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• Starchitecture Dreaming: Their Dystopian Dreams Of Conquering Nature

  10-03-2022 23:28 via thebaffler.com
  
  As more become victims of the city’s fantasies of walling itself off from the climate crisis, what is increasingly obvious is the city’s willingness to sacrifice the older and more decrepit areas—those spaces occupied by the poor and undocumented—to benefit the growth of new and more “resilient” spaces for the wealthy. – The Baffler
  
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• TikTok Announces New Program To Pay Musicians

  10-03-2022 23:01 via protocol.com
  
  The service will allow musicians to upload songs directly to the app and receive royalties for plays, managed through a designated artists’ platform. The platform also includes analytical tools to help artists leverage virality. – Protocol
  
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• What Ukrainian Literature Says About Ukraine’s Relationship With Russia

  10-03-2022 22:28 via theatlantic.com
  
  Ukrainians frequently speak of the need to become Ukrainians: to consolidate their culture, language, and institutions after centuries of imperial domination. What Ukrainians see as a work in progress, however, Russia interprets as weakness; it views Ukraine as an accident of history. – The Atlantic
  
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• The Ukraine Cultural Sites At Risk Of Being Destroyed

  10-03-2022 22:01 via theconversation.com
  
  A lot has already been lost or destroyed. Museums in the homes of folk artists and folk production are found throughout the country. – The Conversation
  
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• Jed Perl: An Argument For “Freestanding Art”

  10-03-2022 21:28 via the-easel.com
  Living as we are, in a time of social, political, economic, and environmental crisis, I believe we must resist the temptation to view the arts as a subsidiary or accompaniment to our social, political, and economic experiences and concerns. I believe we have to argue for what I call the freestanding value of art. – The Easel
  
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• The Slow Death Of The Second-Run Movie Theater

  10-03-2022 21:03 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  Time was, folks on a budget could see a film at cinemas where titles that were no longer brand-new were shown at discounted ticket prices before being released for home video.  As Hollywood makes that window before video release ever smaller, those theaters are becoming unfeasible. – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Whats a Business Model?

  10-03-2022 20:49 via artsjournal.com
  Episode 4 in the #ArtsManaged video series explores the concept and components of a “business model.” As I continue the search for the cleanest and clearest definition, I’m still drawn to Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, et al’s version in Business Model Generation: “A business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value.”
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• Study: Student Reading Facility Declined During The Pandemic

  10-03-2022 20:31 via nytimes.com
  
  As the pandemic enters its third year, a cluster of new studies now show that about a third of children in the youngest grades are missing reading benchmarks, up significantly from before the pandemic. – The New York Times
  
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• Mezzo-Soprano Josephine Veasey Dead At 91

  10-03-2022 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  She sang with such conductors as Bernstein, Solti, and Karajan (whom she told she wouldn’t work with him again), with a repertoire from Mozart to Rossini to Verdi to Wagner to Tippett, and she was a mainstay at Covent Garden, where she sang 780 performances in 60 roles. – The Guardian
  
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• The Guardian view on Ukraine’s cultural heritage: a second front | Editorial

  10-03-2022 20:00
  
  Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is not just about territory. It’s about who owns a nation’s storyCulture has long been a proxy in the assertion of power by one people over another. Recent egregious examples include the Chinese government’s attempt to suppress Uyghur religion, literature, music, even food, and Islamic State’s destruction of ancient monuments. In war, culture is a second front. At their most extreme, wars are about eradicating a people’s cu
  
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• Scientists Turn To Bacteria To Clean Michelangelo Sculpture

  10-03-2022 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Scientists tested 11 strains of bacteria on marble before it was decided that three non-toxic varieties would be the most effective for Michelangelo’s masterpiece. Serratia ficaria, a bacterium that causes urinary tract infections, managed to remove dirt from the tomb in two days. – The Guardian
  
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• After A COVID-Wracked Winter, Broadway Producers Anticipate A Big Spring Comeback

  10-03-2022 19:04 via variety.com
  
  The holiday season in particular was plagued by constant cast changes or cancellations when someone in the company got sick or tested positive.  With the pandemic now receding among the vaccinated, Broadway will have 16 productions opening over about six weeks. – Variety
  
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• Humana Festival Says It Won’t Do Festival

  10-03-2022 18:32 via wfpl.org
  
  The Humana Festival of New American Plays, as envisioned prior to the Global Pandemic, has inspired a new approach to develop and produce new work on multiple platforms year-round,” Fleming’s emailed statement read, in part. – WFPL
  
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• The First Comprehensive Encyclopedia Of Indian Art Is About To Arrive (And It’s Written For Regular Folks, Not Academics)

  10-03-2022 18:01 via nytimes.com
  
  The open-source online project — started by Bangalore’s Museum of Art and Photography, with entries written by Indian experts — will include textiles and craft arts as well as painting, sculpture, and photography and will range from ancient work to the 2010s. – The New York Times
  
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• Getty Sues Hedge Fund Over Massive Losses

  10-03-2022 17:32 via news.artnet.com
  
  The Getty invested $60 million in the fund, which was titled “structured alpha,” in 2016. Three years later, the investment had grown to $73 million. But in early 2020, when the pandemic hit, the fund suffered devastating losses: The Getty only had $2 million left, or “97 percent of its assets.” – Artnet
  
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• ‘Dream’ by George Herms

  10-03-2022 17:18 via artsjournal.com
  Where does George Herms and his 1985 assemblage “Dream” fit in the continuum of 20th-century art and artists? After reading “The Nature of Art” by Armand Marie Leroi this morning, and after having a look at the Connect Vermeer website, I wondered whether a similar analysis could be done about Herms and“Dream.” I’m told the piece was recently acquired at auction.
  Made in 1985. Titled DREAM and signed on back. (24 1/2 × 21 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)The
  
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• Jewelry Retailer Van Cleef & Arpels Launches A New Contemporary Dance Festival

  10-03-2022 17:05 via dancemagazine.com
  
  Dance Reflections, which will be held in a different city each year, debuts in London March 9-23 with a program featuring contemporary classics by Lucinda Childs, Merce Cunningham, and Trisha Brown as well as newer works by the likes of Boris Charmatz and SERAFINE1369. – Dance Magazine
  
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• Ashleigh Gordon

  10-03-2022 16:52 via artsjournal.com
  
  
  Violist, Co-founder and Artistic/Executive Director of Castle of our Skins
  Violist Ashleigh Gordon is the co-founder and artistic/executive director of Castle of our Skins—a music initiative in Boston that celebrates Black artistry in music. Violist Ashleigh Gordon and pianist Anthony R. Green were students at the New England Conservatory of Music and were frustrated by the lack of representation of Black voices in classical music. So, in 2013, they co-founded the not-for-profit Castle of
  
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• How To Fill In All The Gaps We Have In Ancient Greek Texts? Artificial Intelligence Could Work

  10-03-2022 16:33 via theguardian.com
  
  “Artificial intelligence could bring to life lost texts, from imperial decrees to the poems of Sappho, researchers have revealed, after developing a system that can fill in the gaps in ancient Greek inscriptions and pinpoint when and where they are from.” – The Guardian
  
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• Audible Goes All In On Its Push Into Live Theater

  10-03-2022 16:02 via nytimes.com
  
  “The company, which created its theater division just five years ago, has already released 93 audio theater works, … commissioning new work from 55 playwrights, presenting 25 shows in person … and becoming one of the most active commercial producers in the city.” – The New York Times
  
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• Presenters Are Cancelling Performances By This 20-Year-Old Antiwar Russian Pianist.  Should They Be?

  10-03-2022 15:34 via ludwig-van.com
  
  Alexander Malofeev traveled to Canada for a concert this week with the Vancouver Recital Society and a Prokofiev concerto this weekend with the Montreal Symphony. He’s been dropped from both, despite his own statements against the invasion of Ukraine. Canadians are debating whether this is going too far. – Ludwig Van
  
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• Is Business Finally Turning Around At Long-Troubled Barnes & Noble?

  10-03-2022 15:01 via publishersweekly.com
  In 2019, after years of management turmoil and falling revenue, James Daunt (who turned around British chain Waterstones) was brought in to fix things.  He says that though the cafe and newsstand business hasn’t yet recovered from COVID, book sales are up more than 5% from 2019. – Publishers Weekly
  
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• Ukrainian Sculptor From Berlin Stays In Lviv To Help Build Anti-Tank Defenses

  10-03-2022 14:35 via hyperallergic.com
  
  Volo Bevza and several others have set themselves up in a metal workshop to build steel tank obstacles called “hedgehogs,” which look like small Mark di Suvero sculptures. – Hyperallergic
  
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• As The Authorities Drop Mask and Vaccination Requirements For Indoor Spaces, Should The Arts Do The Same?

  10-03-2022 14:06 via nytimes.com
  
  “In interviews, leaders of almost a dozen cultural groups across the country emphasized the need for caution and carefulness. But they noted that each of their situations are distinct.” – The New York Times
  
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• Life in the margins: Nashville’s female addicts – in pictures

  10-03-2022 08:00
  
  On a block near the city’s Drake motel, Tamara Reynolds befriended and photographed the women whose drug problems governed their lives Continue reading...
  
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• Berkeley Repertory Theatre – Managing Director

  10-03-2022 06:25 via artsjournal.com
  OrganizationFounded in 1968, Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley Rep) creates ambitious theater that entertains and challenges its audiences, provokes civic engagement, and inspires people to experience the world in new and surprising ways. Known for its ambition, relevance, excellence, and adventurous audience, Berkeley Rep has provided a welcoming home for emerging and established artists for more than 50 years. Over 5.5 million people have experienced nearly 500 shows at Berkeley Rep, which
  
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• Why We’re Built To Forget

  10-03-2022 00:01 via nytimes.com
  
  It used to be thought that forgetting anything — from minor things like the name of a casual acquaintance to the more painful loss of cherished memories experienced by my patients — was caused, to varying degrees, by a failure of the brain’s memory mechanisms. But new developments in neuroscience over the past decade or so refute this simple idea. – The New York Times
  
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