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• Book Diary – April 27 – Arts Funding and Welfarism, Merit Goods, Who Cares if you Listen?, and a first look at Perfectionism…

  27-04-2022 21:13 via artsjournal.com
  ‘I think there can’t be too many pictures and statues and works of art,’ Hyacinth broke out. ‘The more the better, whether people are hungry or not.’ Henry James, The Princess CasamassimaThis week (and the next few weeks) I have been wrestling with the topic of perfectionism in moral theory. It has very important implications for how one might justify public funding for the arts, and might deal a heavy blow against such funding.
  Let’s start with how economists
  
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• Exquisitely Elongated Time In Noh Drama

  27-04-2022 20:58 via 3quarksdaily.com
  
  “Attending a performance, the first thing you might notice is the way time itself immediately slows down and takes on a stretched-out quality. You suddenly have time to notice all kinds of things. Like how long it takes the actor to walk toward center-stage from the curtain.” – 3 Quarks Daily
  
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• Why The Netflix Bubble Is Finally Bursting

  27-04-2022 20:31 via theatlantic.com
  
  Netflix has nearly 222 million subscribers around the world, more than any other streaming company, and just last month it was forecasting eventually growing to half a billion. Now the arrow is pointing in the opposite direction.– The Atlantic
  
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• The Native American Artist Who Insisted That Indians Get To Define Indian Art

  27-04-2022 20:01 via smithsonianmag.com
  
  The furious response that Yanktonai Dakota artist Oscar Howe wrote when rejected for the 1958 Philbrook Indian Annual competition because the abstract painting he submitted was “a fine painting, but not Indian” still resonates today, while Howe himself went on to produce a very impressive body of work. – Smithsonian Magazine
  
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• Big News: Scientists Are Redefining The Second (And It Affects Many Things)

  27-04-2022 19:31 via nytimes.com
  
  For the first time in more than a half-century, scientists are in the throes of changing the definition of the second, because a new generation of clocks is capable of measuring it more precisely. – The New York Times
  
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• How Sasha Waltz Choreographed A Semi-Improvised Analog To Terry Riley’s Semi-Improvised “In C”

  27-04-2022 19:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Riley’s landmark Minimalist score consists of 53 short phrases for an unspecified number of musicians, each of whom decides how long to repeat a phrase and when to proceed from one to another. So Waltz created 53 “movement figures” for dancers to use the same way. – The New York Times
  
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• How AI Could Revolutionize Teaching

  27-04-2022 18:32 via hechingerreport.org
  
  New tools could include an AI-powered virtual teaching assistants that help teachers to grade homework and provide real-time feedback to students, or that assist teachers in “orchestrating and organizing social activity in the classroom.” – The Hechinger Report
  
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• One Of Turkey’s Most Important Arts Philanthropists Is Sentenced To Life In Prison

  27-04-2022 18:02 via artforum.com
  
  “The founder of the Istanbul nonprofit art center Anadolu Kültür and the creator of Depo Istanbul, an independent art space serving as a platform for critical voices, Osman Kavala had long been a central figure in in the Turkish cultural scene.” His alleged crime: “attempting to overthrow the government.” – Artforum
  
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• Could Subscriptions Take Over In The Gaming World?

  27-04-2022 17:35 via protocol.com
  
  Subscription and cloud gaming represents just 4% of North America and Europe game markets, or roughly $3.7 billion, according to a recent study Harding-Rolls. Of the available services, only 5% are streaming-only offerings, while a majority (60%) use Xbox Game Pass. – Protocol
  
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• There’s Now An Entire American Right-Wing Comedy Ecosystem

  27-04-2022 17:04 via theguardian.com
  
  They mostly (excepting Joe Rogan) fly beneath mainstream radar, but “rightwing satirists, podcasters and standups … feature on each other’s podcasts, TV shows and social media feeds, sharing ideas and audiences. … Many are masters of Reddit-style trolling and meme-making, helping them reach vast internet audiences.” – The Guardian
  
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• In Which John McWhorter Discovers That New Classical Music Does Not Have To Be Ugly

  27-04-2022 16:31 via nytimes.com
  
  Oddly, the linguist/op-ed pundit, who’s demonstrated genuine musical sophistication in previous columns, cites Korngold (d. 1957), Rozsa (d. 1995), and William Bolcom, but, besides John Williams, he doesn’t mention living composers who actually attract crowds: Reich, Glass, the John Adamses, the Bang-on-a-Can troika, and, above all, Arvo Pärt. – The New York Times
  
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• California’s Two Biggest Classical Music Radio Stations Join Forces, Rebrand, And Refocus

  27-04-2022 16:03 via sfcv.org
  KUSC in Los Angeles and KDFC in San Francisco, both now part of the KUSC Radio Group, have rebranded as Classical California, with simulcast programming outside of morning and evening drive time (which will remain local), new online streams, and beefed-up YouTube offerings. – San Francisco Classical Voice
  
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• Chicago Reader, The City’s Alt-Weekly, Can Now Become Nonprofit As Co-Owner Steps Away

  27-04-2022 15:35 via chicago.suntimes.com
  
  “Leonard Goodman, a Chicago attorney and member of the billionaire Crown family, … had demanded more representation on a nonprofit board set up to take over the publication. The demand was likely to kill plans for the nonprofit’s takeover of the money-losing Reader.” – Chicago Sun-Times
  
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• $800 Million. That’s How Much The Massachusetts Arts Sector Has Lost Since COVID Arrived

  27-04-2022 15:02 via msn.com
  
  “More than 1,000 cultural organizations surveyed throughout the state have lost $781 million in revenue, according to data collected and published by the Mass Cultural Council.” – MSN (The Boston Globe)
  
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• Farmer At Work Digs Up 4,500-Year-Old Sculpture

  27-04-2022 14:34 via bbc.com
  
  A late Bronze Age stone head depicting Anat, the ancient Canaanite goddess of love and war (and the sister of Baal), was discovered by a farmer in the southern Gaza Strip. – BBC
  
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• Venice Announces Schedule And Amount Of Daytrippers’ Fee

  27-04-2022 14:06 via cnn.com
  
  As of January 1, 2023, anyone who wants to visit the historic city without spending the night in a local hotel (cruise ships don’t count) will have to pay €10 for the right to enter — and make a reservation in advance. – CNN
  
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• Lalanne sculptures auction to pay for Paris museum extension

  27-04-2022 13:05
  
  Proceeds of sale of rarely seen art works by Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne to go to Musée d’OrsayA private collection of rarely seen sculptures by the French artists Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne is to go on sale to pay for an extension to the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.Daniel Marchesseau, a close friend of the sculptors for 50 years, agreed to part with the works as part of a €5m (£4.2m) gift to create an annexe for the archiving and rese
  
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• What Happens To Art And Culture In The Middle Of War

  27-04-2022 09:32 via artshub.com.au
  Unfortunately, targeting cultural treasures is nothing new in times of war, and history shows that there are often specific and deliberate motives for the destruction of art icons in wartime. – ArtsHub
  
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• Let me educate you: an art tutor’s verdict on art by Robbie Williams and other stars

  27-04-2022 08:00
  
  Robbie Williams’ paintings will be shown by Sotheby’s next month. We asked an A-level examiner to grade the workIt’s pop art, but not as you know it. Robbie Williams is the latest in a long list of musicians to have branched out into painting as another way to express themselves, but will it entertain you?His fine art foray will be shown at the auction house Sotheby’s next month, adding to the growing gallery of pop star art. Over the years exhibitions have featured the w
  
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• Assume . . . ?

  27-04-2022 08:00 via artsjournal.com
  We take care of our three year old grandson on Thursdays. Being “that kind” of grandparents we tend to buy things we think he might like. Our most recent purchase was a streetscape rug (see photo) where he can play with his prodigious quantity of cars and, especially, trucks.
  We had just gotten it out of the box the last time he came to our house. He thoroughly enjoyed it. And when it was time to go we told him we would lay it out flat on the floor until his next visit so the wrinkl
  
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• Lucian Freud exhibition held at Freud Museum for the first time

  27-04-2022 07:00
  
  Exhibition in Sigmund Freud’s family home in Hampstead marks Lucian’s 100th anniversary The first exhibition of the work of Lucian Freud to be held at the home of his grandfather, Sigmund Freud, will include unseen and rarely seen drawings and letters that throw new light on the artist’s boyhood interests.The exhibition, one of a number marking the 100th anniversary this year of Lucian Freud’s birth, will feature paintings, drawings, family photographs, books and letters.
  
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• Executive Director- Greater Roxbury Arts and Cultural Center

  27-04-2022 03:36 via artsjournal.com
  Position SummaryThe inaugural Executive Director will be the face of GRACC and amplify the non-profit organization alongside Nubian Square Ascends in Boston’s Roxbury Cultural District. Reporting to a developing board of directors, inclusive of an advisory board and Nubian Square Ascends ownership, the Executive Director will play a key role in the successful campaign strategy to raise $35 million in funds that began in Spring 2022. Additionally, they will lead the development of the opera
  
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