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• Adding Up Hurricane Damage To Florida Theatres

  31-10-2022 23:01 via americantheatre.org
  Part of the roof caved in on the 393-seat main auditorium of the Rep’s historic Arcade Theatre. The orchestra pit was under six feet of water, which nearly reached the edge of the seats. Three inches of thick black sludge covered the administrative offices, rehearsal halls, and storage areas. – American Theatre
  
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• An ABT Star’s Road Back After A Ruptured Tendon

  31-10-2022 22:28 via nytimes.com
  Jumping remains a challenge; and regaining power has been difficult. “My tendon that severed feels different,” he said. “It feels like a foreign entity. Like I’ve been returned from a U.F.O., and I’m just a little different.” – The New York Times
  
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• How Diaghilev Modernized Dance

  31-10-2022 22:01 via lithub.com
  One defining characteristic of Sergei Diaghilev’s personality, complementary to his capacity to make things happen and get things done, was a low boredom threshold. – LitHub
  
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• Disneyland Shanghai Visitors Trapped Inside Until They Could Take COVID Tests

  31-10-2022 21:01 via bbc.com
  As well as the theme park, surrounding areas such as the shopping street were also abruptly closed shortly after 11:30 local time (3:30 GMT). Videos posted on Chinese social media site Weibo showed people rushing to the park’s gates following the announcement but finding them already locked. – BBC
  
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• Three Arguments In Favor Of Climate Activists Damaging Famous Art(?!)

  31-10-2022 20:28 via theconversation.com
  This tactic was certainly a provocative act and Van Gogh’s work is undoubtedly some of the most important artwork of modern times. However, many of these commentaries on Just Stop Oil’s actions simply just don’t hold up. – The Conversation
  
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• A Poet Disowns Her Work In An Unsatisfactory Translation

  31-10-2022 20:02 via thewalrus.ca
  How did an Italian press for $150, buy the rights to a book about the slaughter of 150 Africans, usurp its form, and deny the poet any ownership over the result? – The Walrus
  
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• Do Arts Organizations Have Too Many Administrators?

  31-10-2022 19:35 via nightingalessonata.com
  Will we continue to see the expansion of administration and management in arts organizations?  Even if some may claim the expansion is justified, can the industry afford it? – Nightingale Sonata
  
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• Christopher Rådlund obituary

  31-10-2022 19:28
  My friend Christopher Rådlund, who has died aged 52 after taking his own life, was a painter based in Oslo. He set himself against contemporary trends but unflinchingly faced up to current crises in ecology, architecture, technology and ethics.Exhibiting in London (at Nordic Artworks gallery in 2007 and 2008), New York and throughout Scandinavia, Christopher had a particular ability to capture the melancholy of a fleeting moment in a shoreline, a stand of trees or a swirling cloud. His dep
  
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• How AI Is Changing Music

  31-10-2022 19:01 via irishtimes.com
  Machines have been facilitating music-making since instruments were invented, but computer technology is a seismic shift on a par with the advents of sound recording and electrical amplification. – Irish Times
  
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• A Something Else Reader Newly Discovered, It Was Hidden Away for 50 Years

  31-10-2022 18:33 via artsjournal.com
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• What’s At Stake In The Warhol Copyright Case At The Supreme Court

  31-10-2022 18:28 via fastcompany.com
  It will help decide whether a few unlucky creators will be hit with large judgments, and millions more creators will be deterred from expressing themselves or may have their work automatically filtered by faceless censors. – Fast Company
  
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• A gem of a column that’s worth the paper it’s printed on | Brief letters

  31-10-2022 18:22
  Marina Hyde on Prince Harry | Politics of hair | Turning Mondrian around | Getting smart in libraries | Befriending a robinI have been asked on occasion how I can justify spending £3.50 on a newspaper. In future, I will just refer them to Marina Hyde’s suggestion that Prince Harry should move into Gywneth Paltrow territory, where “popping the Koh-i-noor diamond up your fanny” is touted (28 October). Belly laughs for a whole day, all for £3.50.Robin McGeeGlasgow&bull
  
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• Cultural Data: The World Is Getting Sadder

  31-10-2022 18:02 via nytimes.com
  Researchers analyzed more than 150,000 pop songs released between 1965 and 2015. Over that time, the appearance of the word “love” in top-100 hits roughly halved. Meanwhile, the number of negative emotion words, like “hate” rose sharply. – The New York Times
  
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• The End Of Canons (Right?)

  31-10-2022 17:02 via thepointmag.com
  One side uses the old canon as a punching bag and a scapegoat for all the evil -isms that afflict us; the other, as a monument to national glories and an erstwhile set of commandments issued from on high. – The Point
  
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• Why Streaming Platforms Haven’t Taken Down Kanye West’s Music

  31-10-2022 16:32 via thestar.com
  Industry analysts say the decision to take down Ye’s music is complicated by several factors, including contract requirements streamers may have with record labels and publishers, free speech considerations and whether it is appropriate to take action against an artist’s behaviour outside of their music. – Toronto Star
  
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• David Geffen’s Cultural Philanthropy

  31-10-2022 15:56 via nytimes.com
  At 79, Geffen has planted himself into the pantheon of leading American philanthropists. He has handed out $1.2 billion over the past 25 years to museums, theaters, concert halls, universities and medical centers and pledged to “give away” a fortune estimated to be $7.7 billion.  – The New York Times
  
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• Publishers Consider Higher Prices, Cheaper Paper

  31-10-2022 15:31 via theguardian.com
  Some presses are exploring printing on cheaper and thinner paper, postponing reprints for older books and publishing fewer titles to reduce costs and avoid increasing recommended retail prices. – The Guardian
  
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• First show in 100 years opens of disabled Victorian artist Sarah Biffin

  31-10-2022 15:12
  Accomplished miniaturist and a household name in 19th century was born without arms and handsShe spent 20 years travelling the country as a fairground attraction, billed as the “celebrated Miss Biffin”, the “Greatest Wonder of the World”.But Sarah Biffin, who was born without arms and hands and raised in a poor farming family, became an accomplished miniaturist, patronised by royalty and nobility, and a 19th-century household name referenced in four Charles Dickens novels
  
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• First show in 100 years of disabled Victorian artist Sarah Biffin opens in London

  31-10-2022 15:12
  Accomplished miniaturist and a household name in 19th century was born without arms and handsShe spent 20 years travelling the country as a fairground attraction, billed as the “celebrated Miss Biffin”, the “Greatest Wonder of the World”.But Sarah Biffin, who was born without arms and hands and raised in a poor farming family, became an accomplished miniaturist, patronised by royalty and nobility, and a 19th-century household name referenced in four Charles Dickens novels
  
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• Why Are People Drawn To Those Tacky Tourist Tchotchkes?

  31-10-2022 15:02 via theguardian.com
  Souvenirs are unique objects that at once reveal how we perceive others (the most popular souvenir bought in France is a beret) and how we want others to perceive us (“Oh, this old thing? It’s from a small shop in Paree!”). By learning about our keepsakes, we can learn about ourselves. – The Guardian
  
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• After A Professor’s Firing, Reconsidering The State Of Higher Ed

  31-10-2022 14:31 via nytimes.com
  Was this evidence that college students have become entitled customers, or is the existence of a “weed-out class,” one that many students struggle to pass, an indictment of a professor’s teaching? And if students have more power now, is that a good thing or a bad thing? – The New York Times
  
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• The Artworld Came To Kosovo. Now What?

  31-10-2022 14:01 via nytimes.com
  For a country as young as Kosovo, which achieved independence in 2008, the arrival of Manifesta this summer was a coup, bringing hundreds of curators, dealers and critics to Pristina and giving the city a rare moment of the international art world’s attention. – The New York Times
  
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• Scenic route: feed the spirit with an art walk around Soho, London

  31-10-2022 14:00
  Would-be collectors will love exploring this area of the city, which is teeming with exciting spaces showcasing lesser-known and new artistsThe art community has always had a good eye for unloved or underused space, especially in London. While previous decades saw galleries flourish in 1980s Notting Hill, then Shoreditch in the 1990s, now Soho and Fitzrovia are home to small spaces and independent dealers representing diverse artists.It’s a commercially sensible move as it means collectors
  
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• The Death Of Music Tours?

  31-10-2022 13:32 via theguardian.com
  “So I had a tour that had me making no profit – and possibly a loss – and the only incentive was to stay in the public eye. And that’s the biggest fear for any musician: if you are not constantly in people’s faces you will not last.” – The Guardian
  
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• The Moneyball-ization Of Culture, Of Everything

  31-10-2022 13:02 via theatlantic.com
  As I’ve written before, the quantitative revolution in culture is a living creature that consumes data and spits out homogeneity. – The Atlantic
  
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• At the vanguard: a new aesthetic in Black portraiture – in pictures

  31-10-2022 08:00
  Curated by the US writer and critic Antwaun Sargent, an exhibition aims to explore the new aesthetic in portraiture being created by an emerging generation of black models, photographers and stylists.The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion is at the Saatchi Gallery in London until 22 January 2023 Continue reading...
  
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