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• Financial Institutions Are Isolating Russia. Will The Art Market Follow?

  01-03-2022 23:32 via news.artnet.com
  
  As the financial community shuts its doors to Russia, scores of Russian millionaires and billionaires may need to convert their trophy Warhols, Rothkos, and Picassos into cash—just as international sanctions have made them toxic to do business with.  – Artnet
  
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• Canada’s Plan To Make Tech Giants Pay For News

  01-03-2022 23:01 via pressgazette.co.uk
  
  The Online News Act, like Australia’s code, will compel Google and Meta to agree licensing deals for the online content of broadcasters as well as written news publishers. – Press-Gazette
  
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• Why Are Hedge Funds Buying Local TV Stations?

  01-03-2022 22:32 via artsjournal.com
  “Local TV still has large audiences. Even with so much programming chasing [audiences], there’s only so many hours in the day. The strength of local stations that produce local news, weather and sports is that this is the kind of thing that is very personal to people. – Variety
  
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• Russian billionaire on EU sanctions list quits as Royal Academy trustee

  01-03-2022 22:14
  
  Exclusive: Petr Aven’s donation returned after he was called one of Putin’s closest oligarchs in the listA Russian billionaire named in EU sanctions “as one of Vladimir Putin’s closest oligarchs” stepped down on Tuesday as a trustee of the Royal Academy, which has also returned a donation he made towards a Francis Bacon exhibition.The RA – which had had been among UK cultural institutions and bodies facing calls to sever ties with Russian oligarchs after Russi
  
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• Russian Performances Are Being Canceled Worldwide

  01-03-2022 22:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Not only has Russia been stripped of two prestigious events – the Champions League men’s final and Formula One’s Russian Grand Prix –but an increasing number of performances by Russians are being cancelled worldwide. – The Guardian
  
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• How TikTok Is Similar To Victorian-Era Parlor Games

  01-03-2022 21:28 via psyche.co
  
  In the 1840s, a similar interest in amateur play took hold in the United States. ‘Home amusements’, as one guidebook dubbed them, ranged from elaborately scripted and staged theatrical entertainments and living pictures (tableaux vivants) to simple charades, pantomimes and optical illusions.  – Psyche
  
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• Suddenly, Ireland’s Film Industry Is Booming

  01-03-2022 21:01 via theguardian.com
  
  “Ireland is now host to dozens of international feature films in production or post-production and a multitude of TV series,’ with spending in the industry up 40% last year alone. “Part of the boom is down to the insatiable global demand for content fueled by streaming platforms.” – The Guardian
  
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• A Sci-Fi Novel That May Explain Now

  01-03-2022 20:32 via theatlantic.com
  
   Cullen Murphy: “I have no idea whether the book is a parable of where we were, where we are, or where we’re heading. Maybe it’s all three.” – The Atlantic
  
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• Theater’s Dance Audition Call Becomes TikTok Craze

  01-03-2022 20:03 via americantheatre.org
  
  “What began as a legitimate audition call for the St. Louis theatre had become a micro-trend on TikTok, the short-form video app that has become a culture-wide phenomenon. The Muny Legally Blonde dance call had gone viral.” – American Theatre
  
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• Film Critic Sheila Benson, 91

  01-03-2022 19:29 via latimes.com
  
  Her time as film critic at The LA Times coincided with the rise of both the ‘80s Hollywood blockbuster and the American independent scene. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Unboxed festival launches with vow to get Britain reconnected

  01-03-2022 19:28
  
  The controversial festival, hailed as a ‘once in a lifetime’ cultural event, opens with an immersive history of the universe, About Us, at Paisley Abbey Unboxed – the controversial and now heavily rebranded Festival UK 2022 – launched on 1 March, with a pledge to treat the whole of the UK as a venue and satisfy the public’s “huge appetite to get out again and stand next to other human beings.”The choice to launch the first of the 10 major multi-site proj
  
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• Birmingham Will Host A Six-Month Arts Festival Alongside This Summer’s Commonwealth Games

  01-03-2022 19:02 via theguardian.com
  
  “Birmingham 2022 festival will include more than 200 events from March to September across the West Midlands and will involve more than 100,000 participants, making it one of the largest cultural programmes to ever surround the games.” – The Guardian
  
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• Andy Warhol, Value Of Creativity, And Crypto

  01-03-2022 18:32 via oreilly.com
  
  Andy Warhol, innovation expert Clayton Christensen, and Etherum creator Vitalik Buterin walk into the bar. They don’t start out talking about crypto, but like everyone else, they end up there. – O’Reilly
  
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• Gemma New Named Principal Conductor Of New Zealand Symphony, Her Hometown Orchestra

  01-03-2022 18:04 via stuff.co.nz
  
  The 35-year-old Wellington native, principal guest conductor of the Dallas Symphony and music director of the Hamilton (Ont.) Philharmonic, is not only the first woman to helm the orchestra in its 75-year history, she is the first native New Zealander in the position since 1954. – Stuff (New Zealand)
  
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• Why Russian Artists Supporting Putin Are Paying A Price

  01-03-2022 17:31 via datebook.sfchronicle.com
  To claim, as many do, that art should “transcend” politics — that it exists in a realm where the push and pull of human conflict have no relevance — represents an impoverished view of both politics and art. To the extent that art has any bearing on the world, it’s necessarily political. – San Francisco Chronicle
  
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• Zelensky’s Previous Career As A Performer Was Useful Preparation For His Current Role

  01-03-2022 17:01 via msn.com
  
  Says one academic observer, “He’s used to being in front of a camera. He’s used to performing. While before this conflict his poll numbers were pretty low, they’ve skyrocketed. And that’s because he’s been able to use his strengths during this conflict.” – MSN (The Washington Post)
  
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• Dubai’s Architecturally Fabulous New Museum Of The Future

  01-03-2022 16:35 via apnews.com
  
  In recent years, Abu Dhabi has been the United Arab Emirate to build and open high-profile museums in eye-catching new buildings. Now Dubai has joined in with a museum in a building shaped like an ovoid ring, covered with windows and skylights in the shape of Arabic calligraphy. – AP
  
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• Missouri School Board Reverses Ban On Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye”

  01-03-2022 16:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Last month, the school board in Wentzville, a suburb of St. Louis, voted 4-3 to have the book removed from all district libraries because (said members) of its themes of incest and child abuse. Faced with widespread criticism and an ACLU lawsuit, the board reconsidered. – The Guardian
  
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• ‘One diamond could have bought two airports’ – the Filipino recreating Imelda Marcos’s gems stash

  01-03-2022 16:00
  
  The mind-boggling hoard of jewellery the plundering first lady tried to smuggle out of the Philippines is being remade as sculpture by artist Pio Abad – with all its sparkle goneOver his three terms as president of the Philippines from 1965, Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda were able to cream off some $10bn of the nation’s assets through offshore banks. New revelations that a close associate of the dictator was also able to maintain an account with Credit Suisse as late as 2006 t
  
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• Russian Invaders Burn Ukrainian Museum To The Ground

  01-03-2022 15:32 via artnews.com
  
  The Historical and Local History Museum in the city of Ivankiv, about 50 miles north of Kyiv, was destroyed on Sunday. It housed 25 works by folk artist Maria Prymachenko, one of the country’s most beloved painters. – ARTnews
  
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• The New Host Of NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday: Ayesha Rascoe

  01-03-2022 15:04 via npr.org
  Currently the network’s White House correspondent, Rascoe formally succeeds Lulu Garcia-Navarro in late March. – NPR
  
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• Edinburgh International Festival’s Next Director: Violinist Nicola Benedetti

  01-03-2022 14:31 via scotsman.com
  
  The 34-year-old Ayrshire native will be the first woman and the first Scot to head the country’s flagship arts event in its 75-year history. – The Scotsman
  
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• Manchester University staff sign letter in support of Whitworth gallery director

  01-03-2022 14:17
  
  Alistair Hudson was asked to leave his post over a row regarding a statement in support of PalestineMore than 100 members of staff at the University of Manchester have signed a letter opposing an attempt to force out the director of the Whitworth Art Gallery (Wag), calling it a “grave violation of academic and artistic freedom of expression”.The Guardian reported last week that Alistair Hudson was asked to leave his post by the university over a row regarding a statement of solidarit
  
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• Valery Gergiev Fired As Chief Conductor Of Munich Philharmonic

  01-03-2022 14:05 via bbc.com
  
  The Bavarian capital’s mayor followed through on his warning that the Russian maestro would be dismissed if he didn’t denounce Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Gergiev lost several other gigs over the weekend as well, including honorary chair of the Edinburgh International Festival. – BBC
  
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• Tate faces call to cut ties with Russian oligarch and Putin associate

  01-03-2022 08:00
  
  Labour MP calls for donor Viktor Vekselberg to lose Tate Foundation honorary member statusTate is facing pressure to sever ties to a Kremlin-linked Russian oligarch who has already been the target of US sanctions since 2018.Viktor Vekselberg, the founder of a Russian energy conglomerate and an associate of Vladimir Putin, is an honorary member of the prestigious Tate Foundation in recognition of past donations, the gallery has confirmed. Continue reading...
  
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• The show can’t go on: Russian arts cancelled worldwide

  01-03-2022 07:00
  
  Concerts, dance recitals and exhibitions have been postponed indefinitely after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of UkraineThe Russian invasion of Ukraine has prompted responses from the cultural sphere, with Russian artists and companies beginning to feel the repercussions of decisions taken by the Kremlin. Not only has Russia been stripped of two prestigious events – the Champions League men’s final and Formula One’s Russian Grand Prix –but an increasing number of perfor
  
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• Exciting Opportunity for Merchandising Professional Associate Director, Retail Operations

  01-03-2022 04:53 via artsjournal.com
  THE PLACE – RAVINIA FESTIVALRavinia®, North America’s oldest and most musically diverse music festival, presents over 140 different events throughout the summer. These concerts range from Yo-Yo Ma to John Legend to the annual summer residency of the nation’s finest orchestra, The Chicago Symphony. Ravinia’s Reach Teach Play programs serve over 75,000 adults and children throughout Chicagoland and are designed to educate, foster diverse audience involvement, and provid
  
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• SAG Awards: In-Person Awards Shows Return

  01-03-2022 00:02 via variety.com
  
  The 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards pulled off the first in-person awards ceremony of 2022, moving ahead as if things were normal after other gatherings canceled or went entirely virtual due to the omicron variant. – Variety
  
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