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• Jacob’s Pillow – Chief Marketing Officer

  11-05-2021 06:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) is a newly instituted role to lead the Marketing and Patron Services divisions, and will provide innovative, audience-centric leadership as a crucial member of the Jacob’s Pillow Executive Team.Position ProfileAbout Jacob’s PillowJacob’s Pillow, a National Historic Landmark and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, is a year-round center for dance and home to America’s longest-running international dance festival located in the beautif
  
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• Immediate Opening: Vice President of Marketing and Audience Development

  01-08-2026 02:22 via artsjournal.com
  THE POSITION:Reporting to the President & CEO, the Vice President of Marketing & Audience Development is a key member of the senior leadership team responsible for developing and executing statewide strategies that achieve earned revenue, audience growth, patron loyalty and institutional communications objectives. The Vice President provides executive leadership for marketing, sales, audience development, communications, brand strategy, patron experience, and patron loyalty initiatives,
  
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• Galleries, Gatekeepers, And An 82-Year-Old Pole Dancer

  01-08-2026 02:20 via artsjournal.com
  Good Afternoon,Ocula asks the question the art trade would rather not engage on: do artists still need galleries (Ocula)? The answer depends on what the gallery was ever really selling — access, or permission. Philadelphia offers a blunter version: Curtis is putting $25 million into the building it acquired out of University of the Arts’ collapse, rehearsal hall included (MSN).
  Follow the money and the pattern holds. Universal Music posted a 13% revenue jump (The Hollywood Reporter)
  
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• Behold The World’s Oldest Competitive Pole Dancer. She’s 82.

  31-07-2026 20:50 via nypost.com
  
  Idanna Abignente, who lives in a suburb of Turin, started pole dancing at around age 70 to keep fit. She developed a passion for it and eventually joined the competition circuit, where she frequently wins her age division for lack of other competitors. – New York Post
  
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• Do Artists Still Need Galleries?

  31-07-2026 20:22 via ocula.com
   It is often assumed that a gallery is a prerequisite to finding commercial success and a place in the history of art. But a growing number of artists are rejecting that notion and going—to use the kind of commercial lingo that the art market likes to avoid—Direct to Consumer (DTC).  – Ocula
  
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• Gunther Von Hagens, Creator Of Controversial Exhibition “Body Worlds,” Is Dead At 81

  31-07-2026 20:03 via apnews.com
  
  An anatomist by training, he developed a technique called “plastination” which prevents the decay of corpses and leaves them flexible. He used that technique on dozens of bodies, many with skin removed to display musculature, and set them in various poses for his traveling exhibitions — which attracted both excited crowds and horrified criticism. – AP
  
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• Why Hollywood Loves The Cello

  31-07-2026 19:44 via theguardian.com
  Why, out of every option in the orchestra, did the cello become the instrument of introspection? “It’s the cliche, but it’s probably because the cello comes closest to the human vocal range.” – The Guardian
  
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• Streamers Are Pressuring France To Drop Their Requirements To Invest In France

  31-07-2026 19:31 via variety.com
  
  Since January 2022, subscription streaming services such as Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ have been required to invest 20% of their annual French revenue in local film and television production under France’s implementation of the European Audiovisual Media Services Directive. – Variety
  
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• Is There Any Upside To The Paramount/Warner Merger?

  31-07-2026 19:15 via cjr.org
  
  If the deal does go through, it will saddle the new corporate entity that emerges with nearly eighty billion dollars in debt. –
  
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• Boy George Withdraws From West End’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” After Backlash Against His Latest Song

  31-07-2026 19:02 via playbill.com
  
  Next month, the 1980s New Wave pop icon, now 65, was going to play King Herod in the London revival of the musical. But his June release, “We Will Dance Again,” takes strong and controversial positions on the Israel-Palestine conflict; after weeks of heavy criticism, he cancelled his run in the role. – Playbill
  
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• The Modern Stadium And Monumentality

  31-07-2026 18:44 via dezeen.com
  Nearly all monumental architecture is expected to convey some set of values greater than its stated purpose. This is especially true of stadiums with their straightforward program – a pitch for a game to be played and seating from which to observe it. – Dezeen
  
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• Should We Stop Listening To Technocrats?

  31-07-2026 18:31 via aeon.co
  International civil servants do not in fact escape power. They rearticulate it with the help of technical experts. By framing this rearticulation as real impartiality, however, they conflate technocracy and expertise. This conflation lies at the heart of the legitimacy crisis that international organisations face today. – Aeon
  
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• Translator Emily Wilson On Reaction To Her Scathing Review Of “The Odessey”

  31-07-2026 18:15 via ew.com
  “You can disagree about some or all of it! I may well be wrong!” she added. “But it’s not ‘personal’ to analyze a film or other work of art, even negatively. Criticism is more than ‘Hurray!’ or ‘Hiss!’” – Entertainment Weekly
  
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• At Tanglewood This Summer, Things Are Feeling Pretty Tense

  31-07-2026 18:04 via nytimes.com
  “During a recent week on the grounds, it felt anxious, angry, combustible. It was impossible to escape the warfare that the Boston Symphony is waging on itself: a crisis that is drowning out the music. Somebody needs to quiet things down before even more serious damage is done.” – The New York Times
  
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• Universal Music Posts A Blockbuster Revenue Quarter

  31-07-2026 17:44 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  Recorded revenues grew about 13 percent to 2.516 billion euros ($2.89 billion), while publishing revenue grew about 8 percent to 616 million euros (about $710 million). – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Filmmakers Sue Netflix For $105 Million Over Stolen Hard Drive With Unreleased Nicolas Cage Film

  31-07-2026 17:01 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  “In a lawsuit filed on Thursday in California federal court, writer-producer Simon Afram and his company, Op-Fortitude, accuse Netflix of compromising the sale of the World War II spy thriller” — titled Fortitude — by losing a copy of the movie that was shared for screening. He seeks at least $105 million.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Historic Japanese Castle Damaged By Earthquake For Second Time In Ten Years

  31-07-2026 16:33 via hyperallergic.com
  
  Kumamoto Castle, built in 1607 on the island of Kyushu, is considered one of Japan’s three great surviving castles. A portion of its moat wall collapsed following Tuesday’s 7.1 earthquake. In 2016, a different portion of the wall came down in another temblor. – Hyperallergic
  
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• Kennedy Center Stops Public Tours Three Days After NY Times Feature On Tour Guide

  31-07-2026 16:05 via nytimes.com
  On Monday, The New York Times posted an article featuring a longtime volunteer tour guide who said of the currently-dormant institution, “Now it’s a black hole.” On Thursday, a Kennedy Center official sent a memo to all volunteer tour guides telling them not to come there “until further notice.” – The New York Times
  
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• Trump Administration Organizes “Patriotic” Art Exhibition Near White House. Yes, There’s Cronyism Involved.

  31-07-2026 15:32 via nytimes.com
  What with all the complaints Trump has about the Smithsonian’s “bias,” the State Department has decided to “make visual arts great” (their phrase) with the exhibition “Passport to Patriotism: 250 Years of Diplomacy.” No historians or professional curators are involved, and the show includes pieces by the planners’ friends. – The New York Times
  
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• What Curtis Institute Has Planned For Its Latest Building, Which It Bought After UArts Collapse

  31-07-2026 15:04 via msn.com
  The old Art Alliance building near Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square had belonged to the University of the Arts, which abruptly closed in 2024. Curtis bought it in January 2025; it was badly damaged in a fire that July 4. Repairs are underway, and the conservatory will house its vocal/opera department there. – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
  
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• Florida College Professor Fired For Assigning Ottessa Moshfegh Short Story

  31-07-2026 14:36 via tallahassee.com
  
  Vinita Prabhakar, until recently an adjunct professor at South Florida State College, had used Moshfegh’s “Bettering Myself” in an introductory reading-and-writing course there without incident since 2023. But someone complained about the story’s content to the college president, who fired Prabhakar, who’s now suing. – Tallahassee Democrat
  
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• Trump Administration’s Overhaul Of Historical Preservation Rules Alarms Preservationists

  31-07-2026 14:00 via nytimes.com
  “A draft of the rule changes that circulated in recent weeks prompted an outcry from preservationists, architects, archaeologists and organizations representing Native American tribes. … ‘It’s both a scalpel and a bludgeon,’ said Greg Werkheiser, a lawyer who specializes in preservation cases.” – The New York Times
  
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• Remembering Bill McGlaughlin: 1943-2026

  31-07-2026 04:16 via artsjournal.com
  
  I once described Bill McGlaughlin, who has died at the age of 82, as manifesting “a singular combination of gravitas,
  
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• New York Theatre Ballet seeks Executive Director

  31-07-2026 03:19 via artsjournal.com
  New York Theatre Ballet (NYTB) seeks an Executive Director to lead the organization’s strategic direction, drive fundraising and revenue growth, and oversee both operational and artistic functions. The ED partners closely with the Artistic Director, the School Director, and Board of Directors to ensure NYTB’s artistic and educational excellence, financial sustainability, and community impact. Key Responsibilities • Lead organizational strategy and deliver a Board approved multi
  
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• Institutions reinventing themselves

  29-07-2026 00:37 via artsjournal.com
  Good Morning,Several stories today about institutions discovering they don’t actually need a center. Alabama’s WLRH dropped NPR programming and its audience grew (AL.com); public media more broadly is finding that losing federal money surfaced a donor base it had assumed was tapped out (Current). Neither result makes the cuts a good idea, but still. Makes you think…Rethinking the model shows up in Australia too, where four regional performing arts centers have pooled resources
  
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• A Chagall Etching Is Liberated After Languishing For 20 Years In Customs

  28-07-2026 21:03 via news.artnet.com
  
  The etching, L’Acrobate au violon (1924), and another work were confiscated from a shipment of art being taken from France to Switzerland in 2005 after French agents determined that the items weren’t authorized to leave the country. The pieces were rediscovered after two decades, and the Chagall is now on display in Besançon. – Artnet
  
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• The Ancient World Beyond Greece, Rome and Egypt

  28-07-2026 20:31 via aeon.co
  The de facto equation of ‘ancient history’ with ancient Mediterranean history, at least in most of the Anglosphere, has endured for many generations. But we are on the cusp of a dramatic shift in perspective that is producing a much bigger, broader and more exciting view of ‘the ancient world’. – Aeon
  
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• Meet The Costumer Who Paints New York City Ballet’s Pointe Shoes

  28-07-2026 20:01 via nytimes.com
  “To be a shoe colorist for New York City Ballet, as Tim Foster has been for 15 years, is to occupy a small yet important niche. Most pointe shoes and ballet slippers are manufactured in a pale pink. But the company’s repertoire requires a rainbow of hues.” – The New York Times
  
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• They’re Still Making New Discoveries At Pompeii

  28-07-2026 19:44 via apnews.com
  
  Archaeologists in Pompeii, the ancient city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, have unveiled the partially reconstructed frescoed ceiling vault of a banquet hall featuring detailed images of Greek mythology. – AP News
  
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• Performing Arts Centers In Australia’s “Second Cities” Form A Network

  28-07-2026 19:31 via limelight-arts.com.au
  
  Four of Australia’s leading regional performing arts organisations have joined forces to establish a new national pathway for developing and presenting large-scale Australian theatre, backed by funding from Creative Australia. – Limelight
  
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