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• Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser shares the importance of collaboration!

  11-12-2021 19:11 via artsjournal.com
  Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, Barrett Principal Education Conductor & Community Ambassador, shares the impact of collaboration and the importance of understanding time in the arts.
  
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• On my radar: Tanya Moodie’s cultural highlights

  11-12-2021 16:00
  
  The Motherland actor on shouting at the television, the memoir she couldn’t put down, and the street food she can’t get enough ofBorn in Canada in 1972, the actor Tanya Moodie began her career in theatre. In 2020 she won a Royal Television Society breakthrough award for playing alpha mum Meg in the BBC Two sitcom Motherland. She has appeared in Sherlock and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and performed in numerous stage productions for the RSC, Royal Court and the National Theatre.
  
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• Sex, gardening and couscous: Benton End’s art colony remembered

  11-12-2021 14:00
  
  New exhibition celebrates bohemian school that taught great British painters such as Maggi Hambling and Lucian FreudIt was where many of the best things in life were brought together: art, food, wine, sex, the natural environment. And it had a hand in creating some of the UK’s most highly regarded postwar painters, including Lucian Freud and Maggi Hambling.Benton End was an extraordinary place where aspiring artists lived and studied under the tutelage of Cedric Morris and his lover Arthur
  
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• ‘Most people don’t know how to shoot or edit dark skin’ – Isaac West’s best phone shot

  11-12-2021 11:00
  
  The Liberian photographer on his image of a tender haircut Isaac West was searching for a moment of authenticity. He had known Sudanese models Juor and Odur for a few years; both live in the US, as does he. Their brief was to portray a moment of tenderness between a couple.“You’re caring for your girlfriend by cutting her hair,” was West’s direction for Juor, who had the razor switched on. The Liberian photographer adds: “He messed up her hair a bit – he&rsquo
  
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• From West Side Story to The Witcher: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

  11-12-2021 07:00
  
  Whether it’s a Spielberg musical, a global photography prize or a comedy Christmas show, our critics have your plans for the week coveredWest Side Story
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  Steven Spielberg takes on the classic musical (above), pitting Sharks against Jets in 1950s New York. His star-crossed lovers are played by Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler, but the real appeal here is the lavish, push-the-boat-out musical entertainment. Continue reading...
  
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• Peloton Stock Plunges After “Sex in the City” Episode Runs

  11-12-2021 00:01 via variety.com
  
  Shares of Peloton, the fitness equipment company, fell 11.3% Thursday — tumbling to a 19-month low — after a key character in HBO Max’s “Sex and the City” revival, “And Just Like That,” was shown dying of a heart attack after a 45-minute workout on one of the company’s exercise bikes. – Variety
  
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