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• National Theatre Wales Says It Will Close In Six Months If Its 100% Funding Cut Isn’t Reversed

  04-10-2023 17:03 via thestage.co.uk
  In an overhaul of its priorities last month, Arts Council of Wales (the national funder) eliminated its entire £1.6 million annual grant to the principality’s main English-language theatre. “If this funding decision stands,” warns the company’s management, “Wales will lose National Theatre Wales in six months’ time.” – The Stage
  
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• After More Than 140 Years Of Construction, Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia In Barcelona Is Nearly Finished — Isn’t It?

  04-10-2023 16:34 via nytimes.com
  
  Well, that depends on what exactly one means by “nearly.” And, for that matter, what exactly one means by “finished.” – The New York Times
  
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• Will Banksy’s Identity Finally Be Revealed — Thanks To A Greeting Card Company?

  04-10-2023 16:02 via news.artnet.com
  
  “British greeting card company Full Colour Black and its owner Andrew Gallagher have filed a libel claim against anonymous artist Banksy in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court over an Instagram post the British artist made in November 2022.” The lawsuit could potentially require him to be named. – Artnet
  
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• Malcolm Gladwell’s Podcasting Company Lays Off Almost A Third Of Its Staff

  04-10-2023 15:35 via msn.com
  “Pushkin Industries, is laying off over 30% of its staff and shaking up its leadership team as the broader podcast industry continues to recalibrate after years of expensive deals and over-ambitious growth plans.” – MSN (Bloomberg)
  
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• Chicago Performing Arts Venues, Still Struggling, Ask The City For A New Stream Of Funding

  04-10-2023 15:01 via chicagobusiness.com
  “Claire Rice, executive director of Arts Alliance Illinois, … is asking (Mayor) Johnson to tap the city’s corporate fund for nearly 35% of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events’ $81 million annual budget, an unprecedented move for a department traditionally funded primarily by other sources.” – Crain’s Chicago Business
  
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• James Jorden, Opera Critic And Founder Of The Blog Parterre Box, Is Dead At 69

  04-10-2023 14:36 via operawire.com
  He went from self-publishing a renegade gay-oriented opera fanzine, mimeographed and distributed by hand to — under the identity La Cieca — operating what The New York Times called “the most essential blog in opera,” as well as reviewing more formally for several magazines and the New York Post and Observer. – OperaWire
  
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• National Book Awards Finalists For 2023

  04-10-2023 14:00 via apnews.com
  
  The five nominees each for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people’s literature, and literature in translation were revealed on Tuesday. Winners will be announced at a ceremony on November 15. – AP
  
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• Himalayan tree-huggers and a landscape of vulvas: the eco-show where women call the shots

  04-10-2023 12:49
  
  The Barbican’s new exhibition looks at the way ecofeminism has evolved – from anti-nuclear protests at Greenham Common to ‘multiple clitoris’ artThere are photographs of women with their arms wrapped around the trunks of trees in the Himalayas to prevent them from being felled. There are aerial, yet intimate, pictures of open-pit mines and dams that have been blasted across the landscape in western Australia. There are films shot underwater, in warming seas, of melting ic
  
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• Global Arts Management Fellowship

  04-10-2023 03:56 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 2024-2026 cohort. Apply by November 14thThe program is provided free of charge through a competitive application process.The fellowship serves entrepreneurial executives in the arts and culture sector who are prepared to look critically at their work, challenge assumptions, and dev
  
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• Why Science Researchers Need Artists On Their Teams

  04-10-2023 00:01 via theconversation.com
  
  Over a decade of merging science and art, I’ve discovered three major advantages to such collaborations. – The Conversation
  
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