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• How Is It A Century-Old Book On Prose Is Still Popular?

  07-07-2022 23:00 via lareviewofbooks.org
  
  Nearly a century old, it’s still avidly read and discussed in MFA circles, thanks to its author’s meticulous dissection of the devices of fiction, likely more valuable than any of the most recent craft books on the shelves.  – LA Review of Books
  
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• Man Recreates Banksy Mural Inside A Vending Machine To “Start Discussion”

  07-07-2022 22:31 via bbc.com
  
  “Like everyone else I felt a real pride that he’d come to Lowestoft and the surrounding area and done that (painted his artwork) because Lowestoft needs a bit of a boost. “So obviously we all felt a bit of a kick in the teeth when we thought someone had just said ‘that’s worth a lot of money, I’ll just dig it out of a wall and send it abroad’.” – BBC
  
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• Until The 1880s Anthropologists Researched In Libraries. When They Finally Went Into The Field It Was Eccentric

  07-07-2022 22:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Instead of sitting in libraries, they began to study “primitive” cultures for themselves, across Africa, Asia and the Americas, living with their subjects for extended periods of time and then reporting back to western readers on what they’d found. – The Guardian
  
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• Exciting opportunity for Director of Arts and Cultural Programming

  07-07-2022 21:49 via artsjournal.com
  Montclair State University seeks a dynamic, collaborative leader with demonstrated success in programming the performing arts and live events for a diverse audience. Reporting to the Dean of the College of the Arts, the Director of Arts and Cultural Programming builds upon the success of the storied Peak Performances presented series, curating, marketing, and overseeing professional theatre, music, and dance as well as speakers, panels, colloquia, screenings, and other public events that engage
  
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• Authentication Wars: She Bought A Chagall. Years Later Sotheby’s Suggests She Sell. Panel Says Destroy It

  07-07-2022 21:32 via artsjournal.com
  To Ms. Clegg’s dismay, the expert panel in Paris declared her Chagall to be fake, held onto it and now wants to destroy it. When she complained to Sotheby’s, the auction house said there was little it could do, saying its guarantee of authenticity was good only for a time. – The New York Times
  
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• Clint Eastwood Wins $2 Million In Lawsuit Against Defendants Who Used His Name And Likeness To Promote CBD

  07-07-2022 20:59 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  “The verdict is the second in favor of the actor in a pair of suits against CBD manufacturers and marketers that fabricated news articles and manipulated search results to make it appear that the actor endorsed their products.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Journalists Prize Access To Sources. But Too Much

  07-07-2022 20:28 via lithub.com
  
  I’ve come to believe that one of most overrated aspirations in journalism is access. This is particularly true in any story involving people who are wealthy or powerful, and who have experience in dealing with the press. They know that journalists and editors prize access above all else. -LitHub
  
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• Twitter Sues Indian Government Over Orders To Remove Tweets

  07-07-2022 20:03 via nytimes.com
  
  “Twitter’s suit, filed in the Karnataka High Court in Bangalore, challenges a recent order from the Indian government for the company to remove content and block dozens of accounts. Twitter complied with the order, which had a Monday deadline, but then sought judicial relief.” – The New York Times
  
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• It Took War For North Americans To Learn About Ukrainian Music

  07-07-2022 19:32 via sfcv.org
  
  There has been little known in the West about Ukrainian composers until recently, especially in Canada and the U.S., according to experts. “North Americans know nothing about Ukrainian classical music,” – San Francisco Classical Voice
  
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• CBC News Is Launching A New Streaming Service. But Aren’t They Providing Us Enough Programming Already?

  07-07-2022 19:01 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  There are the main TV and radio networks, a cable channel (CBCNN), streaming service CBC Gem, the app, the YouTube channel, the “documentary Channel” (sic), and the CBC.ca website with 70 different sections. Asks columnist John Doyle, “How much CBC News does the world need?” – The Globe and Mail (Canada)
  
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• Japan Is Conflicted About Resuming Tourism

  07-07-2022 18:32 via japantimes.co.jp
  
  Japan’s opening up to mass tourism over the last decade brought an economic boost — a record 32 million tourists visited in 2019 and spent some $38 billion — but that also led to complaints of shoddy behavior at sites such as Kyoto’s temples. – Japan Times
  
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• Dancers and Social Workers Unite: Recovering the Body through Creative Movement

  07-07-2022 18:15 via artsjournal.com
  A dance/movement workshop series, when integrated with other social services, can be effective in relieving symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and psychological distress among women who have experienced domestic violence, a new study finds. Published last month in Frontiers in Psychiatry, the article was co-authored by Yasemin Özümerzifon of New York City-based Gibney Dance, which received a NEA research grant to support the study.
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• Pay Equity Is Great, But Can Theater In America Afford It Without Shrinking?

  07-07-2022 18:04 via nytimes.com
  
  Jesse Green surveys the unpaid and underpaid work that has always been part of making theater in the US, especially early in a career — and the likelihood that instituting fair pay practices could mean that the field contracts, with fewer jobs and fewer shows. – The New York Times
  
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• Spanish masterpieces united in Bishop Auckland’s ‘Prado of the north’

  07-07-2022 18:01
  
  Unlikely north-east setting for Salvador Dalí’s Christ of St John of the Cross and El Greco paintingTwo towering examples of Spanish religious art, separated by 350 years but with as many parallels as contrasts, have been brought together in the unlikely setting of a “left behind” post-industrial market town in north-east England.The Spanish Gallery in Bishop Auckland is fast becoming something of a “Prado of the north”, some say, and while that might be a sl
  
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• Spanish masterpieces brought together – in Bishop Auckland

  07-07-2022 18:01
  
  Unlikely north-east setting for Salvador Dalí’s Christ of St John of the Cross and El Greco paintingTwo towering examples of Spanish religious art, separated by 350 years but with as many parallels as contrasts, have been brought together in the unlikely setting of a “left behind” post-industrial market town in north-east England.The Spanish Gallery in Bishop Auckland is fast becoming something of a “Prado of the north”, and while that might be a slight exagg
  
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• Why We Need To Cultivate Toleration

  07-07-2022 17:31 via psyche.co
  
  Toleration involves putting up with something that you would rather not be the case. This doesn’t have to involve moral disapproval: perhaps you just can’t stand your colleague’s taste in music. But toleration is likely to be especially hard when what you experience is moral disapproval. – Psyche
  
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• Sounds Like They’ve Finally Fixed The Acoustics At The Sydney Opera House’s Concert Hall

  07-07-2022 17:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Ever since the landmark building opened in 1973, its Concert Hall’s acoustics have been notoriously bad — and resistant to improvement. Now, a 2½-year, A$150 million renovation has given the auditorium sound that is, says the Sydney Symphony’s concertmaster, “better than anything we dared imagine.” – The Guardian
  
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• A Second Staff Rebellion In Two Years At Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater

  07-07-2022 16:35 via msn.com
  
  This round of upheaval, sparked by the unexplained placing of the artistic director “on leave,” has seen the last candidate for executive director withdraw, the acting managing director and resident playwrights and stage directors resign, and remaining staff criticize the board on the company’s Facebook page. – MSN (Chicago Tribune)
  
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• Whistleblower Group Calls For Detroit Institute Of Arts To Lose Accreditation

  07-07-2022 16:03 via news.artnet.com
  
  The founder of the organization Whistleblower Aid says that the museum has “broken IRS rules, Michigan state laws; they’ve broken their employment policies, their own board policies, their own conflict of interest policies, their own whistleblower policies” and should not have its 10-year American Alliance of Museums accreditation renewed. – Artnet
  
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• Librarians Get Trapped, And Even Targeted, In The Culture Wars

  07-07-2022 15:31 via nytimes.com
  
  “Accustomed to being seen as dedicated public servants in their communities, (they) have found themselves … labeled pedophiles on social media, called out by local politicians and reported to law enforcement officials.” – The New York Times
  
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• US Museum Attendance Hits A Post-Pandemic Plateau

  07-07-2022 15:04 via news.artnet.com
  
  “Recent data collected by Artnet from more than a dozen museums around the country suggests that attendance recovery has slowed, with some cultural institutions finding that audience levels have stagnated or dropped over the last year.” – Artnet
  
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• Mhairi Killin: ‘Boat noise, seal deterrents, sonar – the sea is an industrialised soundscape’

  07-07-2022 15:00
  
  The artist spent 10 days sailing with scientists to listen for the impact of sonar on cetaceans. In her new collaborative exhibition, she uses whale bones, sound recordings, video and poetry to probe our relationship with the creaturesWhen a dead whale washed ashore on the Hebridean island of Iona in the summer of 2018, artist Mhairi Killin was as intrigued as many other islanders. “It’s a beauty spot and people walk there regularly – it wasn’t long before there was a bit
  
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• Barbara Kruger: ‘Anyone who is shocked by what’s happening has not been paying attention’

  07-07-2022 14:40
  
  The outspoken artist talks about the repeal of Roe v Wade and the legacy of her art, as a number of exhibitions of her work go on viewFew creators can claim the Museum of Modern Art and Rage Against the Machine as fans and collaborators. Yet, this is the unifying power of 77-year-old conceptual artist Barbara Kruger’s work: it’s immediate, powerful, and, as her legion of imitators has proven, it also looks great on a T-shirt.Known for iconic text works proclaiming “I shop there
  
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• Barbara Kruger: ‘Anyone who is shocked by what is happening has not been paying attention’

  07-07-2022 14:40
  
  The outspoken artist talks about the repeal of Roe v Wade and the legacy of her art, as a number of exhibitions of her work go on viewFew creators can claim the Museum of Modern Art and Rage Against the Machine as fans and collaborators. Yet, this is the unifying power of 77-year-old conceptual artist Barbara Kruger’s work: it’s immediate, powerful, and, as her legion of imitators has proven, it also looks great on a T-shirt.Known for iconic text works proclaiming “I shop there
  
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• Over 1,500 Edinburgh Fringe Participants Demand Reform

  07-07-2022 14:32 via scotsman.com
  
  “Hundreds of artists, performers, venues and promoters say it is becoming ‘increasingly difficult’ to justify the expense of taking part in the event, which will mark its 75th anniversary next month. More than 1,500 of them have called for ‘immediate, meaningful action’ to address a host of concerns.” – The Scotsman
  
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• ‘Photography starts at home’: the story of postwar Britain – in pictures

  07-07-2022 08:00
  
  From dancing pensioners to a mass baptism in the Thames, a new book collects seven decades of British documentary photography Continue reading...
  
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