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• Snubs And Surprises From This Year’s Golden Globes Nominations

  03-02-2021 23:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  The absence of the Shonda Rhymes-produced Regency-era blockbuster proves the Golden Globes isn’t just a popularity contest. Otherwise, the Netflix drama would have cleaned up in all categories this morning and likely on February 28. – Deadline
  
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• You Love Classical Music But Spotify Isn’t Cutting It. Here’s A Comparison Of Streaming Platforms

  03-02-2021 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two of them, Idagio and Primephonic, have been created specifically for classical music listeners. The other four, Apple Music, Qobuz, Spotify and Tidal, cover all genres. As we’ll see, there are many different aspects to these services: their look and feel on the phone and the desktop, how you search, what audio quality they provide, their different ways of helping you choose what to listen to, and a number of special features. – BachTrack
  
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• When Artworld Value Is About Economic Value, We All Lose

  03-02-2021 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Converting “qualities to quantities”, replacing “critical evaluation with economic, technical evaluation”, making “the price system” the ultimate judge, turning institutions into markets and individuals into competing contestants are all hallmarks of the neoliberal vision of a more efficient, productive society. They also characterise quite a lot of what is going on in the art world at the moment. – The Art Newspaper
  
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• How Did Zombie Figurative Art Become So Popular?

  03-02-2021 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Such quirky, esoteric mash-ups feel less like stylistic innovations and more like branding exercises, reflecting a present in which one’s ability to market oneself is more important than mastering a craft or coming up with fresh ideas. – The Spectator
  
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• Key Lesson For Theatres In The Pandemic? Adapting Is Key

  03-02-2021 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Are we going to come out of this moment with a new model or new models? No. But what if we were in a constant state of evolving our model? What if we didn’t do what we just did … and get so entrenched in it that getting out of it and moving past becomes this national conversation and crisis? What if we were always evolving in some way? – Brooklyn Rail
  
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• Dante’s Descendant Wants Poet’s Conviction On Corruption Charges Reversed

  03-02-2021 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 1302, caught on the wrong side in one of Florence’s perpetual factional struggles, Dante Alighieri was fined and banished on a probably trumped-up charge of corruption in political office; summoned home from Ravenna the following year, he refused to come, and his sentence was commuted to death by burning. Now Dante’s great-great-many-times-great-grandson, astrophysicist Sperello di Serego Alighieri, is working to get his ancestor exonerated. – The Guardian
  
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• Call for Content: writing on photography and digital culture / screen_time magazine / London

  03-02-2021 20:59
  screen_time is a new independent print magazine about photography and the internet.
  We untangle the complex relationships between networked photography, culture and politics, and investigate the...
  
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• Seeking outdoor work on sustainability and climate change themes / The Culture House Ltd / East Midlands / All

  03-02-2021 20:34
  Please get in touch if you have work available of this nature so we can add you to our database of artists for events and festivals as we plan future work
  Many thanks
  
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• Journalists Are Coming To Terms With Their Relationships With Tech Companies. How About Academics?

  03-02-2021 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Just as journalistic embargoes aren’t universally bad or unprofessional, academic embargoes might not be either. But conversations about the ethics of “access scholarship” are far less mature than debates about “access journalism.” (Though such journalism still dominates cultures of political reporting, it at least has a name and prominent critics.) – NiemanLab
  
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• Taking Ballet Class Outdoors In The Middle Of A New York Winter

  03-02-2021 20:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Across the city, amateur and professional dancers are donning sneakers, masks and lots of layers to carry on with a familiar ritual that, for many, is essential to maintaining physical and mental health. … For the most part, [classes] have endured without interruption, a consistency that speaks to dancers’ desire to be physically present together, not cooped up in their apartments or separated by screens.” – The New York Times
  
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• Studio spaces available in SE1 / Hotel Elephant / London

  03-02-2021 20:00
  We have studio spaces available at our two SE1 locations: 
  From: £208 + VAT pcm 
  Service Charge: £20 - £25 + VAT pcm 
  Just 3 minutes walk form Borough tube, our...
  
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• Studio spaces available in SE17 / Hotel Elephant / London

  03-02-2021 19:43
  We have studio spaces available at Spare Street, SE17. 
  Price: £260 + VAT
  Service Charge: £20 + VAT.
  Size: 110 sqft
  Just 3 mins from Elephant & Castle station in our 'noisy...
  
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• We Live In A Dystopian Time. Is That Why Dystopian Novels Have Gone Away?

  03-02-2021 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  “We inhabit a dystopian reality, which may account for the dearth of dystopian fiction. Yet the novels of Zamyatin, Huxley and Orwell continue to cast a powerful spell. All of them end in defeat for the protagonists, but in each case a possibility of revolt remains.” – New Statesman
  
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• The Times’s ‘Five Minutes That Will Make You Love {Piano/Sopranos/String Quartets}’ Series? It’s Working

  03-02-2021 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Says classical music editor Zachary Woolfe (who came up with the idea in the shower), “It has doubled our audience for classical music. It’s gratifying that whatever we do, people are willing to explore and be into it.” – The New York Times
  
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• Scientists Are Trying To Determine The Basis Of Beauty

  03-02-2021 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  There is no shortage of theories about what makes an object aesthetically pleasing. Ideas about proportion, harmony, symmetry, order, complexity and balance have all been studied by psychologists in great depth. The theories go as far back as 1876—in the early days of experimental psychology—when German psychologist Gustav Fechner provided evidence that people prefer rectangles with sides in proportion to the golden ratio (if you’re curious, that ratio is about 1.6:1). –
  
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• RSL Open - which writers should be elected RSL Fellows? / Royal Society of Literature / London / UK wide

  03-02-2021 18:05
  Which UK writers would you like to see elected RSL Fellows? We are currently seeking recommendations of excellent writers from communities that have been under-represented in UK literary...
  
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• Staging Theatre In A Row Of Empty Miami Beach Storefront Windows

  03-02-2021 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The pandemic closed the city on March 13, the eve of the opening of Miami New Drama’s first musical. To keep the 5-year-old company going, [artistic director Michel] Hausmann … commissioned seven notable playwrights — five Latino or Latina, two Black — to write short works that would fit under the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ rubric. … Guides led audience groups of 12 from store to store, where they listened to the actors over iPods Velcroed to their br
  
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• Momocuri - where storytelling, coding, and music come together / Conductive Music CIC / London

  03-02-2021 17:57
  Join Momocuri to use a spooky tale from ancient Japan and learn how storytelling, coding, and music can come together to bring to life a fabulous RPG.
  By the end, you will have your own musical...
  
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• Head of Stage Engineering / LW Theatres / London

  03-02-2021 17:48
  Are you a passionate, forward thinking Stage technician with experience of leading a team?  Are you dedicated to delivering the highest quality in everything you do?
  We are currently recruiting...
  
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• Head of Electrics / LW Theatres / London

  03-02-2021 17:48
  Are you a passionate, forward thinking Theatre Electrician with experience of leading a team?  Are you dedicated to delivering the highest quality in everything you do?
  We are currently...
  
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• Freelance Company Manager / The Grief Series / Yorkshire

  03-02-2021 17:46
  30 days across 6 months with a view to extend. 
  The role may require flexible working hours, negotiated on a case by case basis. The nature of the brief means you would not be able to appoint a...
  
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• A Leading Classics Scholar Condemns Classics As A Field

  03-02-2021 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Dan-el Padilla Peralta’s “vision of classics’ complicity in systemic injustice is uncompromising, even by the standards of some of his allies. He has condemned the field as “equal parts vampire and cannibal” — a dangerous force that has been used to murder, enslave and subjugate. “He’s on record as saying that he’s not sure the discipline deserves a future,” Denis Feeney, a Latinist at Princeton, told me. – The New York Times
  
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• Social Media Marketeer / Chats Palace London / London

  03-02-2021 17:25
  Innovative social media expert sought to work on 2 projects:
  Dear Body – a unique digital collaborative project between Chats Palace, Goldsmiths University of London and feminist theatre...
  
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• The DAOWO Sessions: Reinventing the Arts with Blockchain / Goethe-Institut London / London / online

  03-02-2021 17:12
  The Goethe-Institut London, Furtherfield and the Serpentine Galleries present The DAOWO Sessions, a new series of online events running every Thursday until 4th March 2021. The series explores the...
  
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• Why Men Should Spend Less Time Watching Porn And More Time Reading Erotica

  03-02-2021 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Finding your thrills in erotic literature, rather than in video scenes, might take a little longer, but it means caring more about the characters involved, which brings more meaning to the sexual scenes,” says totally unbiased erotica author Max Sebastian. “I’m not sure than any other literary genre or visual media honestly appreciates male sexuality the way that erotica can,” says the (female) host of a podcast about the genre. – InsideHook
  
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• Open Call: Flash Fictions, Deadline extended / The Photographers' Gallery / London

  03-02-2021 16:40
  We’re looking to publish image-text short stories on Alternative Networks created using human-machine collaboration
  As part of Imagin(in)g Networks, the Flash Fictions Open...
  
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• AI Robot Recommends ‘The 67 Best Books To Give A Woman’

  03-02-2021 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  “On its face this list is a little concerning — in a few years, robots might render humans’ book-recommending jobs obsolete. I, a human with a book-recommending job, am indeed a little concerned. [Ed. note: Call me when the robots can write a good coherent sentence.] But if humans aren’t stepping up to do the necessary work of recommending 67 books to give a woman, I’m not going to tell a robot they shouldn’t.” – Literary Hub
  
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• Boat Poets presents - online BSL interpreted event / / South West / UK wide

  03-02-2021 16:24
  Thursday 25th Feb 7:30pm 
  Tickets £3/£5 http://hdfst.uk/E63754Boat Poets is teaming up with Raise The Bar to bring you an evening of online poetry and spoken word from Craft-D,...
  
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• Golden Globe Nominations 2021: ‘Mank’, ‘The Crown’, ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’, ‘Nomadland’

  03-02-2021 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Streaming services thoroughly dominate the roster: Hulu took 9 nominations, Amazon Studios 10, and Netflix a whopping 42. Among notable details: Tom Hanks and Spike Lee were snubbed, and of the five nominated directors, three are women. (For a complete list of nominations, click here.) – Variety
  
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• eCommerce Executive / The Emma Press / West Midlands / Remote working

  03-02-2021 15:59
  Birmingham-based boutique publishing house The Emma Press is recruiting a part-time eCommerce Executive to manage their online shops. The successful applicant will manage the Emma Press online shops,...
  
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• Mexico Makes Legal Claim To Collection Of Pre-Columbian Art About To Be Sold At Christie’s

  03-02-2021 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The National Institute of Anthropology and History, a division of the Mexico government dedicated to the preservation of cultural artifacts, has filed a legal claim over 33 pre-Columbian objects set to be auctioned at Christie’s on February 9 in Paris. … The pieces scheduled to be sold include sculptures, vessels, masks, plates, and figures from Aztec, Mayan, Toltec, Totonac, Teotihuacan, and Mixtec cultures.” – ARTnews
  
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• Digital Graphic Designer - Freelance / Avant Garde Dance Company / London

  03-02-2021 15:32
  Hours: 120 hours over 6 months
  Rate: £30-45 per hour subject to experience.   
  We're looking for a multi-disciplined designer with 5+ years' experience. You’ll be...
  
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• PA to the Director and Board of Trustees (Maternity Cover) / Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust / North West

  03-02-2021 15:30
  PA to the Director and Board of Trustees (Maternity Cover)
  Organisation: Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Trust
  Location: Carlisle
  Salary: Grade D (£19,317–£20,772) pro...
  
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• Commission of a show for Children and their Grown Ups / Pavilion Dance South West / South West

  03-02-2021 15:29
  We’re looking to support a Dance Company to develop and present a live show for children and their grown-ups at Pavilion Dance in Bournemouth in Autumn 2021.
  We’re really interested in...
  
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• Commission: R&D Digital Dance for Children and their Grown Ups / Pavilion Dance South West / South West

  03-02-2021 15:25
  We’re looking to support a Dance Company to undertake R&D on Digital work for Children and their grown ups. 
  We’re really interested in ideas that:Are created specifically...
  
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• Chair of the Board of Directors / Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society / United Kingdom

  03-02-2021 15:24
  The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society is both a registered charity and a registered company and benefits from the strategic leadership of a board. The Chair appointment represents a great opportunity...
  
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• shemza.digital competition / shemza.digital / London / Nationwide

  03-02-2021 15:16
  shemza.digital Competition: Deadline 15th February 2021
  Create your own digital painting today using the shemza.digital painting application for a chance to have your work turned into a new...
  
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• Creative Business Training / Black Sheep Collective CIC / South East

  03-02-2021 15:09
  Do you want to start your own creative business but don’t know where to start?
  Have you always wanted to start your own creative business or arts organisation but have felt you haven’t...
  
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• Arts Donations Down By 13% In North America And A Third In Britain — But There’s Good News!

  03-02-2021 15:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Yes, 2020 was a no-good-very-bad year for the arts (and most everything else), but a new study from TRG Arts and Purple Seven has at least a few glad tidings. In the U.S. and Canada, half of the arts organizations surveyed took in more total gift income than in 2019, and three-quarters attracted more individual donors than the previous year. Even in the UK, which has less strong a tradition of arts philanthropy, the number of people making small donations went up. – TRG Arts
  
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• Free Creative Workshops for People in Recovery from Addiction / Breakdown Bolton CIC / North West / Greater Manchester

  03-02-2021 14:40
  Hi We'd like to invite you to a series of free creative writing and photography workshops for people with lived experience of alcohol and/or drug misuse.  Open to all skill...
  
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• South Africa’s Most Versatile, Most Beloved Singer, Sibongile Khumalo, Dead At 63

  03-02-2021 14:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “[She was] a virtuoso vocalist whose ease of motion between opera, jazz and South African popular music made her a symbol of the country’s new social order after the end of apartheid. … [President Nelson] Mandela famously referred to her as the country’s ‘first lady of song,’ and the title stuck.” – The New York Times
  
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• Set Designer - R&D Theatre Project / Just Some Theatre / London / UK - Remotely

  03-02-2021 14:35
  Just Some Theatre are seeking a set designer for our R&D of a new contemporary horror/thriller production. The project, ACE funded, is for completion of a performance ready script and preliminary...
  
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• Wellness writing - 6 week workshop course / Ilkley Literature Festival / Yorkshire / UK Wide

  03-02-2021 14:18
  Back by popular demand, writer and poet Andy Craven-Griffiths has returned to deliver the second round of his popular Wellness Writing course. Whether you are a seasoned poet or a complete beginner,...
  
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• The art of Big Jeff: beloved Bristol music fan shows another side

  03-02-2021 14:10
  
  Jeff Johns, a familiar face at gigs in the city, moves to centre stage with exhibition of his paintingsHe is a familiar and beloved figure on the Bristol music scene, a wild-haired, heavily bearded fan who can be spotted down the front at most gigs in the city rocking out to the upbeat numbers and swaying to the slower ones.But another side of Jeff Johns, aka Big Jeff, is being showcased at one of the cities most prestigious venues, the Bristol Beacon, formerly Colston Hall.@BigJeffJohns i love*
  
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• Bristol Beacon showcases Big Jeff paintings

  03-02-2021 14:10
  
  Art of Jeff Johns, aka Big Jeff, reflects love of live music and struggles with anxietyHe is a familiar and beloved figure on the Bristol music scene, a wild-haired, heavily bearded fan who can be spotted down the front at most gigs in the city rocking out to the upbeat numbers and swaying to the slower ones.But another side of Jeff Johns, aka Big Jeff, is being showcased at one of the cities most prestigious venues, the Bristol Beacon, formerly Colston Hall.@BigJeffJohns i love* your paintings
  
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• Call out for 3 East Midlands' Writers / Nottingham Playhouse / East Midlands

  03-02-2021 14:09
  Nottingham Playhouse is looking to commission three East Midlands’ writers for a new digital project called Still Life: untold stories from Nottingham now.  
  Each writer will be...
  
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• ROH Learning & Participation Committee Members / Royal Opera House / London / UK wide

  03-02-2021 14:05
  The Royal Opera House is a true cultural institution. Home to two of the world’s great artistic companies – The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet – it seeks to be world-leading,...
  
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• UK’s Art Dealers Don’t Like New Anti-Money-Laundering Rules, But They’re Practicing Acceptance

  03-02-2021 14:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The new regulations … mandate that dealers must conduct specific checks on clients and report suspicious transactions that may suggest money laundering to the government. … The report found that asking art buyers for personal information — including identity documents and proof of address — remains art business’s biggest concern.” (And the paperwork’s a pain in the neck.) – Artnet
  
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• Executive Director / Co-Director / FutureEverything / North West

  03-02-2021 13:56
  Established in Manchester since 1995, FutureEverything is a non-profit creative media organisation who initiate, curate and deliver critical artistic projects – in Greater Manchester, the UK...
  
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• Find A Use Manchester Project Manager / Churches Conservation Trust / North West

  03-02-2021 13:55
  The Find a Use Manchester (FAUM) project aims to explore and develop new use proposals for a group of historic churches which have either closed or are at serious risk of closure within the Dioceses...
  
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