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• Is Art Therapy?

  29-04-2024 23:59 via 3quarksdaily.com
  
  In the same way that a run of the mill Netflix film tells us little about the human experience, the therapeutic language saturating contemporary culture flattens and distorts reality. – 3 Quarks Daily
  
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• Menand: Academic Freedom Under Attack

  29-04-2024 23:31 via artsjournal.com
  What kind of right is the right to academic freedom? Is it a legal right or a moral one? This question, long a subject of scholarly contention, is addressed in not a small number of new books. – The New Yorker
  
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• Why Bands Can’t Make Money By Touring

  29-04-2024 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  “A headline tour usually comes out with a deficit. The only thing that we ever make any kind of profit on is festivals, because the fees can be higher, but any money left over just goes towards the next outgoings.” – The Guardian
  
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• What’s Wrong With “Mid” TV

  29-04-2024 22:14 via nytimes.com
  
  I’ve watched all of these shows. They’re not bad. They’re simply … mid. Which is what makes them, frustratingly, as emblematic of the current moment in TV as their stars’ previous shows were of the ambitions of the past. – The New York Times
  
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• Can Improv Make A Comeback?

  29-04-2024 21:32 via nytimes.com
  
  The pandemic hurt every live art, but arguably none more than improv. Not only did struggles force the sale of three of its biggest institutions (Second City, iO and U.C.B.), but the prestige surrounding the form faded as criticism mounted over business models built on free labor and racist treatment of artists. – The New York Times
  
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• Time To Retire The Word “User” In Referring To Web Users?

  29-04-2024 20:44 via technologyreview.com
  
  The original use of “user” can be traced back to the mainframe computer days of the 1950s. – MIT Technology Review
  
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• How Music Therapy Is Helping Homeless Kids Process Life

  29-04-2024 20:01 via nytimes.com
  
  “Music provides an opportunity for people to process trauma in a different mode of expression.” – The New York Times
  
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• 2024 Presidential Candidates: Which Is Better For The Arts?

  29-04-2024 19:14 via theberkshireedge.com
  
  We have some indications of how the arts and culture will fare under each president because, for the first time, we have two candidates who have already been president. – Berkshire Eagle
  
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• Repairing Musical Instruments That Have Been Damaged In War

  29-04-2024 18:26 via thestrad.com
  
  Some instruments needed to be treated rather like field dressings for soldiers. – The Strad
  
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• Information Overload Is Nothing New. We’ve Long Struggled With It

  29-04-2024 17:44 via engelsbergideas.com
  
  Kings, popes, and doges all found themselves gasping for air under a deluge of memorandums and correspondence. Philip II of Spain was frequently driven to despair by ‘these devils, my papers’, with up to 16,000 separate petitions sent to his desk over the course of a single year. – Engelsberg Ideas
  
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• Expect Some Musical Chaos At The Tony Award Nominations

  29-04-2024 16:30 via nytimes.com
  
  Why? Well – there are a lot of eligible musicals, for one thing. And while Merrily We Roll Along is looking like a lock for Best Musical Revival, some other categories are hotly contested. – The New York Times
  
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• How Do We Fix The Concert Ticket System?

  29-04-2024 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Hundreds of artists signed a letter objecting to the out of control secondary market for tickets, which is bad for fans. On the other hand, there’s actually good news: “Live music sales are booming.” – CBC
  
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• Two Authors Withdraw From USC Commencement Ceremonies

  29-04-2024 15:45 via lithub.com
  
  C. Pam Zhang and Safiya Noble, who were scheduled to speak at the USC Rossier ceremony, have withdrawn. “Zhang and Noble condemned the college administration for refusing to engage in meaningful dialogue with a group of peaceful student protestors … and for censoring valedictorian Asna Tabassu.” – LitHub
  
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• Los Angeles’ Taper Forum Will Reopen

  29-04-2024 15:30 via yahoo.com
  
  And not just reopen, but “one of the first productions to play the Taper after its 16-month pause will be the world premiere of Fake It Until You Make It, … the commissioned play by Larissa FastHorse that was halted just weeks before opening last year.” – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo News)
  
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• Natural History Museums Get A Redesign

  29-04-2024 15:15 via nytimes.com
  
  In part, that’s meant to feature the “gateway drug to natural history” – the dinosaur skeletons. – The New York Times
  
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• PEN America May Not Survive The Israeli War In Gaza

  29-04-2024 15:00 via theatlantic.com
  
  “Can an organization that sees itself as above politics, that sees itself straightforwardly as a support system for an open society, be allowed to exist anymore? For the protesting writers, this lofty mission represents an unforgivable moral abdication at a moment of crisis.” – The Atlantic
  
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• Netflix Is Still, Almost Unbelievably, Popular

  29-04-2024 14:45 via msn.com
  Think brand loyalty – remember those DVD envelopes? – Boston Globe (MSN)
  
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• Wait, Wasn’t Hollywood So Finished With Sex?

  29-04-2024 14:30 via nytimes.com
  
  Nobody tell Challengers (or Saltburn) that some theories say Gen-Z doesn’t like sex in movies. The movies’ box office numbers tell a different story. – The New York Times
  
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• The Weird History Of Not Letting Writers Take Credit For Their Work

  29-04-2024 14:15 via thesmartset.com
  
  Did you know Ernest Hemingway came up with the word for byline (though he spelled it by-line). “Signed articles could occasionally be found before 1926, but they were not the standard practice they would become a century later.” – The Smart Set
  
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• Why, In A Digital World, Do We Still Use Postage Stamps?

  29-04-2024 14:00 via theatlantic.com
  
  Well, why not? People’s moods improve when they receive stamped letters – and “stamps provide ‘an amazing body of material to study the history of communication, art, design, but also humanity.’” – The Atlantic
  
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• The Rebirth Of King’s Cross In London May Not Be Quite Complete

  29-04-2024 13:45 via theguardian.com
  
  The changes since 2004 have been dramatic. “It has created, in its 50 new and restored buildings, about 1,700 homes, more than 40% of them affordable, 30 bars and restaurants, 10 new public parks and squares, 4.25m sq ft of offices and capacity for 30,000 office jobs.” – The Observer (UK)
  
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• The Gender Divide In Reviews Of The New Cabaret

  29-04-2024 13:30 via variety.com
  
  Young women, whose bodies are at risk in the post-Dobbs United States, get this version, where Sally “doesn’t sing, dance or exist to please others—including, it should be said, us in the audience. Instead, we see a woman who in spite of everything, has chosen herself.” – Variety
  
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• China Has Thousands, If Not Millions, Of ‘Micro-Drama’ Series

  29-04-2024 13:15 via time.com
  
  But the country’s government wants to clamp down on these low-budget, few-minutes-at-a-time, mini-shows. – Time
  
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• How’s That AI Advertising Working Out For You, Meta?

  29-04-2024 13:00 via theverge.com
  
  It’s going fine, just fine: “Meta’s automated ad platform has been blowing through budgets and failing to deliver sales. Small businesses have seen their ad dollars get wiped out and wasted as a result, and some have said the bouts of overspending are driving them from Meta’s platforms.” – The Verge
  
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• Police busts, porn cinemas and glory holes: the wild art of sexual outlaw Dean Sameshima

  29-04-2024 12:10
  
  Busted for cruising in an LA toilet, he proudly turned his police documents into art. Now the Californian is bringing Being Along – his elegant hymn to anonymous hookups – to Venice and LondonVeer to your left in the main exhibition of the Venice Biennale and you’ll come across a painting bearing the words: “Anonymous Homosexual.” Round the corner, there’s a row of black-and-white pictures showing transfixed male viewers, seen from the back, watching a screen.
  
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• April design news: the Dr Dolittle of design, an algae air purifier and Habitat at 60

  29-04-2024 11:00
  
  New events at London Craft Week, a Marc Newson monograph and Porky Hefer’s animal sculpturesThis month’s news celebrates animals, craft and creativity. We’ve got a story on the upcoming London Craft Week, but don’t forget Clerkenwell Design Week. This vibrant district is home to fascinating studios and businesses, and this annual festival is always well worth a visit. Continue reading...
  
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• How Judith Scott escaped a life in institutional isolation to become a great sculptor

  29-04-2024 09:00
  
  Deaf and with Down syndrome, Scott endured horrific conditions in institutions for 35 years. Then, when her twin enrolled her at an arts centre, a remarkable artist emergedBundles of fibre wrapped around shapes as if mummifying something sacred. Bicycle wheels tied tightly to a chair with scraps of kaleidoscopically coloured cloth. Supermarket trolleys filled to the brim with ropes, tubes, tassels. Forms evoking wings, animals or body-parts that seem to be conversing with each other. This is the
  
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• ‘A special bond between music and art’: Bath piano shop turns old parts into palette

  29-04-2024 08:00
  
  From an eagle to Elton John, the Played and Remade project enables artists to ‘make something magical’ from free materialsThe task of loading once-loved but now unwanted pianos into a van and carting them off to the recycling centre is a disheartening and melancholy one. So a music shop in Bath that scraps as many as 300 redundant and unfixable pianos a year has launched a project to repurpose the thousands of parts that make up each instrument into pieces of art.The Piano Shop Bath
  
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• San Francisco Conservatory of Music seeks VP of Advancement

  29-04-2024 06:08 via artsjournal.com
  The San Francisco Conservatory of Music seeks a Vice President of Advancement (VPA) reporting to the President and serving as a key member of its senior leadership team to support the mission, vision, and growth of SFCM within an inspiring and dynamic organization.
  As the lead strategic fundraiser and liaison to the President and Board, the VPA directs, recruits, and mentors an outstanding team of 11 development professionals while overseeing all aspects of Advancement at SFCM. Building on the m
  
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