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• Hypothesis: Arts Education Access Is a Human Rights Issue

  07-04-2022 23:51 via artsjournal.com
  Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
  – Article 27, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations General Assembly, 1948)
  Across centuries, individuals from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds have employed creativity, imagination, invention, and artistic skill as sources of resilience, healing, connection, growth, and social change. Opportunities to
  
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• The Mythologies Of The Writer’s Blank Page

  07-04-2022 23:28 via aeon.co
  
  If all works of literature are haunted by the ideal forms of which they are but imperfect instantiations, then the blank book symbolises the refusal to compromise authorial vision. – Aeon
  
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• Can African Museums Transcend Colonial History?

  07-04-2022 23:01 via hyperallergic.com
  
  Is an African museum, designed by an African architect, capable of undoing this level of institutional violence? Can it go beyond a restaging of the artefacts’ abduction? If not for an imperialist agenda, what is the role of the museum in a post-colonial world? – Hyperallergic
  
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• How Classical Music Influences Heavy Metal Pop

  07-04-2022 22:28 via wqxr.org
  
  One can be forgiven for failing to see any common threads between these two seemingly divergent entities. However, a closer look reveals evidence to the contrary. – WQXR
  
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• The Bridgerton Factor: Viewers Flocking To English Country Estates

  07-04-2022 22:01 via theguardian.com
  
  The regal properties are reporting a “Bridgerton factor” as people enchanted by the baroque interiors and bucolic gardens of the hit show decide to visit its real life landmarks. – The Guardian
  
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• How Neuroscience Is Failing To Explain How Art Works

  07-04-2022 21:31 via nautil.us
  
  “If you define neuroaesthetics as the use of neuroscience to explain art and aesthetic experience, then it is not surprising that neuroaesthetics fails: art just isn’t a phenomenon (neurological or experiential) to be explained by neuroscience, psychology, or any other empirical science.” – Nautilus
  
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• The Young Muslim Who Defied Her Conservative Community To Master Indian Classical Dance

  07-04-2022 21:03 via bbc.com
  
  Mansiya V.P. was three when her mother took her and her older sister to Bharatanatyam lessons. The family persisted despite opposition from the local mosque committee, and, at 27, she’s pursuing a doctorate in Bharatanatyam. Now a Hindu temple has refused to let her dance there because she’s Muslim. – BBC
  
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• Media Critic Eric Boehlert, 62, Killed On Bicycle

  07-04-2022 20:29 via nytimes.com
  
  A frequent commentator on television and radio, as well as a prolific writer, Mr. Boehlert never shied away from searing critiques of what he saw as bias in the mainstream press and the circular impact of media on politics. – The New York Times
  
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• How #MeToo Has, And Hasn’t, Changed Theatre

  07-04-2022 20:03 via theguardian.com
  
  “Not only were narratives of sexual abuse – long regarded as too risky for commercial theatre audiences – being listened to, they were actively being sought out. … But the fundamental changes that #MeToo promised have not been as meaningful or lasting as many in the industry hoped.” – The Guardian
  
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• The Rot Of American Higher Education Was Put On View Last Week

  07-04-2022 19:32 via nytimes.com
  
  The unspoken secret had been fleetingly exposed: Free labor is a fact of academic life. “These arrangements are common in academia.” – The New York Times
  
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• The Brass Bands Of Wales Are At Risk Of Fading Away

  07-04-2022 19:04 via bbc.com
  
  “There are fears Wales could lose its brass band tradition after player numbers plummeted during the pandemic. Bands from across the country said they had lost members, with fewer younger players joining.” – BBC
  
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• The Case For Nationalizing An American Cultural Treasure

  07-04-2022 18:32 via nytimes.com
  
  Like the Delta blues or Yellowstone National Park, baseball is as indelibly American as it is painfully uncommercial. Left to fend for itself, the game will eventually disappear. The New York Times
  
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• At 70, Both Bill T. Jones And Eiko Otake Are Making Some Of The Best Dance Of Their Careers

  07-04-2022 18:01 via nytimes.com
  
  “(They’re) two celebrated dance artists with different styles, temperaments and cultural backgrounds. What they have in common is willingness — hunger, really — to take on weighty issues. Otake has been illuminating the environmental damage caused by nuclear accidents. Jones is intimately connected to the struggle against racism.” – The New York Times
  
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• The Thinking Behind The Mellon Foundation’s Unusual New Logo

  07-04-2022 17:32 via itsnicethat.com
  
  Moving away from “literal sensibilities” for logo choices, Opara tells It’s Nice That, the team went for a more symbolic direction, developing a morphing “M” which fluctuates in shape, texture and colour to reflect the transformative basis of Mellon’s work. – It’s Nice That
  
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• Nehemiah Persoff, Ubiquitous Character Actor, Dead At 102

  07-04-2022 17:03 via msn.com
  
  A charter member of the Actors Studio, from the 1940s through the ’90s he appeared in dozens of plays and films (ranging from Some Like It Hot to Yentl) and hundreds of TV episodes, with a specialty in variously ethnic gangsters and outlaws. – MSN (The Washington Post)
  
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• Ruth Mackenzie, Chased Out Of The Châtelet In Paris, Will Run The Southern Hemisphere’s Largest Arts Festival

  07-04-2022 16:35 via theage.com.au
  
  After successfully leading Scottish Opera, the Manchester International Festival, the Holland Festival, and the cultural program at the 2012 London Olympics, her firing from the Châtelet was (and remains) somewhat mysterious. She now takes over as director of Australia’s Adelaide Festival through 2026. – The Age (Melbourne)
  
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• A Receipt For One Of Yves Klein’s Invisible Artworks Just Sold For $1.2 Million

  07-04-2022 16:02 via news.artnet.com
  
  “On the auction block was a paper receipt for a ‘Zone de sensibilité picturale immatérielle,’ or a ‘zone of empty space,’ a 1959 conceptual creation. … Klein sold several such invisible ‘zones’ — each instantiated by a receipt — between 1959 and his death in 1962, accepting only pure gold as payment.” – Artnet
  
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• Rags-To-Riches Stories Reveal More About America Than Their Authors Think

  07-04-2022 15:34 via nytimes.com
  
  From the Horatio Alger stories which launched the genre to memoirs by billionaires and even to Fifty Shades of Grey and other “billionaire romance” books (an actual category at Amazon), rags-to-riches narratives demonstrate that financial success is not, in fact, due to hard work alone. – The New York Times Magazine
  
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• New York Public Radio Plagiarism Case May Be About To Get Messy

  07-04-2022 15:01 via cjr.org
  
  WNYC announced last week that 41 stories by a single author — unnamed by the station but reportedly former host Jami Floyd — had been removed from its websites because of plagiarized passages. Now Floyd says she’s suing WNYC for racial, sex and age discrimination as well as defamation. – Columbia Journalism Review
  
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• A Settlement May End The Strike At Chicago’s PBS Station

  07-04-2022 14:33 via robertfeder.com
  “Striking broadcast technicians at WTTW-Channel 11 reached a tentative contract agreement with management Wednesday, likely ending the three-week work stoppage at the public television station. … If the contract is approved, workers could be back on the job by Friday.” – Robert Feder
  
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• Daddy: A Melodrama review – Black art, white money and love in Speedos

  07-04-2022 14:25
  
  Almeida, London
  A white billionaire art collector’s relationship with a young Black artist formsthe heart of this bold, brawny play about race, patronage and exploitationEver since Sunset Boulevard’s dead protagonist floated into view in the iconic opening sequence of Billy Wilder’s 1950 film, a drama set in a Los Angeles suburb with a swimming pool as its central feature has carried ominous connotations.Daddy’s heated pool is set within a contemporary Bel Air mansion, an
  
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• Enforcing EU Sanctions, Finland Impounds $46 Million Worth Of Art Headed To Russia

  07-04-2022 14:05 via news.artnet.com
  
  The artworks, which belong to prominent Russian museums including the Hermitage and Tretyakov, were being returned from exhibitions in Italy and Japan. Finnish customs says it does not dispute Russia’s ownership of the art and will keep it only for the duration of the sanctions. – Artnet
  
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• ‘Doubly erased’: artwork recording names of domestic violence victims removed from Melbourne museum

  07-04-2022 11:12
  
  Artist devastated by museum’s decision to take down The Lost Petition following concerns it could ‘upset’ peopleGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAn artwork recognising almost 1,000 women and children killed by men in Australia has been removed from a Melbourne museum, partly on the grounds it could traumatise some visitors.Melbourne artist Dans Bain was asked on Wednesday to remove her 30 metre work, The Lost Petition, from the Her Place Women’s Museum
  
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• Art of diplomacy: 300 years of Japanese art in Britain’s royal collection

  07-04-2022 09:00
  
  A Queen’s Gallery exhibition tells the story of centuries of artistic and cultural exchange between east and westIn 1881, two young British princes serving as midshipmen in the Royal Navy visited Japan, where they had a meeting with the emperor. This encounter wasn’t the most significant between the royal families of Britain and Japan, or the most extravagant – the princes bought a metal teapot and cups as a gift for their father in a nascent tourist market – but it was e
  
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• Picasso portrait of lover and muse to appear at auction for first time

  07-04-2022 08:00
  
  Sotheby’s expects Femme nue couchée, which depicts Marie-Thérèse Walter as a sea-creature, to fetch over $60m next monthA sensuous depiction of Pablo Picasso’s muse and lover as a multi-limbed sea creature, completed during the most prolific year of the artist’s life, is to appear at auction for the first time.Femme nue couchée (Naked woman reclining) is expected to sell for more than $60m next month, a reflection of the desirability among collectors
  
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• Dean, School of Drama at The New School

  07-04-2022 06:28 via artsjournal.com
  Reporting to the Executive Dean of the College of Performing Arts and serving as a core member of the highly collaborative CoPA Deans Council, the Dean of the School of Drama provides academic, artistic, and managerial leadership to the students, faculty, and staff of The School of Drama.The Dean will be a gifted academic and artistic leader and outstanding administrator who is devoted to ensuring that graduates are prepared to enter and innovate the professional world that awaits them. The ide
  
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• President & Chief Executive Officer- The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

  07-04-2022 06:22 via artsjournal.com
  Position SummaryThe President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will provide strategic leadership and community engagement as The Hobby Center continues its exciting path forward. The CEO will be the organization’s primary spokesperson in advancing its public image and increasing brand awareness regionally and nationally.
  The CEO will actively engage in the cultivation and stewardship of donors and foster authentic, collaborative, and meaningful relationships. Partnering with resident co
  
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• Russian Oligarchs Have Given Hundreds Of Millions To US Cultural Institutions

  07-04-2022 00:01 via hyperallergic.com
  
  Wealthy Russian businessmen, many of whom are now sanctioned, have donated between $372 million and $435 million to more than 200 nonprofits in the US in the last two decades. The findings are laid out in a database created in 2020. – Hyperallergic
  
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