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• Twelve Essential Books To Understanding Putin, Russia And Ukraine

  11-03-2022 23:28 via latimes.com
  
  In the two major library systems I patronize, every title on Ukraine, Russia and Putin I have sought in the last week is checked out, with a lengthy wait for both print and ebook versions. Publishing has yet to offer new books on the Ukraine-Russia struggle, though that is sure to change. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• A Way To Save The Oscars? Cut The Cord!

  11-03-2022 23:01 via thewrap.com
  
  Cutting the cord and streaming the Oscars is the obvious move for the Academy to get the show out of its current audience-dwindling funk. The move would instantly trim the show of about 45 minutes’ worth of commercial breaks, enough time to give Tom Fleischman and every member of his extended family their own lifetime achievement awards. – The Wrap
  
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• Is Dudamel The Future Of The NY Philharmonic?

  11-03-2022 22:29 via nytimes.com
  
  The symbolism was unavoidable. Van Zweden — who said in September that he would be leaving in 2024, opening up one of the world’s most prestigious podiums — is already the past. Dudamel is the Philharmonic’s future. – The New York Times
  
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• What Has Happened To NPR?

  11-03-2022 22:01 via unherd.com
  
  Overnight, the network’s entire orientation had changed. Every segment was about race, and when it wasn’t about race, it was about gender. The stories were no longer reports but morality plays, with predictable bad guys and good guys. Scepticism was banished. Divergent opinions were banished. – Unherd
  
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• Valery Gergiev Is Selling $150 Million Worth Of Properties In Italy

  11-03-2022 21:32 via operawire.com
  
  The properties include a villa on the Amalfi Coast, complete with Roman ruins and an Aragon tower in the garden, the Palazzo Barbarigo on San Vio in Venice, the Caffè Quadri, and some shops in Piazza San Marco. – OperaWire
  
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• Rachmaninov, Russian Culture, And Putin’s Atrocity In Ukraine

  11-03-2022 21:02 via van-magazine.com
  
  “It is desperately ironic that Rachmaninov’s experience — being held personally accountable for the actions of a government he despised — is being repeated with Russian artists who have no connection to their government, in the rush to condemn Putin’s horrific invasion of Ukraine.” – Van
  
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• Kyiv Orchestra Performs In City’s Central Square

  11-03-2022 20:32 via washingtonpost.com
  The very site of the outdoor concert by the Kyiv-Classic Symphony Orchestra symbolized their defiance: the Maidan, Kyiv’s central square, the focal point of revolutions including one in 2014 that ousted a pro-Moscow president and helped define Ukraine’s Western political path. – Washington Post
  
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• Choreographers For Film And TV Are Forming A New Labor Union

  11-03-2022 20:04 via nytimes.com
  
  “So what is owed to the creators of the choreography that’s helping movies, television shows, music videos, and social media campaigns earn millions of dollars? About a year ago, … A consensus emerged: They deserved better. And many of them were ready to fight for it.” – The New York Times
  
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• Sydney biennale 2022: amid floods arrives art with an urgent climate message

  11-03-2022 20:00
  
  This year’s show, titled rīvus, is a beautiful but worrying study of water, with more than 300 artworks across the cityIt was an appropriately apocalyptic day for the preview of the 23rd Sydney biennale. The Colombian director José Roca has titled it rīvus, which means “stream”: a deep examination of all things watery, from the drowning of Pacific Islands to the loss of fishing cultures during the slow destruction of climate change. That Wednesday, as massive f
  
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• Montreal Symphony Cancels Performance By Young Russian Pianist Even Though He Spoke Out Against The War

  11-03-2022 19:28 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The decision followed a request by members of the Ukrainian community that the orchestra cancel Alexander Malofeev’s performances. Initially, the OSM declined, noting that the young pianist had distanced himself from the Russian regime. – Montreal Gazette
  
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• How Ukrainians Are Using Books To Defend Against Russian Attacks

  11-03-2022 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  After Putin invaded Crimea and the Donbas, the government in Kyiv began giving extra support to Ukrainian-language writing and media; publishing flourished, and Ukrainians began reading more. But right now few people there have time to read, and they’re using books for protection in a more literal way. – The Guardian
  
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• Surrealism lives on – and can light up these dark times | Letter

  11-03-2022 18:51
  
  The movement is contemporary, living and relevant, writes John Richardson, and shouldn’t only be seen through a rear-view mirrorYour report (Surreal: art’s weirdest worldview bounces back a century after its birth, 7 March) quotes Thomas Bompard of Sotheby’s saying: “In today’s world – more and more complex, contradictory, multipolar – surrealism resonates more because it embraces all the contradictions instead of resolving them.”However, it is wor
  
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• Jazz Trumpeter Ron Miles, 58

  11-03-2022 18:32 via denverpost.com
  
  Miles, a Grammy-nominated trumpeter and composer who was inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2017, had recently canceled a public performance at Knoxville, Tenn.’s Big Ears Festival, which he played regularly in the past. – Denver Post
  
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• This Is The Question About Black Life In America That Underlies Dominique Morisseau’s Plays

  11-03-2022 18:03 via nytimes.com
  
  “Getting free in the past, it’s just getting free. Like, you’re literally in bondage. Getting free in the present is a very different thing. What does freedom look like now?” – The New York Times
  
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• Until There Is No Dream to Dream

  11-03-2022 17:42 via artsjournal.com
   
   This is balm for dreamers.
  
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• The Cardiff Philharmonic Canceled A Tchaikowsky Performance. Its Reasoning Demonstrates A Moral Quandry

  11-03-2022 17:31 via washingtonpost.com
  That list doesn’t make for a snappy headline, but it does demonstrate good sense — a quality that’s been in short supply as people and institutions rush to make gestures in support of Ukraine and in opposition to Vladimir Putin’s war. – Washington Post
  
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• Even Pointe Shoes Have Been Affected By The Global Supply Chain Mess

  11-03-2022 17:05 via pointemagazine.com
  
  “Amy Taylor, the director of production for Kansas City Ballet who also manages shoe orders, says, ‘I’ve had to go to one of (my dancers) and say, ‘Hey, you don’t have any shoes in stock. Do you need another bottle of Jet Glue?'” Hannah Foster provides an explainer. – Pointe Magazine
  
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• Andrew Lloyd Webber Plans Big Move Into Film And TV

  11-03-2022 16:32 via whatsonstage.com
  
  Announcing the hiring of two senior executives with screen industry experience for his Really Useful Group, the musical theatre mogul said, “While I am thrilled to see live theatre back on its feet, we also have major ambitions in the worlds of TV, film, the metaverse and beyond.” – WhatsOnStage (UK)
  
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• Early In The Pandemic, Did Unrestricted Funding Gifts Keep Arts Organizations Afloat? Here’s What The Data Says

  11-03-2022 15:31 via culturaldata.org
  
  Earned revenue plummeted, of course, while government grants and private donations tried to fill the gap. “Were they enough for organizations in the sector to meet their needs to at least break even financially? Let’s dive in to explore the unrestricted contributed revenue side of the story.” – SMU Data Arts
  
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• Hockney 2.0, rare Japanese masterworks and LOVE comes to Yorkshire – the week in art

  11-03-2022 15:05
  
  Robert Indiana’s sculpture lands near Leeds, Kyōsai comes to London and David Hockney’s tech trials continue – all in your weekly dispatchIngrid Pollard
  Subversive perspectives on the British landscape, and who it belongs to, are at the heart of Pollard’s thought-provoking work.
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• Three Major Baltimore Arts Institutions Are Looking For New Leaders. Is Now The Time For An African-American?

  11-03-2022 15:03 via msn.com
  
  The city is two-thirds Black, and the choice of a Black candidate at one or more of them — the American Visionary Art Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art (executive director) and especially the Baltimore Symphony (music director) — could show the Black community that it’s welcome. – MSN (The Baltimore Sun)
  
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• Last Summer Alone, Authorities Seized Nearly 10,000 Looted Artifacts

  11-03-2022 14:30 via news.artnet.com
  
  “International law enforcement authorities in 28 countries executing the latest phase of Operation Pandora, an international crackdown on illegal cultural goods trafficking, seized 9,408 cultural artifacts between June and September last year.” – Artnet
  
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• Actor Jussie Smollett Sentenced To Jail, Probation For Faking A Hate Crime

  11-03-2022 14:05 via cnn.com
  
  “Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced Thursday to 30 months of felony probation, including 150 days in jail, and ordered to pay restitution of more than $120,000 and a $25,000 fine for making false reports to police that he was the victim of a hate crime in January 2019. – CNN
  
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• First Encounters: Making Art For/With Babies

  11-03-2022 00:01 via irishtimes.com
  
  “Because it is the babies who train us really in what works for them and that is crucial. I can’t imagine making the work [without their input] anymore.” – Irish Times
  
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