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• The Line Between Science And Art Is A Mistake

  07-11-2023 23:29 via iai.tv
  We think of science as exact, objective, following a strict method, whereas art as creative and subjective, with no formal rules. But this picture misunderstands what actual science looks like. – IAI News
  
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• Odesa National Museum Damaged In Russian Blast

  07-11-2023 23:01 via artnews.com
  
  According to a statement from Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, a missile launched by Russia caused significant damage to the Odesa Fine Arts Museum, one of the most important Tsarist-era palaces in Odesa’s historic city center. – ARTnews
  
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• Why Musicians Are Angry About Spotify’s New Monetization Scheme

  07-11-2023 22:28 via dadadrummer.substack.com
  
  The damage that Spotify is doing to the music ecosystem is well known. But it seems they are only getting started. Two months from now it will already be much worse. Either musicians force their way into the decision making for streaming, or the corporations controlling it will force musicians out. – Dadadrummer
  
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• Have Movies Gotten Too Long?

  07-11-2023 22:01 via slate.com
  
  “For as long as I’ve been aware that people wrote about movies, they have been writing that they needed to be shorter.” – Slate
  
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• Striking Actors Unions Respond To Studios’ “Best And Final” Offer

  07-11-2023 21:32 via variety.com
  
  The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers indicated in a Zoom meeting on Saturday that its current offer is the best it can do, and that it will not negotiate further. The offer includes a success bonus for streaming shows, increases in minimum rates, and protections against artificial intelligence. – Variety
  
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• The Troubles At English National Opera Never Seem To End

  07-11-2023 21:04 via ft.com
  The current crisis at the company is hardly the first: ENO has faced severe financial difficulties repeatedly over its history. Yet the government funding cuts ENO faces now, along with orders to relocate out of London, are more daunting than anything it’s ever faced. – Financial Times
  
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• The Power Of Swearing

  07-11-2023 20:28 via nytimes.com
  
  These days we mostly cause offense by swearing because swearing is a behavior that causes offense. When we swear in a context in which we can assume those around us would prefer we didn’t, that choice is a sign of our disrespect. – The New York Times
  
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• A New Company In Florida Aims For A Healthy, Eating-Disorder-Free Approach To Ballet

  07-11-2023 20:01 via heraldtribune.com
  
  “After more than a year of planning, fundraising, obtaining nonprofit status, holding auditions and settling on a name (Azura Ballet), that vision – to revitalize ballet culture and infuse it with a profound emphasis on the mental and emotional well-being of the dancers – is becoming a reality.” – Sarasota Herald-Tribune
  
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• Head Of Hungary’s National Museum Fired For LGBT Content In Exhibition

  07-11-2023 19:29 via bbc.com
  
  A controversial Hungarian law bans the “display and promotion of homosexuality” in materials accessible to children, such as books and films. The museum recently hosted the World Press Photo exhibition, featuring shots of LGBT people in the Philippines. – BBC
  
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• Women in Revolt! review – orgasms, punk protests and one long scream

  07-11-2023 19:09
  
  Tate Britain, London
  From women crying out in labour pain to a family made of meringue, this survey of feminist agit art is full of wit and collective anger. It couldn’t be more timely A woman in labour wails and moans with effort, her body barely visible in her semi-darkened home, where she’s giving birth. Surrounded by her family, and filmed by artist Robina Rose in 1977, it feels intrusive to look. Nearby, another woman just screams and screams and screams again, her face filling
  
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• Prado exhibition takes a rear view look behind some famous paintings

  07-11-2023 06:00
  
  Reversos (On the Reverse) explores the backs and frames of artworks to reveal their stories, secrets and travelsThe Prado has decided to turn its back on its visitors. Those attending the Madrid museum’s latest exhibition are greeted not by the full splendour of its most famous work, Velázquez’s Las Meninas, but by an austere and lifesize recreation of the reverse of the painting.Elsewhere, among the self-portraits of Goya, Rembrandt and Van Gogh, there is a seemingly devout n
  
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