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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

AGMA Was Going To Keep Its Report On Plácido Domingo Quiet, And Domingo Was Going To Pay AGMA $500K. Now The Deal's Off by Artsjournal1

"The deal they were working on " which called for the union, the American Guild of Musical Artists, to limit its public statements about the inquiry and for Mr. Domingo to pay the union $500…

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Furtwängler in Wartime by Artsjournal1

Books continue to be written about what it was like to live in Germany under Hitler. I wonder if any of the authors have auditioned Wilhelm Furtwängler's wartime broadcasts with the Berlin …

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She was just a Miller's daughter: ENO revives a middle-period Verdi by Artsjournal1

The English National Opera is having a tough old time, but the company is still capable of both daring and successful ventures, such as the new Luisa Miller, a Verdi rarity last staged in Lo…

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Merce in Three Dimensions by Artsjournal1

Alla Kovgan's new film Cunningham not only shoots its dancers in three dimensions, but collages historic, two-dimensional black-and-white images in smaller sizes on the screen, often overlai…

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

When Filmmakers Make Films In Languages They Don't Speak Well by Artsjournal1

"It is a truth universally acknowledged in world cinema that a celebrated auteur, making their first film outside their native tongue, must be preparing a dud." But is it actually true? Well…

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Langston Hughes, Spanish Civil War Correspondent by Artsjournal1

"The Baltimore Afro-American newspaper sent him abroad to write 'trench-coat prose' about black Americans volunteering in the International Brigades. … Hughes's 22 articles covered an angl…

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It's Time To Retire 'West Side Story' And Its Stereotypes, Argues Puerto Rican Critic by Artsjournal1

Carina del Valle Schorske: "If this musical is still our narrative ghetto, then the least we can do is make noise about what it feels like to live in it. In 2020, it feels exhausting." " The…

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Even Great Journalism Isn't Enough To Fully Understand #MeToo. We Need Fiction. by Artsjournal1

"It's a truism to say our society doesn't do well when faced with competing stories about what happened; that's what 'he said/she said' has become a shorthand for. … To overcome that refle…

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Which Language Is Most Difficult To Lipread? by Artsjournal1

"This last question, though seemingly simple, resists every attempt to answer it. Every theory runs into brick walls of evidence, the research is limited, and even the basic understanding of…

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Met Opera Orchestra To Tour For First Time In 18 Years by Artsjournal1

In late June and early July, music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead the orchestra in concerts at the Barbican in London, the Philharmonie de Paris, and the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden…

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Italian Arts Venues Close And Venice Carnival Is Cancelled As Measures To Contain Coronavirus by Artsjournal1

Across northern Italy from Venice to Milan, theatres, cinemas, museums, and opera houses (including La Scala) have been ordered to stop operations for a week as cases of the disease spread. …

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Philadelphia Museum Of Art Retail Exec Abused And Hit Staffers For Two Years Before He Was Fired by Artsjournal1

"After [James A.] Cincotta was hired as the museum's retail director in 2015, staffers who worked for him began reporting what they said was routinely abusive behavior. Cincotta slapped, pun…

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Plácido Domingo Sexually Harassed And Abused Power For More Than 20 Years, Inquiry Finds by Artsjournal1

"The investigation, conducted by lawyers hired by the American Guild of Musical Artists, concluded that the accounts from 27 people showed a clear pattern of sexual misconduct and abuse of p…

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David Mamet Tries Out A Play As Quietly As Possible In L.A. The L.A. Times's Critic Found Out About It Anyway by Artsjournal1

Charles McNulty: "I'm going to respect the tacit wishes of Mamet and not review the play as I would if it had had an official press opening. A work that's still being tinkered with before it…

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The Real Problem With That Open Letter Supporting The Fired Lyon Ballet Director Wasn't Who Did Or Didn't Agree To Sign It by Artsjournal1

"Unthinkingly defending one's powerful friends has real-life consequences. What [illegally fired dancer Karline] Marion, and other dancers who may find themselves in a similar situation, wil…

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Silent-Film Superstar 'Baby Peggy', Diana Serra Cary, Dead At 101 by Artsjournal1

"Born Peggy-Jean Montgomery, she became one of the country's youngest self-made millionaires by age 4, then suffered a devastating reversal of fortune and fame in her adolescence. In adultho…

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From caftan to opera hat: the greatest living playwright takes on the Jewish bourgeoisie and its destruction by Artsjournal1

There's something a bit ho-hum, mean and pinched about the reception of Sir Tom Stoppard's new (and, he says, perhaps final play), Leopoldstadt. " Paul Levy

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Remembering Tobi Tobias by Artsjournal1

Tobi was among the first group of writers I invited to blog on ArtsJournal. I had read her for years and appreciated her elegance, clarity and erudition. Though her judgments were crisp, the…

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In Memoriam: Tobi Tobias (1938-2020) by Artsjournal1

Alongside the the wonderful, illuminating dance criticism she wrote for decades, she wrote wonderfully well about fashion, and only when I became a mother did I realize that while Tobi was r…

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Friday, February 21, 2020

A Family History Chart Of The World's 100 Most Widely Spoken Languages by Artsjournal1

"This diagram, created by WordTips, breaks down the world's 100 most-spoken languages by their roots (e.g., Indo-European for English and Spanish, or Sino-Tibetan for Mandarin) and by the nu…

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When Grandma Moses Was Conscripted For The Cold War by Artsjournal1

"Between June and December of 1950, a government-backed exhibition of Moses's picturesque American scenes toured six European cities. … One Foreign Service officer who was involved with th…

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Can A Sitcom About Gentrification Actually Be Funny? by Artsjournal1

"At its core, gentrification is about what it means to belong. And few places in Los Angeles are more hotly contested in those terms than Boyle Heights," the Los Angeles neighborhood where t…

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How Pianist Igor Levit Hacked The Attention Economy And Made Himself Into A 'Thought Leader' by Artsjournal1

"Levit's career is a stark demonstration of the dissolving boundaries between art and commerce, journalism and public relations, particularly in Germany. … He is a friend to media personal…

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Major New Alexander Calder Museum Planned For Philadelphia by Artsjournal1

"A little more than two decades after a Calder museum was first proposed for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the long-dormant idea has blossomed again, funding has materialized, and backers s…

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Nearly 100 Luminaries Sign Letter Threatening Boycott Over Ballet Director's Firing " But Some Of Them Say They Never Agreed To Sign by Artsjournal1

The open letter, published in the French newspaper Libération and originated by choreographer Maguy Marin and theatre director Atiane Mnouchkine, threatens to withhold rights to all signato…

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Researchers May Just Have Located Nefertiti's Secret Burial Place Inside Tutankhamun's Tomb by Artsjournal1

"A radar survey around the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt's Valley of the Kings has revealed possible evidence of further hidden chambers behind its walls. The findings … resurrect a controv…

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Inventor Of Computers' Cut-Copy-And-Paste Functions, Larry Tesler, Dead At 74 by Artsjournal1

A researcher and executive over the years at Xerox, Apple, Yahoo, and Amazon, Tesler had enormous influence over the experience most people have when using a personal computer today: in addi…

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Another Job In The Arts You Hadn't Thought Of: Narrating Porn For The Blind by Artsjournal1

Pornhub launched this particular initiative in increasing access for the disabled to the arts four years ago, hiring professional freelance writers to produce text and professional voice act…

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Attendance Isn't A Good Enough Metric, So This Museum Is Trying To Measure Its Social Impact by Artsjournal1

"Working with a group of social scientists, the [Oakland Museum of California] devised an innovative plan to take stock of both its ability to connect with visitors and to foster connections…

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Mutiny on the Bounty: Marron Estate's Rich Art Trove to Be Dispersed by Dealers, Not Auction Houses by Artsjournal1

The late Donald Marron was a class act, so it struck me as fitting (not to mention smart) that his estate's holdings of modern and contemporary art are not going to be hocked on the block at…

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50 Brand-New Scores In Three Years: Sydney Symphony Announces Major Commissioning Project by Artsjournal1

The project, called "50 Fanfares", will encompass chamber works as well as short fanfares and full orchestral scores commissioned from 50 Australian composers and premiered through the 2020,…

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