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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Can Algorithms Show Us Who To Trust? by Artsjournal

Companies like Trust Science have put algorithms on the market that can help compile trustworthiness profiles of individuals and organizations. But does AI really possess such a "social" ski…

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The Video Game That Became A Social Network That Makes Participants Feel Better (Says This Research) by Artsjournal

A survey by National Research Group says weekly Fortnite players now spend 21% of their free time with the game, and spend 3% less time on social media, which now accounts for…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:18PM[SHARE]

Why Is It Considered Acceptable To Exploit Arts Workers? by Artsjournal

Rates of pay haven't increased, as the cost of living continues to climb and, anecdotally, some arts workers are being asked by funders to justify their salaries, in a way that wouldn't be r…

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The World Has Become Too Popular " Crowds Are Ruining Everything From The Louvre To Everest by Artsjournal

"This phenomenon is known as overtourism, and like breakfast margaritas on an all-inclusive cruise, it is suddenly everywhere. A confluence of macroeconomic factors and changing business tre…

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iTunes, In Memoriam by Artsjournal

Now that Apple is moving beyond iTunes, it's worth remembering how revolutionary iTunes was. Before the iTunes Music Store, your best bet to find music online was through a file-sharing site…

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NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION by Artsjournal

The Director of Advancement is responsible for providing strategic focus and tactical direction that support the NPGs mission. DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENTNATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, SMITHSONIAN I…

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General Manager " Shea's Performing Arts Center by Artsjournal

Reporting to and working closely with the President, the newly created and evolving position of General Manager (GM) will collaborate with the Leadership Team to promote Shea's success and c…

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Managing Director- The Articulate Foundation by Artsjournal

Articulate is seeking a full-time Managing Director to lead this now 5-year old organization from startup to sustainable by creating and implementing strategies to expand its reach and measu…

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Sarasota Symphony Regroups, Says It Will Consider New Home Outside City Limits by Artsjournal

City officials are especially sensitive to the possibility of losing the Sarasota Orchestra after the recent relocation of two other cultural institutions outside of the city. Sarasota Heral…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12PM[SHARE]

Auction Of Barnes Collection Founder's Items Raises New Questions by Artsjournal

In March this year, the Pook & Pook auction house in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, offered 156 lots of around 430 objects that had belonged to Barnes and his wife Laura. The lots included f…

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Music From The Brain's Perspective by Artsjournal

The first sound that results in the primary auditory cortex is a standard pitch. Other regions of the auditory cortex add more complex elements like timbre and specific sound quality. To add…

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Is Dancing An Essential Evolutionary Process That's Hardwired Into Us? by Artsjournal

"What if humans are the primates whose capacity to dance (shared by some birds and mammals) was the signature strategy enabling the evolution of a distinctively large and interconnected brai…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PM[SHARE]

How (Why) James Corden Brought Musical Theatre To Late Night TV (And Made It Work) by Artsjournal

"We were going round the table and he just went, "I wonder if there's a world in which you say L.A. doesn't really have a theater community, but you've made it your mission to bring one, and…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AM[SHARE]
Monday, June 3, 2019

How A Dutch Museum Discovered The Monet It Thought It Had Was A Different Monet Underneath by Artsjournal

Ruth Hoppe, the modern art conservator for the museum, noticed that the painting had been retouched to cover up tiny holes in it. On closer inspection, she found that there were shards of gl…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]

Know This At Your Peril! How Knowledge Can Stand In The Way Of Truth by Artsjournal

What more than true belief is required for knowledge? A natural thought is that your belief needs to be backed by good reasons. It can't just be a guess that happens to turn out right. But t…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PM[SHARE]

The Celebrity Hologram " What Does This Say About How We Think About Fame? by Artsjournal

It's a given that celebrity image is built on smoke and mirrors. But we're in a curious spot today, where the music industry is manoeuvering to convince audiences that the veneer of an artis…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:06PM[SHARE]

How Social Media Is Distorting The Value Hierarchy Of Higher Education by Artsjournal

"The tools and rules of social media are increasingly swallowing up scholarly work, whether we join the new platforms or not. Where once discernment, hard-won expertise, and glacial, scrupul…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:06PM[SHARE]

Production Manager / Technical Director " UIS Performing Arts Center by Artsjournal

PRODUCTION MANAGER / TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: The University of Illinois Springfield Performing Arts Center seeks an experienced Production Manager / Technical Director to manage backstage operat…

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A Conservative Writer Makes An Anti-Market Argument About Jeff Koons by Artsjournal

Matthew Scully: "Actually, if there's political insight to be gleaned from all this, it probably has more to do with inflatable reputations, gullible audiences, and the spell of progressive …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]

Social Media Terms: The Difference Between Creators And Influencers by Artsjournal

The current distinction between creators and influencers has much more to do with what platform a person gains her fame on than her gender. " The Atlantic

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US Will Now Require Visa Applicants To Reveal Their Social Media Accounts by Artsjournal

Previously, only applicants who needed additional vetting " such as people who had been to parts of the world controlled by terrorist groups " would need to hand over this data. But now appl…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]

Protests Over Minneapolis' Children's Theatre Company Response To Systemic Abuse by Artsjournal

Protesters said the sexual abuse 35 to 45 years ago was far more widespread than the number of current suits would indicate. They described a culture within the theater in which sex between …

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The Baltimore Symphony's Finances Are A Mess. Who's Fumbled What? by Artsjournal

Lawmakers thought they were buying the orchestra enough time to re-examine its costs, raise more money for its endowment and develop a sustainable fiscal structure that would not entail sacr…

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The New LACMA " A Museum For No One by Artsjournal

The museum has been through three contentious redesigns before, but the thing it needed all along was more room. Its collection"which includes pre-Columbian relics, as well as modern showpie…

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Classic Fiction Is Confessional " Tell Your Secrets. But In The Social Media Age… by Artsjournal

…what if the opposite is true? That your secrets, the things only you know about yourself, are in fact the most trivial, most banal things about you? In a society where many of us who don'…

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Was 1999 The Best Year Ever For Movies? by Artsjournal

Brian Raftery makes a persuasive, entertaining case for the enduring impact of a passel of classics, from "American Beauty" to "American Movie" to "American Pie." Among them: "The Matrix," "…

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Sound Wars: Where Silence Isn't Silent And Sound Battles Sound by Artsjournal

There are days when sitting in a room that noiseless sounds appealing. But some people are so unaccustomed to such levels of quiet that, after just a few minutes inside the chamber, they bec…

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The Future Of Opera Is Small by Artsjournal

As in small companies. More and more small companies are appearing not as smaller echoes of larger companies, but as viable alternatives that allow artists more creative possibilities.  "…

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Friday, May 31, 2019

Want A More Creative Brain? Here's What The Neuroscientists Suggest by Artsjournal

Since the early 1990s, we've come to develop a more thorough and accurate understanding of what a brain engaged in creative thought "looks like." The key, it seems, is integration: the firin…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42PM[SHARE]

America's Most-Endangered Historic Buildings by Artsjournal

They might not be the prettiest, or the most interesting architecturally. But significant bits of history happened there. And they're in danger of being torn down or falling down. " CityLab

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Ojai: The Tiny Music Festival That Reflects The World by Artsjournal

Mark Swed: "It is still the quirkiest major music festival in America, and possibly anywhere. If anything, Ojai has become even more a habitat for compulsive experimentation as well as a mag…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:24PM[SHARE]