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• Meet Esa-Pekka: “I’m Just Getting Started”

  04-11-2022 22:01 via nobhillgazette.com
  “It is not to say that there wouldn’t be room for improvement, and that’s the fun part actually, because I’m nearing an age where many other people are planning their retirement and slowing down and enjoying life. My feeling is, I’m just starting.” – Nob Hill Gazette
  
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• Critic Takes His 30-Year-Old Daughter To “Lion King” 25 Years After They First Saw It

  04-11-2022 21:29 via washingtonpost.com
  I thought about the astonishing durability of the show, how many others in attendance like them were not even born when Lizzie and I visited a quarter-century ago — even members of the cast. – Washington Post
  
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• Ukraine Issues Stamp Commemorating The Crimean Bridge Attack On Russia’s “Unity Day”

  04-11-2022 20:32 via theguardian.com
  Designed by the Ukrainian artist Yuriy Shapoval, the stamp shows the bridge behind clouds of dark grey smoke. In the forefront is the famous scene from the Titanic, where Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet stand on the bow of the ship a reference to Russia’s claims that the bridge was unsinkable. – The Guardian
  
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• After Decades Of Brutal Conflict, Kashmir Has Reopened Its Cinemas. Here’s Why Kashmiris Aren’t Flocking Back.

  04-11-2022 20:01 via npr.org
  “Just to reach the cineplex, people need to pass through a police checkpoint manned with heavily armed officers. Then they are then frisked at the theater entrance for bombs and weapons. Only those who’ve bought tickets online ahead of time are allowed in.” – NPR
  
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• How To Talk To Someone You Love About Their Conspiracy Theories (And Not Get Pissed Off)

  04-11-2022 19:30 via theatlantic.com
  A big mistake we make in confronting conspiracy theories is assuming they provide nothing but harm to those who hold them. In fact, a tendency toward these beliefs may be wired into us, because they could have been helpful to our survival at times.  – The Atlantic
  
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• Activists Who Attacked Vermeer Painting Get Jail Time

  04-11-2022 19:28 via artsjournal.com
  A Dutch court sentenced the protestors to two months, with one month suspended, and the third activist who was involved will appear in court on Friday. – Hyperallergic
  
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• Must we put up with this for Fawkes’ sake? | Brief letters

  04-11-2022 19:14
  Harm caused by fireworks | Pub pedantry | Evade the Question Time | Art over artist | The joy of eggsIt is no surprise that fireworks raise the heart rate of geese by 96% (Report, 3 November). They also cause great distress to pets and many people, young and old, including me. In these days of never-ending austerity, why do we waste millions of pounds polluting the environment to celebrate a failure such as Guy Fawkes?
  David Godfrey
  Willingdon, East Sussex• As I spent my childhood in the ar
  
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• Greed, Cheating, and Lies Top Shitholer Goes Whole Hog at the Public Trough

  04-11-2022 19:14 via artsjournal.com
  <a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2022/11/greed-cheating-and-lies-top-shitholer-goes-whole-hog-at-the-public-trough.html" title="Greed, Cheating, and LiesTop Shitholer Goes Whole
  
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• One Of Kabuki’s Top Actors Wants To Expand The Tradition And Work With Other Genres

  04-11-2022 19:02 via yahoo.com
  “As the 13th successor — and top performer — in the Ichikawa family, Ichikawa Danjuro XIII shoulders a heavy responsibility to keep alive the traditional performing art that started around 1600. But he says just protecting the tradition is not enough.” – Yahoo! (AP)
  
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• An Artifact Repatriation Deal… Or Not?

  04-11-2022 18:31 via hyperallergic.com
  After 10 years from the signing of the deal, some of the antiquities will periodically travel to Greece to be exhibited at the Goulandris Museum in exchange for antiquities from Greece which will be loaned to the Met. Does this sound like repatriation? – Hyperallergic
  
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• At 93, Pioneering Asian-American Actor James Hong Is Still Working

  04-11-2022 18:03 via hollywoodreporter.com
  Born and raised in Minneapolis, he’s had a 70-year career (so far), with around 500 credits on IMDb and, evidently, another 200 in voiceovers — and he founded the Los Angeles troupe East West Players, the country’s leading Asian-American theater company. – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• “The World Doesn’t Need Another Foundation.” This Super-Wealthy Heiress Calls For Structural Change

  04-11-2022 17:29 via nytimes.com
  Philanthropy to her only replicates the same power dynamics that have created the systemic inequalities she wants to see dismantled, with new tax policies for the super rich an essential aspect of that vision. – The New York Times
  
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• Prix Goncourt, France’s Top Book Award, Goes To Brigitte Giraud For “Vivre Vite” (“Living Fast”)

  04-11-2022 17:04 via theguardian.com
  “Giraud, 56, a French writer of novels and short stories, was declared winner … after the jury voted 14 times. After a final vote ended in stalemate, the president of the Goncourt Academy cast a deciding vote, choosing Giraud over her closest rival, Giuliano da Empoli.” – The Guardian
  
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• Micro-Mobility: Why The Golf Cart Might Be The Next Cultural Disrupter

  04-11-2022 16:31 via fastcompany.com
  While few people embarking on a long journey would choose an e-bike or a golf cart over a car, many Americans might do so for the roughly 60% of trips that are under six miles. Beyond the opportunity to save money, using a golf cart or e-bike in lieu of a car makes it easier to find parking. – Fast Company
  
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• Making Performing Arts Accessible To The Blind And Visually Impaired: Expensive, But Doable

  04-11-2022 15:35 via kqed.org
  Bay Area choreographer Jess Curtis created a consulting company, Gravity Access Services, which aims “to help … producers bring their work to life to BVI audiences with audio descriptions that describe movement in more expressive ways, beyond play-by-plays of events.” – KQED (San Francisco)
  
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• They Thought It Was An Apprentice’s Copy, But Now They Say It’s A Genuine Rembrandt

  04-11-2022 15:02 via news.yahoo.com
  “‘The Raising of the Cross’ oil sketch from the 1640s was long thought to have been the work of a follower of the 17th-century master. … But now the Bredius museum in The Hague … has revealed, thanks to new scientific techniques, it was in fact painted by Rembrandt.” – Yahoo! (AFP)
  
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• Disgraced Manhattan Art Dealer Sentenced To Ten Years’ Imprisonment By Indian Court

  04-11-2022 14:34 via artnews.com
  “Subhash Kapoor, … described by authorities as one of the world’s most prolific antiquities smugglers, … faced charges for the burglary and illegal export of idols belonging to the Varadharaja Perumal temple, a Hindu place of worship located outside the southern Indian city of Kanchipuram.” – ARTnews
  
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• English National Opera Loses All Regular State Funding And Decides To Move To Manchester

  04-11-2022 14:01 via bbc.com
  “The English National Opera is to lose its £12.6m core annual funding from Arts Council England in a major shake-up that leaves its future uncertain. Instead, the prestigious company will get £17m over three years to ‘develop a new business model’, with a suggestion it moves from London to Manchester.” – BBC
  
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• Fired Costume Designer Sues Paul Taylor Dance Company For Gender Discrimination

  04-11-2022 13:33 via nytimes.com
  Barbara Delo started with the company in September 2021, shortly after having a baby, and was dismissed this past July.  She claims that she was discriminated against for being a nursing mother and reprimanded for bringing her infant to work and on tours. – The New York Times
  
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• Germany Allocates €1 Billion To Help Arts Institutions With Soaring Energy Prices

  04-11-2022 13:05 via news.artnet.com
  Culture minister Claudia Roth: “We are particularly concerned with the preservation of cultural offerings, from cinemas to theaters and concerts, but also to institutions such as museums, which do not have the means to deal with the crisis in their budgets.” – Artnet
  
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• Cash as canvas, Turner returns and footy gets fashionable – the week in art

  04-11-2022 13:03
  An exhibition on money as protest art, the creativity of terrace culture in Merseyside and Frick Collection treasures visit the National – all in your weekly dispatchArt of the Terraces
  Mark Leckey and more look at the subculture of soccer casuals.
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• Ken Burns’s photographic history of America – in pictures

  04-11-2022 06:03
  The acclaimed documentarian has assembled a book called Our America: A Photographic History which contains some of his favorite photographs of the US and the people within it. ‘I’ve needed 45 years of telling stories in American history, of diving deep into lives and moments, places and huge events, to accrue the visual vocabulary to embark on this book,’ he said Continue reading...
  
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• Sketch dismissed as Rembrandt ‘crude imitation’ revealed to be genuine

  04-11-2022 03:43
  The Raising of the Cross was thought to be by a follower of the Dutch master, but experts now say it is by Rembrandt himselfArt experts in the Netherlands have unveiled an oil sketch by the famous Dutch master Rembrandt after it languished for a century in a forgotten corner of a museum, believed to be an imitation.The Raising of the Cross oil sketch from the 1640s was long thought to have been the work of a follower of the 17th-century master, known for works such as The Night Watch and The Ana
  
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• Artistic Director at Center REP/Lesher Center for the Arts

  04-11-2022 03:07 via artsjournal.com
  Center Repertory Company, the resident professional theater company of the City of Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center for the Arts, today announced an open recruitment for the company’s artistic leadership. The Center REP Artistic Director will join the leadership team of the Lesher Center to develop and guide the company’s theatrical productions while contributing to larger strategic initiatives.After COVID-19 closures, Center REP returned to the stage in December 2021 and with the
  
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