Arts news

• Ouroboros: NGA’s polarising new four-year $14m artwork to close roads on its journey to Canberra

  12-06-2024 17:00
  
  Lindy Lee was asked ‘to be as ambitious as you possibly can’ and to not even consider the cost of her project to ‘announce the NGA is here’Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailLindy Lee was standing in the sculpture garden at the National Gallery of Australia, wondering what she was doing there. The gallery’s director, Nick Mitzevich, had taken her for a walk and they paused at a “pretty dull spot”, as Lee recalls it.That was when Mitzevich explain
  
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• Spain publishes list of art seized during civil war and Franco dictatorship

  12-06-2024 16:29
  
  Culture ministry hopes to help people reclaim family property plundered by Franco regimeSpain’s culture ministry has published a list of more than 5,000 items plundered by the Franco regime – including paintings, sculptures, jewellery, furniture and religious ornaments – to help people reclaim their family property almost a century after it was taken for safekeeping following the outbreak of the civil war.The inventory, which is part of the government’s efforts to bring &
  
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• Mary Cassatt at Work review – stunning show blows the Mother’s Day card cliches away

  12-06-2024 12:19
  
  Philadelphia Museum of ArtThis exceptional exhibition celebrates a trailblazing impressionist – one of the original group – who took the labour of women in her time seriouslyMary Cassatt’s paintings of mothers and babies were relegated to the untouchable category of “sentiment” by 20th-century critics and art historians. They have now become better known to many people as Mother’s Day cards rather than fine art. But 19th-century critics commented on the very l
  
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• Glued to Hitler: what Brecht’s overlooked collages tell us about how fascism takes hold

  12-06-2024 06:00
  
  Throughout his life, the great German playwright made punky montages that explored how Nazism infested the country he had to flee. Why have they taken so long to come to light?Bertolt Brecht believed that theatre should not merely entertain its audience but make them think politically. To achieve this effect, thought the German playwright and poet, a play should not be polished – but jarring. Actors should break out of character to address their audience, plotlines should be broken up and
  
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• VP of Education & Community Engagement – Pacific Symphony

  12-06-2024 03:35 via artsjournal.com
  The Vice President of Education & Community Engagement will be responsible for designing, developing, and evaluating all education and community engagement programs. Supervising a professional staff and committed volunteers, they will oversee the delivery of programs, ensuring there is alignment between artistic priorities and educational initiatives. Reporting to the President & Chief Executive Officer, the Vice President of Education & Community Engagement will play a pivotal role
  
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