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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

How The Baltimore Symphony Got Into Dire Straits by Artsjournal

The Baltimore Sun obtained financial documents showing the orchestra's fiscal health is in calamitous condition. Even factoring in additional state funding, the orchestra is projected to bar…

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The Radical Notion Of Harriet Tubman On The Twenty-Dollar Bill by Artsjournal

Her expression is a stealthy contrast to the blank-eyed stare of Jackson, who would remain on the new twenty's back side, demoted but not fully displaced. Should the bill one day materialize…

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Why Paris Wants To Plant Forests Around Its Famous Landmarks by Artsjournal

"Under a plan announced last week by Mayor Anne Hidalgo, thickets of trees will soon appear in what today are pockets of concrete next to landmark locations, including the Hôtel …

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The Best-Selling Romance Novelist's Baroque Tale Of Her Husband Trying To Poison Her (Is It True?) by Artsjournal

About five years ago, the lawsuit claims, her hair and teeth started falling out and she developed intense nausea, tremors, disorientation, bone loss, facial swelling, and a peculiar metalli…

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Arizona State University's Project With James Turrell's Roden Crater Says A Lot About Museums by Artsjournal

As an artwork that encompasses a sprawling landmass as well as decades' worth of crafting to customize it as a man-made offering to the cosmos, Roden Crater may be "an order of magnitude too…

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Lin-Manuel Mirands's Coming Back To Broadway by Artsjournal

The show combines singing, rapping, comedy, beat-boxing and human percussion, with the performers taking suggestions from the audience to create "humorous bits, instantaneous songs and riffs…

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The Success Problem: Is Your Happiness Dependant On It? by Artsjournal

"Problems related to achieving professional success might appear to be a pretty good species of problem to have; even raising this issue risks seeming precious. But if you reach professional…

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The Monastery Where Spanish Was Born by Artsjournal

According to García Turza, if the Suso monks were the first to record the sounds of the Ibero-Romance language on the page, they are also responsible for the creation of the Spanish alpha…

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How "The United Nations Of Graffiti" Flipped The Switch On A Counterculture Art Form by Artsjournal

In the early days, by creed, a graffiti artist would ask neither for permission nor compensation. Now, after courting the former, artists at 5Pointz were receiving the latter. Graffiti was o…

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Allegations Of Sexual Abuse Of Operatic Proportions by Artsjournal

"Whether a visiting music director joining one production at a time, or in his regular capacity as Resident Conductor at several opera companies, he brings musically impeccable credentials, …

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Chief Executive Officer, YR Media by Artsjournal

YR Media seeks a Chief Executive Officer to lead a unique, state-of-the-art multi-media organization that is building a network of young adults across the country to change the face of publi…

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Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Study: A Dip This Season In Broadway's Gender Parity Progress by Artsjournal

Overall, there has been a dip in representation amongst female directors, with the study finding that women make up 13 percent of the roles available this season, contrasted to a slightly hi…

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When The Machines Get Smarter Than We Are, Things Will Change by Artsjournal

David Chalmers: "Once we have a human-level artificial intelligence, there's just no doubt that it will change the world. A.G.I.s are going to be beings with powers initially equivalent to o…

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Colossal Art: Stockhausen's Astonishing Masterpiece by Artsjournal

Alex Ross: "Aus licht" turned out to be the kind of inexplicable marvel that one waits half a lifetime to see. It induced shivers not just in its awesome moments"trumpeters intoning a cho…

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The Dilemma Of Creative Placemaking by Artsjournal

The question of just how to execute creative placemaking without inviting gentrification sits at the forefront of creative placemaking circles. Jamie Hand, a researcher for ArtPlace Am…

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Renee Fleming's Theatre Breakout by Artsjournal

The past two years have been busy in the theatre, with non-operatic roles, some time in Carousel, and currently in The Light in the Piazza. " The Guardian

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America's Museums Have Become A Political Battleground by Artsjournal

Once ivory towers of culture, far removed from politics and controversy, museums have increasingly come into the spotlight as sites of protest and places where equity, diversity, and inclusi…

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When Zeffirelli Went Wrong At The Opera by Artsjournal

He was all about the lavish set. At their best, his productions induced gasps. But ultimately, these stagings were not just singer- and conductor-proof. They were drama-proof, almost like a …

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Goes To Broadway To See "What The Constitution Means To Me" by Artsjournal

Ginsburg got a standing ovation when her famous line about women on the Supreme Court was said by a cast member: "When will there be enough women on the court? My answer is, when…

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Art Requires Empathy. Machines Don't Have It. So Can They Make Art We Will Relate To? by Artsjournal

"We are able to empathise with nonhuman characters or intelligent machines in human-made fiction because they have been conceived by other human beings from the only subjective perspective a…

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Why Sotheby's Was Bought by Artsjournal

The purchase, by Mr. Drahi's BidFair USA, returns the only publicly traded major auction house to private ownership after 31 years on the New York Stock Exchange. " The New York Times

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Sotheby's Going Private Will Mean Less Transparency About The Art Market by Artsjournal

While the financial deals carved out by Christie's with buyers, sellers and third-party guarantors (one of whom is often thought to be the firm's owner itself, François Pinault) remain a …

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Monday, June 17, 2019

A Mysterious And Shadowy Literary Fellowship That Existed In Secret And Then Was Abruptly Canceled by Artsjournal

"I remember more experienced writers telling me that I should say yes to every opportunity until I had earned the privilege to say no. But hope is both a strength and a weakness; it takes ti…

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Edinburgh International Festival Faces Big Cuts by Artsjournal

The proposal would mean the EIF has taken a 19.4% cut in its funding since 2015/16. EIF director Fergus Linehan questioned the lack of a strategic plan for the festival, which took £3.8 m…

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Why Is There Still A Stigma About Males Dancing? by Artsjournal

Data compiled by Doug Risner, a professor of dance at Wayne State University in Detroit, shows that only 32 percent of male dancers have fathers who support their desire to dance. Typically,…

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Baltimore Symphony's Financial Situation Was Much Worse Than Outsiders Knew by Artsjournal

Financial documents obtained by The Baltimore Sun and interviews with three of the symphony's key decision-makers reveal that the organization's efforts were predicated on the thinnest of ma…

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Prize-winning Architects Pledge To Combat Climate Change by Artsjournal

A whole host of Stirling Prize-winning architecture practices have declared an emergency in response to accelerating climate change. Calling for a "paradigm shift", they unveiled 11…

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Biggest Threat To Machu Picchu? Museumification by Artsjournal

"The museumification process of a living cultural landscape and the consequences of the loss of ancestral knowledge in managing water, agriculture, sustainable production and occupation of t…

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A Massive Grandiose Digital Mural Seeks To "Explain" San Francisco by Artsjournal

There's an idea in vogue that if an artist or writer can just talk to enough different people about their experiences in the city, they can give us a clear vision of San Francisco as it is n…

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Addicted To Your Phone? Unlikely " It's Likely Social Norms… by Artsjournal

The distinction is critical: Whereas addiction is something people experience mostly as individuals, social norms are shared mental states shaped by the views and beliefs of other members of…

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Making Sense of The Complicated Havana Bienal by Artsjournal

The Cuban government, which regularly arrests artists and journalists, also expected to welcome a record-breaking 5.1 million tourists this year. Cuba's leaders are well aware that cultural …

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