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• Lawrence Weiner obituary

  08-12-2021 17:02
  
  American conceptualist artist with a contempt for commercialism who used words as his chief materialIn February this year, a stencilled sign appeared on the gable end of the South London gallery’s new Fire Station annexe. Spray-painted in turquoise on white, it read AT A DISTANCE TO THE FOREGROUND. Passengers on passing buses mused over the sign’s meaning. It was a surveyor’s mark, perhaps, or something to do with health and safety. In fact, it was a work of art by the American
  
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• Rising again: forgotten Japanese American photography – in pictures

  08-12-2021 08:00
  
  Troves of works by these west coast pictorialists were lost during the second world war – but a new exhibition shows just how influential they were Continue reading...
  
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• Director of Development – Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

  08-12-2021 06:01 via artsjournal.com
  PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE (PBT) invites qualified candidates to submit applications to become its next Director of Development (DoD).
  Under the direction of new Artistic Director Susan Jaffe, PBT is currently celebrating its 52nd year as renowned company and school. The next DoD will be responsible for planning and executing the organization’s fundraising strategy across all sources for annual giving, special projects, and capital campaigns.
  Reporting to the ED, the next DoD will build and
  
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• Perplexed Publishers: Social Media Followings Don’t Translate To Book Sales

  08-12-2021 00:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Followings can affect who gets a book deal and how big an advance that author is paid, especially when it comes to nonfiction. But despite their importance, they are increasingly seen as unpredictable gauges of how well a book is actually going to sell. – The New York Times
  
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