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• Is “The Sublime” An Outdated Romantic Idea?

  15-07-2020 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Romantic poet William Wordsworth wrote of ‘the sensation of sublimity’ as ‘a comprehensive awe’. Psychologists refer to the sublime as an awe-like aesthetic emotion. Without the positive affect, there is no experience of the sublime. But even if the sublime has to be felt, it is still a response to something about the object, such as its rare vastness or daunting power. It’s a bit like how colour is both response-dependent and objective at the same time. &ndash
  
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• The Louvre Has Raised Ticket Prices By Half For Non-Europeans. Here’s What To Know.

  15-01-2026 14:01 via apnews.com
  “The museum said the 45% price hike to 32 euros ($37) from 22 euros is part of a national ‘differentiated pricing’ policy announced early last year that’s coming into force across major cultural sites. … The change affects visitors from most non-EU countries, including the United States.” – AP
  
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• Andy Warhol would have hated safe spaces. So why keep dragging dead artists into today’s culture wars?

  15-01-2026 09:00
  Critics and curators are reframing great artists, from Gentileschi to Soutine, to fit with modern ethical narratives. But this ignores the glorious ambivalence of their creationsOne rainy afternoon last winter, sitting under a blanket with a cup of tea, I found myself Googling paintings by Chaïm Soutine. It’s a pastime I’ve indulged ever since visiting an exhibition of his portraits of hotel staff on the French Riviera during the 1920s – paintings that combine such a mixtu
  
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• ‘Love can be an addiction’: Nan Goldin’s Ballad of Sexual Dependency – in pictures

  15-01-2026 08:00
  For the first time in the UK, the photographer’s magnum opus is going on display in its entirety – introducing new viewers to New York’s edgy downtown scene and a generation lost to Aids. Here, she looks back at the ‘fearlessness and wildness’ of her life and times Continue reading...
  
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• My New Novel: “The Disciple”

  15-01-2026 05:35 via artsjournal.com
  My forthcoming novel, The Disciple: A Wagnerian Tale of the Gilded Age, may be my best book. A prequel to The Marriage: The Mahlers in New York (2023), it’s already available via pre-order. (And if you order both books, you get a discount.)My story tracks the prodigious American
  
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• Seeking Senior Audience Services Manager for Box Office Operations

  15-01-2026 01:41 via artsjournal.com
  TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION, PLEASE SUBMIT A COVER LETTER AND RESUME. Seattle Theatre Group is seeking a highly skilled and successful candidate to provide strong leadership and oversee the smooth operation of the audience services department. The ideal candidate should have extensive knowledge of Ticketmaster’s suite, including HOST, Archtics, TM1, and Account Manager.
  The right candidate must demonstrate a proven track record of delivering exceptional customer service to both int
  
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• Handel and Haydn seeks President and Chief Executive Officer

  15-01-2026 01:38 via artsjournal.com
  Organization Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) is the oldest continuously operating performing arts organization in the United States. Founded in 1815 in Boston, H+H has remained a cultural leader for more than two centuries, advancing a mission and vision to inspire, elevate, and connect through transformative performances of Baroque and Classical music, and to bring the joy and rigor of this repertoire to audiences across Greater Boston and beyond. It remains steadfast in its commitments to quali
  
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• Churchill’s desk and rare artwork among items donated to UK cultural institutions

  15-01-2026 01:01
  Items worth £59.7m allocated to museums, galleries, libraries and archives as part of Arts Council England schemeWinston Churchill and Benjamin Disraeli’s desk, a painting by Vanessa Bell and a rare artwork by Edgar Degas are among the items of cultural importance saved for the nation this year.The items, worth a total of £59.7m, will be allocated to museums, galleries, libraries and archives around the UK as part of Art Council England’s cultural gifts and acceptance in
  
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• Why Film Star Michael Sheen Has Put His Own Money Into The New Welsh National Theatre

  14-01-2026 21:03 via yahoo.com
  When the old National Theatre of Wales closed in late 2024, Sheen came up with a plan. “Ultimately, I found myself arguing for something that I realised I” — with fame, professional connections, and deep-ish pockets — “was in the best position to deliver. … It could happen, but only if I did it.” – BBC (Yahoo!)
  
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• Texas Has Taken Plato Off The Menu

  14-01-2026 20:31 via theatlantic.com
  A philosophy professor was ordered to remove Plato’s Symposium from the list of assigned readings for the class “Contemporary Moral Issues.” Plato fell victim to a policy adopted by the university in the fall, which states that classes cannot “advocate race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity.” – The Atlantic
  
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• How All The Changes In U.S. Immigration Policy Are Affecting The Country’s Dance Sector

  14-01-2026 20:01 via dancemagazine.com
  “For artists entering or exiting the country for professional purposes, some of these challenges stem from clearly stated updates to fees, forms, and policies. But there are also greater degrees of uncertainty embedded within application and approval processes, making it harder to predict … the potential outcomes.” – Dance Magazine
  
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• The Trump Effect On Museums

  14-01-2026 19:44 via theguardian.com
  The Trump effect is being felt through executive orders and federal cuts: 34% of museums suffered the cancellation of government grants or contracts; 29% saw a decrease in attendance due to changes in travel/tourism and/or economic uncertainty… – The Guardian
  
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• Ian McKellen to star as LS Lowry in documentary revealing trove of unheard tapes

  14-01-2026 19:37
  Exclusive: Artist reminisces about his life in film using interviews recorded in last four years of his lifeFifteen years ago, Sir Ian McKellen was among the leading arts figures who criticised the Tate for not showing its collection of paintings by LS Lowry in its London galleries and questioned whether the “matchstick men painter” had been sidelined as too northern and provincial.Now, 50 years after Lowry’s death, McKellen is to star in a BBC documentary that will reveal a tr
  
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• How TikTok Transformed Social Media

  14-01-2026 19:31 via thenation.com
  By presenting an alternative to Meta and Twitter TikTok challenged the idea, pervasive in the early 2020s, that social media’s destiny was terminal decline, what the extremely online would call a “vibe sink.”  – The Nation
  
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• Paramount Goes To War To Try To Buy Warner

  14-01-2026 19:15 via msn.com
  While Paramount is hoping to find a weakness in the Netflix offer, experts say the lawsuit has a low chance of success and would only add further complications and delays to what is expected to be a protracted approval process. – The Wrap (MSN)
  
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• Spain’s Official Language Authority Is Criticized For Not Being Purist Enough

  14-01-2026 19:04 via theguardian.com
  “Novelist Arturo Pérez-Reverte (accused) the Spanish Royal Academy (RAE) – of which he is a member – of failing (its mission) of ‘cleaning, fixing and giving shine’ to the Spanish language. These days ‘an illiterate pundit, YouTuber or influencer can have more linguistic influence than a Cervantes prize winner’, he said.” – The Guardian
  
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• Zoe Saldaña Becomes Highest-Earning Actor In History

  14-01-2026 18:44 via theguardian.com
  The 47-year-old Oscar winner has overtaken Scarlett Johansson after the success of Avatar: Fire and Ash added more than $1.2bn to her total. Saldaña’s films have now made more than $15.46bn worldwide, according to the Numbers. – The Guardian
  
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• Musician Site Bandcamp Prohibits Music Created With AI

  14-01-2026 18:32 via engadget.com
   “We believe that the human connection found through music is a vital part of our society and culture, and that music is much more than a product to be consumed,” the company wrote. – Engadget
  
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• Colin Jost And Pete Davidson Bought A Staten Island Ferry, With Big Ambitions. Well…

  14-01-2026 18:15 via nytimes.com
  When they looked at this 2,100-ton hunk of metal, they envisioned a floating event space, with two restaurants, six bars, a concert venue and hotel rooms with private sundecks. But as the years have gone by, it seems as if they might have paid $280,000 too much for it. – The New York Times
  
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• About Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Apostasy . . .

  14-01-2026 18:09 via artsjournal.com
  This is a curiosity.
  
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• So You Want An Oscar Nomination. How Many Academy Voters Do You Need?

  14-01-2026 18:02 via thewrap.com
  That depends on the category. For Best Picture, on which the entire Academy membership votes for nominees, you’ll need 922 first-place nods this year. But each of the Academy’s specialist branches chooses nominees for its specialty, and some branches are small. For Best Editing, you’ll need 68 votes; for Best Casting, only 30. – TheWrap
  
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• Broadway Racks Up Another Successful Week At the Box Office, Post Holidays

  14-01-2026 17:44 via deadline.com
  Attendance for the week ending January 11 was 272,911, down about 13% from the previous week. About 92% of all Broadway seats were filled, compared with 98% during the New Year’s week. Average ticket prices took a $40 drop from the holiday prices, to an average $126.76 last week. – Deadline
  
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• He lived in a cage, jumped from a window and spent a year roped to a friend: is Tehching Hsieh the most extreme performance artist ever?

  14-01-2026 17:37
  He has broken his ankles, endured 365 days in a cell and faced down the 20th century’s worst winter. Yet he says he is not a masochist. We meet the man Marina Abramovich calls ‘the master’For one year, beginning on 30 September 1978, Tehching Hsieh lived in an 11ft 6in x 9ft wooden cage. He was not permitted to speak, read or consume any media, but every day a friend visited with food and to remove his waste.The vital context here is that this incarceration was voluntary: Hsieh
  
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• LA Theatres Have New Leadership. How Are They Doing?

  14-01-2026 17:31 via msn.com
  The Los Angeles theater world underwent a historic leadership shift in 2023 when two artistic directors of color were placed at the helm of the city’s most prestigious nonprofit companies. –Los Angeles Times
  
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• Report: Benefits Of AI In Schools Outweighs Risks

  14-01-2026 17:15 via npr.org
  The risks of using generative artificial intelligence to educate children and teens currently overshadow the benefits, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution’s Center for Universal Education. – NPR
  
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• Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum To Open Sculpture Garden

  14-01-2026 17:05 via artnews.com
  The site, just across a canal from the museum, will be designed by landscape architect Piet Blanckaert, with Foster + Partners overseeing the renovation of three “Amsterdam School” pavilions. Among the sculptors with works to be included there are Alberto Giacometti, Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, and Henry Moore. – ARTnews
  
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• Can This Man Save America’s Last High-Level Oboe-Maker?

  14-01-2026 16:33 via nytimes.com
  Just playing the instrument is difficult enough; making top-quality oboes is fiendishly complicated, and breaking even while doing it is challenging enough that Laubin Oboes was essentially bankrupt when Jim Phelan bought the firm in 2022. He has made some very promising changes. – The New York Times
  
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• California College Of The Arts Sold To Vanderbilt University To Use As San Francisco Branch Campus

  14-01-2026 16:01 via msn.com
  “The deal, being announced Tuesday by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, marks the latest development for the Nashville, Tenn., institution, sometimes called the Harvard of the South. … The new San Francisco location will host 1,000 full-time students and 100 faculty.” – The Wall Street Journal (MSN)
  
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• Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency review – an electrifying parade of sex, smoke and sullen silence

  14-01-2026 15:30
  Gagosian, London
  More than four decades on, Goldin’s louche lovers, waxwork royals, divorcing Mexicans and frightening wallpaper feel uncannily present – normal evenNow more than 40 years old, Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency records a lost world, but one that feels as present as it did when I first saw these images. A compilation of photographs taken by the artist between 1973 and 1986, the Ballad has been presented as an ever-changing slide show, with various acco
  
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• A Day with David Bowie: how a visit to a psychiatric clinic changed him – and his music

  14-01-2026 15:00
  In 1994 the singer and Brian Eno spent a day with ‘outsider’ artists. Intimate photographs, showing in Australia for the first time, reveal the effect it hadFrom the Thin White Duke to Ziggy Stardust, the Berlin recluse to the late-career elegist, David Bowie’s oeuvre is defined by reinvention. As an artist he was relentlessly attuned to the conditions that might provoke the next creative rupture. One defining moment, however, has largely slipped from the popular imagination: a
  
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