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• Rosalie Williams obituary

  20-11-2024 21:27
  
  My mother, Rosalie Williams, who has died aged 99, was a landscape painter and ecclesiastical embroidery artist based in Sussex, where she lived for much of her life.Her paintings were exhibited in various locations in the county, including at the Ditchling Gallery (1960 and 1965) and at the Chichester arts festival (1969). She was commissioned to provide embroidery works for a number of church buildings, the best known of which was a series of 12 large hangings in Chichester Cathedral to mark i
  
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• Van Gogh Did Not Intend His Irises To Be Blue

  20-11-2024 21:05 via hyperallergic.com
  
  He painted them, back in 1889, in a deep, vibrant purple. Here’s how two conservators at the Getty figured that out — and why the irises have turned blue over the intervening 135 years. – Hyperallergic
  
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• How A Refugee From The Kennedy Center Built A Center For Dance In Southern California

  20-11-2024 20:32 via artsjournal.com
  Judy Morr “decided to do something nobody else was doing in Southern California, which was to bring major international dance companies to Orange County. That’s how it all started. Dance became the way to establish the Center’s reputation nationally and internationally.” – CultureOC
  
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• Musical America Names Its Artists Of The Year

  20-11-2024 20:15 via musicalamerica.com
  Barbara Hannigan heads the list. – Musical America
  
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• After 46 Years, Re-Creating One Of Pina Bausch’s Seminal Dance Works — With Original Cast Members

  20-11-2024 20:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Meryl Tankard was one of the dancers in the 1978 premiere of Bausch’s Kontakthof, and she has now restaged the piece with herself and eight other performers from the first run dancing alongside film footage of the original production. – The New York Times
  
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• Study: Many Readers Prefer Chatbot Shakespeare To The Real Thing

  20-11-2024 19:44 via smithsonianmag.com
  
  A.I. chatbots can imitate famous poets like William Shakespeare well enough to fool many human readers, according to a new paper published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports. In addition, many study participants actually preferred the chatbot’s poetry over the works of renowned writers. – Smithsonian
  
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• Nigeria Builds A Museum For The 21st Century

  20-11-2024 19:32 via theguardian.com
  
  The Museum of West African Art (Mowaa), a constellation of buildings and outdoor performance spaces spread out across a 6-hectare (15-acre) campus, will hold its inaugural exhibition in May 2025. – The Guardian
  
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• Swedish Company Uses AI To “Post-Edit” And Create Translations Of Books

  20-11-2024 19:15 via publishersweekly.com
  Nuanxed’s approach, known as post-editing (PE), combines the use of AI translation tools with human editing and proofing. According to cofounder and CEO Robert Casten Carlberg, the company completes roughly 50 translations per month, and in total has worked with 150 authors to complete around 800 translations. – Publishers Weekly
  
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• Rediscovered: Philadelphia Orchestra Recordings From 80 Years Ago, And They Were Massive Hits

  20-11-2024 19:04 via msn.com
  A budget series called “World’s Greatest Music,” produced by RCA Victor and marketed and distributed by the New York Post, included 38 discs (78 rpm) released from 1938 to 1940; ultimately more than 1 million records were sold. But the performers were unnamed — until now. – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
  
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• Luigi Nono @100: A Legacy Of Deep Listening

  20-11-2024 18:44 via nytimes.com
  
  Nono saw the potential to communicate with contemporary audiences, neither bound by nor rejecting the past, building solidarity against any resurgence of the fascism he had resisted under Mussolini. – The New York Times
  
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• The Johnny Carson Phenomenon

  20-11-2024 18:30 via nytimes.com
  
  In our fragmented media landscape, it can be difficult to grasp just how large Carson loomed over the culture. At the center of late-night for 30 years — he presided from 1962 to 1992 — he is the most influential talk-show host of all time, and possibly the most popular figure in the history of television. – The New York Times
  
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• Louisiana Almost Killed Its Movie Tax Credit

  20-11-2024 18:15 via variety.com
  
  Last week, the state House of Representatives voted to terminate the incentive effective June 30, 2025, as part of a sweeping tax reform package. In response, hundreds of people jammed the hallways of the state Capitol in Baton Rouge on Sunday to protest the move, which would threaten thousands of film jobs. – Variety
  
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• “Les Miz” Has Never Been A Hit In France. This New Production Hopes To Change That.

  20-11-2024 17:58 via nytimes.com
  
  Les Misérables was originally written in French by two Frenchmen, based on a classic French historical novel— and the musical has been wildly popular just about everywhere except France. Yet an updated version of the show at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris might just catch on. – The New York Times
  
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• How Thirty Years Of The UK National Lottery Has Changed Culture

  20-11-2024 17:44 via theartnewspaper.com
  
  “Without the profound impact of National Lottery funding for the arts, heritage, charity and tourism sectors, introduced by the Conservative government in 1994, survival of even the fittest would have been nigh on impossible.” – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Does the Dreamachine Elude AI? Yes It Does.

  20-11-2024 17:26 via artsjournal.com
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• Author Richard Flanagan Wins Baillie Gifford Prize For Nonfiction — And Turns Down The Prize Money

  20-11-2024 17:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Accepting the award for his Question 7, the Australian author said he would not take the £50,000 which comes with the prize until sponsor Baillie Gifford presents to the public a plan for divesting from fossil fuel companies and investing in renewable energy. – The Guardian
  
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• Longtime Chicago Theater Critic Kris Vire Is Dead At 47

  20-11-2024 16:36 via msn.com
  “He was part of the founding editorial crew of Time Out Chicago, once a major force in local arts coverage. … Vire stayed with (Time Out) until 2018, then moved on to a busy freelance career, eventually landing at the Tribune-owned Chicago magazine as a freelance arts-and-entertainment editor.” – Chicago Tribune (MSN)
  
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• TKTS To Open Discount Ticket Booth In Philadelphia

  20-11-2024 16:02 via msn.com
  The outlet, near Independence Hall, will offer 30% to 50% discounts, up to three days before curtain, to select music and dance performances (including the Philadelphia Orchestra and Philadelphia Ballet) as well as theater. This is the first TKTS booth in the US outside New York City. – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
  
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• Magritte painting sells for record $121m at auction

  20-11-2024 15:54
  
  Belgian artist’s 1954 painting Empire of Light was valued at $95m yet broke new record at Christie’s auction in New YorkA painting by René Magritte shattered an auction record for the surrealist artist on Tuesday, selling for more than $121m at Christie’s in New York.The seminal 1954 painting had been valued at $95m, and the previous record for a work by Magritte was $79m, set in 2022. Continue reading...
  
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• Comcast Will Spin Off Its NBCUniversal Cable Channels Into Separate Corporation

  20-11-2024 15:35 via msn.com
  “The company, which last month said it was studying the idea, will separate off entertainment and news channels including MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen, E!, Syfy and Golf Channel. Those assets generated about $7 billion in revenue in the 12 months ended Sept. 30.” – The Wall Street Journal (MSN)
  
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• Utah Symphony’s Next Music Director Will Be Markus Poschner

  20-11-2024 15:01 via sltrib.com
  
  The German maestro is currently chief conductor of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz in Austria; he begins his term in Utah in 2027, when he departs Linz. Beginning next season, he will also be chief conductor of the Sinfonieorchester Basel. – The Salt Lake Tribune
  
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• For The First Time, A Magritte Painting Sells For Nine Figures

  20-11-2024 14:34 via cnn.com
  
  One of several versions of René Magritte’s “L’Empire des lumières” sold for $121 million at auction at Christie’s New York. – CNN
  
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• Boston University Puts Hold On Admissions To PhD Programs In Humanities

  20-11-2024 14:00 via insidehighered.com
  
  The university’s College of Arts and Sciences has suspended admissions to doctoral programs in a dozen humanities and social science departments, including English, philosophy, history, political science, and sociology. Though officials deny it, evidence indicates that the suspension is in response to the unionization of graduate students. – Inside Higher Ed
  
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• The Long Wave: Unearthing the real story of Black voters at the US election

  20-11-2024 13:14
  Trump undeniably made gains but alarm over a rightward shift among African Americans is overblown. Plus: Kenyans embrace standupDon’t get The Long Wave? delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereHello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week, I had a chat with Lauren N Williams, the deputy editor for race and equity at the Guardian US, about the country’s election results and the role Black voters played. I wanted to discuss the reported swing among Black voters to Donald Trump, which seem
  
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• Prado show aims to highlight true colours of polychrome sculpture

  20-11-2024 06:00
  
  Madrid Exhibition intends to rescue the technique – coloured paint applied to statues – from centuries of indifferenceIn a darkened corner of the Prado, not far from an outsized crucifixion and a sculpture of a dead, recumbent Christ with eyes of glass, teeth of ivory and fingernails of horn, is another depiction of Jesus that is remarkable in its poignancy, its humanity and its history.The tiny, painted terracotta scene, titled Los primeros pasos de Jesús (Jesus’s First
  
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