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Monday, September 30, 2019

You Have A Chronic Illness. Here's How To Have A Rich Creative Life by Artsjournal

With chronic illness, rigidity in your thinking and behaviour is the greatest barrier to living well with your illness. The only thing you can count on is the fact that you never really know…

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Can Plants Think? There's Evidence They're Smarter Than We Think by Artsjournal

The idea of a "plant intelligence""an intelligence that goes beyond adaptation and reaction and into the realm of active memory and decision-making"has been in the air since at least the ear…

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An Architect Who Rebuilt A City After An Earthquake With "Half" Houses by Artsjournal

Having been given a small budget to construct homes for low-income families, many of whom said they would like to expand their dwellings in the future, Alejandro Aravena hit upon the idea of…

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Seattle's Intiman Theatre: A Truly Existential Crisis by Artsjournal

Myriad issues are to blame. Donors' funding priorities have changed, and corporations are donating less to nonprofit theaters, making the fight for funding more competitive. High-quality …

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When The Culture Wars Was About Your Aesthetic Taste by Artsjournal

There was a time when we judged people, labelled them, loved them or hated them because of their taste in literature, art and even pop music. " The Spectator

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Is It Theatre Or Theater? by Artsjournal

"I remember we thought we should use the British spelling of 'theatre' so that people would take us more seriously." " Washington Post

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Why Has Performance Become Such A Big Part Of Visual Art? by Artsjournal

Perhaps it's precisely the soft science of working with and viewing other people that makes performance a refreshing counterpoint to an art industry that is increasingly commercialized and c…

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Co-Founder Jann Wenner Steps Down From Rock Hall Of Fame by Artsjournal

In time, Wenner, who founded the Rock Hall with the record executive Ahmet Ertegun, became more associated with the institution than any other figure " becoming its top negotiator in the ind…

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Remembering Music Critic Martin Bernheimer by Artsjournal

Tim Page: "To those who knew only Mr. Bernheimer's prose, it came as a surprise to learn that he was a gentle, gracious and tender man to his colleagues. He supported the early careers of ma…

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Can Artists Still Live In San Francisco? by Artsjournal

From 2010 to 2018, approximately 882,000 new jobs were created in the Bay Area, but only around 100,000 new housing units were built throughout the region. The resulting white-hot competitio…

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Friday, September 27, 2019

There Are 633 Languages Spoken In New York City by Artsjournal

Some have few speakers, 12 speakers of Wakhi, for example. "For all the justifiable concern about language loss " thousands may go dormant globally " there have been success stories, l…

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The Illusion Of Consciousness And Our Perceptions by Artsjournal

"As yet, we have only a sketchy understanding of access consciousness, and there are many controversies over the details of the neural systems involved, but in time we should be able to fill…

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Roomful Of Teeth As Living Organism by Artsjournal

With a dedication to diverse input, RoT seems less a performing ensemble and more a living organism. The group has studied yodeling, Tuvan throat singing, Korean p'ansori, Persian classical …

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Seth Pinsky Will Be 92nd Street Y's New Leader by Artsjournal

Mr. Pinsky, 48, was appointed by Mayor Bloomberg as president of the city's Economic Development Corporation just before the height of the 2008 financial crisis. In that role, he negotiated …

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How Tiny Intimate Sounds Have Become A YouTube Phenomenon by Artsjournal

Over the past two years, ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) videos have ballooned on YouTube, where some of their creators " known as "ASMRtists" " boast millions of subscribers and…

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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center seeks Education and Artistic Associate by Artsjournal

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center seeks an Education and Artistic Associate to join its staff. This is a full-time position.

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How Ryan Heffington Is Changing How We See Dance by Artsjournal

Heffington moves like a trailblazer because he is one. His creative visions have rebooted the way the pop-culture world thinks about dance, and the way the dance world thinks about success, …

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TO Live is seeking a "Vice President of Marketing & Communications" by Artsjournal

Reporting to the President and CEO, this executive position provides leadership in the realization of the organization's marketing and communications department.

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Do We Need A Public Broadcasting Version Of Social Media? by Artsjournal

What if the problem is something that can't be solved by existing for-profit media platforms? Maybe the answer to fixing social media isn't trying to change companies with business models bu…

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Why Our Symbols And Monuments Aren't Permanent by Artsjournal

We create symbols, then alter their meanings. Some argue vehemently that monuments, such as Confederate statues, should be left in place"that their part in history should not be "erased." Bu…

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California's New Gig Economy Law Could Impact Arts Workers by Artsjournal

In the cultural sphere, architects, graphic designers, grant writers, and fine artists are identified as exempt, as are photojournalists and journalists who contribute fewer than 35 times a …

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Counting Error: British Museum Was In Fact Britain's Most-Visited Last Year by Artsjournal

The original statistics were 5,799,000 for Tate Modern and 5,709,000 for the BM in the financial year 2018/19. But the BM's original figures for October-December 2018 appeared too low, and a…

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Thursday, September 26, 2019

Massive New Zaha Hadid Airport " World's Largest " Opens In Beijing by Artsjournal

The new mega-airport, the second in Beijing, was designed by the late architect Zaha Hadid in the shape of a starfish with five connected concourses. It is said to be the world's largest sin…

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How Should Opera Companies Have Handled Complaints About Placido Domingo? by Artsjournal

Justin Davidson: "Society has changed, and the Met is limping to keep up. When the news about Levine's transgressions broke, the company called in lawyers to run an investigation, bury the r…

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Do Arts Organizations Understand The Difference Between Inspiration And Impact? by Artsjournal

"On some level, you've got to ask your arts organization a really hard question: If there's no positive impact you can measure, why hang your hat on the idea? After all, inspiring change is …

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Orange County Museum Of Art Breaks Ground On New Home by Artsjournal

OCMA's new three-story, nearly 52,000-square-foot building will rise from a dirt lot next to the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. The project i…

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Google Tells France It Won't Pay Publishers For Search Listings And Will Change How It Shows Results by Artsjournal

The announcement pours cold water on publishers' hopes of obtaining more money from the tech giant for displaying their content under the European Union's new copyright regime, which France …

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Has "Cancel Culture" Become A Culture Cancer? by Artsjournal

"Whatever you call it"public shaming, call-out culture, or cancellation"what's happening now is in no way a new phenomenon. But what is new is the scale of it all. This isn't just happening …

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Of News Fake Or Emotional (Do We Understand The Difference?) by Artsjournal

"What we do is share content that gets people riled up. Research has found that the best predictor of sharing is strong emotions " both emotions like affection (think posts about cute kitten…

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Pianist Paul Badura-Skoda, 91 by Artsjournal

Until his death, Badura-Skoda had been among the last pupils of Edwin Fischer still performing. He was much respected, having played under the baton of Fischer's friend and colleague Wilhelm…

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Time For Peter Gelb To Step Down From The Met Opera by Artsjournal

Zoe Madonna: "It's time for Gelb to go, and take the board with him. Time to bring in a team that wants to reclaim the beautiful living tradition of opera for the 21st century, this messy ep…

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