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• Florida Senate Votes To Strip Disney Of Special District Status

  20-04-2022 23:31 via deadline.com
  
  Republicans in the House also are expected to approve the move. It would take effect on June 1, 2023. – Deadline
  
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• The Twitter Account That Collects Awkward Writing

  20-04-2022 23:01 via newyorker.com
  
  The account tracks the ways that writers strive to express the same thing differently, with examples taken mostly from newspapers and magazines around the world. – The New Yorker
  
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• Last-Minute Venice Biennale: The Ukrainians

  20-04-2022 22:31 via news.artnet.com
  
  Set among the nation-state pavilions that have stood in the Giardini for decades, it is a powerful statement in the face of the ongoing invasion by the Russian army. – Artnet
  
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• What It Takes To Be A Mid-Size Publisher

  20-04-2022 22:01 via publishersweekly.com
  “The midsize publishing community has greatly contracted and, as I think about the businesses that still make up this community, I am struck by the fact that they all share two important attributes.” – Publishers Weekly
  
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• The Next Coachella: Arkansas?

  20-04-2022 21:31 via news.artnet.com
  
  Can a group of contemporary art curators and tastemakers turn the Arkansas town of Bentonville into an art-world hotspot? – Artnet
  
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• “Recreational Puritanism”: A Warning To Right-Wing Book Banners About Their Battle Against The Woke Left

  20-04-2022 20:59 via nytimes.com
  
  John McWhorter: “They miss that their book bans are just as tinny, just as local to petty concerns of our moment and just as, well, unjust. And by revving up its own cancel culture, the anti-woke right is providing the woke left with bulletin-board material.” – The New York Times
  
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• More Of Us Are Abandoning Cash. Is This Wise?

  20-04-2022 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  The economic and enforcement arguments against cash may stack up nicely, but a payment isn’t just an economic or administrative act; it is a social one that depends on the two parties’ common acceptance of a currency and the mode of delivering it. – The Guardian
  
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• The Secret Racial Identity Of Merle Oberon, One Of Hollywood’s Golden-Age Stars

  20-04-2022 20:02 via bbc.com
  
  The story spread by publicists: she was born in Tasmania and moved to India as a young girl. In fact, she was born in Bombay and raised in Calcutta; her father was English and her mother (who later traveled with her, passed off as a maid) was half-Sri Lankan-half-Maori. – BBC
  
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• Where, Exactly, Did The Blues Originate?

  20-04-2022 19:31 via tedgioia.substack.com
  
  Every one of the hypotheses has some evidence to support it, although not every case is equally convincing. – Ted Gioia
  
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• The family who invented an art style: ‘He was so scared he would break the pen … now the children do it’

  20-04-2022 19:30
  
  Over three generations in India, members of the Jogi family have preserved their culture with unique and detailed ink works, now on display in MelbourneGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcastSangita Jogi’s illustration Women Partying, a joyful depiction of an all-girl disco nightclub, looks very much like something you might see in Teen Vogue. In reality, it’s on the wall at the National Gallery of Victoria, as part of a new exhibition highlighting new a
  
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• Australian Ballet Goes All In

  20-04-2022 19:28 via theage.com.au
  
  “To be the nation’s ballet company, to be one of the leading arts organisations in the country, we have to not only do a complete arc of work that encapsulates dance in general – and not just classical ballet – but we also have a responsibility to set the bar.” – The Age (Melbourne)
  
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• Why Do People Lose Interest In Music When They’re Depressed?

  20-04-2022 19:04 via mic.com
  
  It’s a much-commented-on phenomenon, and that lack of pleasure is an important marker for distinguishing depression from plain old sadness. What’s going on with that? It’s all about the dopamine. – Mic
  
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• We Live In An Isolating Culture. The Arts Are Swimming Upstream

  20-04-2022 18:32 via linkedin.com
  
  Collecting people in a certain space, at a certain time, on a certain date, in a certain seat, to see an unknown quantity — these mandatory requirements fly in the face of the behavior of the increasingly isolationist consumer market. – Alan Harrison
  
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• Alan Buchanan obituary

  20-04-2022 18:31
  
  My friend and colleague Alan Buchanan, who has died from oesophageal cancer aged 90, worked for many years as a civil engineer but in retirement decided to start a second career.Alan studied paper conservation at Camberwell College of Art, south London, graduating in 1991 and opening his own studio in 1993. His engineering training proved to be invaluable and before long he was designing and manufacturing equipment that became a mainstay of professional conservation practice. Continue reading...
  
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• Climate Change Is Slowly Eating Away Ancient Buildings Of Mesopotamia

  20-04-2022 18:01 via theguardian.com
  
  There has always been salt in the sand and groundwater of central Iraq, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.  But salinity levels are rising and sandstorms are becoming more frequent, eating away at the mud bricks of which the region’s historic monuments are made. – The Guardian
  
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• Fired San Antonio Symphony Conductor Speaks Out

  20-04-2022 17:28 via tpr.org
  
  “I think this is really to be seen as a hostile action against the musicians more than against me. Now you’re undermining the efforts of the musicians to continue live music in San Antonio by doing something like this. It’s a very strange message to potential donors and patrons.” – Texas Public Radio
  
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• Mosul Residents Are Learning Historic Building Techniques To Repair The Shattered Old City

  20-04-2022 17:03 via theartnewspaper.com
  
  “119 local women and 670 men are being trained in traditional stone masonry techniques using ‘Mosul marble’ — a kind of gypsum alabaster native to the area — as part of a larger effort by UNESCO to encourage community participation in heritage conservation.” – The Art Newspaper
  
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• A Nonbinary, Male-Born Dancer Could Be Headed Toward A Career Performing On Pointe (And Not Just With The Trocks)

  20-04-2022 16:35 via nytimes.com
  
  Ashton Edwards, a 19-year-old apprentice at Pacific Northwest Ballet, has been dancing on pointe in class as a matter of course, performs both male and female roles, and will be in the corps of swans in the company’s upcoming run of Swan Lake. – The New York Times
  
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• Story of Henry VIII’s Black trumpeter to be told at Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool

  20-04-2022 16:20
  
  Musician was one of the first people of African descent to have visual and written record in BritainHe is the most famous Black person from the Tudor era, a court trumpeter who performed at important regal celebrations and was highly rewarded for his skill by Henry VIII.Now the story of John Blanke, one of the first people of African descent to have both a visual and written record in Britain, will be told at a major exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. Continue reading...
  
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• Michel Bouquet, One Of France’s Most Revered Actors, Dead At 96

  20-04-2022 16:02 via msn.com
  
  “Bouquet appeared in nearly 120 film and television roles” — he was a favorite of filmmakers Claude Chabrol and François Truffaut — “even as he remained active on the Paris stage, taking parts well into retirement age — he starred in a production of Molière’s Tartuffe at 92.” – MSN (The Washington Post)
  
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• Shock: Netflix Says It’s Bleeding Subscribers

  20-04-2022 15:34 via variety.com
  
  “Netflix lost 200,000 subscribers in Q1 and expects to lose another 2 million in the current second quarter, the streamer said in its first-quarter 2022 earnings release Tuesday.” The causes, said the company, are password-sharing and the loss of the Russian market due to Ukraine-war sanctions. – Variety
  
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• The Philadelphia Inquirer And The Museum Of The American Revolution Get Gifts Of $50 Million Each

  20-04-2022 15:01 via msn.com
  
  The donations, the largest in each organization’s history, come from the estate of H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, the board chair who oversaw the Museum’s creation and opening and the owner of The Inquirer before he transferred it to the nonprofit Lenfest Institute for Journalism in 2016. – MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
  
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• Putin’s Government Allocates Millions To Fund Russian Arts Projects Cut Off By Other Countries Following The Ukraine Invasion

  20-04-2022 14:33 via theartnewspaper.com
  
  The Russian government will provide 1 billion rubles ($12.1 million) to cultural projects and institutions which have lost money due to “sanctions pressure” because of what Putin’s deputy chief of staff called “their patriotism and loyalty to the country.” – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Edinburgh Fringe Is Becoming Untenable Because Lodging Is Just Too Expensive, Warn Producers

  20-04-2022 14:05 via thestage.co.uk
  Francesca Moody, who produced at the festival the original stage version of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag, is one of several frequent participants who said the entire Fringe enterprise could “collapse” if the cost of accommodations in Edinburgh for artists and visitors can’t be brought under control. – The Stage
  
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• The minaret that flew to the moon – Kutluğ Ataman returns with a thrilling show

  20-04-2022 12:23
  
  Niru Ratnam Gallery, London
  Ten years after he went off to tend land in rural Anatolia, the Turkish artist is back – with an exhibition about a bizarre space mission,LGBT persecution, and how to dig an irrigation ditch
  Muttering often accompanies Kutluğ Ataman’s work, though usually it comes from the art itself. My first encounter with the Turkish artist and film-maker came with the 1999 video work Women Who Wear Wigs. Four characters told their stories on adjacent screens: a po
  
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• ‘We are fighting for our culture’: Ukrainian artists head to Venice Biennale

  20-04-2022 11:22
  
  Pavlo Makov was reluctant to leave Kharkiv but after sleeping in a bomb shelter for a week, he decided he had to represent UkraineRussia-Ukraine war: latest updates“Russia’s idea is to eliminate Ukraine – and to eliminate Ukrainian culture. If it has no culture, Ukraine does not exist.”That was the sentiment that compelled Pavlo Makov, the official Ukrainian artist at the 59th Venice Biennale, to head to Italy to install his exhibition. Continue reading...
  
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• Robbie Williams to exhibit his paintings for first time

  20-04-2022 10:00
  
  Exclusive: Williams’s work with Ed Godrich will be shown alongside sale of works by artists including BasquiatHe’s better known for stepping out on stage and providing some of the most memorable British pop moments in recent memory, but now Robbie Williams is swapping the microphone and the spotlight for an easel as he presents his first ever exhibition.Williams and his creative partner, Ed Godrich, are presenting an exhibition of their black-and-white paintings and curating a sale a
  
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• Immersive exhibitions: the future of art or overpriced theme parks?

  20-04-2022 09:00
  
  You can see Van Gogh’s brush strokes being applied or watch aliens dancing. But true immersion should mean more than just access to the latest tech Peek through the gallery window and you’ll see a holographic alien dancing in space. Venture inside, and an eerie, indeterminate soundtrack plays while the smell of woodsmoke floats through the air. Five VR headsets greet entrants, each offering a different simulation of extraterrestrial life. Put the pair of goggles on and you may find y
  
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• Shoes

  20-04-2022 08:00 via artsjournal.com
  I was recently involved in a conversation in which the topic of shoes came up. (Yes, shoes.) Someone said they had read an article that the first thing people notice about someone else was their shoes.Shoes. Really? To be honest, I don’t remember ever noticing someone’s shoes, unless it was a clown with giant floppy ones. Years ago I had a friend who had said that was true of them but I sort of wrote that off as an odd idiosyncrasy.But the comment this time prompted some thought. Cl
  
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• Horse cults and explosives! Images inspired by islands – in pictures

  20-04-2022 08:00
  
  With hometown heroes and detonated landmines, this year’s Photo50 at London Art Fair sees photographers responding to an ‘island’ theme Continue reading...
  
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