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• How A Major Gift Turned Into A Shiny New Gallery For Indigenous Art In And Unlikely Australian Town

  11-01-2022 21:28 via theartnewspaper.com
  
  Against the promise of his holdings of Aboriginal art, Gantner urged Shepparton to build a standalone gallery and for it to become a not-for-profit company independent of the council. Councils are “not natural operators of major arts facilities”, he says. – The Art Newspaper
  
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• In South India, Weddings Are Becoming Great Big Dance-A-Ramas

  11-01-2022 21:03 via nytimes.com
  
  In the state of Kerala, the actual ceremony may be brief and subdued, but the celebrations often include professional choreographers directing a mix of relatives and professional dancers in routines that range from traditional local forms to Bollywood, Sufi, and even Mexican styles. – The New York Times
  
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• Australian Arts Facing Labor Shortages

  11-01-2022 20:32 via artshub.com.au
  
  There is growing evidence of worker shortages for live shows. It’s clear there is a gap left by workers who left the arts during 2020/2021 lockdowns, resulting in a reduced pool of staff to call on when someone falls ill. – ArtsHub
  
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• A New Molière Play (?!) At The Comédie-Française For The Playwright’s 400th Anniversary

  11-01-2022 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  The world’s oldest operating theatre company has pieced together what it says is the original version of Tartuffe, premiered in 1664 and promptly suppressed by the enraged Catholic Church; it was the playwright’s overhauled version of 1669 which became the classic we know today. – The Guardian
  
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• Of Norman Mailer And Cancel Culture

  11-01-2022 19:31 via spiked-online.com
  
  A culturally and politically monotone graduate class, on board with just about every woke nostrum going, not only dominates publishing houses’ workforce – it is now trying to dominate publishers’ output, too. – spiked
  
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• It’s Not Just Vinyl: CDs Made A Comeback Last Year, Too

  11-01-2022 19:04 via insideradio.com
  
  “The recorded music industry may no longer be laser-focused on the compact disc, but the format’s sales grew in 2021 for the first time in 17 years, driven by superstar product boosted by retailer-exclusive collectibles, as well as by older catalog titles.” – Inside Radio
  
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• Why I Quit Being A Classical Musician

  11-01-2022 18:32 via zachmanzi.medium.com
  “I’ve been working to know myself apart from my identity as a musician, which I always held in higher regard than my inherent worth as a human being. Even for musicians, life is much bigger than music, but I never really understood that until now.” – Medium
  
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• Modernizing China’s Ancient Writing System Has Always Been A Political Project

  11-01-2022 18:01 via newyorker.com
  
  Through the centuries, the complexity of classical Chinese characters functioned as a powerful class barrier, since mastering reading and writing took so much work. Attempts to simplify it go back to the Ming Dynasty, but those efforts got serious, and contentious, throughout the 20th century. – The New Yorker
  
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• Are NFTs Facilitating Theft Of Artists’ Work?

  11-01-2022 17:31 via nbcnews.com
  As the NFT art market takes off, systems to ensure a buyer is making a legitimate purchase of digital ownership have failed to keep up. – NBCNews
  
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• What Does Germany’s New Culture Minister Have Planned? “Green Culture”

  11-01-2022 17:05 via theartnewspaper.com
  
  “Claudia Roth has taken office pledging to continue her predecessor’s work in decolonising museums, to set up a central ‘green culture’ desk, to boost funding for the arts and to rethink both the Humboldt Forum and a planned new 20th-century art museum in Berlin.” – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Now Boris Johnson Corruption Accusations Extend Even To Arts Festivals

  11-01-2022 16:33 via news.artnet.com
  
  Texts from the Prime Minister’s phone indicate that the man paying for renovations to Boris’s apartment at 10 Downing Street was pitching him on a new version of the 1851 Crystal Palace Great Exhibition — and getting a favorable hearing. – Artnet
  
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• Prehistoric Rock Art In Texas “Irreparably Damaged” By Jackass Vandals

  11-01-2022 16:02 via texasmonthly.com
  
  The petroglyphs, at least 4,500 years old, in Big Bend National Park were ruined by “Isaac, Ariel, Norma, (and) Adrian,” who carved their names on the rock on the day after Christmas. – Texas Monthly
  
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• President Of America’s Largest Public Radio Station Departs After Two Difficult Years

  11-01-2022 15:34 via nytimes.com
  
  Goli Sheikholeslami, who’s leaving to become CEO of Politico, faced a firestorm over a program cancellation the week after she arrived at WNYC, where she went on to deal with bullying accusations against well-known hosts and staff fury at her choice of editor-in-chief. – The New York Times
  
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• The Reason Audie Cornish Left NPR Was To Take A Job At CNN

  11-01-2022 15:01 via deadline.com
  
  “Cornish will host a weekly show for the network’s subscription streaming service, set to debut in the spring, and will contribute to its live programming. She also will host a new podcast and will appear on CNN covering breaking news.” – Deadline
  
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• Mezzo-Soprano Maria Ewing Dead At 71

  11-01-2022 14:35 via bbc.com
  
  Perhaps best known these days as the mother of Rebecca Hall and the ex-wife of Peter Hall, she had a stellar career in the 1980s and early ’90s, admired for singing and acting, and known as the first opera star to finish Salome’s Dance of the Seven Veils nude. – BBC
  
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• The Magic Of A Rare Bach Recording

  11-01-2022 14:00 via msn.com
  Of vinyl, Ralph Kirkpatrick, a perfect winter for merging records – and a desire for order. “The forms and functions of the WTC offer something like an architectural experience — you wander through Bach’s arches, the keys catching and coloring the light.” – MSN (The Washington Post)
  
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• ‘He was a handful’ – Hunter S Thompson’s PA and photographer relives her wild job

  11-01-2022 07:00
  
  She cooked his weird dinners, dealt with his volcanic rants, and read his prose back to him from dark till dawn. As Chloe Sells’ photographs of the gonzo writer’s chaotic Colorado cabin are published, she remembers an invigorating, inspirational figureOne evening towards the end of 2003, Chloe Sells was entering the J-Bar in Aspen, Colorado, in search of a late night drink, when an older woman approached her. As Sells recalls in her new photobook, Hot Damn!: “She looked me up a
  
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• Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts – Executive Director

  11-01-2022 02:25 via artsjournal.com
  OrganizationArchie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts (The Bray) was founded at the foothills of the Montana Rockies in 1951 by entrepreneur, brickmaker, and avid arts patron Archie Bray, who intended it to be a place to “make available for all who are seriously interested in the ceramic arts, a fine place to work.” The primary mission is to provide an environment and connection with other serious artists that stimulates creative work in ceramics. Located on the site of the former
  
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• Festival & Special Events Producer

  11-01-2022 02:15 via artsjournal.com
  Festival and Special Events Producer
  FLSA Classification: ☒Exempt ☐Non-Exempt
  Employment Type: ☒ Full Time ☐ Part Time ☐Intern ☐Temporary/Contract
  Salary Range: $71,791 – $107,687Position SummaryEnvision bold, impactful festival and special event programs that actively engage the entire community. Research, view and evaluate possible programs and projects. Negotiate deal terms and contracts. Cultivate agents, artists, and providers of festival and specia
  
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• Concert & Events Booking Manager

  11-01-2022 02:09 via artsjournal.com
  Concerts and Events Booking Manager
  FLSA Classification: ☒Exempt ☐Non-Exempt
  Employment Type: ☒ Full Time ☐ Part Time ☐Intern ☐Temporary/Contract
  Salary Range: $71,791 – $107,687Position SummaryPlan and manage a dynamic variety of Blumenthal Performing Arts (BPA) events that may include concerts, attractions, speakers, and fine arts events. Develop and execute plans for a designated niche of presented programs that balance artistic ambition with strong f
  
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• American Shakespeare Center Names A New Director

  11-01-2022 00:01 via washingtonpost.com
  Brandon Carter, a resident actor with ASC since 2018, assumes the directorship in a new management structure that the company describes as “a coequal group of individuals” running other departments such as operations, production and engagement. – Washington Post
  
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