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• Pompidou Center In Paris To Postpone Renovation Until After 2024 Olympics

  26-10-2021 14:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The initial restoration plan involved shutting down the Centre Pompidou for three years from the end of 2023 for essential maintenance work.” The question now is whether the project can be completed in time for the museum’s 50th anniversary in 2027. – The Art Newspaper
  
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• The volcanic, uncontrollable visions of a master reborn – Late Constable review

  26-10-2021 11:00
  
  Royal Academy, London
  Forget the rural idylls. This sublime show recasts John Constable as the godfather of the avant garde, producing explosive, nightmarish paintings of a vanishing worldThere was no honking traffic on the A303 near Stonehenge when John Constable captured the monument in 1835, no visitor centre, no crowds circling the perimeter in an endless flow. In his watercolour, the site stands alone and utterly mysterious, with just a handful of sightseers dwarfed by colossal semi-collaps
  
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• The Hope and Frustration of Understanding Audiences

  26-10-2021 03:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Row X blog by Hannah GrannemannSometimes I hear or read an interview with an author, and I immediately add their book to my too-long to-read list. Sometimes the interview is all I need.
  One of the ways in which I’d like to bring value to you, the readers of this blog, is to occasionally write about academic works that I think have value for arts professionals, the primary audience for Row X. This is the first of those posts. Much of what I read is interesting but, in my view, not immediat
  
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• University of the Arts seeks two Deans

  26-10-2021 02:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Dean, School of ArtDean, School of FilmThe University of the Arts is accepting applications and nominations for two crucial dean roles—Dean, School of Art and Dean, School of Film. Deans serve as the chief academic, creative and administrative officer of their respective schools, and join the council of deans comprised of the heads of the university’s six schools in art, dance, design, film, music and theater; the division of graduate and professional studies; and the director of Cri
  
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• 20 Years Ago: How The iPod Changed Everything

  26-10-2021 00:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The eureka moment was the click wheel that enabled nimble search and control without a keyboard. Jobs wanted it as small as possible, with an apocryphal tale circulating that he tossed one prototype in a fish tank, pointed at the bubbles coming out and said they indicated dead space that should be removed. – The Guardian
  
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