, and its audiences, may embrace digital in the long-term. – Arts Professional
  
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• Year of Making 2021 / Space Clarence Mews / London / Internationally

  06-11-2020 18:27
  This 2021 Year of Making structure will be a little different – it will combine the successful virtual elements (see the Virtual Programmes); regular meetings with other artists,...
  
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• Freelance Engagement Producer / Stratford Circus / London

  06-11-2020 18:24
  Deadline for applications: 30 November, 10am 
  Zoom Interview date: 3 December
  Contract: Freelance, 50 days @ £200 per day (December 2020 – April 2021)
  Reporting...
  
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• London-based artist Bianca Barandun wins Innovate Grant / / London

  06-11-2020 18:23
  London-based visual artist Bianca Barandun wins Innovate Grant's Summer 2020 Cycle. Born in Zurich and after completing her undergraduate studies at Zhdk Zürich Hochschule der Künste,...
  
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• Choreographers Now Making Dance With A.I. And Robotics

  06-11-2020 18:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  “At the forefront of this growing field is Sydney Skybetter, a former dancer and a professor of what he calls choreographics at Brown University, where his students approach dance in a way that is heavily computational. … By the end of the 20th century, motion capture, wearable tech and virtual reality had arrived on the scene. Then came A.I.” – The New York Times
  
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• George Condo: 'Change can’t just be an idea or a slogan – it has to get real'

  06-11-2020 18:03
  
  The artist, who worked with Warhol, befriended Basquiat and painted for Kanye, talks about making art during a tumultuous year and why he left New York CityNew York City artist George Condo has become New York state artist George Condo, a surprising move for someone so intensely intertwined with the city’s culture. The Hamptons is his new normal, after he ditched Manhattan in March.Not that he is keeping track of time. “The month of May soon turned into August, which then turned into
  
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• Lucas Museum of Narrative Art seeks Chief Strategy and Administration Officer

  06-11-2020 17:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Reporting to the Director/CEO, the CSAO will work with Trustees, other senior leadership, and varied teams across the museum to develop and implement strategy, DEIAB, and people-centered policies and practices for a first-of-its-kind museum being built in Los Angeles.COMPANY DESCRIPTION
  Founded by philanthropist and filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO and President of Ariel Investments, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (Lucas Museum) will inspire current and future gene
  
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• Brevard Music Center – Marketing & Communications Manager

  06-11-2020 17:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  Brevard Music Center (BMC) is a summer institute and festival that trains over 500 high school and college-aged musicians each year and presents a ten-week public concert series throughout the summer. BMC is seeking a full-time Marketing & Communications Manager to coordinate marketing and public relations efforts across all departments and media.General Summary: Responsible for developing, implementing, and executing strategic marketing and public relations efforts across all media. Goals
  
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• Taking Part Administrator / Young Vic / London

  06-11-2020 17:39
  We are looking for a Taking Part Administrator to join our busy and successful theatre.
  Based on The Cut in Waterloo, we produce new plays, classics, musicals, adaptations of books, short films,...
  
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• What The American Election Means For The Art Market

  06-11-2020 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “What’s the difference between the government bond that pays 0% and a Rothko painting that pays 0%? They’re both things that have some kind of value and they can go up in value over time or down in value over time. And you’re not going to be able to live off either of them, but at least the Rothko makes you feel cultured.” – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Diversity Working Group Members / Nottingham Playhouse / East Midlands

  06-11-2020 17:19
  Nottingham Playhouse is seeking members for its Diversity working group, as specified in its Anti-Racism Action Plan.The purpose of the new Diversity working group is to look at the wider culture and...
  
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• A Brief History Of The Ballpoint Pen (It’s Older Than You Think)

  06-11-2020 17:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Its evolution is, in many ways, an example of a game-changing design waiting until outside factors – in this case the rise of plastics and mass-production infrastructure, and a brilliant marketeer – allowed it to achieve its full potential.” – BBC
  
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• Artistic Director / Hubbard Street Dance Chicago / USA

  06-11-2020 16:40
  Reporting to the board of directors in an equal position alongside the Executive Director, the Artistic Director (AD) will be the face of Hubbard Street Dance and the public storyteller for the...
  
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• Alan Pierson On Rehearsing New Music With Conventional Orchestras Vs. Specialists

  06-11-2020 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “You have to listen. It’s not just about following me, you have to know how what you’re doing relates to what other people are doing. Have your ears out. … Another [issue] is time: With a group like Alarm Will Sound, it’s in everyone’s DNA that the default is: We’re going to play in a steady pulse. … That’s not necessarily the ground that people walk on in the orchestral world.” – Van
  
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• International Call for Art, Winter Edition: Issue 21 / ArtMaze Magazine / London

  06-11-2020 16:23
  Art Maze Magazine is an independent artist-run and ad-free specialist international print publication dedicated to discovering and promoting experimental and progressive contemporary art, which...
  
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• Betty Dodson, Evangelist Of Female Sexual Pleasure, Dead At 91

  06-11-2020 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  An artist who turned to leading workshops and writing when her art career faltered, “[she] taught generations of women how to masturbate in workshops, books and videos, seeing the do-it-yourself climax as a liberating social force.” – The New York Times
  
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• Cinema's finest dream-maker and sacks appeal in Ghana – the week in art

  06-11-2020 16:00
  
  Special effects master Ray Harryhausen’s poetic visions come into focus as Ibrahim Mahama takes a suggestive view of the cocoa bean industry – all in your weekly dispatchRay Harryhausen
  The fantastic visions of the most poetic of all special effects designers get a fine art retrospective. Relive your childhood dreams.
  • Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two), Edinburgh, until September 2021. Continue reading...
  
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• Consultant / Senior Consultant / BOP Consulting / London

  06-11-2020 15:47
  We are looking to recruit a Consultant / Senior Consultant to win and deliver projects mainly related to organisational transformation - our work on the development of new cultural projects,...
  
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• Where Was Commercial Radio In Britain Born? In Biscuit Factories

  06-11-2020 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Back in 1970, the United Biscuits Network was created for workers mass-producing Jaffa Cakes and McVitie’s Digestives who had gotten fed up with the Muzak bosses piped to the factory floor. With daring programming inspired by the pirate radio stations that used to broadcast from ships offshore, UBN was the first legal non-BBC radio in the UK and the first to operate 24 hours a day. – The Guardian
  
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• Schools Partnership Project Manager / The Reader Organisation / North West

  06-11-2020 15:27
  Supported by Steve Morgan Foundation and Community Match Challenge – part of government’s £750m support package for charities #CommunitiesCanWe are looking for a highly...
  
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• For Arts Workers In Europe, This Second COVID Lockdown Feels Different

  06-11-2020 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  “To understand how people are feeling about the situation, we spoke to six cultural figures, including an Italian opera star, a renowned Parisian bookseller and the head of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. Here are edited excerpts from those conversations.” – The New York Times
  
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• CPD Programme Administrator / RIBA / North West

  06-11-2020 14:58
  Be part of the vision; be part of the RIBA.
  The RIBA is a global professional membership body, and a cultural organisation, driving excellence in architecture.
  Salary: £18,432 -...
  
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• Development Manager (6 month maternity cover) / Black Country Living Museum / West Midlands / Dudley

  06-11-2020 14:36
  Black Country Living Museum is one of Europe’s most successful open-air museums. Our success originates from being an independent heritage business, and giving equal weight to our purpose as a...
  
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• Administrator / Opera UK / London

  06-11-2020 14:35
  Opera UK is a new organisation which aims to support the opera sector in the UK. It will be a responsive sector support organisation which will evolve and develop according to the common needs of the...
  
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• French Senate Approves Return Of Artworks To Benin And Senegal

  06-11-2020 14:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  The legislation, required for museums to release the items and ratified unanimously by the senators, concerns 26 statues in the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris that were taken from Benin by French soldiers in 1892 as well as a ceremonial sword that came from Senegal and is currently on loan to a museum there. – ARTnews
  
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• Bread and the City Webinar / TACO! / London

  06-11-2020 14:12
  Bread and the City
  Webinar
  Thurs 12th November, 7.30-8.30pm
  Zoom webinar here.An online discussion led by artist Laura Wilson that explores the political, economic and social impact of food...
  
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• Sinkholes Threaten To Swallow Historic Churches In Naples

  06-11-2020 14:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  No, not the city in Florida, America’s sinkhole hub. “Many of the historic cathedrals, churches and chapels of Naples, Italy are at risk of vanishing into the earth, according to new research published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage. … Nine [churches] are built over subterranean cavities, on ground affected by ‘ongoing deformation’, making these areas highly susceptible to sudden collapse … [while] a further 57 places of worship lie above ‘potent
  
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• Applications for Live Lab are open / The Yard Theatre / London

  06-11-2020 14:00
  The Yard’s Live Lab will support six artists from a wide range of performance practices to develop as directors, strengthen their artistic style, and work on a new idea for a show over four...
  
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• Children and Young People Partnerships and People Manager / The Reader Organisation / North West

  06-11-2020 13:48
  Supported by Steve Morgan Foundation and Community Match Challenge – part of government’s £750m support package for charities #CommunitiesCan
  We are looking for a target-driven,...
  
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• Facilitator / Omnibus Theatre / London

  06-11-2020 13:30
  Omnibus Theatre is seeking a passionate and experienced theatre facilitator to lead two of our participatory programmes - our Young Company and our programme of workshops with our partner...
  
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• Pacing Your Novel (writing workshop) / Alex Davis Writing / East Midlands

  06-11-2020 13:25
  PACING YOUR NOVEL Thursday 12th November, 6:30pm-8:00pm Online via Google Meet ‘Pay What You Like’ sessionCreating a great novel is not all about fantastic writing – a huge amount...
  
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