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• Just How Do You Determine What’s Cultural Appropriation?

  09-07-2021 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Scholarly consensus regarding cultural appropriation has long accepted that the lines between cultural appreciation and appropriation may be difficult to clearly determine in real time, and especially within the contemporary social media-driven zeitgeist. – The Conversationhttps://theconversation.com/what-is-cultural-appropriation-and-how-does-it-differ-from-cultural-appreciation-162331
  
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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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• The Artist Helping Trump Remake How Washington DC Looks

  28-07-2026 19:15 via nytimes.com
  Unlike other culture czars for the administration who have quickly come and gone, Mr. Taylor has an artistic background that makes him a distinct and persistent champion of the president’s vision. – The New York Times
  
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• The Amazon’s Two Historic Opera Houses Get UNESCO World Heritage Status

  28-07-2026 19:04 via yahoo.com
  The two venues — Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, the port in the central Amazon basin, and Theatro da Paz (sic) in Belem, the port at the mouth of the river — date from the late 19th-century rubber boom, which made those cities wealthy enough (for a while) to bring in major artists from Europe. – DPA (Yahoo!)
  
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• Huntsville Public Radio Dropped NPR Programming — Here’s What Happened

  28-07-2026 18:44 via al.com
  Its listenership has grown since the change. WLRH is ranked as the No. 4 most listened-to station on its most recent Nielsen report, according to Brukner. It usually ranks around No. 10. – Alabama.com
  
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• Maybe Losing Federal Funding Ended Up Being An Opportunity For Public Media?

  28-07-2026 18:31 via current.org
  After the federal funding loss, the industry saw that it hadn’t plateaued but instead “found a whole new level of support,” Chinn said. Stations saw record giving, with some even raising enough to cover the loss of federal funding.  – Current
  
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• Why Did Paramount Agree To Delay Its Warner Deal?

  28-07-2026 18:15 via msn.com
  With a $7 million-per-day ticking fee that kicks in starting Oct. 1 — which would cost Paramount $650 million a quarter — why would Paramount agree to such a delay? The key lies in the nine words preceding the June 1 target date: “until five days after the outcome in a trial.” – The Wrap (MSN)
  
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• Sure, We’ve Canceled A Bunch Of Previews, But Our “Game Of Thrones” Play Is Just Fine, Says RSC

  28-07-2026 18:02 via nytimes.com
  “Ticketholders for five preview performances of the play, Game of Thrones: The Mad King, were more than a little dismayed last week when the shows, scheduled for July 20-24, were canceled. … A show on Saturday, July 25, was also called off just hours before the curtain was set to rise.” – The New York Times
  
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• What If More Intelligence Doesn’t Make Us Better?

  28-07-2026 17:44 via noahpinion.blog
  
  If we think of intelligence as the ability to extract information from data, then even an infinitely advanced model endowed with infinite compute will be limited by the fact that there’s a limited amount of information that can be extracted from the data. – Noahpinion
  
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• Meet The Messi Of Ballet

  28-07-2026 17:31 via theguardian.com
  
  In Argentina, they call her the Messi of ballet – although when it comes to who has the finest footwork, they should really be calling him the Núñez of football. – The Guardian
  
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• Authors Have Mixed Feeling About Anthropic “Win”

  28-07-2026 17:15 via npr.org
  
  One possible way for authors to get a fairer shake in the age of AI could be through the licensing of their work to AI companies. – NPR
  
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• The Return Of “Tamizdat”: Why So Many New Russian Books Are Being Published Abroad

  28-07-2026 17:01 via bloomberg.com
  “Freedom Letters … (is) one of a growing number of cultural organizations that have joined forces with bookstores, wholesalers and book-fair organizers to build a literary resistance among the Russian diaspora. Together, they publish, sell and distribute books that can’t get through Russia’s restrictive new censorship laws.” – Bloomberg
  
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• After Decades Of Anonymity, One Of The Guerilla Girls Unmasks Herself

  28-07-2026 16:33 via ocula.com
  “The founding member of Guerrilla Girls known by the pseudonym Liubov Popova has revealed her true identity: she is 83-year-old US-based painter and sculptor, Joyce Kozloff, a major figure in the Pattern and Decoration movement of the 1970s.” – Ocula
  
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• At The Empty Kennedy Center, A Volunteer Tour Guide Soldiers On

  28-07-2026 16:05 via nytimes.com
  “In a dogged demonstration of love and loyalty for an institution that has elevated life for her and millions of visitors, (Sandy Weisswasser) still arrives every Monday for her tour day, knowing she may soon find the doors locked.” – The New York Times
  
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• BuzzFeed To Lay Off More Than One-Third Of Its Staff

  28-07-2026 15:36 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  “In the first major restructuring move of Byron Allen‘s ownership tenure, … some 180 staffers (are) to be given pink slips companywide. … BuzzFeed, across all its units, had approximately 510 employees prior to the cuts. The company said it expects to see $29 million to $32 million in annualized savings.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Buffalo AKG Museum (Formerly Albright-Knox) Splits Its Director Job In Two

  28-07-2026 15:04 via btpm.org
  
  “Cathleen Chaffee, who currently serves as … Chief Curator, is the museum’s incoming artistic director, while Jillian Jones, AKG’s deputy director, will become executive director. Under a new co-leadership structure, Chaffee will oversee the museum’s exhibitions and public-facing programs. Jones will guide overall strategy, operations and finances.” – Buffalo Toronto Public Media
  
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• Artist Betye Saar Has Died, Four Days Before Her 100th Birthday

  28-07-2026 14:32 via yahoo.com
  “(She) transformed collections of bigoted bric-a-brac — Sambo dolls, ceramic mammies and crude renderings of pickaninnies — into potent works of assemblage that mined the searing history of race in the United States,” most famously in her 1972 piece The Liberation of Aunt Jemima. – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
  
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• “Odyssey” Translator Emily Wilson Rips Christopher Nolan’s Movie To Shreds

  28-07-2026 14:00 via lrb.co.uk
  
  “It lacks psychological, emotional, political and ethical depth. Its narrative structure is gimmicky. The writing is abysmal. None of the characters has convincing motivation for their actions or words. There are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible.” – London Review of Books
  
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• American Classical Music at 250 — Take Three: The Orchestra Gap: Europe vs. the US

  27-07-2026 23:01 via artsjournal.com
  
  The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra going through the motions of Wagner’s “Liebestod” – “diminished motivation: as if the music
  
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• Trump Orders “Warning” Signs Outside Smithsonian Museum

  25-07-2026 02:31 via washingtonpost.com
  President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the installation of signs outside the Smithsonian National Museum of American History that warn of “inaccurate” exhibits and direct people to “accurate information regarding America’s history.” – Washington Post
  
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• Finance Consultant – Arts FMS via TOC Arts Partners

  25-07-2026 02:28 via artsjournal.com
  About the Opportunity
  As a financial management firm that integrates with nonprofit arts organizations from across the country, Arts FMS empowers organizations to focus on their mission, while they focus on the long-term fiscal health and sustainability of the organization. By providing a comprehensive scope of full financial management services, Arts FMS is able to bring stability, efficiency, and reliability to an organization’s financial operations.Arts FMS is pleased to be hiring a Fi
  
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• Director of Development – Ballet Hispánico via TOC Arts Partners

  25-07-2026 02:25 via artsjournal.com
  About the Opportunity
  Ballet Hispánico, the nation’s leading American Latino dance company, seeks a new Director of Development. This is an exciting opportunity for a fundraising leader who has an abundant passion for dance and the performing arts, a deep appreciation of Latine culture, and an inherent understanding of philanthropy to inspire a wide range of individuals in their commitment to the organization. While the Director of Development will be a capable team leader and proj
  
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• Broadway, Netflix, and a $150 Billion Upstart

  25-07-2026 02:19 via artsjournal.com
  Good Morning,Two of entertainment’s surest money machines have stalled. Broadway producers are conceding that the big musical can no longer reliably find audiences large enough to cover what it now costs to run one (The Hollywood Reporter). And Netflix’s investors have discovered that viewers aren’t returning for second seasons of even its biggest hits (Slate) — a subscription business built on renewal that now seems not to be. The audience didn’t vanish, though: mi
  
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• Paramount Pauses Warner Merger

  25-07-2026 01:41 via msn.com
  According to a court filing from Friday, the companies have agreed to pause the transaction until five days after the court issues a final decision on the merger, or until June 1, 2027. – Barron’s (MSN)
  
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• Boston Symphony Cracks Down On People Distributing Red Flowers At Tanglewood

  24-07-2026 20:50 via bostonglobe.com
  
  This summer, both musicians and audience members have been wearing red-flower boutonnieres to protest the abrogation of Andris Nelsons’s contract. Now BSO management has instructed staffers to intercept anyone seen carrying multiple red flowers for distribution. – The Boston Globe
  
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