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• Rita Keegan: the return of black British art’s forgotten pioneer

  11-09-2021 19:00
  
  She was a crucial part of a cultural movement in the 1980s. Now a first solo exhibition in 15 years will allow her work to shineFrom the 1980s to the early 2000s, artist and archivist Rita Keegan fervently collected and preserved newsletters, leaflets, photographs and exhibition literature from the British black arts scene. “It [didn’t] matter how fabulous the show – if you didn’t have the ephemera, it was hard to say that you existed,” she told the Art Newspaper la
  
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• Liu Xiaodong’s portraits of the Chinese diaspora in London – in pictures

  11-09-2021 18:00
  
  “My work is always about movement, about migration,” the Chinese figurative painter Liu Xiaodong has said. Liu, who is based in Beijing, spent nearly a month in June 2019 portraying Chinese expats in London for a series called New England, recently published in book form (Nero Editions, €20). His subjects are broadly affluent – a billionaire’s daughter, a banker, a polo player – and Liu captures them in moments of downtime, sprawled on a sofa or sweaty after a
  
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• On my radar: Cornelia Parker’s cultural highlights

  11-09-2021 16:00
  
  The Turner prize shortlisted artist on funny cat videos, a giant pineapple and the song that makes her spine tingleThe artist Cornelia Parker was born in Cheshire in 1956 and received an MFA from Reading University. She’s renowned for her large-scale installations – one early work, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, suspended the fragments of a garden shed blown up by the British army. Shortlisted for the Turner prize in 1997, she was elected to the Royal Academy in 2010 and awarded
  
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• Arts shows star in new Radio 4 line-up after storm at axing of film programme

  11-09-2021 14:00
  
  Mark Kermode will co-host show exploring ‘unexpected links and discoveries’ in screen historyA film show and a new weekly music programme on Radio 4 will be part of a huge shake-up of arts programming at the BBC due to be unveiled on Monday.Screenshot will be hosted by Observer film critic Mark Kermode – also the co-presenter of 5 Live’s film show – and by Guardian writer Ellen E Jones, and it will, in the words of Kermode, “delve into the vaults to make unexp
  
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• Homebody or hellraiser: Our autumn arts preview has you covered

  11-09-2021 09:00
  
  From online comedy to cinema’s new blockbusters to all-night rave festivals, a look at the cultural highlights for all levels of commitmentNew streaming gems to enjoy from within the comfort of your own four walls. Continue reading...
  
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• Jacksonville Symphony Seeks Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

  11-09-2021 03:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  The VP/Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will provide leadership and strategic direction for the financial affairs of the organization. The CFO is responsible for all aspects of the financial operations of the Jacksonville Symphony by overseeing the Symphony’s financial strategy and operations and ensuring the fiscal integrity of the Symphony, which has a $10 million operating budget, and a $21 million endowment (investments are divided between the Jacksonville Symphony Association and the Jac
  
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• That Didn’t Take Long: LA MoCA Leader Flees To Berlin

  11-09-2021 02:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Just eight days after the Museum of Contemporary Art said Klaus Biesenbach would run the Los Angeles institution with a newly named co-leader, Biesenbach was announced Friday as the new director of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Where The Wisdom Of Crowds Falls Short

  11-09-2021 00:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Our recent research suggests that while group deliberation can indeed increase the accuracy of forecasts, it can lead you astray when it comes to making a final decision. – Harvard Business Review
  
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