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• Why More Musicians Aren’t Pulling Their Work From Spotify

  01-02-2022 23:33 via latimes.com
  
  The reasons why more artists haven’t abandoned Spotify include a stew of political hesitancies, music ownership complications and business incentives. The issues speak to the trickiness of the debate over COVID-19 misinformation, free speech, music rights and the role of Spotify in the modern music industry. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Edith Heath, the rebel ceramist and ‘alchemist’ who redefined the modern home

  01-02-2022 23:13
  
  A retrospective of the groundbreaking artist’s work celebrates her love of ceramic chemistry and material explorationFor 75 years, no firm has embodied the ethos of casually upscale California design quite like Heath Ceramics. Founded immediately after the second world war by Edith Heath, a largely self-taught ceramicist and potter, the company revolutionized domestic ceramics, transforming the art form from stuffy tea sets to versatile, modern dinnerware.Now, a new exhibition in Oakland c
  
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• Broadway Box Office Down Again Last week

  01-02-2022 23:01 via artsjournal.com
  In all, the total attendance of 139,584 indicates that about 74% of available seats were filled. Average ticket price was stayed at a modest $108, same as the previous week. – Deadline
  
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• Dudamel On Being Conducting For Leonard Bernstein Biopic

  01-02-2022 22:27 via vanityfair.com
  
  When the call came from Steven Spielberg to conduct Bernstein’s iconic score for his 2021 film adaptation of West Side Story, “it was the most ‘yes’ yes I’ve ever said in my life,” Dudamel said via Zoom last week. – Vanity Fair
  
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• Art Gallery Of Ontario Plans Major Expansion

  01-02-2022 22:01 via artnews.com
  
  The expansion could prove transformative for the museum, which has in recent years made efforts to beef up its contemporary art offerings. – ARTnews
  
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• How $100 Million Shapes The New Vancouver Art Gallery

  01-02-2022 21:32 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  The design also includes more than 80,000 square feet of exhibition space, a theatre, a library, artist studios, space for a visual arts preschool and daycare, an Indigenous community space and a 40,000-square-foot courtyard. – The Globe and Mail (Canada)
  
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• Mirga Will Not Be Taking An American Orchestra Job Anytime Soon

  01-02-2022 21:03 via nytimes.com
  
  “As administrators search for a conductor of her stature, as well as for someone to tip the scale of gender balance in the United States, … Gražinytė-Tyla is a defiant rarity: an anti-careerist who has resisted industry pressure in favor of artistic and personal fulfillment.” – The New York Times
  
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• Gas Crisis Threatens Famous Murano Glass Production

  01-02-2022 20:31 via washingtonpost.com
  “After two years scanning covid charts, we’re doing the same with natural gas prices as the curve rises, with the life and death of Murano hanging in the balance,” said Andrea Della Valentina of the Seguso Gianni factory. – Washington Post
  
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• The U.S. Now Has One Massive Spanish-Language TV Network

  01-02-2022 20:01 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  “Univision and the Mexican TV giant Televisa completed their $4.8 billion merger on Monday, (combining) Televisa’s media content and production assets with Univision’s assets, which will include dozens of cable channels, multiple broadcast networks, and a vast array of Spanish-language content.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Little Joy (Or Buzz) In Hollywood As Awards Season Starts

  01-02-2022 19:31 via latimes.com
  
  With movies facing what feels to many like an existential crisis and the box office for adult-oriented films all but decimated, few in the business are in a celebratory mood. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• The Lady Who Wrote “Goodnight, Moon” Was No Gentle Madonna

  01-02-2022 19:04 via newyorker.com
  
  Margaret Wise Brown “burned through her money as quickly as she earned it, travelling to Europe on ocean liners and spending entire advances on Chrysler convertibles. … She was engaged to two men but never married, and she had a decade-long affair with a woman.” – The New Yorker
  
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• New Data: Streaming Subscribers Who Sign Up For Specific Big Shows Leave Soon After

  01-02-2022 18:31 via wsj.com
  
  All streaming services see a portion of U.S. customers unsubscribe every month and have been signing up more users than they lose over time. But viewers who join a service right after a big release tend to leave significantly faster than the average streaming customer, according to an analysis of Antenna data. – Wall Street Journal
  
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• Greece Is Restoring Its Ancient Amphitheatres And Returning Them To Use

  01-02-2022 18:02 via theguardian.com
  
  From Epiros in the north down to Sparta and beyond, the outdoor venues where classical drama was born are being rediscovered: 25 are hosting events, with another 20 under renovation. A second, smaller arena has even been uncovered in Epidavros, which hosts the famous drama festival. – The Guardian
  
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• How Method Acting Made Me Mad

  01-02-2022 17:32 via theatlantic.com
  
  The idea that an actor must authentically experience and feel the lived reality of the character he is playing—and therefore be infinitely present and malleable—now underpins almost everything that Americans deem to be “good” acting. – The Atlantic
  
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• All Over France, An Exhibition Shows The Sensuous Side Of Muslim Culture

  01-02-2022 17:05 via apollo-magazine.com
  
  “It is called ‘The Arts of Islam: A Past for a Present’, and each of its 18 participating venues contains 10 works intended to challenge the image of joyless Islamic bigotry internalised by many French people … (and) save the young from the prejudices of their parents.” – Apollo
  
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• Public Libraries Are Offering Training In Starting And Running A Small Business

  01-02-2022 16:33 via bloomberg.com
  “As the pandemic has spurred an entrepreneurship boom, many public libraries have stepped in to meet a growing need among new business owners, particularly those without the resources to seek paid help,” such as people without a high school degree and the formerly incarcerated. – Bloomberg CityLab
  
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• ‘Magical, mysterious and electrifyingly intimate’ – Van Gogh: Self-Portraits review

  01-02-2022 16:15
  
  Courtauld, London
  Toothless, bearded, haggard, injured, shaved, well fed, on the mend, jaunty, natty … this superb show cascades through the many faces of Van Gogh – and reveals the anguished brilliance that lay beneathOne of the star attractions in the collection of the Courtauld Gallery in London is Vincent van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, which was painted in January 1889. The artist had mutilated his left ear two days before Christmas, following a quarrel with P
  
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• Broadway’s Reopening Last Fall Did Not Go As Expected, Even Before December’s Omicron Spike

  01-02-2022 16:01 via nytimes.com
  
  “During the months when the pandemic kept Broadway shuttered, a hypothesis took hold: Once theaters reopened, the audience would include more New Yorkers and fewer tourists, and the result could be a more receptive marketplace for ambitious new plays. It did not turn out that way.” – The New York Times
  
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• Federico Bonelli, Star Of London’s Royal Ballet, Named Artistic Director Of England’s Ballet North

  01-02-2022 15:34 via seeingdance.com
  
  Bonelli succeeds David Nixon, who ran the company — based in Leeds but touring more than any other ballet troupe in the UK — for 21 years. – SeeingDance
  
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• Chicago Sun-Times Is Now Officially A Subsidiary Of Chicago Public Radio

  01-02-2022 15:02 via apnews.com
  
  The merger, announced last fall and officially completed on Jan. 31, is funded by $61 million in donations from foundations and individuals. The money will go toward maintaining the print paper, improving the websites, and hiring 50 new people for the two newsrooms. – AP
  
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• New York Times Drops A Million Or Two To Buy Wordle

  01-02-2022 14:30 via arstechnica.com
  
  The newspaper said that it paid an amount “in the low seven figures” for the game, which was released in October and gained hundreds of thousands of players within three months. The Times says that Wordle will remain free to users. – Ars Technica
  
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• Uffizi Gallery, Mecca Of Renaissance Art, Moves Slowly Into Contemporary Work

  01-02-2022 14:05 via nytimes.com
  
  It’s not easy to do this, since people come from all over the world to see the classics, but the Florence museum’s dynamic director, Eike Schmidt, is working to “get the dust off” and exhibit new art in dialogue with the old. – The New York Times
  
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• ‘She was an alchemist’: Edith Heath, the rebel ceramicist who defined postwar California modernism

  01-02-2022 07:00
  
  A retrospective of the groundbreaking artist’s work celebrates her love of ceramic chemistry and material explorationFor 75 years, no firm has embodied the ethos of casually upscale California design quite like Heath Ceramics. Founded immediately after the second world war by Edith Heath, a largely self-taught ceramicist and potter, the company revolutionized domestic ceramics, transforming the art form from stuffy tea sets to versatile, modern dinnerware.Now, a new exhibition in Oakland m
  
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• Executive Director, Viver Brasil

  01-02-2022 02:04 via artsjournal.com
  Viver Brasil Executive Director Search AnnouncementDesired Start Date: March 15, 2022
  The position will remain open until filled.Employment status: Full-Time Employee, W-2 Status, 40 Hours per weekSchedule: Typical schedule Monday – Friday 10 am – 6 pm PST, Nights and weekends during performances and special events. The weekly work schedule is always adjusted to ensure boundaries around a 40-hour work week.Location: Live or relocate to the Los Angeles/ Southern California area prefer
  
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• Director of Marketing, Communications, and Creative Media – Washington Performing Arts

  01-02-2022 01:32 via artsjournal.com
  Washington Performing Arts, one of the nation’s premier performing arts producers and presenters, welcomes applications and nominations for the position of Director of Marketing, Communications, and Creative Media. The Director will be a key part of a dynamic team and take a leadership role in achieving the vision, mission, and goals of Washington Performing Arts.About Washington Performing Arts
  https://www.washingtonperformingarts.org/aboutus/index/For more than 50 years, Washington Perf
  
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• News Director, Interlochen Public Radio

  01-02-2022 01:28 via artsjournal.com
  Job DescriptionInterlochen Public Radio seeks an experienced journalist to direct our news team in northern Michigan. This is an opportunity for someone with vision for public service journalism to build a newsroom that consistently tells memorable stories and expands local understanding of the place we live and the issues we confront. Work on the campus of a renowned arts institution where creativity and new voices are valued.This position reports to the Executive Director of IPR. The News Dire
  
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