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• What AI Writing Reveals About Good Writing

  26-07-2023 23:31 via noemamag.com
  
  As we explore new applications for large language models and consider how well they can optimize our communication, AI challenges us to reflect on the qualities we truly value in our prose. How do we measure the caliber of writing, and how well does AI perform? – Noema
  
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• Is Today’s Pop Music Getting Too Simplistic?

  26-07-2023 23:04 via musicradar.com
  
  “I think the average listeners ears are becoming more attuned to ever-greater simplicity and every-greater economy in music.” – Music Radar
  
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• Hollywood Needs To Reinvent Or It Will Die

  26-07-2023 22:32 via theguardian.com
  
  How do you decide that the content you’re producing is actually generating value? That goes back to the question that we have about how to get the residual because if you can’t figure out what the value is going be, then how do you decide how to distribute the value downstream?” – The Guardian
  
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• America’s Theatre Crisis – Why Now?

  26-07-2023 21:59 via americantheatre.org
  
  So why has our theatre field contracted so precipitously in the past few months, with casualties recorded at every kind of theatre while at the same time many theatres, and not just on Broadway, continue to post encouraging box-office numbers and seem to be carrying on more or less as before? – American Theatre
  
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• Seattle Art Museum Director Steps Down

  26-07-2023 21:28 via seattletimes.com
  
  Amanda Cruz oversaw some of the most turbulent years in SAM’s 90-year history. – Seattle Times
  
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• The Last Of The Original World War II Monuments Men, Richard Barancik, Is Dead At 98

  26-07-2023 21:05 via msn.com
  “For three months after the end of the war, Mr. Barancik, then a 21-year-old private first class, assisted in the operations of a unit known as the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives section … whose mission to safeguard the artistic patrimony of Europe amid the destruction and plunder.” – MSN (The Washington Post)
  
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• Art dealer ordered to pay £111,000 over missing painting by Mexican artist

  26-07-2023 20:46
  
  Esperanza Koren told London court she didn’t know whereabouts of Bosco Sodi’s paintingAn art dealer has been ordered to pay £111,000 over a missing abstract painting compared to a giant “burnt digestive biscuit” by a judge in a London courtThe court heard that the piece by the Mexican artist Bosco Sodi – a round painting with a cracked surface built up using natural pigment, sawdust, wood pulp, natural fibres, water and glue – went missing after being lo
  
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• Sinéad O’Connor Is Dead At 56

  26-07-2023 20:35 via apnews.com
  
  “Recognizable by her shaved head and elfin features, O’Connor began her career singing on the streets of Dublin and soon rose to international fame … but was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music.” – AP
  
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• Experts Dismiss AI Analysis Determining Painting Is By Raphael

  26-07-2023 20:32 via theartnewspaper.com
  
  “I have never seen the piece in person but judging from the photograph it would appear to be a copy after Raphael. True connoisseurship relates to the expert judgment of the trained eye and is so much more than mechanically matching brushstrokes and images.” – The Art Newspaper
  
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• So Just How Did The Bhagavad Gita Influence Robert Oppenheimer?

  26-07-2023 20:06 via bbc.com
  
  “He was not seeking to escape to a purely spiritual realm. He was not seeking religion. What he sought was peace of mind. The Gita seemed to provide precisely the right philosophy for an intellectual keenly attuned to the affairs of men and the pleasures of the senses.” – BBC
  
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• Grayson Perry’s art knows no borders | Letters

  26-07-2023 19:36
  
  Englishness in Edinburgh | Yorkshire puddings | Jane Birkin v ’Allo ’Allo! | JoggingI totally disagree with Jonathan Jones’s review of the Grayson Perry retrospective (Grayson Perry: Smash Hits review – English self-mockery without insight or depth, 24 July). Why object to “Englishness” in Edinburgh during the international festival? Would he object to a Vermeer exhibition portraying “Dutchness”? As for Alan Measles, surely an artist is at liberty
  
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• Grayson Perry’s art knows no borders

  26-07-2023 19:36
  
  Englishness in Edinburgh | Yorkshire puddings | Jane Birkin v ’Allo ’Allo! | JoggingI totally disagree with Jonathan Jones’s review of the Grayson Perry retrospective (Grayson Perry: Smash Hits review – English self-mockery without insight or depth, 24 July). Why object to “Englishness” in Edinburgh during the international festival? Would he object to a Vermeer exhibition portraying “Dutchness”? As for Alan Measles, surely an artist is at liberty
  
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• Seattle Repertory Theatre Hires A New Artistic Director

  26-07-2023 19:32 via seattletimes.com
  
  Dámaso Rodríguez was artistic director at Portland’s Artists Repertory Theatre for nine years before stepping down in 2021. He co-founded Los Angeles troupe Furious Theatre in 2002 and worked as associate artistic director at Pasadena Playhouse, where Furious Theatre had a longtime residency. – Seattle Times
  
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• How Dancers And Choreographers Are Using AI

  26-07-2023 19:01 via dancemagazine.com
  
  “Dance artists are increasingly inspired by the generative potential of AI, whether as a choreographic tool, a topic to probe onstage, or an entryway into the broader intersection of dance and technology. And it isn’t just dance artists who are using AI in their practice.” – Dance Magazine
  
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• French Horn Player Born With No Arms Makes His Proms Debut

  26-07-2023 18:32 via theguardian.com
  
  He won the prestigious Leonard Bernstein Award in 2016, has recorded several acclaimed albums (including his 2013 debut Reveries and a 2019 performance of Mozart’s horn concertos with the Camerata Salzburg); and had a two-year residency with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. – The Guardian
  
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• Kevin Spacey Found Not Guilty Of Sexual Assault In London

  26-07-2023 18:07 via apnews.com
  
  “Kevin Spacey was acquitted of sexual assault on Wednesday after the Oscar winner’s star turn as a witness in his own defense spared him a possible prison term and gave him a shot at a career comeback.” The verdict arrived on his 64th birthday. – AP
  
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• Want to know what the audience thinks? Read the comments

  26-07-2023 17:43 via artsjournal.com
  
  What can be learned from the 1800 comments in recent articles about the crisis in nonprofit theater? Audiences get it more than we give them credit for. And they expect theaters to fix their own problems.
  
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• AI Is Remaking The $200 Billion Video Game Industry

  26-07-2023 17:34 via bloomberg.com
  Hundreds of thousands of jobs are on the line. Yet company leaders and studio chiefs told Bloomberg News that the changes, while inevitable and painful, can empower smaller studios, boost creativity and ultimately benefit gamers around the world. – Bloomberg
  
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• It Costs Performers Thousands To Play The Edinburgh Fringe

  26-07-2023 17:03 via theguardian.com
  
  A reporter talks to an independent theatre company director, a standup comedian, and an acting duo; they’re spending between £7,746 (the solo comic) and £22,000. They won’t earn it back, but says one, “We should end up with tour dates for 2024. That’s why you go. It’s an investment.” – The Guardian
  
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• ‘Everyone wanted to get one over on Thatcher’ – the artists who raided the Enterprise Allowance Scheme

  26-07-2023 17:00
  
  Forty years ago, the Tories launched a scheme to foster entrepreneurs – but artists from Jarvis Cocker to Rachel Whiteread saw another way to use it. So did a government seen as hostile to the arts kickstart Britpop and the YBAs?In the summer of 1983, British politics was in a fractious place. In June, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government roared to re-election after victory in the Falklands, eviscerating Michael Foot’s Labour party. Within weeks, new chancellor Nigel Law
  
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• Unprecedented: The Bayreuth Festival Is Expanding Its Repertory (By One Opera)

  26-07-2023 16:35 via apnews.com
  
  “The Bayreuth Festival intends to present Rienzi in 2026 for its 150th anniversary, going outside the canon of Richard Wagner’s final 10 operas for the first time. Wagner’s family still runs the festival in Germany, and until now has limited it to only what are considered his mature works.” – AP
  
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• How Vice Media Set Itself Up For Bankruptcy

  26-07-2023 16:02 via adweek.com
  
  “The digital media company Vice filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May, and new documents disclosed in the proceedings offer a rare glimpse into the financial maneuvering that led the privately held company to insolvency.” – Adweek
  
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• At Comic-Con, “The Biggest Nerd In Congress” Announces A New “Congressional Popular Arts Caucus” In The House

  26-07-2023 15:34 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA, and yes, he called himself “the biggest nerd in Congress”) says that the caucus has attracted 20 House members, from both parties, with an interest in movies, TV and gaming — and the issues affecting those fields. – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Massachusetts Legislature Considers Taxing Streaming Companies To Fund Public Access TV

  26-07-2023 15:01 via niemanlab.org
  
  “The ‘Act to Modernize Funding For Community Media Programming’ proposes a 5% fee on digital streaming providers, based on a company’s gross annual revenue in the state. A portion of the fee would be distributed to municipalities to support their community media centers — colloquially known as public access television.” – Nieman Lab
  
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• Berklee College Of Music’s President Is Out After Unexplained Leave of Absence

  26-07-2023 14:33 via msn.com
  Erica Muhl, who became the school’s leader two years ago, went on leave abruptly last month and put her house on the market; this week, the board announced that she won’t be back. Students and faculty, who say they rarely saw her on campus, want answers. – MSN (The Boston Globe)
  
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• Kyiv City Council Temporarily Bans All Russian-Language Culture

  26-07-2023 14:00 via dw.com
  
  “(The order prohibits) performing or showcasing Russian-language art and culture — such as books, music, plays and concerts — (as well as) cultural and educational programs. The restriction not only applies to works by Russian authors and creators, but to all cultural products publicly presented in or translated into Russian.” – Deutsche Welle
  
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• Mum, dad, other: intimate photographs of parents – in pictures

  26-07-2023 08:00
  
  Through costume, humour and even a bout of arm-wrestling, these photographers examine the most important relationship of allContinue reading...
  
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• Director of Marketing – La Jolla Music Society

  26-07-2023 06:50 via artsjournal.com
  About the Opportunity La Jolla Music Society (LJMS) seeks a collaborative and results-driven Director of Marketing to lead the team that encompasses Marketing, Communications, Box Office, and Front of House for one of San Diego’s leading cultural organizations and a premier presenter of performing arts in the region. With a total annual budget of approximately […]
  
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• President & CEO – Shea’s Performing Arts Center

  26-07-2023 06:43 via artsjournal.com
  Position Summary Reporting to the Chairman of the Board, the President & CEO will provide strategic and visionary leadership to Shea’s Performing Arts Center’s three theatres—Shea’s Buffalo, Shea’s 710 Theatre, and Shea’s Smith Theatre—ensuring programmatic and operational integrity, sustainability, and excellence. The successful candidate will prioritize and build on Shea’s impact as a resource for […]
  
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• Just What Was Behind The Popularity Of Barbenheimer?

  26-07-2023 00:01 via slate.com
  
  Apart from being the latest works by beloved writer-directors, there is one quality that Barbie and Oppenheimer share, which is that they’re both movies of ideas: not just full of them, but about them. – Slate
  
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