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• 2021 iPhone photography awards – in pictures

  24-07-2021 22:00
  
  The 14th annual iPhone photography awards offer glimpses of beauty, hope and the endurance of the human spirit. Out of thousands of submissions, photojournalist Istvan Kerekes of Hungary was named the grand prize winner for his image Transylvanian Shepherds. In it, two rugged shepherds traverse an equally rugged industrial landscape, bearing a pair of lambs in their arms. Continue reading...
  
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• The cheek of it: artists celebrate the bottom – in pictures

  24-07-2021 18:00
  
  After they both fell in love with a painting of a man’s bum by Celia Hempton, the British artist-curators Lee Baker and Catherine Borowski realised that the gluteus maximus doesn’t receive enough respect in cultural circles. As founders of Skip Gallery, an installation concept bringing art to unusual places, they decided to right this wrong. The resultant group show, Bums , featuring David Shrigley and Xu Yang among others, is now at Dio Horia gallery, Mykonos, Greece, and in London
  
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• Taneshia Nash Laird shares the power of humanity in the arts

  24-07-2021 17:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Taneshia Nash Laird, President and CEO of Newark Symphony Hall shares the power of humanity in leading arts organizations.
  
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• Director of Finance and Administration

  24-07-2021 00:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  New Music USA is seeking an experienced, motivated, and highly organized financial professional to join our growing team. This position offers the opportunity to take part in an exciting phase of the organization’s development, working on reviewing and renewing organizational systems and policies and energizing the staff around collaborative planning and administration. The Director of Finance and Administration will be a member of the senior leadership team and work closely with the CEO a
  
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• A Lackluster Opening Olympics

  24-07-2021 00:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Unfortunately, the messaging was muddled — the ideas crowding one another out — by a ceremony most notable for how small and muted the staging felt, an effect amplified by the empty stadium. – Washington Post
  
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