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• Police Thwart Glue Vandals At Oslo Museum

  15-11-2022 23:29 via news.artnet.com
  The painting was not harmed, although some glue residue was left on the protective glass. The room was then emptied and closed to the public. – Artnet
  
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• Magdalena Abakanowicz review – so is that a nose or a testicle?

  15-11-2022 18:55
  Tate Modern, London
  Abakanowicz’s enormous textile works – in which giant forms evoke bodies, sex and domesticity – are undeniably powerfulEvery Tangle of Thread and Rope traces Magdalena Abakanowicz’s development as a textile artist from the mid 1950s until the late century, beginning with designs for tapestries and jacquard punched cards for weaving, rows of leaf-shapes, colourways and tryouts for decorative fabrics, but soon expands, as did her art, into sculpture and
  
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• A Green and Pleasant Land (HA-HA) review – laughing across social divides

  15-11-2022 16:39
  Yorkshire Sculpture Park
  Lakwena Maciver’s subversive exhibition is a probing and chuckle-filled look at the fallacies and hypocrisies of protest and revolutionIn the contemplative halls of the art world, inviting laughter in response to carefully created paintings is risky, but this is exactly what London-based artist Lakwena Maciver does in her new exhibition. A soundtrack of chuckles that ranges from thundering choruses to tinkling solos can be heard throughout the space. One of the dis
  
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• ‘She worked in a terrified state’: the extraordinary life of Charlotte Salomon, who died in Auschwitz

  15-11-2022 15:59
  The pioneering German-Jewish artist was murdered by the Nazis but her work lives on. The makers of a new biopic, featuring the voices of Keira Knightley and Helen McCrory, explain her enduring appealIn October 1943, shortly before her deportation, the young German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon gave Life? or Theatre? – her monumental series of semi-autobiographical artworks – to a friend for safekeeping. Upon arrival at Auschwitz, aged 26, newly married and pregnant, Salomon was mur
  
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• ‘I’ve drunk from every river on Dartmoor’: land artist Richard Long on changing the face of art

  15-11-2022 10:50
  He started with a giant snowball, then took a walk in a field that ended up inventing a new form of art. Now 77, Long talks about being being expelled from art college, his hiking tips, and the joys of staying close to homeRichard Long never carries water with him when he walks. The legendary British land artist, who famously turned walking into an art form, has tramped for days, sometimes weeks, through terrains as barren as the South African Karoo desert, India’s tribal lands and the Hog
  
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• ‘He caught us with our trousers down’: Jim Marshall’s Rolling Stones photographs

  15-11-2022 08:22
  At a new exhibit at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, photographer Jim Marshall’s intimate and revealing pictures of the Rolling Stones in 1972 show them letting off steam backstage and performing with dynamism onstage. The Rolling Stones 1972: Photographs by Jim Marshall will be on show until June 2023 Continue reading...
  
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• Now accepting applications – Global Arts Management Fellowship

  15-11-2022 00:57 via artsjournal.com
  The DeVos Institute invites applications for its Global Arts Management Fellowship – a three-year, cohort-based intensive for arts and cultural executives. The program is currently accepting applications for the 2023-2025 cohort. Apply between Nov 14 and Dec 9.The fellowship serves entrepreneurial executives in the arts and culture sector who are prepared to look critically at their work, challenge assumptions, and develop rigorous strategies to address the most pressing challenges facing
  
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• Folger Shakespeare Library – Director of Communications and Marketing

  15-11-2022 00:54 via artsjournal.com
  OrganizationA hub for scholarship, performance, and the study of the early modern period, the Folger Shakespeare Library (Folger) puts Shakespeare and the period in which he lived in dialogue with a changing world. In advancing its mission, the Folger connects with 21st century audiences through programming and research inspired by a renowned collection of rare books, manuscripts, and other materials. The Folger creates lovers of Shakespeare and the humanities through programs that speak directl
  
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• Louisville Orchestra Names Graham Parker Chief Executive

  15-11-2022 00:01 via artsjournal.com
  Parker brings more than 25 years of experience in leadership roles at a range of arts organizations. Most recently, he was the president of Decca Records US at Universal Music Group. – Louisville Courier Journal
  
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