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• The London art student whose Chinese political slogan mural caused a storm

  30-08-2023 07:00
  
  Royal College of Art student Wang Hanzheng thought a Brick Lane wall was better than a galleryWhen Wang Hanzheng, a Chinese student at the Royal College of Art, attended a graduate show in a warehouse on Brick Lane in east London in July, he found the space crowded, unimaginative and unfit for presenting art.It was with this in mind that at 11pm one night earlier this month Wang and a team of 22 others painted a Chinese political slogan in bold red characters along a nearby wall stretching nearl
  
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• Executive Director – Art Papers

  30-08-2023 03:10 via artsjournal.com
  Art Papers Seeks Executive DirectorReporting to the Board of Directors, the Art Papers Executive Director (ED) will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for Art Papers’ staff, programs, fund development, strategic planning, and execution of its mission. This is an exciting time for Art Papers programmatically and the Executive Director will have the opportunity lead Art Papers to its 50th anniversary, and beyond.About Art Papers:Atlanta-based and globally engaged, Art Pape
  
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• Time For Another Full-On Attack On Book Blurbs

  30-08-2023 00:01 via theatlantic.com
  
  Blurbs have always been controversial—too clichéd, too subject to cronyism—but lately, as review space shrinks and the noise level of the marketplace increases, the pursuit of ever more fawning praise from luminaries has become absurd.  – The Atlantic
  
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