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• Hilma af Klint’s Family Tries To Stop Proposed Deal With David Zwirner Gallery

  23-12-2024 20:58 via theguardian.com
  
  “Klint family members say that a proposed deal between Zwirner, who is one of the biggest gallerists in the world, and the foundation’s board would open the door to the ‘commercialisation’ of the artist’s work, which they say directly contravenes her wishes and the statutes of the foundation.” – The Guardian
  
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• How Trump Used Comedy To Win

  23-12-2024 20:31 via theconversation.com
  
  While Jimmy Kimmel cries and Jon Stewart rants, the right wing in the U.S. has successfully depicted itself as the new home for free speech and cutting edge comedy. – The Conversation
  
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• The Top Ten Book-Business News Stories Of 2024

  23-12-2024 20:04 via publishersweekly.com
  “PW looks back at the major contractions in the independent book distribution space, an explosion of artificial intelligence tools and businesses, turmoil over freedom of expression in multiple sectors, and more that defined the book business landscape throughout the year.” – Publishers Weekly
  
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• The Frightening Power Of AI Agents To Manipulate Us

  23-12-2024 19:32 via wired.com
  
  This is a moment that philosophers have warned us about for years. Before his death, philosopher and neuroscientist Daniel Dennett wrote that we face a grave peril from AI systems that emulate people: “These counterfeit people are the most dangerous artifacts in human history … distracting and confusing us. – Wired
  
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• Another Way To Review The Year? Twelve Objects That Caught Our Attention

  23-12-2024 19:30 via fastcompany.com
  I’ve set out to perform the annual ritual of assessing and unpacking the year gone by through the objects that captured our attention. Here, then, is the year in objects—the good, the unsettling, and the hard to explain.
  
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• Lithuania Banned “Nutcracker” In Solidarity With Ukraine. Now It’s Back…

  23-12-2024 19:15 via nytimes.com
  Darius Kuolys who was the first culture minister after a 1990 declaration of independence, said it was obvious that the Kremlin often exploited culture for political ends. But he added, “It never occurred to me as a minister to tell people what to watch or listen to.” – The New York Times
  
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• Glasgow’s Leading Theatre Company Is Finally Coming Back Home

  23-12-2024 19:07 via theguardian.com
  
  The Citizens Theatre is returning to its historic playhouse next September after a seven-year renovation, the first overhaul the facility has had since it opened as a working theatre in 1878. – The Guardian
  
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• Botto, The AI Artist, Has Already Made $4 Million. Now He’s Getting A Personality

  23-12-2024 18:44 via wired.com
  
  Botto is a decentralized semi-autonomous artistic agent created in 2021 by the German artist Mario Klingemann; Simon Hudson, a media entrepreneur; and Ziv Epstein, a computer scientist and designer. – Wired
  
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• How Encyclopedia Britannica Evolved (And Thrives) In The Age Of AI

  23-12-2024 18:26 via nytimes.com
  Britannica has figured out not only how to survive, but also how to do well financially. Jorge Cauz, its chief executive, said in an interview that the publisher enjoyed pro forma profit margins of about 45 percent. – The New York Times
  
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• Lin Manuel Miranda’s Daunting Task: Reinventing “Lion King”

  23-12-2024 18:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  The songs form the basis of the highest-grossing musical in the history of Broadway. Thirty years on they remain embedded in our collective consciousness, so Lin-Manuel Miranda could be forgiven for feeling wary about being called on to provide the tunes for follow-up Mufasa: The Lion King. – The Independent
  
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• How “Sesame Street” Is Trying To Save Itself — And Why It Needs To

  23-12-2024 18:03 via msn.com
  In the show’s 55th season. producers are trying to re-orient it to keep it alive. Its core audience of toddlers and pre-schoolers is different than in the 1970s, there’s vastly more competition today, income from DVDs has evaporated due to YouTube, and HBO has cancelled a lucrative deal. – The Washington Post (MSN)
  
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• When Arlene Croce Took On Bill T. Jones (When the Critic Famously Didn’t See The Work)

  23-12-2024 17:44 via nytimes.com
  In her contentious essay, Croce, one of the finest dance critics of the 20th century, railed against what she called victim art: “By working dying people into his act, Jones is putting himself beyond the reach of criticism. – The New York Times
  
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• Times Square Was Turned Into A Giant Immersive Experience

  23-12-2024 17:31 via news.artnet.com
  
  Suddenly, at exactly 11:57 p.m., 92 electronic billboards all around Times Square stopped pulsating with ads for Coca-Cola, Broadway plays, and fashion brands, and began a synchronized 10-second countdown. Then a digitally animated young woman appeared on all 92 screens, with “Autofiction: Moving Pictures” written in white letters across her blue T-shirt. – Artnet
  
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• Publishing World Divided On Using AI To Make Books

  23-12-2024 17:15 via observer.com
  
  Spines said it aims to help a million authors bring their stories to life—so they can focus on writing great books while A.I. handles the heavy lifting of publishing. – The Observer
  
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• Airports Have Started Putting Real Thought Into Their Background Music

  23-12-2024 17:05 via apnews.com
  
  Some — London Heathrow, Nashville, Phoenix, Seattle-Tacoma, both Chicago airports — have stages with live musicians. Others — Detroit, Austin — have specially curated playlists. Singapore-Changi even commissioned piano music for its famous waterfall. – AP
  
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• How To Choose A Good In-Flight Movie

  23-12-2024 16:31 via nytimes.com
  Obviously everyone is different, but Alissa Wlkinson does have some general guidelines to offer. Among them: remember that people are more susceptible to tears at 35,000 feet. And don’t assume that the films are all disposable pop stuff; there are frequently award- and festival-winners on the menu. – The New York Times
  
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• Five Takeaways From SMU DataArts’ 2024 Research

  23-12-2024 16:06 via culturaldata.org
  
  “From financial challenges and workforce dynamics to measures of arts vibrancy, these findings capture the trends and key shifts shaping the field today. For a broader perspective, we’ve also included a few honorable mentions, offering a well-rounded look at this year’s discoveries.” – SMU DataArts
  
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• Culture Minister Threatens To Cut Off Batsheva Dance Company’s Funding

  23-12-2024 15:30 via timesofisrael.com
  “Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar asked Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to examine whether the Batsheva Dance Company is in violation of its state funding over a performance that included the Palestinian flag” — among 40 other flags onstage. – The Times Of Israel
  
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• Artwork to explore why Elizabeth I would not marry Robert Dudley

  23-12-2024 15:25
  
  Exclusive: Immersive artwork offering fresh perspective on queen’s relationship with courtier to go on display at Kenilworth CastleThe intimate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and her courtier Robert Dudley, the 1st Earl of Leicester, has fascinated people for centuries.Though she never married (and famously declared herself the “Virgin Queen”), the last Tudor monarch maintained a close bond with the earl for decades – one that has inspired a score of literary and
  
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• The World’s Oldest Children’s Museum Marks 125 Years. And Where Is It? Brooklyn.

  23-12-2024 15:02 via nytimes.com
  “Situated on a leafy corner of the Crown Heights neighborhood, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum commemorated its 125th anniversary last weekend with a daylong celebration. A few weeks earlier, its president and chief executive, Atiba T. Edwards, had his own anniversary — his first year on the job.” – The New York Times
  
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• Producer Woody Fraser, Who Created Some Of 20th-Century America’s Most Influential TV Shows, Is Dead At 90

  23-12-2024 14:38 via variety.com
  
  He has remained one of the most successful TV producers in entertainment history, specifically in the talk, news and variety programming genres, over a five-decade career. Most notably, he co-created The Mike Douglas Show in 1961 and ABC News’s Good Morning America in 1975. – Variety
  
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• So What Happens To Dallas Black Dance Theatre Now?

  23-12-2024 14:04 via dancemagazine.com
  
  The dancers fired this summer won their case, but they’ve chosen to take severance pay rather than return to the company. The current dancers are new and all crossed picket lines to be there. And, because of all this turmoil, the city of Dallas has cut off funding. What next? – Dance Magazine
  
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• ‘It’s a hostile takeover’: Hilma af Klint’s family fight ‘plundering’ deal for her art

  23-12-2024 08:00
  
  Relatives say involving gallerist David Zwirner would lead to ‘commercialisation’ of Swedish painter’s workThe family of the Swedish artist Hilma af Klint claim that a potential agreement between the foundation responsible for preserving her work and the gallerist David Zwirner could lead to a “plundering” of her world-renowned abstract art.Klint family members say that a proposed deal between Zwirner, who is one of the biggest gallerists in the world, and the found
  
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