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Friday, February 21, 2020

Report: Arts Drive Tourism In Australia by Artsjournal

Australians took 12.3 million daytrips and 13.4 million overnight trips within Australia that included arts activities in 2018 " an increase of 14 percent and 20 percent respectively since 2…

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How Language Mutates In The Corporate World by Artsjournal

"No matter where I've worked, it has always been obvious that if everyone agreed to use language in the way that it is normally used, which is to communicate, the workday would be two hours …

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Yolanda Bonnell: Why I Don't Want White Critics To Review My Work by Artsjournal

"Indigenous performance has been grossly under-reviewed and while the tide is shifting, the lens with which predominantly white critics view the work has been problematic. The lack of IBPOC …

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Artist Bans Critics Who Are Not "Indigenous, Black Or People Of Color" by Artsjournal

"This choice might immediately strike some as counterintuitive; it certainly runs against the dominant conventions of criticism, in which theatres offer free tickets to all critics actively …

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Warning: Post-Brexit Border Policies Could Be "Disaster" For Creative Industries by Artsjournal

"Although it is theoretically 'points-based', the reality is that it will be impossible to accrue enough points with a salary below £25,600 (without a PhD) unless the role is on the short…

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Does Banning Critics Accomplish Anything? by Artsjournal

Yolanda Bonnell isn't the first artist to say that white critics get away with not knowing the cultural reference points of work outside of their own interests " but doesn't cutting reviewer…

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Should LACMA Start A New Building When It's Already $443 Million In Debt? by Artsjournal

According to the museum's most recent 990 tax forms, filed in 2018, LACMA is carrying $331 million in county bond debt that was used to pay for construction of the Resnick Pavilion, the Broa…

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UK Venue Demands Theatre Companies Guarantee Their Shows Won't Offend Patrons Or Face Fine by Artsjournal

"The management may demand in respect to its right to object to any song, speech, dialogue, business, costume or gesture that forms part of the production, that may offend the ticket buyer; …

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Study: Arts Sector Digital Efforts Stall In Trying To Attract Audiences by Artsjournal

Research from Arts Council England (ACE) and innovation foundation Nesta has revealed "a widening gulf" between large and small organisations' capacity and capability to adopt " let alone ma…

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Study: Freedom Of Expression… Except For Arts Workers by Artsjournal

More than eight out of ten survey respondents agreed that "workers in the arts and cultural sector who share controversial opinions risk being professionally ostracised". The overwhelming me…

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How A Co-Founder Of Black Lives Matter Uses Dance For Change by Artsjournal

"I'm trying to have a bigger conversation about social conditions, and sometimes I'm having that conversation in a really pensive, sort of introspective kind of performance. And then sometim…

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The Whitney Houston Hologram In Concert Is… Kinda Creepy by Artsjournal

The result, at least in what producers were careful to call a dress rehearsal, is intermittently convincing. The hologram gets some of Houston's physical tics right, and the lip-syncing " if…

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LAMA's Plan To Remake Its Museum Home Starts With A False Premise? by Artsjournal

Zumthor's single, integrated composition (now tan instead of black!), raised high above the grime of the city, is just a building. The strength of LACMA as it stands now is its complexity; i…

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Salt Lake City's Arts Funding Rewards Largest Organizations At Expense Of Small. Should The Formula Change? by Artsjournal

That system sometimes "reward[s] bad behavior. We reward those who keep spending without regard" and sometimes "penalize organizations that take thoughtful, correct and prudent cuts to their…

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Martin Filler: The Fascist Implications Of Trump's Architectural Plans by Artsjournal

This effective ban on modern architecture commissioned by the US government is horrifyingly reminiscent of Hitler's insistence that public buildings in the Third Reich hew to the Classical t…

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Lyric Opera of Kansas City seeks Director of Marketing and Communications by Artsjournal

Lyric Opera of Kansas City seeks a poised and professional candidate who will be responsible for the strategy, implementation, evaluation and achievement of earned ticket revenue goals and f…

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VP, Marketing & Communications at Segerstrom Center for the Arts (Costa Mesa, CA) by Artsjournal

The Vice President, Marketing & Communications is a critical member of the Executive team at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, and leads a division that is responsible for $31 million …

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Executive Director: Boston Children's Chorus by Artsjournal

The Boston Children's Chorus (BCC) seeks to identify a talented Executive Director who can bring their knowledge and lived experience to the critical discussions inspired through our commitm…

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Thursday, February 20, 2020

How Can Theatre Work On Climate Change? by Artsjournal

Theatre has always paid attention to political and social issues. So what does working on climate change look like for theatre? American Theatre presents a collection of stories exploring ho…

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Seattle Arts Philanthropist Virginia Wright, 91 by Artsjournal

The Wrights became known as "the Medicis of Seattle," especially renowned for their marvelous art collection. " Seattle Times

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EU Will Demand UK Return Parthenon Marbles To Greece As Part Of Brexit Deal by Artsjournal

The European Union will demand that Britain gives a collection of ancient marble sculptures back to Greece as part of a post-Brexit trade deal. Greece has long argued that the Parthenon Marb…

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Royal Philharmonic Research: How Technology Is Bringing Classical Music A Bigger Audience by Artsjournal

'Technology is playing a huge role in shaping the future of how people engage with orchestral music,' says James Williams, managing director at the RPO. 'At the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,…

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How The Arts Could Reform Business Education by Artsjournal

It's not the liberal arts vs. corporate education. And it's not soft skills vs. hard skills. It's both a dichotomy and a lexicon we must eliminate. First, the dichotomy: the education needed…

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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Study: Does A Company's Political Advocacy Affect Consumer Behavior? Yes. But… by Artsjournal

That a company engaged in conservative or liberal political activity did not affect Republicans' opinions of that company, but it did for Democrats. (As previously reported, Democrats didn't…

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Revealed: YouTube's Most-Watched Gaming Channels Are Infested With Bots by Artsjournal

In January, all seven of the most-watched YouTube Gaming channels weren't run by happy gamers livestreaming the game du jour. They were instead recorded, autoplaying videos advertising video…

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Has Netflix Reached Its Max Audience? by Artsjournal

"Our research shows that most pay TV households already have Netflix so even if cord-cutting accelerates, Netflix won't get a whole slew of new customers. In [other] words, people are cuttin…

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Tory MPs Warn Boris Johnson Not To Attack The BBC by Artsjournal

"This is not a fight the BBC is picking nor a contest my party promised if we got elected. If the BBC ends up in decline, it will be the government which will be accused by the very people w…

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Allentown Museum Painting Discovered To Be A Rembrandt After It Was Sent Out For Cleaning by Artsjournal

The scientific analysis "showed brushwork, and a liveliness to that brushwork, that is quite consistent with other works by Rembrandt," said Shan Kuang, a conservator at New York University'…

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Meet The Workers Who Inspect The Sistine Chapel's Frescoes by Artsjournal

The BBC was given rare access to the preparations and spoke to three experts involved. " BBC

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Learning Technology Through Dance by Artsjournal

Dance as a basis for problem-solving is a growing field within psychology research. It underlies some of the theories behind dancing as therapy for people with Parkinson's Disease, for examp…

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Meet Oliver Dowden, The UK's New Culture Secretary by Artsjournal

He has a history of handling thorny issues like cybercrime and data privacy. As a Parliamentary Secretary in Theresa May's cabinet office, Dowden was the Minister for Implementation of the G…

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