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• An AI Brain-Powered Opera

  01-11-2022 23:01 via nytimes.com
  There were three singers — “ambassadors” to the sun, space and life — as well as a percussionist, a violinist and a flute player. Thake, sitting silently to one side of the stage with a simple, inexpensive EEG monitor on her head, was the “brainist,” feeding brain waves into Anadol’s A.I. algorithm. – The New York Times
  
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• The Collected Jerry Saltz

  01-11-2022 22:28 via nytimes.com
  Although Saltz blasts the usual targets — speculative collectors, unscrupulous auction houses, gender bias at museums — the tenor is overwhelmingly positive. This might come as a surprise to Saltz readers who know him as an irascible, post-first-think-later firebrand on social media. – The New York Times
  
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• Julie Powell (Of Julie/Julia Fame) Dies At 49

  01-11-2022 22:01 via nytimes.com
  Powell narrated her struggles in the kitchen in a funny, lacerating voice that struck a nerve with a rising generation of disaffected contemporaries. The Julie/Julia Project became a popular model for other blogs, replicated by fans, and helped build the vast modern audience. – The New York Times
  
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• Shakespeare: A Fascinating Debate About National Culture In New Zealand

  01-11-2022 21:26 via theconversation.com
  Behind the row lay an unanswered question: how does a post-settler, multicultural society create a national identity? This latest case put a spotlight on the performance arts in this evolving cultural debate. This raises its own question: what can theatre contribute to the nurturing of our national identity? – The Conversation
  
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• How Our Brains Perceive Color

  01-11-2022 21:01 via knowablemagazine.org
  Our sex can play a role in how we perceive color, as well as our age and even the color of our irises. Our perception can change depending on where we live, when we were born and what season it is. – Knowable Magazine
  
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• Museums spar over authenticity of painting ahead of major Vermeer show

  01-11-2022 20:46
  Rijksmuseum to display Girl With a Flute at exhibition despite National Gallery of Art, Washington, saying it is an imitationFrom the identity of the young woman in Johannes Vermeer’s most famous painting, the Girl With a Pearl Earring, to the techniques he employed, much about the Dutch master remains a mystery.The lack of certainty about the life and works of the Sphinx of Delft, as he was known, has now injected a little controversy – and perhaps even some inter-institutional tens
  
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• Random House Says It Will Publish Amy Coney Barrett’s Book Despite Campaign To Block It

  01-11-2022 20:28 via wsj.com
  By Monday afternoon, the letter had attracted more than 625 signatures from authors, translators and agents. The signatories included more than 75 who identified themselves as Penguin Random House employees. – The Wall Street Journal
  
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• Messy Messaging: Conflating Art Vandalism with Activism in the Campaign to Stop Climate Change

  01-11-2022 20:13 via artsjournal.com
  I had planned to refrain from commenting on the tomato soup-flinging and mashed potato-smearing that’s recently been creating messes
  
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• How To Fabricate The Severed Head Of John The Baptist For “Salome”

  01-11-2022 19:58 via madison.com
  Makeup artist Liz Rathke explains just how she put together a tricky, icky prop that has to look convincingly like the star baritone — except with blood dripping out at the right time (and only the right time). – Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
  
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• Scottish Culture Funding Crisis

  01-11-2022 19:32 via bbc.com
  In a new report, the committee warned: “The sector now faces a ‘perfect storm’ as it struggles to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, compounded by the cost of living crisis, and following on from longer-term budget pressures.” – BBC
  
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• What To Know About The New Culture Minister In Italy’s Right-Wing Government

  01-11-2022 19:03 via news.artnet.com
  Gennaro Sangiuliano has degrees in law and economics and is an author best known for biographies of Ronald Reagan, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, and Vladimir Putin. His previous job was director of the state-owned news channel RAI TG2, where he was accused of partisan programming. – Artnet
  
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• Why Is It So Fun To Look At Pictures Of Derelict Shopping Malls? (It Just Is)

  01-11-2022 18:31 via theguardian.com
  In various states of decay, the death of the American shopping mall is so much more than about the rubble. – The Guardian
  
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• Thomas Cahill, Author Of “How The Irish Saved Civilization”, Is Dead At 77

  01-11-2022 18:04 via msn.com
  “A devoted student of ancient Greek and Latin, the Jesuit-trained Cahill worked in journalism and publishing before becoming a full-time author. Capitalizing on the phenomenal success of How the Irish Saved Civilization, … he wrote five more books about key moments in the development of Western civilization.” – MSN (The Washington Post)
  
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• Increasing Inclination To Regulate TikTok

  01-11-2022 17:32 via theguardian.com
  In the US, moves to rein in the video platform have gained momentum only relatively recently, although there’s little debate that the round of regulatory pressure is warranted. – The Guardian
  
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• The Great Virtuoso Diva Of The Toy Piano: Margaret Leng Tan At 76

  01-11-2022 17:01 via theguardian.com
  “‘I’ve always had aspirations to be a sit-down comic – not a stand-up one!’ she says. ‘The toy piano gives me that golden opportunity.’ She is not limited to the piano either: in one arrangement … she simultaneously plays toy piano, bicycle horn, bicycle bell and train whistle.” – The Guardian
  
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• New Business Models For Creative Artists Seem To Be Taking Hold

  01-11-2022 16:30 via tedgioia.substack.com
  For 25 long, hard years, creative professionals have been told that you must give things away for free on the Internet. But not anymore. Alternative economic models are not only emerging, but are propelling the fastest growing platforms in arts and entertainment. – Ted Gioia
  
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• How The Architect Made This Public Housing Project Fit In One Of Paris’s Poshest Neighborhoods

  01-11-2022 16:03 via bloomberg.com
  Jean-Christophe Quinton made a point of designing the project, inside and out, so that the neighbors in the 6th arrondissement would approve of its look — if they noticed it much at all. – Bloomberg CityLab
  
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• For The First Time In 20 Years, Shelley Duvall Is Appearing In A New Movie

  01-11-2022 15:35 via deadline.com
  The co-star of The Shining, Popeye, and a slew of Robert Altman films had retired in 2002 after a career that attracted high praise from many and withering scorn from some — and she has evidently been struggling with mental illness for several years since then. – Deadline
  
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• Putin Declares War In The Occupied Ukrainian Territories, Giving Legal Cover For Looting

  01-11-2022 15:02 via culturalpropertynews.org
  “The martial law declaration and the official annexation of territories now claimed to be part of Russia are the ostensible grounds for taking their museum collections under Russian protection.'” – Cultural Property News
  
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• Broadway Dancers Demand To Go Back To In-Person Auditions

  01-11-2022 14:34 via hollywoodreporter.com
  “(Dancers in particular have) expressed frustration with virtual auditions due to the cost involved and the feeling that their tapes were not being watched.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• CNN Will Stop Commissioning Original Documentaries And Docu-Series

  01-11-2022 14:01 via variety.com
  “CNN is pulling back on the original series and films that have been a staple of its programming. … Series like (Anthony) Bourdain’s Parts Unknown, (Stanley) Tucci’s Searching for Italy and W. Kamau Bell’s United Shades of America … were a pillar of the network under its previous leader, Jeff Zucker.” – Variety
  
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• US Federal Judge Blocks Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster Merger

  01-11-2022 13:33 via wsj.com
  “‘The court finds that the United States has shown that the effect of the proposed merger may be substantially to lessen competition in the market for the US publishing rights to anticipated top-selling books,’ Judge (Florence) Pan said in her two-page order.” – The Wall Street Journal
  
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• For The First Time, NPR Will Let Individuals Donate Directly To The Network

  01-11-2022 13:05 via current.org
  In the past, member stations have pushed back hard against any move by the network to raise funds directly from listeners rather than via the dues member stations pay.  This initiative is aimed at “digital natives” who listen entirely online, and proceeds will be distributed to member stations. – Current
  
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• Can the Nonprofit Arts Sector Solve Whopper Syndrome?

  01-11-2022 13:01 via artsjournal.com
  A couple of thoughts as we close the election season of 2022—thoughts that the nonprofit arts community might be able address if they were so inclined.(Are you so inclined?)If you’re a resident of the United States, after watching the political ads that have assaulted the airwaves during the fall, you might be inclined to believe that an unprecedented trillions of dollars of federal spending led to inflation, which, in turn, collapsed the markets. You might believe that the Democrat
  
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• Program Director for Museum Studies

  01-11-2022 00:29 via artsjournal.com
  JOB TITLE: Program DirectorDEPARTMENT: Museum StudiesREPORTS TO: Dean, Graduate & Professional StudiesSummary:This will be a two-year visiting faculty appointment, with the possibility of renewal. The program director will oversee the MA in Museum Studies program and is responsible for providing leadership for the faculty and students in the program. The program director establishes a vision for the program that is in alignment with the overall goals of the School and advances it by ensuring
  
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