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• Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty review – Charles Dance is gloriously game as Michelangelo

  02-12-2024 23:00
  
  This astonishing docu-drama delves into the blazing rivalry between Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo – and Dance somehow resists the urge to ham it up to the max. Whatever you do, just don’t make a Ninja Turtles jokeThere is a growing fashion in historical documentary-making for blending factual accounts with dramatised versions thereof. Royal Kill List (about the Restoration) and Royal Bastards: The Rise of the Tudors used actors to deliver both, but others prefer to use sensible
  
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• American Sphinx

  02-12-2024 22:00 via artsjournal.com
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• New York Philharmonic Poaches Its Next CEO From Philadelphia Orchestra

  02-12-2024 21:41 via apnews.com
  
  “Matías Tarnopolsky will become president and CEO of the New York Philharmonic … after six years heading the Philadelphia Orchestra, a hiring boosted by his long friendship with incoming music director Gustavo Dudamel. … (He) fills a void created when Gary Ginstling quit in July just one season into the job.” – AP
  
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• For The First Time, Art Basel Miami Beach Is Led By An Art Dealer

  02-12-2024 20:47 via nytimes.com
  
  “‘I can honestly say to young galleries … that I too have been wait-listed for Positions,’ (ABMB director Bridget Finn) said, referring to a section of the fair earmarked for up-and-coming gallerists. ‘I understand, in great depth — financially and psychologically — how fairs are a challenge.'” – The New York Times
  
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• Boston Camerata, One Of America’s Early Music Pioneers, Celebrates 70 Years

  02-12-2024 20:29 via earlymusicamerica.org
  
  “While American colleagues were often skeptical of the ensemble’s fondness for the Medieval, their colleagues in Europe, where the Camerata had begun touring in the 1970s, were skeptical of its exploration into Americana,” an early repertoire which the Boston Camerata was among the first professional groups to explore. – Early Music America
  
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• Finally, A Successor For Gianandrea Noseda At Turin’s Opera House

  02-12-2024 20:04 via operawire.com
  
  Noseda’s very active tenure (2007-2018) at the Teatro Regio cemented his international reputation, and he’s currently music director at the National Symphony in Washington, DC and the Zurich Opera House. His successor in Turin is 37-year-old Andrea Battistoni, currently chief conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic. – OperaWire
  
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• The Color Code Of Art In Pre-Colonial Mexico

  02-12-2024 19:31 via news.artnet.com
  
  “Nowadays, we often imagine ancient Mesoamerican art and architecture as colorless … But just as with Greek and Roman statues, these artifacts were once aglow with bright colors. And not just any bright colors, but carefully chosen palettes and combinations that reflected the social, cultural, and spiritual beliefs of their creators.” – Artnet
  
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• Highest Theatre Ticket Prices In Britain Went Even Higher In 2024; Lowest Were Slightly Lower

  02-12-2024 19:05 via thestage.co.uk
  “In 2024 the average most expensive ticket outside of London was £56.46, compared to £49.19 last year. This is 63% cheaper than the average top-price ticket across West End theatres, which was £154.56. The average cheapest ticket in theatres across the UK was £20.96, a 1.5% decrease on 2023.” – The Stage
  
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• Combat Choreographers Explain The Rules Of Fighting Onstage

  02-12-2024 18:47 via theguardian.com
  “Theatrical fight directors have a cut-throat job. At extreme pace, in line with other people’s creative vision, they must devise high-intensity fights that can be repeated without injury night after night while retaining the aggressive bite required to convince an audience. … The room for error is devastatingly small.” – The Guardian
  
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• Some People, Or Rather A Lot Of People, Used To Casually Pick A Movie When They Got To The Theatre

  02-12-2024 18:32 via msn.com
  But that’s over, and Hollywood hasn’t figured out how to win those “casual moviegoers” back since the early days of the pandemic. – Los Angeles Times (MSN)
  
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• San Francisco Ballet’s Dancers Threaten Strike Just As “Nutcracker” Season Begins

  02-12-2024 18:02 via msn.com
  “After five months of tense negotiations, the American Guild of Musical Artists says it has made limited progress in securing a new collective bargaining agreement for its members that addresses important issues like wages, safety and working conditions.” The contract ends on Dec. 6, Nutcracker’s opening night. – San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
  
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• Taking Another Look At ‘Sneaky’ Ticket Fees

  02-12-2024 17:48 via theguardian.com
  It’s not as if the money is going to the artists, either. “The music industry may be the worst example of rampant commercialism,” one consultant says – before accusing cinemas, theatre, sports, and tourism as well. – The Observer (UK)
  
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• What The Heck Is Going On In The Arts Sector In Slovakia?

  02-12-2024 17:33 via eurozine.com
  
  Explaining the culture war being fought by right-wing nationalist prime minister Robert Fico’s government — particularly his culture minister, former television host Martina Šimkovičová — against both national institutions and smaller independent groups, and how those groups are trying to resist. – Eurozine
  
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• Staff Threaten Mass Resignation At Slovak National Gallery

  02-12-2024 17:06 via euronews.com
  
  As anger grows over interference by the right-wing government’s minister of culture, former TV host Martina Šimkovičová, five top curators have resigned following an “intimidating” meeting with the museum’s newly-appointed acting director. Another 177 employees have threatened to resign in January. – Euronews
  
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• Angelina Jolie, Who Plays Maria Callas In A New Movie, Goes To The Met With The NYT

  02-12-2024 16:45 via nytimes.com
  
  “‘There’s an authenticity here that is beautiful,’ she said. ‘There’s a poetry to it all.’” – The New York Times
  
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• People Just Don’t Want To Stay Out Late Anymore

  02-12-2024 16:30 via theguardian.com
  
  That’s not just hurting theatres and symphonies – it’s also hurting bars and nightclubs. Hence: “Welcome to the daytime rave, where you can dance, meet people and still be curled up on the sofa afterwards.” (Maybe orchestras need to take that hint?) – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Hundreds Of Authors Support Their Fellow Novelist

  02-12-2024 16:00 via lithub.com
  
  Lisa Ko “was subjected to weeks of harassment as well as a broader smear campaign in the media which resulted in a loss of professional opportunities,” and many of her fellow authors will not have it. – LitHub
  
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• We Need The Most Annoying Bennet Sister Now, More Than Ever

  02-12-2024 15:45 via nytimes.com
  
  What would Jane Austen – who adored Lizzy – “have made of her modern readers’ more recent obsession with the middle Bennet sister, the plain and unremarkable Mary?” – The New York Times
  
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• People, Especially Boys And Men, Used To Make Friends While Playing Games

  02-12-2024 15:30 via artsjournal.com
  But now, “there are multiple somber YouTube video essays about the lack of conviviality in multiplayer lobbies, and most of them bear titles that gesture toward an elemental wound in the culture.” – Slate
  
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• Kids Are Seeing Cute, Friendly Robots In Media

  02-12-2024 15:15 via nytimes.com
  
  Alarmingly, “these stories seem to be doing an inordinate amount of work to help children feel warm toward the technologies that increasingly dominate our lives.” – The New York Times
  
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• So Many People Are Taking Photos Of Movie Screens Right Now, But Why?

  02-12-2024 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “When people post photos from movie theaters they are ostensibly doing it for their online communities, but they are ignoring the communal experience they are having at that very moment.” – The New York Times
  
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• Neon cities, cyber nightmares and yum cha: Cao Fei, the visionary artist charting China’s past and future

  02-12-2024 15:00
  
  For her first major solo show in Australia, the Chinese artist has turned the Art Gallery of New South Wales into a bustling cityscapeGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWhen Chinese contemporary artist Cao Fei was negotiating her solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ modern art wing, Naala Badu, she was adamant it would not be a traditional “low-lit in a white square box” endeavour.The Guangzhou-born artist, who has strong ties to Sydney (a sister city
  
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• As Awards Season Swings Into High Gear, Los Angeles Is Running Out Of Screening Rooms

  02-12-2024 14:45 via yahoo.com
  
  “The bigger venues are so desirable that studios and distributors will put holds on them a year in advance, sometimes before they even know what films they’ll have.” – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo News)
  
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• The OED’s Word Of The Year Isn’t Very Cheery

  02-12-2024 14:30 via nytimes.com
  
  At least, at the OED. “It’s been quite a journey for “brain rot,” which triumphed over a shortlist of contenders including ‘lore,’ ‘demure,’ ‘romantasy,’ ‘dynamic pricing’ and ‘slop.'” – The New York Times
  
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• The English Are Responsible For Wrecking The Planet, Says An Award-Winning Novelist

  02-12-2024 14:15 via irishtimes.com
  
  Amitav Ghosh says, “The planetary crisis, in the broadest sense, …has been brought about by a story: a story of endless profit, endless growth, of individualism” – and that story starts early in English-language literature.– Irish Times
  
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• ‘Ground zero for climate change’: the shoreline sculpture park coming to Miami

  02-12-2024 10:04
  
  An ambitious multi-part project will transform seven miles of seabed into an artistic destination with a cautionary messageOver the next few years, coastal waters just off of Miami Beach will be transformed by The ReefLine, an ambitious new project that aims to occupy seven miles of seabed within shouting distance of the sands. The ReefLine aims to one day create an enormous, art-studded underwater playland, including a sculpture park, snorkel trail, and artificial reef.One of the first pieces o
  
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