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• A First: JRR Tolkien Poetry To Be Published

  14-03-2024 23:01 via thebookseller.com
  “Poetry was the first way in which Tolkien expressed himself creatively and through it the seeds of his literary ambition would be sown.” – The Bookseller
  
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• What Should Museums Pay Artists For Participating In A Biennial?

  14-03-2024 22:34 via theartnewspaper.com
  
  These days, payment for inclusion in a biennial or group show at a US museum tends to range from $500 to $3,000, according to the artists and museums I surveyed.  – The Art Newspaper
  
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• How Tech Is Changing Learning The Piano

  14-03-2024 22:01 via theguardian.com
  
  A lifetime since my failure to practise prompted a family agreement that the piano wasn’t for me, I’m back at the keys. This time I don’t have a teacher to disappoint, but a dizzying range of apps and sites that are transforming the experience of millions of adults. – The Guardian
  
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• How Elizabeth Alexander (And $500M Of Mellon Money) Are Changing Monuments

  14-03-2024 21:31 via yahoo.com
  
  The project is incredibly ambitious, a national effort to make sure that the commemorative landscape “more accurately tells our collective histories.” It has led to shifts — big and small — in how public places are presented and what is even considered a monument. – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!
  
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• Artforum Chooses A New Top Editor

  14-03-2024 21:28 via nytimes.com
  
  Five months ago, the magazine fired David Velasco, its editor in chief, after he signed and published a letter calling for Palestinian liberation shortly after the Israel-Hamas war began. – The New York Times
  
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• Attributing The Provenance Of The “Just Ken” Dance

  14-03-2024 21:01 via artsmeme.com
  
  Dance makers of Hollywood are seeking recognition for their craft by pressing the Motion Picture Academy to add an Oscar for Best Choreography. That is understandable. But they must first recognize their own. – ArtsMeme
  
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• The End Of The Entertainment Mega-Mergers?

  14-03-2024 20:32 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  “We’ve seen over the last few decades significant consolidation and a wave of mergers and acquisitions, not all of which have ultimately served the American public,” Khan tells The Hollywood Reporter. – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Irish Gaelic Is Actually Becoming Cool In Ireland

  14-03-2024 20:05 via theguardian.com
  
  “Across Ireland, English is playing second fiddle to Irish in emerging arts scenes. Even though fewer than 2% of the population speak it daily, Irish is hip; the preferred language of young poets at bilingual spoken-word nights … and being blared out in metal, techno and hip-hop.” – The Guardian
  
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• ABT Chooses A New Chief Exec — From National Ballet Of Canada

  14-03-2024 19:28 via nytimes.com
  
  Ballet Theater’s leaders said they chose Barry Hughson, executive director at the National Ballet of Canada since 2014, because of his extensive experience in the field. He has held top positions at Boston Ballet and Atlanta Ballet, among other organizations. – The New York Times
  
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• Ballet Ireland Drops An Ohad Naharin Piece Because He’s Israeli

  14-03-2024 19:03 via irishtimes.com
  
  “‘We stand by the right to freedom of artistic expression, and despite our belief that art should not be drawn into politics, we feel the time is not right to be performing this work,’ said Anne Maher, artistic director and CEO of Ballet Ireland,” of Naharin’s Minus 16. – The Irish Times
  
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• Salonen To Leave San Francisco Symphony: “I Do Not Share The Same Values”

  14-03-2024 18:17 via sfchronicle.com
  “I have decided not to continue as Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, because I do not share the same goals for the future of the institution as the Board of Governors does,” Salonen said in a statement. – San Francisco Chronicle
  
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• Bassem Youssef (“Egypt’s Jon Stewart”) On Building His US Comedy Career While Advocating For Gazans

  14-03-2024 17:59 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  “A year ago, Youssef wouldn’t have expected his defense of the Palestinian people to be the arc of his return to public discourse. Meanwhile, by his own admission, making a living out of being funny remains his priority.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• The End Of The Subscription Era?

  14-03-2024 17:32 via nickfthilton.medium.com
  
  The inflection point is coming for Substack, OnlyFans and any platform where creators are reliant on the largesse of their audiences. When creators realise the dream of financial success and celebrity is sputtering, so too will the impression that this is a radical new future for content creation fade. – Medium
  
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• Reality TV Stars Are Suing Bravo. Just How Bad Were Things On Set?

  14-03-2024 17:06 via bbc.com
  
  “A recent flood of allegations from reality stars describe issues that go far beyond public perception – and raise serious questions about the legal protections they’re afforded.” – BBC
  
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• Why Toronto’s Festivals Are Struggling

  14-03-2024 16:31 via thestar.com
  
  Toronto is a city of festivals, but two years after pandemic restrictions were lifted, even big names in the sector are struggling to attract audiences, pay down debt and meet steeply rising costs of production. – Toronto Star
  
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• The Student Who Became A YouTube Star By Transcribing Jazz And Pop Songs

  14-03-2024 16:01 via nytimes.com
  
  “George Collier … takes snippets of videos from live performances by well-known artists like Wynton Marsalis and Celine Dion, or bedroom musicians who’ve posted clips online, and … juggling harmony, melody and rhythm, he turns sounds into detailed notations and shares the results with an audience of over 882,000 subscribers.” – The New York Times
  
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• VAULT Festival, London’s Largest Theatre Event, Is Shutting Down

  14-03-2024 15:34 via timeout.com
  
  Held in the vaults under Waterloo Station, the festival hosted hundreds of plays and comedy shows during the winter months and became an important launching pad for new talent. But the landlord has other plans for the location, and funding for a new venue fell through. – Time Out London
  
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• Art Sales Worldwide Fell By 4% In 2023

  14-03-2024 15:02 via artnews.com
  
  “Auction sales were down on both sides of the Atlantic and there was a conspicuous lack of marquee estates on the block. Bu, 2023 saw only a 4% decrease in market value to an estimated $65 billion, according to the annual art market report published by Art Basel and UBS.” – ARTnews
  
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• Smithsonian Finds (For The Second Time) A Founding Director For American Women’s History Museum

  14-03-2024 14:35 via msn.com
  “Elizabeth Babcock … will head a (yet-to-be-built) museum that was shaken last summer by the withdrawal of its incoming founding director, Nancy Yao, following a Washington Post investigation of her handling of sexual harassment allegations at a New York museum.” – The Washington Post (MSN)
  
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• Philadelphia’s New Mayor Names A New Arts And Culture Chief

  14-03-2024 14:03 via msn.com
  “A trained soprano with degrees from Temple University and the University of the Arts, (Valerie) Gay, 58, was most recently deputy director of audience engagement and chief experience officer at the Barnes Foundation. … Arts leaders said they were thrilled with Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s appointment.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
  
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• Tenerife priest apologises for ordering 300-year-old frescoes to be painted over

  14-03-2024 13:41
  
  Héctor Lunar says he had no idea frescoes were protected and ‘we’re now in hands of God’ as experts see if they can be saved A priest on the Spanish island of Tenerife has apologised after accidentally ordering a set of listed, 300-year-old frescoes in his parish church to be painted over as he attempted to ready the building for Holy Week.The incident, at the church of St Anthony of Padua in the town of El Tanque, has prompted an outcry from locals, an investigation by
  
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• Van Gogh self-portrait arrives in Wales for Art of the Selfie show

  14-03-2024 13:38
  
  In swap with Musée d’Orsay in Paris which has borrowed a Renoir, visitors to Cardiff museum will be urged to take selfies with Van Gogh portraitIt is possible the artist may not have wholly approved of one of his searching, intense self-portraits being likened to an image grabbed on a mobile phone.But a Van Gogh oil painting has been unveiled as the centrepiece of an exhibition in Cardiff that poses the question: “Is a self-portrait the original selfie?” Continue reading
  
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• ‘The original selfie?’: Cardiff borrows Van Gogh self-portrait for selfie show

  14-03-2024 13:38
  
  Musée d’Orsay in Paris lends painting in exchange for a Renoir for Welsh Art of the Selfie exhibitionIt is possible the artist may not have wholly approved of one of his searching, intense self-portraits being likened to an image grabbed on a mobile phone.But a Van Gogh oil painting has been unveiled as the centrepiece of an exhibition in Cardiff that poses the question: “Is a self-portrait the original selfie?” Continue reading...
  
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• Attempts To Ban Library Books Hit New High In 2023

  14-03-2024 13:30 via apnews.com
  
  “(The American Library Association) announced that 4,240 works in school and public libraries had been targeted in 2023, a substantial hike from the then-record 2,571 books in 2022. … The number of separate challenges (is slightly down), … but efforts to censor (multiple) books at a time have surged in Florida and Texas.” – AP
  
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• After 20 Years, James Conlon Will Step Down As Music Director Of Los Angeles Opera

  14-03-2024 13:06 via yahoo.com
  
  “James Conlon, the second music director in Los Angeles Opera’s almost 40-year history, will step down from his role after the 2025-26 season. … (His) departure from his leadership role coincides with that of Los Angeles Philharmonic’s music director, Gustavo Dudamel.” – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
  
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• The Painter’s Daughters by Emily Howes review – Gainsborough’s girls

  14-03-2024 10:00
  
  The spooky duality of private and public faces is explored in this compelling historical debut about the artist’s childrenMany parents wish they could freeze a moment, preserve their children just as they are, but few have Thomas Gainsborough’s miraculous skill to achieve it. He painted his daughters Mary and Margaret – Molly and Peggy – with adoration, pride and sometimes anxiety, capturing, as Peggy, the narrator of The Painter’s Daughters puts it, a “closen
  
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• Shakespeare Theatre Company Seeks Executive Director

  14-03-2024 00:09 via artsjournal.com
  Reporting to the board of directors as a co-leader alongside the Artistic Director, the Executive Director will be responsible for the business operations of the organization, and the leader of its financial and strategic planning for its evolving business model. This will include overseeing all aspects of STC’s administrative operations, including financial management, labor relations, facilities management and construction, community engagement, and contributed and earned revenue streams
  
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